Mission: Return to Babel

Return to Babel

Given by:

Isaac Garrett

Minimum Rank (?):

5+

Repeatable:

Yes

Preceded by:

“Painful Omens”

Followed by:

“Tangled Webs”

Story Arc:

Agents of Yesterday (episode arc)

Released:

July 5, 2016

Rewards

Experience Points:

3120

Expertise:

1080

Dilithium Ore:

480

You will receive the following reward:

Plus one of the following:

[Vulcan Male Tactical Officer]
[Human Male Tactical Officer]
[Tellarite Female Tactical Officer]

In Return to Babel, the player visits the Enterprise to prevent a temporal incursion.

Synopsis[ | ]

Admiral Garrett orders the player to lead the negotiations with the Coridian rebels for the release of the hostages. When the player arrives at Babel, Daniels reveals that these events are the result of the Temporal Cold War, and sends him along with Temporal Agent Captain Chekov to 2268, to preserve the Babel Conference and fix the timeline. In 2268, Chekov order the player to go to the Enterprise's bridge to recalibrate the internal sensors to detect the Na'kuhl. The scan results indicate something on Deck 11, so Chekov orders the player to scan the diplomats on the Lounge on that deck. While doing that, Ambassador Gav starts arguing with Amb. Sarek, forcing the player to speed up the scans. The scans indicate recent Na'kuhl interference, so Chekov suggests the away team to keep searching the deck. Eventually, they discover Gav's corpse being hidden by Na'kuhl, and after dealing with them, they suspect Captain Kirk to be the next target, the team goes on its way to deck 5, and stop the Na'kuhl from killing Kirk. The player then stabilizes Kirk's wounds, and heads to Engineering, but not before the ship comes under attack. In engineering, the player and Capt. Chekov find Lt. Cmdr. Scott and help him in keeping the ship functioning and in disarming the Na'kuhl time bomb, and, after Capt. Kirk disables the attacking vessel, the away team beams aboard with the bomb, leaving a temporal beacon behind for Scotty to pick up. On the Orion ship, the player and Chekov plant the bomb on engineering, destroying the Orion Vessel, preventing the destruction of the Enterprise, and thus restoring the timeline. After this, Daniels extracts everyone from this year back to 2270.

Outline[ | ]

Mission text[ | ]

We have a problem at Babel. Coridian rebels have taken several Federation trade officials hostage... they're threatening to kill them unless the UFP withdraws from the Coridan sector. I'd like you to work with the negotation team and try to resolve this peacefully.

Goal[ | ]

Travel to the Babel system.

Objectives[ | ]

Speak with Daniels in Sector Space
To Secure Peace
- Go to Babel System
- Talk to Daniels
- Transport to U.S.S. Enterprise (2268)
Back to Babel
- Enterprise (2268) - Arrival
  - Talk to Captain Chekov
  - Go to the Bridge
  - Recalibrate Sensors
  - Take Turbolift Back to Deck 11
- Enterprise - Deck 11
  - Scan Delegates at Reception (0/4)
  - Follow and Scan the Leaving Delegate
  - Meet Chekov in Armory
  - Continue Following Scans
  - Fight Off Na'kuhl Near Gav
  - Go to Deck 5
- Enterprise - Deck 5
  - Protect Kirk
  - Stabilize Kirk
  - Speak to Chekov
  - Go to Engineering
- Enterprise - Engineering
  - Talk to Mr. Scott
  - Keep the Enterprise Together
    - Use Consoles to Issue Mr. Scott's Orders (0/3)
    - Work on the Bomb (0/3)
- Beam to the Orion Ship
Viridian Leap
- Pursue Na'kuhl
  - Fight Off Na'kuhl and Orions
  - Use Orion Security Consoles (0/2)
- Defeat Na'kuhl and Orion Commanders
- Protect Chekov as He Sets Up Bomb
- Call Daniels for Transport
Post-Processing
- Talk to Daniels
- Talk to Chekov
- Return to Sector Space
Return to Sector Space
- Go To Federation Space (23rd century)
Speak with Daniels

