Episode 70. The Enemy of My Enemy Is Russian
Context
- Coordinated Universal Time
- Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 00:19
- Location
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- Earth
- Russia
- Moscow
- Subterranean Network
- Main Block
- Kremlin HQ
- Timeline
- Schak'Irra Timeline
- Previously
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Agnes's team forced its way into the main block beneath the Kremlin and discovered a horrifying mass grave. Delta and Foxtrot Units were wiped out by the Tholians, forcing Alpha Unit to fall back into a vertical shaft. After a dangerous descent, Agnes, Tarsi, Eros, Gomard, and Lebeau infiltrated the command center and neutralized a Russian private militia. They captured Yevgeny Prigozhin, a man Tarsi says she knows and whose identity raises questions. Tarsi was preparing to inspect the computers to verify who triggered the nuclear strikes on July 15.
Characters
| Name | Affiliation / Branch | Title / Rank | Species | Original Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes V. Rodriguez | NATO / Special Fleet | Captain | Human | Schak'Irra Timeline |
| Tarsi | Starfleet / Temporal Division | Commander | Andorian | Prime Timeline |
| Robert Gomard | NATO / Army | Colonel | Human | Schak'Irra Timeline |
| Eros Vitos | NATO / Special Fleet | Ensign | Human | Schak'Irra Timeline |
| Lebeau | NATO / Army | Corporal | Human | Schak'Irra Timeline |
| Yevgeny Prigozhin | Russian Empire / Private Militia | Militia Leader | Human | Schak'Irra Timeline |
Manifest
| USS Enterprise | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | NATO |
| Location | Earth Orbit |
| Captain | Agnes V. Rodriguez |
| First Officer | Angie Chen |
| Pilot | Eric Corda |
| Communications | Emilie Flores |
| Operations | Charlene Savea |
| Tactical | Eric Corda Charlene Savea |
| Science | Manu |
| Advanced Weapons | Eros Vitos |
| Sickbay | Victor S. Calpel |
| Counselor/Consultant | Manu |
| Custodian | Manu |
| Passengers | Tarsi (Confidential) Robert Gomard and his squad |
| Ground Teams |
Alpha Unit: Robert Gomard, Agnes V. Rodriguez, Eros Vitos, Tarsi, Lebeau, Charlie Unit: 9 soldiers |
TL;DR
Tarsi hacks the Kremlin systems: the recordings incriminate the Minister of Defense, the State Duma, and the FSB in the July 15 nuclear attack. The archives also reveal that in 1954 the Soviet army captured aliens, possibly the crew of the Schak'Irra. Tarsi demands that they be rescued. Agnes, more pragmatic, hesitates. Prigozhin then offers a deal: he knows the location of an underground rail network leading toward Putingrad (Gelendzhik) and offers to guide the team in exchange for his freedom. Colonel Gomard remains suspicious, but the urgency and the lack of any alternative push Agnes to consider the fragile alliance.
Story
The Kremlin command room is a vast space saturated with consoles, computers, magnetic tape drives, giant screens, and computer server racks.
There is no longer any possible doubt: we have reached our first objective.
Now we need to download the data... and destroy this place.
Ens. Eros Vitos (Weapons Engineer)
Colonel, come look over here.
I hit the jackpot!
Col. Robert Gomard (Army)
Hmm... yeah. I see that, Ensign.
Bulletproof vests, tactical helmets, protective goggles.
Ens. Eros Vitos (Weapons Engineer)
That's not all.
AK-47s fitted with GP-25s, rocket launchers, flamethrowers.
Col. Robert Gomard (Army)
And my favorite...
A portable heavy machine gun.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Heeey! Don't touch my weapons!
Ens. Eros Vitos (Weapons Engineer)
Shut up!
Col. Robert Gomard (Army)
Look at this...
The Father of All Bombs. Just what we need to level the whole place.
Lebeau, take the crate and place it on the central pillar.
