This is a list, by weekly entry, of the news since I took over Command of Deep Space 12 in February 2001. The early entries may be limited as the news was only scribbled down in the beginning. We did not begin detailed records until the middle of June of 2001.
News for previous years can be found
by clicking on the appropriate year:
2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Thursday, 01/01/2004:
Ensign Torka Bythis has discovered a possible cure for the virus. It seems as though the Angosian Spider contains a natural antidote within it's DNA.
Thursday, 01/06/2004:
The U.S.S. Phantom diffuses a possible problem between a Huk'Nar vessel and a Cardassian ship while on it's patrol.
Thursday, 01/15/2004:
The cause of Quezak's death has been determined. A Romulan listening device equipped with a self destructive booby trap is to blame. The quarantine of the Infirmary and the Transporter rom has been lifted. The cure found by Ensign Bythis seems to be working effectively. The station's LMH begins to experience more serious problems than normal.
Thursday, 01/22/2004:
The rescue of the U.S.S. Vanguard is partially successful, while the the Vanguard was lost, most of the crew was saved. The U.S.S. Cutlass is accused of committing an act of war by the Tholians. The LHM is still not working properly.
Thursday, 01/29/2004:
An argument breaks out near the main Security Office. The commotion aids in the escape of James Sutton, a passerby who is now in the Brig. It is determined that Lt. Letheb is aiding the man. During the escape effort, Mr. Sutton throws several grenades into the Promenade, killing several and damaging the bar's main entrance. As the situation grows worse, Gul Jarvok Du'relle offers any assistance to clean up the mess.
Thursday, 02/05/2004:
During a shootout in the bar, Captain Wozniak is shot at point blank range. The man who shot him is killed in the exchange. The LMH is finally back online, thanks to Lt. Cmdr. Diesel NPC'ing an Engineering Officer.
Thursday, 02/12/2004:
Captain Wozniak continues to heal from his exchange with the "James" character. Repairs to the Orion's Belt are underway. The new mission overview has been released and the new mission will begin as of this Thursday. "Consoles and Crayons" will be the next chapter of Deep Space 12. Ensign Heart has been rescued from her ordeal while on shore leave with the U.S.S. Phantom. Shortly afterwards, the U.S.S. Phantom completes her mission and heads back toward home port.
Thursday, 02/19/2004:
The new mission has begun. Dr. Brenan Gard has passed away. Fortunately, there was enough advanced notice that the Gard symbiont was saved. Captain Wozniak conducts an inspection of the Security Office. The strange alien ship that has been shadowing the U.S.S. Phantom on her return trip home has taken up an orbit around the 8th planet of the Terminus system. All attempts at communication have failed as of yet. The U.S.S. Cutlass has docked at the shipyard for a routine inspection.
Thursday, 02/22/2004:
No news this week.
Thursday, 03/04/2004:
Commander N'tran continues to look over the LMH's failure, with little results. Repairs to the U.S.S. Electra are finally completed. N'tran also notices a strange harmonic frequency, on the same lines as brainwaves on the short range scanners. It is quickly tracked to a ship parked near the North Pole of the star taking on fuel. All attempts at communication have been ignored so far. Lieutenant (JG) Sared is visiting Deep Space 12 for a short while and will be filling in as our Chief Science Officer. A routine inspection of the Security Department goes off without a hitch. Lt. Sared and Commander N'tran deliver an initial report about the emissions of the orbiting ship. The affects of the emissions from the unidentified ship have begun to affect the crew of the station, causing some of them to begin to act like children. Lt. Sared has been able to identify the particles that are causing this affect. A preliminary report shows that about 80% of the existing people on the station can be affected by these particles. Ensign Carter takes things to an extreme and fires off a shot with a phaser in the Orion's Belt and lands himself in the Brig.
Thursday, 03/11/2004:
The LMH discovers the growth hormone in most of the humanoid races that seem to be affected by the emissions is lower and slightly off center. Commander N'tran determines the ship causing the problems is a sleeper ship.
Thursday, 03/18/2004:
Commander N'tran boards the U.S.S. Phantom and prepares to depart toward the star and the ship that is the cause of the emissions As he makes his way toward the visiting ship, N'tran quickly realized that someone had been playing around with the computer systems. Repairs take a while and delay his scheduled time of arrival as he is manning the ship by himself.
Thursday, 03/25/2004:
The funeral for the former bartender is completed by Sev and Sev alone. His casket is jettisoned into space also containing some of the Ferengi's personal belongings.
Thursday, 04/01/2004:
No news this week.
Thursday. 04/08/2004:
No news this week.
Thursday, 04/15/2004:
Commander N'tran pulls up near the ship and encounters problems from the ship's refueling efforts.
Thursday, 04/22/2004:
No news this week.
Thursday, 04/29/2004:
No news this week.
Thursday, 05/06/2004:
Commander N'tran has come up with a solution to the requirements of the alien ship and it's refueling requests. Launching three unarmed photon torpedoes toward them does the trick. He has the ghost of Quezak and the chicken from years gone by to thank for the inspiration.