NPCs[ | ]

Allies[ | ]

Federation[ | ]

Daniels
Pavel Chekov
Ambassador Sarek
Ambassador Gav
Captain James T. Kirk
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott
Lieutenant Nyota Uhura
Lieutenant Leslie
Lieutenant Hadley
Lieutenant Palmer
List of Babel Conference attendees

Enemies[ | ]

Na'kuhl[ | ]

Orions[ | ]

Accolades[]

There are no accolades specific to this mission.

Gallery[ | ]

An Orion ship in 2268.

Notes[ | ]

This mission takes place during the TOS episode "Journey to Babel" and features archival voice clips from that episode.
Scotty finds the player's temporal transponder after beaming the player to the Orion ship, paving the way for his appearance in “Ragnarok”.
Prior to the reworking of the "Agents Of Yesterday" arc, this mission had a "filter" applied to it, making colours less vibrant, simulating the look of The Original Series. This filter has since been removed.

External links[ | ]

Official Blog - Star Trek Online: Return to Babel (May 19, 2016)

Storyline Missions

Starfleet-only
Tutorial	“Graduation Day” • “Routine Maneuvers” • “Trial by Fire” • “The Shadow Knows” • “Children of War” • “Reporting In”
	“I Sing of Arms” • “Search and Rescue” • “Bull by the Horns” • “Dislodging Klingons” • “The Taurean Affair” • “Earthward Bound”
	“Graduation Day” • “Training Cruise” • “Field Promotions” • “Communication Breakdown” • “Assimilation of the Innocent”
Agents of Yesterday	“Explore Earth Spacedock” • “In the Shadow of Cestus” • “Painful Omens” • “Return to Babel” • “Tangled Webs” • “The Battle of Caleb IV”
Klingon War	“Welcome to Earth Spacedock” • “Diplomatic Orders” • “Stranded In Space” • “Researcher Rescue” • “Secret Orders” • “The Doomsday Device” • “The Galaxy at Large”
Romulan Mystery	“Heading Out” • “Empress Sela” • “Desperate Measures” • “Shadow Play” • “Taris”

Klingon Defense Force-only
Tutorial	“End of Watch” • “Red Alert!” • “Intruder Alert” • “Challenge for Command” • “Your New Command” • “Journey to Qo'noS”
Empire	“Duties of Command” • “The Hunt is On” • “Space Chase” • “Manhunt” • “Friend or Foe”
Warzone	“Bringing Down the House” • “The House Always Wins”
Vigilance	“Mars, the Bringer of War” • “Alpha”
Fek'Ihri Return	“Blood of the Empire” • “Destiny” • “Afterlife”

Romulan Republic-only
Tutorial	“A Day on the Farm” • “A Day in the Sun” • “Virinat, Invaded” • “Flight from Virinat”
From the Ashes	“Explore the Flotilla” • “The Helix” • “Crossroads at Crateris” • “Gasko Blues” • “The Search for New Romulus” • “Turning Point” • “Neutral No More”
Allies	“The Price of Neutrality” • “Memory Lane” • “Bigger Picture” • “Smash and Grab” • “Tradecraft”
In Shadows	“An Inside Job” • “Enemy Action” • “Sleepers” • “Cloak and Dagger” • “Revelation” • “Mind Game”
Wasteland	“Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18”
Vengeance	“Voice of the Voiceless” • “Abducted” • “Small Packages” • “Last Stand” • “The Best Defense” • “Turnabout” • “Devil's Choice”
Freedom	“Toward Freedom”

Dominion-only
Engineered for War	“Hunt” • “Ceremony” • “Turn the Tide”

