Mission: Khitomer Vortex

Khitomer Vortex

Given by:

TFO

Minimum Rank (?):

50

Repeatable:

Yes

Cooldown Timer:

30 min

Challenge:

Preceded by:

“Cure Found”

Followed by:

“Khitomer in Stasis”

Rewards

Experience Points:

516

Expertise:

495

You will receive the following reward:

• Omega Marks
• Fleet Marks

Plus one of the following:

Skill		Elite mark	R&D
	480	x
	720	1
	1440	2

Khitomer Vortex is a Special Task Force space mission requiring a team of five players.

Synopsis

A tactical cube guarding the vortex

This mission is the first installment of a two-part story. The Borg are attempting to travel back in time to awaken inactive drones that were left in an an underground facility on the Vega Colony many years earlier prior to the arrival of the Khitomer Task Force.

In this mission the players confront the Borg in the Quadra Sigma System where the Borg are attempting to establish a temporal vortex so that they can travel back to the past. The players must stop the Borg from entering the portal and ultimately defeat the leader of this group.

Outline

Donatra's Ship: an assimilated Scimitar

Admiral D'Vak has received a report of Borg activity in the Quadra Sigma System, and asks the players to investigate. On arrival in the system the players discover that the Borg have established a temporal vortex in orbit over the planet, with the intent of sending an invasion force back to assimilate the Federation in the past.

The Borg send waves of vessels towards the vortex, along with heavy reinforcements. The players destroy the Borg Transwarp gates that are feeding ships into the vortex, thus stemming the incursion, but some Borg ships have already made it through.

Once the Transwarp gates are destroyed, Donatra's ship, the I.R.W. Valdore, a massive assimilated Romulan dreadnought appears and confronts the players.

Mission Text

There are reports of Borg ships massing in the Quadra Sigma system.

A large Borg fleet is trouble we don't need. Also, levels of chroniton particles detected in the system could mean that the Borg are attempting to open a temporal anomaly.

I want them stopped before they can do anything that will damage the timeline.

Objectives

• Borg Buildup
  • Destroy Borg Before They Enter Time Vortex- Time Vortex Used (0/10)
  • Destroy the Vortex Guardians
  • Destroy the Transwarp Conduits (0/2)
  • Answer the Incoming Transmission
  • Defeat the I.R.W. Valdore
  • Depart System

NPCs

Allies

Klingon

• D'Vak

Enemies

Borg

• Donatra

NPC starships

Allies

Enemies

Borg

• I.R.W. Valdore
• Tactical Cube
• Cube
• Sphere
• Probe
• Tractor Probe

Accolades

There are no accolades specific to this mission.

Walkthrough

For a walkthrough of this mission, visit the Walkthrough page.

There is an alternative walkthrough here.

History

This mission is one of the original Special Task Force missions which were introduced as a set of three missions, each involving both space and ground combat. These missions were split into separate space and ground missions with the release of Season Five: Call to Arms on 1st December 2011.

In the original form, after destroying the Transwarp gates, players would follow the Borg back in time, through the vortex to complete the ground portion, now known as “Khitomer in Stasis”, where they discover that Donatra, the former Romulan empress who has been missing for over 20 years is now Borg.

In true "boss" style, Donatra leaves the players to fight her minions while she makes her escape. After defeating the ground forces, the players returned to space to stop her ship, in a battle that is now the final portion of this mission.

