Beneath the Ice of Gibraltar

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Mission Info

Status Upcoming Mission
Description

In 2397, the USS Ontario is dispatched to Janissie III aka Gibraltar. an ice-covered mining world abandoned after the fall of the Romulan Star Empire. Once protected by the Fenris Rangers, its been exploited by Orion raiders, the divided colony distrusts Starfleet. Captain Grace Vetur must secure critical dilithium mining rights while preventing unrest from erupting into open conflict.
Start Date Thu Jan 1st, 1970 @ 1:00am

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Mission Summary

In the forgotten reaches of the Triangle Sector, Janissie III, a world colloquially known by its ‘hardened’ inhabitants as Gibraltar, has survived multiple attempts at being conquered and passed back-and-forth with affiliation to the Federation and Romulan Star Empire, Gibraltar has since been independent for decades. Once claimed by the Romulan Star Empire, later sheltered as a Federation protectorate, the icebound mining world now stands alone. When Romulus was destroyed, Gibraltar was forgotten.

With the Romulans gone and the Federation focused elsewhere, a power vacuum opened and allowed for the Orion syndicate to carve into its glaciers for victurium and dilithium. The settlers turned to the only help that answered: the Fenris Rangers, but even the rangers could not keep Gibraltar safe forever.

Now, in 2397, with the Federation still reeling from the loss of Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and the destruction on Mars, the Federation needs resources and redemption. The icy hell of Gibraltar may hold the promise of both.

Starfleet Command tasks Captain Grace Vetur and her crew of the USS Ontario to the Triangle sector’s Janissie system to reopen diplomatic relations with the inhabitants of Gibraltar.

Officially, their mission is simple: secure mining rights and explore the possibility of reunification. Unofficially, they must prove that the Federation still stands for something in a region that has learned to survive without them. When the Federation cannot afford to fail, loyalty is earned in blood and frost.