Well, the idea is somewhat long, so i'll post the first part.
The setting is approx. 2 weeks after the collapse of the jump node at Capella and the GTVA is in the process of rebuilding not only it's fleets but the economy and the re-settling the refugees from the affected systems. Suffering is wide-spread, and Terran-Vasudan relations are strained to the limit due to the lack of space and resources. What few capital ships left are busy doing relief work, escorting and transporting supplies to all the affected systems, leaving few vessels for scouting or even routine patrol in some cases.
As alpha 1, you are re-assigned to the Epsilon Pegasi system, on patrol duty, monitoring the inflow and outflow of vessels to the region. This is where the first mission takes place, but I prefer not to go into details, so as not to spoil the surprise
Anyways, during the course of your watch (it's been a week since you were assigned here) nothing much has happened and the illusion is there that nothing is going on.
But then, aren't illusions made to shatter?
One fine day a GTT Argo vessel jumps out of the subspace node, and your wingmen try to hail it, but only silence is heard on the other end. When Alpha 2 notifies command, a strange signal is heard and the entire hull of the Argo simply falls apart. Command does not reply immediately, and everyone is surprised when a Vasudan transport jumps through the node and exactly the same thing occurs. This occurs twice more before Command responds, telling they have shut down the node for now, till they can find what exactly is happening. Alpha wing is to head back to the nearby installation, but cannot do so when a small Vasudan frigate jumps in and attacks them. The armor is at a weakened state, so Alpha wing can easily take care of the ship and destroys it almost immediately. This is followed soon after by a small Terran cruiser (fenris class) which was supposed to be assigned to Vega instead of Epsilon Pegasi. Again, it attacks Alpha and again, it is dealt with easily. A small group of fighters (alpha wing's replacements) jumps in and the pilots can be heard screaming about something over the radio, before silence follows and the fighters fall into pieces.
Command steps in then, closing down the node on the other side, preventing more ships from entering and the activity repeating itself. They also deploy delta wing from the nearby installation and Alpha wing is releaved.
The story continues a few days later, when reports of this come in from almost every other system. Ships might go into subspace nodes but never come out, and yet others appear where they are not supposed to be. It appears to be worse at the Alpha Centauri node, where the begginings of a new knossos project is located. The Ghost ships, as they now called, appear and disappear at random, jumping out of subspace portals and simply disintigrating. Some of these ships are decades old, dating back to the first war against the shivans, and were thought to have been lost in battle.
Alpha wing is re-assigned to Alpha Centauri, and heads to the Epsilon Pegasi node (at great risk) to jump out. But at the very last second, a large piece of debris comes out of the node. The debris is a derelict vessel, a GTD Orion to be exact. The derelict is totally intact and dates back 3 decades, and was assumed missing and/or destroyed. The hull doesn't fail on the derelict, but it appears totally and completely empy or abandoned. A argo is dispatched from the installation and arrives safely. They dock and a crew go onboard. However, during all of this a wing of Vasudan bombers and fighters jumps in from the node. These aren't dead fighters- they are all intact and the pilots respond, stating that they are here as relief forces. This is not confirmed by Command however, and the fighters attack almost immediately after, trying to distract the fighters here from the Bombers, who in turn are attacking the Argo and the derelict. A battle takes place and the Argo goes down- but not before they confirm that nobody is on the Orion, even though the lifepods and fighters are all still there.
The fighters leave, soon after both the Argo and the Destroyer have been destroyed, as mysteriously as they came. Whatever is happening here is definately not good. As alpha wing returns to the installation (again) they recieve a distress signal from in-system, which is the basis for the next mission.
That's all i can post for now, their is still quite a bit left to this plot, but rest assured, you can put quite a bit in 10 missions
