The Enterprise Incident

Tal'Diann Archive - Mission File : The Enterprise Incident - Introductory Material ((STO In Character file transfer from Romulan Military Intelligence))

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- *~ The Enterprise Incident ~*

--- ch'R Memenda

--- Di'on Charvon (Liviana Charvanek akden, Ri-Fvillhu Thea akden), Riov ehrefvai s'galae'ch'Rihan

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Tal'Diann Archive

Mission File

- *~ The Enterprise Incident ~*

--- I.R.W. Memenda ("Honor Blade")

                                         Code Name:  *~The Talon~*

--- Di'on Charvon (alias Liviana Charvanek, later Praetor Thea), Fleet Commander, Romulan Star Navy

In old style Terran reckoning, before the Federation Starfleet's Stardate had become the standard, the year 2268 (Stardate 5027.3) saw many interesting incidents.

Among them was a mission known in the Tal'Diann archive as "The Enterprise Incident."

Images and log file excerpt follow. 

The Imperial Romulan Warbird, Memenda ("Honor Blade"), Code Name:  "The Talon," arrives on the scene."

Riov Charvon in the Memenda confronts the Starfleet incursion.

A T'Liss Bird of Prey arrives on the scene off the starboard side, another Romulan D7 having decloaked on the port side of the intruding Starfleet vessel.

The Talon poised to take her prize, Riov Di'on Charvon ponders briefly.  "Log.  This captured Federation vessel is the famed Starfleet ship, NCC 1701, The U.S.S. Enterprise.  A prize indeed.  But ... Tal'Diann file on this ship and its captain is incomplete.  Some of the data suggests this vessel would not do such a thing without orders or a very good reason.  Why is this ship here?  Is Kirk the Commander of the vessel?  Why would the Federation's Flagship not only violate the Romulan-Federation Neutral Zone, but even intrude into Romulan Star Empire territory?  And a Vulcan First Officer. ... I shall have the ship's Commander, and First Officer, over for a chat.  End log."

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The Bridge of the R.R.W. Di'on Charvon

A few ScreenShots of the bridge of the R.R.W. Di'on Charvon, a Tulwar Dreadnought Warbird commanded by my Romulan character in Star Trek Online, Vice Admiral Gessatra ir'Virinat t'Prell, Fleet Admiral of Tal'Diann.  Click the images to view larger.

Description of the shot above:

Subcommander Hiven (Chief Medical Officer, a Romulan man rescued from a Tal'Shiar holding cell where he was placed for speaking his mind) is standing to the right of the seated Vice Admiral.  Somewhat behind him, at a console, stands Subcommander Veril (Chief Engineer, a young Reman woman rescued from a combined Tal'Shiar/Elachi attack on her home colony).  To the left of and slightly behind the seated Vice Admiral stands Subcommander Tovan Khev (First Officer and Chief Tactical Officer, a young Romulan man about the same age as the Vice Admiral, and one of her childhood friends from the colony of Virinat, who escaped the Tal'Shiar/Elachi attack on Virinat with Gessatra).  Standing at a console in front and slightly to the left of the First Officer is Subcommander D'Vex (Chief of Operations, an older Romulan man, also from the colony of Virinat, captured by Elachi during the unprovoked attack on Virinat, and later freed from a stasis pod aboard an Elachi station).  On the raised landing to the rear of the bridge are two other young Romulan women;  behind and above the Chief Engineer, Subcommander Satra (Chief Science Officer, a refugee from yet another unprovoked Tal'Shiar/Elachi attack on yet another Romulan colony who had taken refuge among the Suliban and volunteered to join Gessatra's crew) stands concealed behind her console, and behind and above the Chief of Operations stands Subcommander Aeris (Chief of Security, offered as a potential recruit for Gessatra's bridge crew by Raenasa ch'Mol'Rihan, the New Romulus Command Center), partially obscured by her console.  The portal at the top of the stairs leads to the combined Ship's Captain's Ready Room (in this case, the Ship's Captain is Vice Admiral t'Prell) and Thalaron Generator Housing.

I am stating for character development purposes that Gessatra and Tovan are in their early 30s (in Human terms, although they are older chronologically, since the Romulan lifespan is longer than that of a Human), Hiven is in his mid 30s, Veril and Aeris are in their mid 20s, Satra is in her late 20s, and D'Vex is in his mid 40s.  Not shown here are several other members of Gessatra's Bridge Officer crew, including a Reman male (whose age I can't determine, although I would say he is probably no older than D'Vex), three more Romulan females (all in their 20s, I believe), and two Orion females (somewhere in the age range of 25-35 for each of these two), because everyone needs to sleep occasionally.

