A/N: I’m going to be doing something different with this post. Anyone who follows me knows that I am an avid Star Trek Online player. So I decided to recap my missions from the point of view of my STO characters. This is Candy’s recollection of Out in the Cold from the Breen story arc that, unfortunately, got removed in the latest update for Star Trek Online. When reading the log, imagine the voice of Eliza Dushku, who I picked out for Candy. You can hear her in this video.
Captain’s Log Stardate 95670.87
This is Admiral Candy Marino of the U.S.S. Winchester, and we just got a message from the Deferi about Breen attacking civilian ships. I’ll admit that I don’t know much about the Breen other than they wear refrigerated suits, their planet is colder than the North Pole and they look like something out of a Star Wars holo-program. I’ll admit, protecting civilian ships isn’t much of a mental challenge, but I’d really like to discover more about these Breen.
So, I had the Winchester go to the VZA-4001 system and investigate what’s going on.
Well, wouldn’t you know? Chris picks up a distress call from a Deferi freighter. He looks at me, expecting me to do the right thing. Then Elisa chimes in by pointing out the obvious and finally locating the Sabok. It took me awhile to get out of warp, but we finally got there. I have to say, for a mysterious species, the Breen really don’t put up that much of a fight. Then the Sabok thanks us for our assistance and tells us all about how they took extra precautions, such as a micro-warp jump and using the magnetic field of the comet to hide. Yet the Breen still managed to find them. Seriously, these guys are good. Then they tell us about the Paktau, which is the sister ship, and asks them to check up on it. I feel like a glorified bodyguard, but the Deferi will make valuable allies to the Federation, which also includes me. So I have no other choice but to help them. Sometimes I feel that I should’ve gone solo; then I can choose my missions without having to worry about anyone else.
Well, what do you know? The minute we start searching for the Paktau, it sends us a distress call. Apparently, they just need some replacement parts to prevent a warp core breach. Then, as soon as we beam that over, Breen ships ambush the Winchester. The first two went down like that, but the second one put up more of a fight. Eventually, we destroyed all of the ships and the Paktau rewarded us with information on the Breen slavers. Apparently, they heard a couple of the raiders talking about the Zaria system. Zarva scanned it herself and found nothing more than a broken planetoid, but she pointed out that the information could be out of date. So, I ordered the Winchester to fly there immediately.
Good thing I did, because that so-called destroyed planet has a dilithium-rich core, as Zarva pointed out. The Breen themselves even use the Deferi they capture as slave labor. Not the first time they’ve pulled shit like this. The Breen even stationed ships around the planet, but the Winchester took care of them. After that, we still had to beam down to the planet and destroy the transporter inhibitor the Breen kept in place. I have to give credit to Elisa for discovering that.
We ended up beaming down into a cargo storage area and, what do you know? They have all of them in prison cells. I guess this is what the Breen call a break. Either that or they go around capturing slaves while having no idea what a slave is. Chris pointed out that the Breen are using three separate transport disruptors that are keyed to Deferi physiology. It’s why the Breen can beam in and out and why the disruptors didn’t stop us from transporting in. If you ask me; that’s a really huge oversight on the Breen’s part. Then Chris points out how we need to neutralize the Breen guards before destroying the disruptors. Thanks for pointing that out, Captain Obvious. Zarva took the time to examine the cells and said what Chris already told us. Then she told us that there are other Deferi life signs on other levels and the cells are all connected to the same mechanism. Well, that makes my job easier.
So, my away team and I went through the hallways and ended up fighting group after group of Breen, disabling each transporter inhibitor on the way.
After that was done, Zarva pointed out that a new Breen beamed on the planet. According to her, we aroused suspicion from the Breen commander by freeing their captives. You mean the Breen don’t like people beaming on to their home world and sabotaging their prisons? What a shock! Now all we had to do was check on the Deferi captives and the only thing preventing that was a force field.
Well, I easily deactivated that and we inspected the now empty cells.
Chris told us that all of the Deferi prisoners transported safely, and claimed that we could return to the Winchester. Well, he was about to until we got a message from Thot Trel. You wouldn’t believe what that asshole said to me! He went on about how I’m not impressive and called me insignificant! Then claimed that his little henchmen should have no problem taking care of me! I’d like to see the look on his face when I prove him wrong.
Anyway, Trell sent Thot Gran and his henchmen after me. Me and my away team took out the guards first and then dealt with Gran. Hey, you want to beat the big boss, you have to take care of the small fry first. I’ll admit, he did put up a bit of a fight but I won and we beamed back to my ship. Who’s insignificant now? Elisa immediately began celebrating about how the whole mining operation fell apart. Then she started speculating about who sent the message and how we’ll need to look into this in more detail. She told me that Starfleet will either send patrols to make sure this doesn’t happen again, or the Deferi will mine dilithium here for themselves. Honestly, I don’t give a shit. I just found myself in the middle of a mystery, so I immediately left.
As soon as we left, Ambassador Surah hailed us, claiming that the survivors are on their way home and they want to mine dilithium for themselves. Then he talked about considering a joint operation with the Federation and sharing the resources with us. The Ambassador ended up thanking us and telling us that our actions helped preserve the Balance. It’s a big day for Star Wars references. After this, I ended up getting myself a huge promotion! You’re looking at Vice Admiral Candy Marino!
A/N: So, what did you think? Some of the stuff I took pictures of didn’t show up in the screenshots, such as the dialogue or the fighting. So, I need to figure out how to get that in the pictures. Anyway, feel free to requests any episodes you would like my Star Trek Online characters to recap. You can also role-play with one of your Star Trek Online characters in the comments, if you want to.