Gallery

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  Time Vortex

• 

  Destroying the transwarp gate

List of Task Force Operations
Min. lvl.	Mission name	Region	Type	Team	Reputation	Location
5	“Starbase Fleet Defense”		Standard	20	None	Fleet Starbase
5	“Fleet Alert”		Standard	5	None	Fleet Starbase
5	“Fleet Transport Defense”		Standard	5	None	Fleet Starbase
5	“Starbase Incursion”		Standard	5	None	Fleet Starbase
10	“Romulan Imperial Minefield”		Standard	5	None	Romulan Imperial Minefield
50	“Crystalline Catastrophe”		Standard + Featured	10	None	Teneebia Sector
50	“Colony Invasion”		Standard	5	None	Federation Colony
10	“Arena of Sompek”		Standard + Featured	5	None	Qo'noS Holodeck
50	“Kobayashi Maru”		Standard + Featured	5	None	Gamma Hydra Simulation
50	“Infected: The Conduit”		Standard	5	Omega	Starbase 82
50	“Infected: Manus”		Standard	5	Omega	Starbase 82
50	“Cure Applied”		Standard	5	Omega	Vorn System
50	“Cure Found”		Standard	5	Omega	Vorn System
50	“Khitomer Vortex”		Standard	5	Omega	Quadra Sigma System
50	“Khitomer in Stasis”		Standard	5	Omega	Vega IX
50	“Into the Hive”		Standard	5	Omega	Borg Unicomplex
50	“Hive Onslaught”		Standard	5	Omega	Borg Unicomplex
50	“Transdimensional Tactics”		Standard	5	Nukara	Nukara Prime
50	“Self Destructive Tendencies”		Standard	5	Nukara	Nukara Prime
50	“Azure Nebula Rescue”		Standard	5	Romulus/Nukara	Azure Nebula
50	“Vault: Ensnared”		Standard	5	Romulus/Nukara	The Vault
50	“Vault Shuttle Event”		Standard	5	Romulus	The Vault
50	“Atmosphere Assault”		Standard	5	Romulus	Rhi System
50	“Defend Rh'Ihho Station”		Standard	5	Romulus	Rh'Ihho Station
50	“Storming the Spire”		Standard	5	Dyson	Solanae Dyson Sphere
50	“Breach”		Standard	5	Dyson	Solanae Dyson Sphere
50	“Undine Assault”		Standard	5	8472	Various
50	“Undine Infiltration”		Standard	5	8472	Bajor: Hathon
50	“Viscous Cycle”		Standard	5	8472	Fluidic Space
50	“Borg Disconnected”		Standard	5	Delta/8472/ Dyson/Omega	Borg Unimatrix
50	“Bug Hunt”		Standard	5	Delta/Iconian	Delta Quadrant
60	“Battle of Korfez”		Standard	5	Delta/Iconian	Delta Quadrant
50	“Brotherhood of the Sword”		Standard	5	Iconian	Qo'noS: First City
50	“Gateway to Gre'thor”		Standard	5	Iconian	Qo'noS System
50	“Herald Sphere”		Standard	5	Iconian	Herald Sphere
50	“Assault on Terok Nor”		Standard	5	Terran	Terok Nor
50	“Counterpoint”		Standard	5	Terran	Deep Space 9
50	“Days of Doom”		Standard	5	Temporal	23rd Century
50	“Battle of Procyon V”		Standard	5	Temporal	Procyon V
50	“Miner Instabilities”		Standard	5	Temporal	Edren System
60	“Gravity Kills”		Standard	5	Lukari	Microquasar Hypermass
60	“Tzenkethi Front”		Standard	5	Lukari	Eta Serpentis II
50	“Dranuur Beach Assault”		Cooperative	10	Lukari	Dranuur System
60	“Dranuur Gauntlet”		Standard	5	Lukari	Dranuur System
50	“Binary Circuit”		Competitive	10	Competitive	Borg Cooperative Cube
50	“Core Assault”		Competitive	10	Competitive	Adelphous System
50	“Twin Tribulations”		Competitive	10	Competitive	Omega Leonis System
60	“Swarm”		Standard	5	Gamma	Gamma Quadrant
10	“Battle at the Binary Stars”		Standard	5	Discovery	Unnamed Binary Star System
10	“Best Served Cold”		Standard	5	Discovery	Rura Penthe
10	“Defense of Starbase One”		Standard	5	Discovery	Starbase One
10	“Mycelial Realm”		Standard	5	Discovery	Mycelial network
10	“Operation Riposte”		Standard	5	Discovery	Priors World
10	“Pahvo Dissension”		Standard	5	Discovery	Pahvo System
10	“Peril Over Pahvo”		Standard	5	Discovery	Pahvo System
10	“Remain Klingon”		Standard	5	Discovery	Qo'noS System
10	“To Hell With Honor”		Standard	5	Discovery	Beta Lankal System
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10	“First Contact Day Re-Enactment”		Seasonal	5	Events	Bozeman, Montana
10	“Winter Invasion”		Seasonal	5	Events	Winter Event
50	“Mirror Invasion”		Featured	5	Events	Vauthil Station
10	“Synth Wave”		Featured	5	Events	Mars
65	“Operation Wolf”		Featured	5	Events	Star Fortress
65	“Iuppiter Iratus”		Featured	5	Events	Jupiter
65	“Bird Cage”		Featured	5	Events	Bird Cage
50	“Red Alert: Borg”		Red Alert	5	None	Alpha and Beta Quadrant
50	“Red Alert: Elachi”		Red Alert	5	None	Jouret System
50	“Red Alert: Na'kuhl”		Red Alert	5	None	Alpha, Beta, Delta Quadrants
50	“Red Alert: Tzenkethi”		Red Alert	5	None	Alpha Quadrant
50	"Red Alert: Tholian"		Red Alert	5	None	Azure Nebula