At the start of their careers (or rather, when I first started playing Gessatra), the time period was a few years before 2409 (the current year in Star Trek Online).  How many years, I'm not sure (nor do I recall any definite statement from the game's developers as to the precise length of time between the first mission of the Legacy of Romulus "season" and the standard "current game time" in STO (which has been the year "2409" for over three real-world years now).  However, the first mention of "Mol'Rihan" in the official chronology is from the year 2408, and this, it is said, refers to what was previously known as "Nova Roma" (a poor choice for name, for a number of reasons), a planet first mentioned in the official chronology in the year 2394.  "Nova Roma" cannot, however, be the planet now known by the name "Mol'Rihan" (more properly, "euhre ch'Mol'Rihan," literally "planet of [the] New Romulans"), as this planet was discovered after the Tal'Shiar and Elachi began attacking Romulan and Reman colony worlds, and the discovery was made by explorers from the newly formed "Romulan Republic," led by D'Tan and the Senate of the New Romulan Republic, whereas "Nova Roma" was chosen as the new site for the government of the Romulan Star Empire under the leadership of the Imperial Romulan Senate after the destruction of euhre ch'Rihan (the planet Romulus) due to the Hobus supernova.  I conclude based on this evidence that the beginning of the Legacy of Romulus "season" in STO had to be no more than 10 years before the current date, and (if the chronology isn't changed at some point in the future in order to make it more consistent with the idea that the start of Legacy of Romulus was in the past), possibly as recent as the end of 2408 or in the early months of 2409.  For the backstory of my character, though, I'm inclined to say that the attack on Virinat took place three years before the current date (which would put the attack in 2406), and that euhre ch'Mol'Rihan was discovered by the New Romulan Republic's explorers (among whom were included Gessatra and her crew) at the beginning of 2409.

The viewscreen shows ouahh ch'Mol'Rihan (the New Romulus system) from orbit around euhre ch'Mol'Rihan (the planet of the New Romulans, or "New Romulus"), which is the violet-ish planet in the foreground.  Note the two suns in the system.

A closeup of the Captain's chair and surrounding area.

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A Few Recent ScreenShots from Star Trek Online

These are images from gameplay of my Romulan character, Vice Admiral Gessatra ir'Virinat t'Prell, the Fleet Admiral of the Tal'Diann (Romulan Military Intelligence).  Click to view larger.

Subcommander Aeris is one of my Tactical/Security Bridge Officers.

The R.R.W. Di'on Charvon about to leave deep space and return to a charted sector.

The R.R.W. Di'on Charvon in the Kahless Expanse.

Gessatra and some of her Bridge Officers on the surface of Nimbus-III.  Left to Right: Subcommander Satra (Romulan Science/Medical Officer), Subcommander Veril (Reman Engineering/Operations Officer), Vice Admiral Gessatra ir'Virinat t'Prell (Romulan Science/Medical Officer and Head of Romulan Military Intelligence), Subcommander Aeris (Romulan Tactical/Security Officer), and Subcommander Shendi'la'vri (Orion Engineering/Operations Officer).

The R.R.W. Di'on Charvon (a Tulwar Dreadnought Warbird of the New Romulan Republic), in the Azure Nebula.

These Screenies were taken within the past 24 hours of gameplay.  For additional screen captures from my gameplay (I have a Vulcan Science/Medical Officer, an Orion Science/Medical Officer, and a Romulan Science/Medical Officer), see the Labels at the bottom of this post.

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Captain's Log, Stardate -309422.08742389653

[Note:  This is a report of my first test flight of the Mirror Ha'apax Advanced Warbird in the MMORPG Star Trek Online, done in-character as Vice Admiral Gessatra ir'Virinat t'Prell, Fleet Admiral of the Tal'Diann, the Military Intelligence fleet of the New Romulan Republic's Star Navy, a fleet allied with the Orion Syndicate and the Klingon Empire in their ongoing war with the United Federation of Planets and its Starfleet.]