Cpl. Lebeau (Army)
Yes, Colonel.
Ens. Eros Vitos (Weapons Engineer)
Uh... Colonel, are you sure you want to use those?
We don't have any plan to get out of here.
All the upper levels are overrun by Tholians.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Ahem... ahem...
I might be able to help you.
Col. Robert Gomard (Army)
Didn't your mother ever teach you to keep your mouth shut?
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Eros is right.
We need a plan to get out.
Where are you with your search, Tarsi?
Cmdr. Tarsi
I cracked the system.
Our little friend was right: the Minister of Defense was behind the attack.
But he didn't act alone.
The speakers of the State Duma and the Federation Council seized power with help from the FSB.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
See!
They're all idiots!
Cmdr. Tarsi
If you open your mouth again, I promise I will rearrange your teeth.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Did you find anything else?
Cmdr. Tarsi
I'm downloading all available data.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Try to find the detailed plans for the entire underground complex.
We need an exfiltration option.
Cmdr. Tarsi
Oooh my God...
Agnes, look!
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
What is it, Tarsi?
Cmdr. Tarsi
According to these archives, the Soviet Red Army did capture aliens near the North Pole in 1954.
They were transferred to a gulag in Siberia.
The medical reports describe atrocities... dissections.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
You think this is the crew of the Schak'Irra?
Cmdr. Tarsi
Oh yes, Agnes.
I recognize the faces of my colleagues from the 26th century in the photos.
We have to rescue them as quickly as possible.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Tarsi, be reasonable.
All of that happened seventy years ago.
By now, they are all dead.
Cmdr. Tarsi
You're wrong, Agnes.
Some of them were Vulcans. Their life expectancy approaches two hundred years.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Get a grip.
Even if they were still alive, we wouldn't know where to find them.
And they would have had no chance of surviving the radiation.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Ahem... ahem.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
What?!
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
I know where the... mutants you're looking for are.
Cmdr. Tarsi
They are not mutants!
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Talk.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Grandpa uses the mutants as slaves.
He never goes anywhere without them.
Cmdr. Tarsi
I forbid you to call them mutants, you son of a--
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
I assume you know where he's hiding.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Myeah... could be.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Spill everything you know.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
You'll need my help to get there.
I'm offering you my services, and in exchange, you set me free.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Out of the question.
Col. Robert Gomard (Army)
Agnes, think about it.
On Earth, he no longer represents a major threat.
Putin has far more strategic value than he does.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
All right, big guy, you're going to have to convince me.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
He holed up with a few loyalists in Putingrad.
To get there, you have to take the underground rail network.
There is a station very close to here.
But with all the mutant spiders he released, you'll need my men to clear the way.
Cmdr. Tarsi
Confirmed.
I see an open area on the map, five hundred meters away, three levels down.
Catherine II Station.
The readings from our tricorders match.
There is a tunnel leaving Moscow toward the southwest, in the direction of Gelendzhik...
I can't confirm that it leads to Putingrad.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Gelendzhik is Putingrad's former name.
Col. Robert Gomard (Army)
Agnes, he's got a point there.
We'll never reach that station with the Tholians in our way.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Very well.
Here's the deal.
You and your men live if you lead us there.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Do I really have a choice?
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Yes.
We can also hand you over to the Tholians.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
To the what?!
Cmdr. Tarsi
The ones you mistake for Putin's creatures.
They are aliens from another world.
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Of course...
And I'm the Blue Fairy.
I'll believe you, just to make you happy.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
Robert, I don't like this idea very much.
We can't trust him blindly.
He's Russian.
Col. Robert Gomard (Army)
We don't have another option, Agnes.
Without him and his men, we have no chance of making it out alive.
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
I swear, if he messes around... I'll cut his balls off.
Did you hear that, big guy?
Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
Cut off my what?!
Capt. Agnes V. Rodriguez
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Yevgeny Prigozhin (Militia Leader)
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