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23rd Century2271, 05 January The remaining 7 unaltered "Aerie" class heavy carriers are converted to fleet support vessels. All armaments are stripped out, and a single phaser is mounted under the fantail (as in the earlier "Aerie" refit design). Fighter support systems are removed and the interior is reconfigured for fleet support missions, with fabrication and repair facilities installed, and additional cargo space provided by the empty fighter bays. All Klingon D-8 (K-5) "Serpant" class light cruisers have either been destroyed, captured, or sold by this time. (Not to be confused with the K't'inga" class). 3 months and 6 days after the mysterious Kauld suicide attack of Belle Terre, their intent is revealed: Belle Terre had been seeded with self-replicating nanoassemblers yielding siliconic gel to smother the life out of the colony. A canyon emergency shelter is constructed on the planet while the "Enterprise" traces an automated tight-beam laser transmission to a Kauld listening outpost. Spock mind-melds with Yanorada, a Kauld commander, and extracts the 7-note code required to deactive the nanoassemblers. The conestoga "Northwest Passage" is transformed into a ship bomb, effectively wiping out an amassed fleet of 61 Kauld warships. Lilian Coates dies from the siliconic gel. Ship-mounted sonic projectors halt the gel's spread across Belle Terre and breakdown the existing substance. In the 29 Persei VI region, a space traveler from an alien species lands on a planet that starts to move out of the system it is located in. The alien falls into a coma and dies. This entry will appear in the Thompson index, possibly eluding to the Intellivore. 23 January stardates 4662.1-6877.1+ {February} 17 February 25 February 28 February Starfleet begins to take measures to end the slave trade in the Beltos system. It will however take a century for the slave quarter to be reduced to half its present size. 17 March 20 March Automatic sprinklers, transporters, and flame retarders will totally eliminate fires in Astar on Helena. April The construction of "Hatfield" (NCC-2000) class command cruisers is auth- orized. These ships, like the dreadnoughts, employ 3 nacelles yielding warp 9 capacity. 31 ships are proposed (NCC-2000-NCC-2030) with at least the first 20 actually built. They will be armed with 2 torpedo tubes, 2 megaphasers (4 cannon), and 18 standard phaser emplacements. The USS "Wildfire" (NCC-2027) will still be in service in the 24th Century, assigned to Starfleet Academy (First Fleet) as a training vessel. May The Caldos colony, one of the Federation's first terraforming projects, is established during this era. The founders model the colony on Scotland, though the planet is some 200 light years from Earth. The "Raven" class heavy countermeasures fighter begins entering service in the Romulan Empire. A very fast, fighter-sized vessel carrying only 2-3 personnel, it is designed to escort a flight of fighters to penetrate enemy-held regions of space using a cloaking device to avoid detection. Carrying a large aft sphere containing a cloaking device, its cloaking field can encompass a fairly large volume of space behind the "Raven" to hide fighters. The "Raven" is unarmed, has warp 7.8 capacity, and is apparently derived from the "Starhawk" heavy fighter. June A series of incidents on the Klingon-Kzinti border occur (an undeclared war). Kumerian destroys Kzinti shuttle squadron #26, and is promoted to command the D6 "Destruction." The Klingon D6 "Devastator" operates as an experimental semi-carrier and conducts several raids on the Kzinti frontier to test fighters. Operating with a Klingon convoy, the "Devastator" is attacked, the Kzinti fighters heading straight for the experimental carrier. Two Klingon Internal Security Forces E3D drone escorts come to the carrier's defense. This is said to be the first "carrier duel" in space, and the Klingon Deep Space Fleet notes the need for a dedicated carrier escort, and modifies some of its E3s to E3Es, housing limited Aegis systems. Concerned for proper defense of their carriers, the Klingon DSF also deploys several E4E escorts for its car- riers. Unlike the E4, the E4E is a totally anti-fighter design, its two disruptors replaced with anti-drone defense, and also incapable of separ- ating its boom from the hull. William Gerard graduates from the Academy. Orion pirates attack the Zeta Omicron station. The Kzinti corvettes enter service. The Federation-Kzinti articles of agreement are signed. The Federation heavy cruiser USS "Yorktown" (NCC-1704) suffers a systems failure in an asteroid belt and is attacked by Klingons. The Federation destroyer leaders enter Starfleet duty. Orion pirates attack a Feder- ation starliner. Orion Attack Raiders begin pirate service. The Kzinti double-cross the WYN, and destroy the WYN E4 Klingon escort. Ensign Peltier graduates from Starfleet Academy. The Lyrans receive UIMs and DERFACS from the Klingons and begin deploying them on starship disruptors and also begin refits. With the General War fast approaching, the LDR deploys military police destroyers, feeling a need for more powerful star- ships. The war destroyer also begins service in the LDR fleet. The Kzinti C-series (comprehensive) refits begin, and the Kzinti