USS da Vinci (NCC-77451)

Part P: Another Dawn

Darkest Before The Dawn

USS Grus and USS da Vinci

The Vaadwaur Supremacy did not return the following day nor the day after or even the subsequent days that followed; and with each sunrise it brought new hope, hope that the fight here at least, was over.  But at what cost to the people of Samson III and the many hundreds who had come to visit [...]

Part O: New Mexican Standoff

Darkest Before The Dawn

USS Grus and USS da Vinci

At first it was a faint fluctuation, barely enough to be registered on the ships sensors; hidden as it was amongst all the other chaos, resent events had thrown up.  It grew in intensity; turning swiftly into a swirling maelstrom. It pulsed with energy, expanding from nothing to form a huge [...]

Part N: Taking Back A Planet

Darkest Before The Dawn

USS Grus and USS da Vinci

No one was entirely sure what had happened; whether it had been the Vaadwaur themselves, a malfunction or some of the civilians making an attempt to escape from one of the building in which they were being held.  Whatever the case; just before the sun began to set in the east, there was a series [...]

Part M: Landing Party

Darkest Before The Dawn

USS Grus and USS da Vinci

As the six members of the first landing party from the USS Grus materialised on the surface of Samson III, just to the east of what was a small town called Merryfield; they fanned out immediately, weapons at the ready, eyes alert and watching for danger.  The Vaadwaur soldiers were pulling out in [...]