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Dunwich IV

 * The USS Kumari receives word from the Federation freighter SS Nkumba in orbit around Dunwich IV that the Tellarite colony has been wiped out by a plague. As communications are still being received from Dunwich IV, the Kumari calls for reinforcements in case the call is a trap as it heads for Dunwich IV.
 * The USS Sarek moves to intercept the Federation freighter SS Franklin after Starbase 1, Earth detects it on an unauthorized course. Upon contact, the Franklin is discovered to have been infected by the Ulith III Biophage, and is completely destroyed by the Sarek in response. Upon determining the freighter's origin to be the colony world of Dunwich IV, the Sarek makes full speed for the planet.
 * Upon arrival to Dunwich IV, the Kumari confirms that the colony has been completely infected by the Biophage. The Nkumba, after thorough scans show it is completely clean, is allowed to depart.
 * The Sarek arrives in system shortly after, only to see a Romulan Bird-of-Prey decloak and destroy the escaping Nkumba. The Bird-of-Prey claims the Kumari is outnumbered and orders them to depart or face destruction. A standoff begins between the Federation and Romulan forces.
 * The Federation fleet is joined by the USS Centaur, the USS Yukikaze, the USS Challorn and two Mirandas. On the other side, three more Romulan Birds-of-Prey, two D7 Cruisers and one of the new Romulan heavy warbirds under the command of Admiral Sinnae Sihina decloak. As two forces prepare for battle, the USS Enterprise suddenly arrives. In response the Romulan fleet breaks off, leaving only an ominous warning to the Sarek before withdrawing from the system.
 * Joined now by the USS Courageous, the USS Cheron, the USS Dryad and other Federation ships, and having judged the colonists of Dunwich IV beyond saving, Captain Nash ka’Sharren makes the decision to destroy the colony. The combined fleet save the Dryad fire down on the world, eliminating all signs of the outbreak.

Other events

 * The USS Excelsior repairs a disabled Betazoid ship, and helps them get back underway.
 * The USS Stalwart discovers a deposit of valuable minerals while mapping a system near Andor.
 * The USS Lion studies a prewarp society in the Klingon Border Zone as it neared warp capability.

Q2

 * Annual Starfleet Commander's Presentation to the Federation Council
 * The Enterprise encounters a hermit human couple residing in a small repair/supply station orbiting the gas giant of Tau Cygni VII. Captain ka'Sharren takes a team to pay the couple a visit, but finds her observations of the station raising her suspicions. She manages to warn the Enterprise in time to raise its shields, preventing it from being disabled by the station's weapons. The couple is revealed to have been luring in ships, disposing their crew and disassembling their ships for raw materials. ka'Sharren, still aboard the station, then successfully subdues the hermit couple, taking them into custody and confiscating their cache of stolen materials.
 * The Cheron responds to a distress call from the USS T'Kumbra, which had become stranded over the Vulcan colony world of Alat IV. Their starboard impulse engine has unexpectedly failed, and the Cheron tows the T'Kumbra to Starbase 2, Vulcan for repairs.
 * The Courageous responds to a distress call from the Amaraki, whose flagship and small task force had clashed with the Orion Syndicate while exploring Paling IV. Though the Syndicate ships were destroyed, the CAS Riala had lost their warp drive and needed help. While the Courageous assisted with repairs, Admiral Aleshe Aelin and several senior Amarki officers were invited aboard the ship, who greatly enjoyed hearing tales of battle from the Starfleet crew until repairs were completed.
 * The Sarek makes First Contact with the Caldonians in the Vispus System, just rimward of the Romulan Border Zone. The appearance of the Sarek provokes great interest in the scientifically minded natives, with the ship sharing much cultural and scientific knowledge with the Caldonians. They are particularly impressed after the Sarek goes through a series of drills, including an orbital phaser strike on a desert test site. Fascinated, the Caldonians decide to fast track to Affiliate Membership, selecting and dispatching representatives to the Federation.