carrier, light carrier, battlecruiser, escort carrier, and exploration ship (a light carrier hull modified as a survey cruiser) all enter service. The Klingon Hangar pod and carrier tug enter service. The Romulan commando "Hawk," commando "Eagle," and KRG Klingon-designed commando cruiser all enter service. The Jindarian "Meteor-1" fighters enter service. The Andromedan "Intruders" are first observed, using power absorber panels, displacement devices, tractor-repulsor beams, and transporter operations using class 4 units. The Andromedan "Cobra" destroyer, courier scout, "Bull Snake" cargo ship, "Viper" frigate, repair sled, ore-gathering sled, cargo sled, and mine-laying sled are all first sighted in our galaxy. The Klingons temporarily set aside plans to destroy the Krebiz due to the General War, and the Krebiz learn of these plans. Officially declaring neutrality during the General War, the Near Side Krebiz desperately scour the portions of the galaxy surrounding the Alnid system looking for repairable derelicts. They will add several ships, fighters, and fast patrol ships to their fleet during this scavenger hunt (until 2295). Meanwhile, the Romulans, with Klingon aid, attempt revenge against the Argonians, but it is an ill deception. Encouraged by Kumerian's success, the D7 "Annihilation," under Captain Kolodian, attempts a similar raid, but is intercepted by the Kzinti carrier "Cutlass". 06 July The Krantinese launch the sublight generation/sleeper ship "Hope of Krantin" commanded by Koralus with a complement of 10,000. Five other ships are also built and launched to escape the nebular Plague. A seventh ship is destroyed by workers before completion. Their crews will be known as the Deserters by the remaining Krantinese who seal themselves within cities. Meanwhile during this era on the alternate Krantin ruled by the Directorate, the properties of dilithium are discovered. The Directorate begins a serious effort to learn where over 400 years' worth of refuge had gone. The "Enterprise" returns to the UFP home systems. At approximately this time, Commander Hikaru Sulu is temporarily assigned as Captain of the exploratory ship USS "Robert A. Heinlein," one of the newer light cruisers. While exploring the 145 Trianguli region, communication ceases under suspicious circumstances and it is up to the "Enterprise" to recover her. This mission will later be used as a model for a cadet-performance evaluation exercise at Starfleet Academy. 17 August 22 August 30 August Admiral Kirk meets Carmen Ikeya, the first woman to command a starship. Sulu and Chekov transfer back to the "Enterprise". stardates 0304.6-2816.3 13 September Dr. Leonard McCoy is kidnapped by Romulans while on a three-week voyage aboard the USS "Vega" starliner. With help from Commander t'Rllaillieu the "Enterprise" rescues McCoy from the Romulan homeworld. 11 October 19 October 21 October Diplomatic contact is achieved between the Prit and Kes factions on the planet Kesprit III. It will be short-lived. A new type of photon torpedo is made operational by Starfleet. Employing variable amounts of matter and antimatter, broken into many thousands of minute packets and mixed upon detonation command, the annihilation surface area is increased by three orders of magnitude. Believing that war is imminent, Rear Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Chief of Spacecraft, proposes the "Hunt" class escort destroyers to supplement the sloops on borderspace, spacelane patrol, and escort duty. Dr. Emanuel Tagore dies. A Jibetian warp ship meets a far-reaching UFP starship. The legend of the lost ship "Nibix" spreads throughout known space. Curzon Dax will be on two "Nibix" salvage missions, both will turn out to be ghost ships not the "Nibix." In a century, the Federation Council will pass an edict to protect and return the "Nibix" in its entirety if found. November Negotiations between the Romulans and the UFP proceed on neutral ground aboard the Lalairu ship "Mascrar" in the RV Trianguli system. Negotiations break down when a cloaked Romulan ship is revealed. The "Bloodwing" breaks away from her UFP escort and heads for Romulan space... Six Warrantors are kidnapped by the Romulans to forment political chaos. They are rescued by the "Enterprise". The "Enterprise" officers investigate the outbreak of insanity and the loss of a shuttle on the ice planet Nordstral. The trouble is traced to the loss of magnetic plankton due to its harvesting by Nordstral Pharmaceuticals--and remedied by mass cloning using the facilities of the "Enterprise." "Enterprise" fatalities: Ensign Mark Publicker & Ensign Tenzing (Security Officers). While on a routine mission to retrieve a research drone for recycling, the USS Enterprise encounters the Romulan space station "Reltah" in UFP space. Mysterious power losses aboard ship are traced to an energy-eating parasite aboard the station, endangering the "Enterprise" and later the Romulan Bird of Prey "Elizsen." "Enterprise" fatalities: Ensign Daniel Markson & Ensign Suzanne Hallie (Security Officers). stardate 8747.6 20 December stardate 5711.12 {22 December} All Mark II "Lancer" class heavy fighters have been converted to the Mark III specs. The Klingon raLk'jo bat'telh discipline, school of martial combat, fades out of practice in the Empire during this era. |