Cross-faction
Cloaked Intentions	“The Vault” • “Mine Enemy” • “Frozen” • “Coliseum” • “Cutting the Cord” • “Darkness Before the Dawn”
Cardassian Struggle	“Lost and Found” • “Spoils of War” • “Jabberwocky” • “The Factory” • “The New Link”
Borg Advance	“Task Force Operations” • “Report on Borg Activities” • “Where Angels Fear to Tread” • “A Gathering Darkness” • “Assimilation” • “Fluid Dynamics”
New Romulus	“New Romulus Aid” • “Staging Area” • “Hidden Camera” • “Warehouse” • “Mountain Base” • “Secret Shuttle Codes” • “Overgrown Caves” • “Web Access” • “Latest Findings” • “The Power Source” • “Secrets of the Ancients”
Solanae Dyson Sphere	“Sphere of Influence” • “Circles within Circles” • “Supply Woes” • “The Contested Zone” • “The Omega Standoff” • “Tower Control” • “A Step Between Stars” • “Fluidic Destruction” • “Surface Tension”
Delta Quadrant	“Escalation” • “Mindscape” • “Reunion” • “Friends in Unlikely Places” • “Revelations” • “Enemies in All the Usual Places” • “All That Glitters” • “The Kobali Front” • “Capture the Flag” • “The Dragon's Deceit” • “Alliances” • “Know Your Enemies” • “Revolution” • “Taking Care of Enemies” • “Takedown” • “What's Left Behind” • “Dust to Dust”
Iconian War	“Uneasy Allies” • “Blood of Ancients” • “Delta Flight” • “House Pegh” • “Time in a Bottle” • “Broken Circle” • “Butterfly” • “Midnight”
Yesterday's War	“Temporal Ambassador” • “The Once and Future Agent” • “The Core of the Matter” • “Vorgon Conclusions” • “Terminal Expanse” • “Survivor”
Future Proof	“Sunrise” • “Stormbound” • “Time and Tide” • “The Temporal Front” • “Temporal Reckoning” • “Ragnarok”
New Frontiers	“Echoes of Light” • “Of Signs and Portents” • “Mirrors and Smoke” • “Brushfire” • “Beyond the Nexus” • “Melting Pot” • “Scylla and Charybdis” • “The Renegade's Regret”
Gamma Quadrant	“Storm Clouds Gather” • “Armistice” • “The Search” • “Doomed to Repeat” • “Quark's Lucky Seven” • “Tenebris Torquent” • “Home”
Age of Discovery	“The Plausibility of the Possible” • “Impossibility of Reason” • “Secrets” • “Downfall”
J'Ula's Discovery	“Para Pacem” • “Illusion of Communication” • “Beneath the Skin” • “Sentinels” • “Rescue and Search” • “Within The Briars” • “The Ninth Rule” • “Ruins of Doom” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 1)” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 2)”
Klingon Civil War	“The Centre Cannot Hold” • “The Khitomer Discord” • “Partisans” • “Knowledge is Power” • “Leap of Faith” • “Warriors of the Empire” • “A Day Long Remembered”
Terran Gambit	“Firewall” • “Red Shift” • “Blue Shift” • “The Calling” • “Eye of the Storm” • “The Fujiwhara Effect”
Kings & Queens	“Wish Upon a Star”
Some missions may appear in alternative orders for some factions.

Side Content: The Galaxy at Large
Spectres	“Spectres” • “Skirmish” • “Spin the Wheel” • “What Lies Beneath” • “Everything Old is New” • “Night of the Comet”
Wasteland	“Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18” (Still part of main episode progression for Romulan Republic players.)
Lost Dominion: The 2800	“Lost Dominion” • “Second Wave” • “Of Bajor” • “Operation Gamma” • “Facility 4028” • “Boldly They Rode”
Cold War	“Cold War (wrapper)” • “Cold Call” • “Out in the Cold” • “Cold Comfort” • “Cold Case” • “Cold Storage”
Delta Quadrant	“Kobali Crisis Act I” • “Kobali Crisis Act II” • “Kobali Crisis Act III”

See also: Featured episode • Patrol • Removed Missions • Task Force Operation