Foundry:Ghosts of War, Part I (ST-HBPDJHGFE)

"Ghosts of War, Part I" (ST-HBPDJHGFE, aka "Murdered World") is the first of six missions in the Ghosts of War series.

Historical context
This mission takes place in an alternate 2409, shortly after the events of Cryptic mission "Cutting the Cord".

Plot summary
The player is contacted by Admiral Madelaine Youngs, the chief handler for Starfleet Intelligence assets, asking the player to check on one of those assets: Communications Array 115, a platform for monitoring comm traffic in the Romulan Star Empire and fledgling Romulan Republic, which has malfunctioned and may have been sabotaged. Upon arrival at CA-115, the player finds that the Hirogen have indeed tampered with one of the array's nodes, presumably on the Empire's behalf. Upon repairing the node, the player's ship broadcasts a sector-wide alert for Hirogen activity, which is acknowledged by every Federation ship and installation in the Sierra sector except one: A team of exobiologists studying the third planet of the Verena system.

The player sets course for Verena III, only to find the planet completely lifeless - and a ring of unidentified satellites in its orbit. A series of scans reveals the satellites to be orbital emitters, which explains the sterilized planet. The player contacts Admiral Youngs, who authorizes an investigation into the destruction of the planet's biosphere (and apparent murder of the exobiologists).

The player leads an away team to the now-barren surface, where they are frequently accosted by Hirogen hunting parties while gathering evidence from the area surrounding the exobiology team's base camp. Of particular note is a log recording by the late team leader Margaret Evans, who recounts an incident from the night before the attack in which another team member unexpectedly detected readings in the vicinity. After surviving a Hirogen ambush, the team returns to the ship, which is then forced to fight off more Hirogen ships in orbit.

Curiously, however, the lead Hirogen vessel does not join in the attack. Instead, its commanding officer says he's no longer inclined to serve the Romulans after learning of their dealings with the Iconians. More importantly, he claims that a Romulan senator named Veledrus was behind the thalaron weapon that sterilized Verena III - and that the attack was merely a test of the weapon's capabilities, suggesting plans for another attack, this time against a populated world. Later during a debriefing, Admiral Youngs says finding Veledrus and learning what he knows about the weapon, and his intentions for using it, is now Starfleet Intelligence's top priority.

Objectives

 * One Bad Apple
 * Ghosts of War, Part I
 * Survive Hirogen ambush
 * Locate the compromised node
 * Shut down all adjacent nodes
 * Shut down and disinfect Node 0D
 * Verena III
 * Scan the first satellite
 * Scan the second satellite
 * Scan the third satellite
 * Scan the fourth satellite
 * Download logs and destroy fourth satellite
 * A Crime Against Nature
 * Concurrent objectives:
 * Collect evidence
 * Collect evidence
 * Collect evidence
 * Reach survey team's base camp
 * Concurrent objectives:
 * Analyze the soil and plant samples
 * Upload data from clip to camp computer
 * Study survey team logs
 * Concurrent objectives:
 * Examine team leader's log
 * Examine communication log
 * Examine sensor log
 * Survive first Hirogen ambush
 * Survive second Hirogen ambush
 * Out of Season
 * Defeat Hirogen squadrons
 * Talk to Hirogen Alpha
 * Rendezvous with the Fleming
 * Hail the Fleming
 * Interstellar Exports, Ltd.
 * Talk to Miss Pomeny
 * Talk to Admiral Youngs