Captain's Log, Stardate -309422.08742389653

Dhael'aishaes ch'Mol'Rihan LivianaCharvanek (literally, 'Warbird of New Romulus LivianaCharvanek' which would be designated "R.R.W. LivianaCharvanek" in Federation Standard Aenglish, the prefix standing for "Republican Romulan Warbird"),

Khre'Enriov (Vice-Admiral) Gessatra ir'Virinat t'Prell, Galae'Enriov s'Tal'Diann (Fleet Admiral of the Tal'Diann, the Romulan Military Intelligence Fleet) commanding.

Recent activities of the crew of the D.Ch.M.R. LivianaCharvanek (R.R.W. LivianaCharvanek) and myself had left me somewhat interested in testing some other ships which had come into my personal squadron.

I have and have had for some time the D.Ch.M.R. LivianaCharvanek as my personal flagship, and the flagship of the Tal'Diann.  The LivianaCharvanek is a T'varo Light Warbird Retrofit with Advanced Romulan Battle Cloak and Destabilized Plasma Torpedo Launcher standard.  I have had the ship outfitted with the Breen Absolute Zero set, and armed it with torpedoes and warheads.  Consoles are geared toward flying under cloak with the Breen set, without shields, and launching projectile weapons.  Stations are assigned based on skills advantageous for a cloaked torpedo boat.  The department chiefs and active bridge crew are the best of the best, and include Romulans, Remans, and Orions.  The duty officers and crew consist of Romulans, Remans, Orions, Klingons, Gorn, Nausicaans, Vorta, Jem'Hadar, Humans, Vulcans, Trill, Betazeds, and Letheans.  Our alliance with the Orion-Klingon Empire has provided benefits, but we also manage to recruit dissidents from the Federation on occasion as well (hence the Vulcans, Humans, Betazeds, and Trill), and have also demonstrated our might to the Dominion, whence came the defectors from the Dominion.

The LivianaCharvanek is, thus, a truly magnificent ship with a truly magnificent crew.

I also have in my squadron a variety of other vessels of both Romulan and Klingon design, and may be getting an Orion vessel or two in the future.  The likelihood that I'll be getting some Orion small craft for the hangars of my carriers is high, but that's more a long-term goal.

However, I had recently come into possession of the A.R.W. (Alliance Romulan Warbird, a captured ship from the Mirror Universe) Dhael'Temarhkh, a Mirror Ha'apax Advanced Warbird.  I have already commanded the R.R.W. Ssaedhe, a Ha'apax Advanced Warbird, and I was curious to see how the Mirror Universe counterpart would compare.  Admittedly, I did not have it outfitted as well as the LivianaCharvanek (and possibly not as well as the Ssaedhe, either), but for all that, I hoped it might prove an interesting diversion for my crew and myself.  The LivianaCharvanek, during battle, is ordinarily under cloak without shields.  This means the ship's hull is exposed to kinetic damage from torpedo and warhead explosions, warp core breaches, singularity core breaches, and so on.  Missions in the recent past had been a bit ...

At any rate, having finally gotten the Dhael'Temarhkh outfitted to a better than satisfactory state, the crew of the LivianaCharvanek (apart from three contingents left aboard for security purposes) beamed to the Dhael'Temarhkh earlier in the evening.  We set course for the Kahless Expanse to rendezvous with the R.R.W. Sol Maximus, a T'varo Light Warbird Retrofit commanded by my colleague, Khre'Enriov Satsutekh.  Entering the Expanse, we encountered numerous Federation Starfleet ship squadrons, which invariably fired upon us without provocation;  they must have known that they were trespassing in Klingon territory, and more to the point, they must have been up to no good.  Nevertheless, they fell before our combined might.  It was a glorious battle, the Dhael'Temarhkh's baptism in blood and fire.  The ship's controls took some getting used to, but the bridge crew managed to work them out.

The A.R.W. Dhael'Temarhkh begins her maiden voyage.

After reporting to Klingon High Command and New Romulus Command Center, the Dhael'Temarhkh returned to Drozana Station and the crew beamed over to the LivianaCharvanek.  The security contingents were then beamed to the Dhael'Temarhkh, and ordered to the shipyard at New Romulus.

While the Mirror ship shows some promise, it will take some time to get the vessel outfitted to my preferred specifications.  Until that time, it will remain at New Romulus.  I suspect that I will always prefer the LivianaCharvanek over the Dhael'Temarhkh for my personal flagship, but the right upgrades could change my mind.

