Dramatic SFB: Tholian Troll

[Matthew]

It seems our brethren have found this galaxy, after a long and arduous 
journey. But the traveling has not made them easy to live with. Moving 
in our footsteps, and obviously with better preparation than we were 
able to muster, they have struck.  In the striking, they have declared 
themselves on a mission to conquer this, our home.

Their first strike has been at a competing invasion, and not with much 
success. In a feint that drew a larger Andromedan ship into the open, 
they instead landed at us; their target. Reports are still forthcoming 
on the progress of the battle, but high command says the odds look good 
that we will beat back their initial thrust.


In other news, the Barbarians at the Gate have been caught smuggling the 
hides of an animal that we Tholians consider very playful pets. 
Apparently, they are valued outside of our space for their 
high-temperature-resistant hides and vibrantly colorful plumage. This 
despicable trade is something that must stop. Once we found a sizable 
convoy loaded with such, we had no-end to the volunteers that wished to 
join the hunt - eventually ending up with far more vessels wishing to be 
in on the kill than we could allow.


A group that our diplomatic corps originally mis-labelled as "Klingon" 
had approached us with a non-aggression agreement. Naturally, this met 
our approval. And, true to their word, they left us alone for a time. We 
will see how long their memories overcome their natural greed. There was 
a puzzling caveat in the discussions between the "Humans" and the 
"Klingons" in that they seemed most joyous in meeting eachother, despite 
our territory having been interposed between them. We've decided that 
this bodes ill for us, and will step up the patrols with the destroyers 
on both fronts.


The Klingon Deep Space Fleet has attacked a base of ours in an 
unprovoked gesture. As a result, our already-tenuous link with their 
territory will be cut off. It is likely that the Barbarians at the Gate 
will slide into the area vacated. Indeed, they seem to have established 
a base near that section of our border. This is something that we might 
wish to visit, should they step up their attacks.


--The Tholian Troll