Captain’s Personal log, Nog recording.
I’m afraid.
I haven’t felt like this since before the end of the Dominion war. I- I need to start from the beginning.
We found the Krenim in the Delta Quadrant. They had temporal technology unlike anything I’d ever dreamed of.
I was standing in front of the entire Iconian council and they never knew, never even suspected, we could overhear them. It gave me hope! Technology which could stand against them! Finally!
Then I learned their weapon doesn’t just alter the timeline, it erases things from ever having existed! The Krenim don’t seem to care, but… it’s terrifying to a lot of people, with good reason.
We were losing. Badly. Even knowing what it could do, the Alliance agreed to build the Krenim warship as a weapon of last resort. I agreed. I don’t regret that I helped. If I was there then I could be a voice of reason before we started to rip apart time itself. I told myself we’d never actually have to use it. We tried one last conventional attack, and I can’t help but wonder if that’s what “sealed our fate” as Jake would say.
The strike against the Iconians was more successful than we’d ever expected. Their leader, M’tara, is dead. She had personally killed the Klingon High Council. Her fleet has taken dozens of worlds, thousands of starships, billions of lives. It was supposed to be something good. Something to save more lives, to force them to negotiate.
All we did was kill their leader. Their sister. Now there is no hope for negotiation. No holding back.
The weapon is complete. We’ve begun running simulations. I only hope we can make the right choices.
End log
I’m afraid.
I haven’t felt like this since before the end of the Dominion war. I- I need to start from the beginning.
We found the Krenim in the Delta Quadrant. They had temporal technology unlike anything I’d ever dreamed of.
I was standing in front of the entire Iconian council and they never knew, never even suspected, we could overhear them. It gave me hope! Technology which could stand against them! Finally!
Then I learned their weapon doesn’t just alter the timeline, it erases things from ever having existed! The Krenim don’t seem to care, but… it’s terrifying to a lot of people, with good reason.
We were losing. Badly. Even knowing what it could do, the Alliance agreed to build the Krenim warship as a weapon of last resort. I agreed. I don’t regret that I helped. If I was there then I could be a voice of reason before we started to rip apart time itself. I told myself we’d never actually have to use it. We tried one last conventional attack, and I can’t help but wonder if that’s what “sealed our fate” as Jake would say.
The strike against the Iconians was more successful than we’d ever expected. Their leader, M’tara, is dead. She had personally killed the Klingon High Council. Her fleet has taken dozens of worlds, thousands of starships, billions of lives. It was supposed to be something good. Something to save more lives, to force them to negotiate.
All we did was kill their leader. Their sister. Now there is no hope for negotiation. No holding back.
The weapon is complete. We’ve begun running simulations. I only hope we can make the right choices.
End log
The first completion of “Butterfly Effect” on an account this week will grant a Featured Episode Weekly Reward box. The weekly reward box gives your choice of an Enhanced Universal Tech Upgrade or a Captain Specialization Point, which gives the character who opens the box a Specialization Point. The weekly reward box, tech upgrade, and specialization point box are all Bound to Account, and may be freely traded between your characters. The Specialization Point box requires the opening character to be level 50 or above.
After the first four weeks, it will be available for level 60 players only and will no longer include the choice of a special tech upgrade or specialization point.
Rewards
The first completion of “Butterfly Effect” will also give the Focused Assault Training Manuals pack. This pack contains one training manual for Focused Assault I, II, and III. It also unlocks the ability to create additional copies of the training manuals through Officer Training R&D tasks. Focused Assault is a Space Tactical Bridge Officer ability, usable in Lieutenant, Lt. Commander, and Commander Stations. Using this ability pinpoints a vulnerability in the targeted foe’s systems. Allied ships which attack the target gain a short duration buff to their accuracy and damage, which is refreshed by continuing to attack the target. Focused Assault’s recharge time is reduced if it is active when the targeted foe is destroyed.