Thursday, 05/13/2004:
No news this week.
Thursday, 05/20/2004:
The alien ship has gathered up the three unarmed torpedoes and seems to have completed it's mission. It has left without incident, however, it never responded to any hails and very little more is known about it. THe U.S.S. Phantom returns to the station and docks. Ensign Black is injured by the computer systems of the station.
Thursday, 05 27/2004:
Captain Wozniak is yanked inside of a jefferies tube by an unknown attacker. Lt. Sorgman is on his way to the rescue.
Thursday, 06/03/2004:
Welcome to another Bar owner, Macet Demak has just arrived. The affects of the emissions from the visiting ship are now wearing off, the child like behavior is starting to let up.
Thursday, 06/10/2004:
Lt. Sorgman has managed to catch up with what turns out to be a creature that has drug the Captain away. As the Lt. catches the thing, he tries to get off a shot to kill the creature. The attempt fails, resulting in the Lt. being severely injured. Wozniak manages to pick up the phaser dropped in the skirmish between the creature and Lt. Sorgman. With a bit of luck, Ken is able to kill the beast and summon help.
Thursday, 06/17/2004:
Maggie Fox is a bit upset with the addition of a new Bar across the Promenade from her. The new mission, titled "A Little Whine" begins this week. Station operations are returning to normal as the mission jumps ahead almost two weeks in the timeline.
Thursday, 06/24/2004:
Commander Scott Wozniak, Ken's Brother, is in the holding area of landing pad C when an overhead cooling pipe breaks, draining water all over the runabout and Scott. Danica Prabhaven ends up spending the night with the Crown Prince of the Vald Star Empire. Ensign Will sutton comes across the broken cooling line and orders gravity disabled in the immediate are surrounding the breakage. Sev has taken a bit of personal time to resolve some issue from his past. He departs the station and is expected to return in 2-3 days time. Danica confides in Ms. Fox about her evening with the Vald. A trip to visit the Infirmary commences. Lt. Sorgman has awakened from his 2 week nap. He is recovering nicely.
Thursday, 07/01/2004:
Ensign Woods has returned from her trip to Deep Space 9. Ensign Terry Heart is injured in a freak accident. The gravity has been disabled in and around the area of docking pad C. Scott and all of the water are now free floating. Macet Demak somehow comes to the rescue, or at least apparent rescue of Commander Wozniak. After a quick discussion, Demak fires a Cardassian Phaser at the Captain's Brother and takes off in a stolen type 11 shuttle. However, before the Bar owner departs, he implements a hidden program, placed there by Demak. The result is a total station wide systems lockdown. Ensign Jo'tin arrives just after the Cardassian departs and renders aid to Commander Scott Wozniak. Lt. Sorgman, Ensign Woods, Ensign Heart, Ensign Rakaa, Ensign Georgio, Captain Wozniak and Danica Prabhaven all become trapped inside the Infirmary when the lockdown goes into place. Commander N'tran orders a Yellow Alert and attempts to bring the gravity back online. After a brief visit with the LMH, it is determined that Prabhaven is indeed pregnant with the Vald's child.
Thursday, 07/08/2004:
The LMH attempts to ge to Commander Wozniak in the docking pad, but has no luck. Sorgman continues to try and get out of the Infirmary.
Thursday, 07/15/2004:
Ensign Bythis continues to work in the Hydroponics bay to restore environmental controls there.
Thursday, 07/22/2004:
Saturday was my Birthday, I am now 29. Ohh Joy. As a Birthday present to myself, as well as all of our players, I recently bought www.deepspace12.com and have found a new host for the website. It will now be totally add free. Anyone wishing to make donations for the fees may contact me directly. Donations for the support of the Deep Space 12 site are NOT required. Ensign Woods has some ideas on getting out of the Infirmary. Lt. Aayush Iyer, our new Chief of Operations has arrived.
Thursday, 07/29/2004:
Lt. Kolmik finds the DFK shipyard to be a mess upon his awakening. The LMH and the Captain devise a plan to get out of the Infirmary. As a result of the plan, the LMH disappears, dropping his Mobile Emitter to the floor. It is soon discovered that the LMH is now bouncing around to different locations throughout the station. Commander Scott Wozniak is finally treated when the LMH appears by chance in the Runabout parked inside of Landing Pad C.
Thursday, 08/05/2004:
The intermittent problems with the LMH continue, however, as he continues his trip around the station, the Dr. is able to open a few of the force fields in the process.
Thursday, 08/12/2004:
Captain Wozniak recruits PO1 Welty to accompany him in an effort to reach Operations. WO2 John Anthony Kyles, our new Infiltration Specialist is on his way to join us, however, he is unable to board the station at the moment.
