Dreamdust

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Description

Dreamdust follows the unraveling and containment of a crisis centered around Rear Admiral Indi Hawk, whose secret addiction to the illegal narcotic Dreamdust becomes a destabilizing threat at the heart of Epsilon Fleet Command. What begins as quiet behavioral drift quickly escalates into a full security incident, forcing Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Sidra MacLaren to intervene as both a commanding officer and a long-time friend.

The arc explores isolation, hidden trauma, command-level vulnerability, and the collision between duty and personal loyalty. Through a series of confrontations, breakdowns, and investigative discoveries, the truth behind Indi’s behavior emerges — not a smuggling ring, not an external threat, but a single officer who has been quietly self-destructing through a self-constructed and untraceable substance pipeline.
Start Date Sun Aug 17th, 2025 @ 3:51pm

Mission Summary


Rear Admiral Indi Hawk’s arrival on Starbase 369 begins quietly, but the signs of strain are present from the start. She isolates herself in empty quarters, keeps erratic hours, and pours her energy into late-night holodeck combat programs with the safeties off — anything to avoid being alone with her own thoughts. The emptiness of her living space mirrors a deeper internal collapse she refuses to acknowledge. Unbeknownst to anyone, she has secretly modified her replicator to bypass security protocols and generate Dreamdust, an illicit narcotic she uses to escape the mounting pressure consuming her.

Vice Admiral Sidra MacLaren, both Indi’s commanding officer and long-time friend, notices the shift almost immediately: missed rest cycles, emotional withdrawal, and an intensity that feels less like discipline and more like erosion. Attempts to reconnect start subtly — shared recreation, quiet invitations, gentle questions — but every effort meets a wall. Indi deflects, dodges, or sinks into detached silence. The space between them grows, even as Sidra becomes increasingly uneasy.

The breaking point comes when Indi attempts to skip a mandatory Fleet briefing with a flimsy excuse. Sidra confronts her directly, only to find Indi drifting in and out of focus, her mind half-lost in Dreamdust hallucinations. What begins as frustration spirals into alarm as Sidra realizes Indi is not simply exhausted — she is unraveling. Pressed into a corner where rank meets friendship, Sidra forces the truth out. Indi, defeated and unable to maintain the mask any longer, finally whispers the words she’s been avoiding: “I need help.”

What follows is the heartbreaking revelation that no smuggling ring, criminal enterprise, or external enemy is responsible. Indi herself engineered the entire supply — a covert device installed behind her replicator, allowing her to fabricate Dreamdust on demand with no traceable logs. When she wordlessly replicates another cartridge in front of Sidra, it becomes clear how long she has been fighting this battle alone.

Sidra moves instantly into containment and protection. Indi is relocated to secured temporary quarters, placed under non-punitive watch, and assigned medical support for immediate withdrawal. Her original quarters are sealed as a forensic site. As Engineering begins dissecting the illegal modifications and Security establishes a chain of custody, Sidra files the most painful report of her career: a Priority One, JAG-level incident report that will inevitably trigger an inquiry and suspension.

Indi, meanwhile, spirals through the first brutal hours of detox — disoriented, angry, terrified, losing time, and collapsing under the weight of feelings she can no longer control or suppress. The Dreamdust is gone, but the void it filled remains.

In the aftermath, Sidra returns home and finally breaks. The cost of duty, friendship, and memory — and the fear of losing someone who once saved her — crashes down in private. Still, she resolves to stand by Indi through the long road ahead, both as Fleet Commander and as the friend who refuses to abandon her.

The Dreamdust plot now sits at a crossroads: an admiral in crisis, a fleet bracing for the fallout, and a command structure forced to confront the vulnerabilities hidden at its core. The investigation has begun. The recovery has begun. And nothing at Fleet Command will be quite the same.