Personal Log: Ben Versteegt

Admiral Vulnis, RNS Battle Roc
Personal Log

This afternoon, at 17:42 hours, an unknown object appeared on the extreme edge of our long range sensors, four sectors away from the Takara sector. I was immediately informed of this new threat, and recognised the power signatures of the intruder instantly.

It's the Borg. Sensors detect a single cube, currently holding position in sector Thelta, at the edge of our sensor range. Even though I have never encountered the Borg in battle before, I have heard stories. Rumours. Their ships are rumoured to be infinitely strong, self-regenerating and nearly impossible to destroy.

And here I thought things were finally peaceful at the Klingon front. The Klingons have made no move against our superior forces, and all the fighting that was done here consisted of a few minor border skirmishes. The Klingons are powerless to stop us -- we have them cornered in their own section of the galaxy. The real fighting is taking place dozens of sectors away, at the Federation front. Reports are still coming in about the glorious victories of Admiral Lonal's forces over the Federation fleets.

Because the real action does not take place here, all the newer ships and the better crews were sent to the Federation front. All I have are a couple of destroyers and a bunch of ships we stole from the Klingons. All in all, I have no more than 25 ships at my disposal, spread across six sectors. I have given the order for all available ships to cancel their current missions and proceed at best speed to the Takara sector. If the Borg attack, it is most likely they will attack there. For now, however, we remain hopeful that the Borg might simply leave us alone.

End log.

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Admiral Vulnis, RNS Battle Roc
Personal Log.

The impossible has happened. Within the confines of a few hours, the Borg cube disappeared off our sensors, only to reappear again (using a transwarp conduit, perhaps) in the Andor system, where it attacked and destroyed the orbital outpost and the single destroyer that were guarding the system. They barely had time to send out a distress signal. Recent reports confirm the destruction of our forces in that system, and state that the Borg cube has begun transporting Andorians up from the surface and turning them into drones. Other, more preliminary reports show that the Borg are firing some sort of beam weapon at the surface of the habitable planets in that system, wiping out entire cities and turning whole continents into deserts. 142 million casualties have already been reported.

I have recalled all my forces and have ordered them to rendezvous in the Andor system in two days. My ship is currently en-route as well at maximum warp -- we will meet the Borg in battle in two days and try to put an end to this planetary genocide. With 25 ships, there must be some damage we can inflict on the Borg. It may not be much, but it's all we have.

I have contacted Admiral Lonal over subspace, and she has agreed to send a total of nearly forty ships to Sector S-9, three sectors away from Andor. Since they are unable to reach our position in time, the ships will have to set up a secondary defence perimiter in that system. The reinforcements will not arrive there before we engage the Borg either, but if we fail, they will make their last stand there.

The next two days will be filled with reports of even more casualties, as the Borg will continue to turn the planets of the Andor system into deserts. Why they do this is unknown to me, but the fact remains that their actions will wipe out millions of Andorians every day. The Borg seem to be content with exterminating all life in the system. It is cruel to even think it, but I hope the Borg will want to remain in the system until they have destroyed every single living organism there. That will keep the cube there until our fleet arrives. And when we do arrive, we will engage the Borg in the name of the millions of Andorians who have died. We will attack them and we will win. We simply have no other choice.

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