Thursday, 08/19/2004:
An attack on the station begins and Ensign Woods attempts to get to a launch bay in an effort to grab a fighter and help. Shortly after the attack begins, the station suddenly goes dark. Within a few seconds, the computer resumes operation and the station comes back online. It appears that the program that was in control of the station is nowhere to be found. Welcome to Warrant Officer 2 Ariana Lono, our new Crypto/Analysis Specialist. Two Cardassian Warships arrive to aid the Vald in their attack.
Thursday, 08/26/2004:
The Vald are joined in their attack on the station by Macet and 2 Galor Class warships. The Captain reaches Operations and begins to asses the situation. Lt. Smithers reports to Operations. Lt. Sevarb Lehteb and a friend come to the aid of the station, although their help is somewhat limited.
Thursday, 09/02/2004:
We welcome the return of the Chief Science Officer Lt. T'Mal. Ensign Woods' fighter is disabled by an attack from one of the small Vald fighter. She is knocked out by the blast. The Vulcan ship transporting Lt. T'Mal back to Deep Space 12 has engaged the Vald fleet, targeting on of the Cardassian ships that is lending some aid to the Vald. during a brief moment of silence between the dueling ships, the T'Engora is able to beam Ensign Woods from her fighter. Commander N'tran designs and implements a plan to thwart the Cardassian program that continues to control the station's computers. The plan turns out to be a total success and soon the station's systems are fully restored to the control of the crew. Finally, the Vald Command speaks to Captain Wozniak. Overlord Tonquar is demanding the return of a child that has not been born as of yet. It would seem that the baby that Ms. Prabhaven is carrying is the child in question. Captain Wozniak allows Lt. Smithers to be the first to talk with him.
Thursday, 09/09/2004:
Ensign Azarlin, our new Strategic Operations Officer has arrived in the midst of the battle on board the U.S.S. Montana.
Thursday, 09/16/2004:
Warrant Officer 2 Ariana Lono has arrived in Operations and completed her check in with Captain Wozniak. Ensign Azalrin is also beamed into Ops, much to the shock of a few of the crew. Lt.(jg) Stan McCormic, the station's new Chief Security/Tactical Officer has just arrived in the area just outside of the range of the temporarily suspended battle and is hailing the station for docking approval.
Thursday, 09/23/2004:
No News this week.
Thursday, 09/30/2004:
Lt. Moranna continues to get settled into her position in the Infirmary.
Thursday, 10/07/2004:
The U.S.S. Armstrong manages to get inside of the station's shield bubble after the Vald Overlord and Lt. Smithers come to an agreement to cease fire as talk begin. In the meantime, the Vald begin to work on a way to penetrate Deep Space 12's shields and beam aboard a search party in an attempt to capture Ms. Prabhaven by force.
Thursday, 10/14/2004:
No News this week.
Thursday, 10/21/2004:
Ms. Prabhaven arrives in Operations to witness and partake in the talks with the Vald Overlord.
Thursday, 10/28/2004:
Two Vald ships attack the stations shields in a successful attempt to beam a party onto the station. Shortly after the beam in, an Intruder Alert is sounded.
Thursday, 11/04/2004:
Welty catches up to two Vald intruders and neutralizes them.
Thursday, 11/11/2004:
The U.S.S. Hubble creates a diversion causing the Vald fleet to back off from the station a bit. Danica Prabhaven and the Vald Overlord come to an agreement wherein she will accompany them with the unborn child. Thankfully this change allowed for the Vulcan ship as well as a few of the other transports awaiting clearance to dock at the station.
Thursday, 11/18/2004:
Lt.'s T'Mal and McCormic report to the Captain's Office to find the Chief Medical Officer beat them to him.
Thursday, 11/25/2004:
A new mission begins, entitled “All Tapped Out.” Lt.(jg) T’mal is promoted to the rank of full Lt. A new Security Investigations Officer arrived, Lt.(jg) Patrick Corvinous.
Thursday, 12/02/2004:
The transfer of the Vald prisoners in the holding cells was arranged by Chief of Security McCormick. Lt, Kira attempted to counsel the two prisoners, but get nothing but hatred from them. A disturbance occurs on the promenade, but is resolved by Lt. McCormick.
Thursday, 12/09/2004:
The disturbance on the promenade is resolved, and the prisoners taken to the brig where they join the Vald prisoners.
Thursday, 12/16/2004:
Ops is contacted by Consulate Fimlar of Galen III, who wants to speak to the Captain regarding a prisoner in the brig.
Thursday, 12/23/2004:
The station is racked by serious, but not deadly, transporter malfunctions. These malfunctions swap whoever or whatever is being transported between two transporters with the data from another set of transporters. All transporters are taken off line. It is also revealed that the prisoner of interest in the brig is called Investigator Taklar, who is a member of Galen III’s intelligence network. Warrant Officer Tiberius Smith reports for duty as an Intelligence Officer.
Thursday, 12/30/2004:
The Diplomatic transport ship, Damocles is attacked in space by an unknown force. They quickly lose power, but not before issuing a distress call. Thank you for a great year all.