Meanwhile, I also have three new Romulan dreadnought warbirds which have likewise recently come into my personal squadron to finish outfitting and pick names for.  I have a Tulwar, a Scimitar, and a Falchion.  I suspect that the Tulwar dreadnought warbird will be very interesting, it being more of a science vessel, and I being a science officer.  Time will tell.  At any rate, the Tulwar will be the next ship outfitted and named, and then likewise baptized in blood and fire.



End log entry.

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Behind closed doors - Female Romulan commander

The Tal'Diann

 

Romulan Star Empire ship logo as seen on the Memenda in TOS episode "The Enterprise Incident"

The Tal'Diann

From a previous post, at least a few of you will know of my fervent devotion to being a Trekker.

New Romulan Republic Tal'Diann logo

designed by Tal'Diann Fleet Admiral of the Fleet Gessatra ir'Virinat t'Prell

The symbolism is of alliance with Orion Syndicate and Klingon Defense Forces Intelligence,

and of hope for alliance with dissident Vulcans, with the New Romulan Republic at the center.

Yea, verily, forsooth, and in veritate.

I am that ultimate fangirl.

With that disclaimer out of the way, I shall now Trek out a bit.




The Tal'Diann is Romulan Military Intelligence.

The Tal'Shiar is, or was, the Imperial Romulan Secret Police.

The two have never been on the best of terms with one another.

The Tal'Shiar has always been under the control, supposedly, of the Empress or Emperor, but in reality, the Tal'Shiar has always served the Tal'Shiar, just as Sela has always served Sela.

The Tal'Diann is the Intelligence Branch of the Romulan Military.

Tal'Shiar vs. Tal'Diann ...  Spy vs. Spy.

Numerous examples from Romulan history might be provided, but in the end, the Tal'Shiar were led by a sociopathic fanatic, blinded by his devotion to the Iconians, as he ordered the destruction in Hobus, which led to the death of ch'Rihan ...

By this time, the Tal'Shiar were programmed -- conditioned, brainwashed.

Skip forward in time.  The madman at the helm of the Tal'Shiar has been executed, by the Tal'Diann Fleet Admiral of the Fleet, in the presence of Obisek, New Romulus Republic Fleet Admiral of the Fleet.  The Empress has been carried away by Iconians.  The former Praetor Taris has been taken from a maximum security Starfleet facility by Iconians.

In the ashes, from the far-flung embers, the smoldering coals came together under the Sword of the Raptor Star, and there arose a New Romulan Republic.

Old Alliances have been renewed.  New Alliances have been forged.

The Tal'Shiar remain in service to the Iconians.

The Tal'Diann remain in service to the New Romulan Republic's Military.

The Tal'Diann fleet is now working with the Orion Syndicate Intelligence Division, the Klingon Defense Forces Intelligence Branch, and disaffected Vulcans loyal to the KDF. 

The Tal'Diann have made use of "the Orion Method" in espionage.  A classic example is the case of none other than Riov (Commander) Di'on Charvon, the Captain of the Memenda, the lead Romulan D7 and Fleet Commander of the Romulan D7 fleet (in the TOS episode "The Enterprise Incident" -- the character was portrayed by Joanne Linville -- Joanne Linville at IMDB).  On this occasion, the Orion Method did not result in immediate desirable effects, but the seed was planted, and Spock went on to spend some time Under the Raptor's Wings and eventually established the Reunification movement.

Who is to say then, that Commander Charvon's mission was a failure?

For nigh a century, the identity of this early heroine of the Tal'Diann has been obscured by now-outdated interpretations of Mnhei'sahe, due to which she changed her name, but the time has come for her identity to be rescued from obscurity, in line with D'Tan's policy of greater transparency in the Republic.  She was born Di'on Charvon, the name known to history as the Riov of the D7 fleet which attempted to take the Federation flagship, a woman "disgraced" by failure and capture in this effort, a woman who nevertheless went on to perform many good works for the Tal'Diann and the Romulan people, whose "failed" mission may be better seen in hindsight than it was at the time.  In fact, Riov Di'on Charvon of the ChR Memenda was none other than Liviana Charvanek, niece of the Emperor Shiarkiek and the earlier Empress Ael t'Rllaillieu, and wife of Devoras Narviat, Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire.

Riov Liviana Charvanek:

The ChR Memenda, a Klingon-manufactured K't'inga D7, Riov Charvanek's flagship:

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