Q3

 * The Enterprise makes First Contact with the Gaeni in their home system of Gaen. The Gaeni prove to be a very scientifically minded race, who are very excited by the appearance of the Enterprise. One of the their technologies that is of interest to the Federation is what seems to be a early replicator. Though the Illuminated Technocracy of Gaen is a single world government, its various internal factions begin jockeying to learn about more about Federation technology. This culminates in the murder of a senior Gaeni official, with one of the Enterprise's officers implicated despite their innocence, implying this is a ploy to pressure for preferential treatment. A bit of transporter trickery is used to help prove the officer not guilty, with the diplomatic summit concluding in a success.
 * The Sarek arrives at the Caitian mining colony on Ferasa to assist Ambassador Shaan sh'Pelleth in negotiations over a recent windfall of special materials discovered. The ambassador is discovered missing, with her last seen on the nearby Caitian moon colony of Ollasa IV-2. Tracking shows that the ambassador's runabout was hijacked, and taken to a separate moon station. The Sarek stealthily launches three of its shuttles to storm the facility and mark the pirate base's defenses, followed by the ship executing a micro-warp jump to strike at the marked locations and allow the security teams to advance. The ambassador is successfully rescued, with the pirates captured and their base destroyed in the aftermath.
 * The USS Eketha arrives at an Andorian colony struggling with an infestation of dangerous animals harassing the colonists, their recent aggressive behavior a mystery. After several skirmishes with the creatures that result in the loss of two members of the away crew, the Eketha discovers a recent cave in that caused a nearby geological formation to begin emitting an EM frequency that pushed the predators towards the colony. A reverse polarity signal is established at the colony, nullifying the emission and successfully ending the attacks.
 * The Excelsior responds to a distress call from a science station in Vega Cylonis III, reporting a rampant disease before falling silent. Leading all available assets in the Sol Sector, they find with mixed feelings, the crew of the Tellarite station all dead, but of the Andorian Greenjacket Fever instead of the dreaded Biophage. The fleet disperses, and a team from Starfleet Medical disinfects the station.
 * The Courageous heads to Hallark II, carrying a research team from Andor to establish a new science outpost to study the energy oscillations in the Pekoe Nebula field. An unauthorized experiment by one of the research team members unfortunately disables the ship's power, reducing them to operating on the reserve battery and with the dampening field preventing all attempts to restart the reactor. The Courageous resolves the situation by pushing a shuttle out a depressurized bay, letting it drift until it was out of range of the field and could start its engines. It then tugged the cargo pod carrying the experiment out and away from the ship, restoring main power.
 * The Kumari encounters a Romulan heavy warbird in Federation space, uncloaked and broadcasting a single loud message. "The Enterprise must come with us to Romulus."

Down the Rabbit Hole

 * The Federation Romulan Border Zone fleet, consisting of the Kumari, the Sarek, the Challorn, the Centaur, the Yukikaze and three Mirandas continue to face off against the Romulan heavy warbird until the Enterprise arrives as requested.
 * The heavy warbird, the IRW Devoras, under command of Commander Velim, escorts the Enterprise through the Romulan Neutral Zone to Romulus. In orbit around the planet, another Devoras Heavy Warbird is sighted, as well as a dozen D7 Cruisers and Birds-of-Prey and several civilian ships, later revealed to filled with evacuated colonists. Also noted at the time is a third Devoras and three Birds-of-Prey under construction.
 * An away team consisting of Captain ka'Sharren, Lieutenant Larai Leaniss, Lieutenant Commander Diego Zaardmani, and Doctor Pritya Asurva beam down to a building just outside of the Romulan capital. There, they are met by Tal Shiar officer Temon, Commander Velim, an Admiral and an unknown older gentleman. The away team find themselves escorted into the capital itself, before finally presented before the Romulan Continuing Committee to discuss the Biophage.
 * In the conversation with the Praetor that follows, the Romulans reveal that they had discovered the Biophage over a thousand years ago, consuming one of their colony worlds. Tracking the origin of the infection back to a derelict, extra-galactic ship, they took samples and attempted to harness the Biophage as a weapon. Their attempts all ended in costly failures, with the final decision made to bury the project on inhospitable worlds, with knowledge of the project lost to time.
 * In the aftermath of treaty that ended the Earth-Romulan War, the bases housing the Biophage were stuck on the wrong side of the Neutral Zone and worst of all, improperly cleared. The Ulith III science outpost had been built over a destroyed Romulan outpost, where a sample of the Biophage slipped containment and was frozen in the ice.
 * The origin of the current outbreak was from Korlonia II, where a Romulan base had been abandoned intact but cloaked. A Tal Shiar clean-up crew was dispatched to sanitize the base, but contact was lost. It was assumed that the Biophage captured their cloaked shuttle, using it to infect Dunwich IV, before launching it in a sneak attack on the Devoras IRW T'Seren. The heavy warbird was captured, and was now serving as the mothership of the Biophage, ravaging the Neutral Zone.
 * Simultaneously as the Romulan debriefing, the USS Miracht, posted in the Romulan Border Zone, is attacked by a Romulan heavy warbird in the Indus System. The infected warbird uses a particle beam to infect the Miracht, completely taking over the ship within a few minutes. When the Kumari arrives on the scene, the heavy warbird and the Miracht are both gone.

Ulith III Biophage Crisis

 * In light of information provided by the Romulans and recent activity by the Biophage, Starfleet Commander Admiral Vitalia Kahurangi requests a State of Emergency, which is approved by the Federation Council. Starfleet forces are also redeployed, with the Courageous, the Sarek and the Excelsior transferred to the Romulan Border Zone, joining the Kumari. Finally, all Federation ships were now under standing orders to run with shields raised at all times and to trigger a warp core breach as soon as practicable in event of infection to prevent further Biophage captures.
 * Vice Admiral Heidi Eriksson is appointed Starfleet Chief of Operations.
 * The Indi Beta outpost is fortified, with work beginning on upgrading its sensors and weapons.
 * As a goodwill gesture from Betazed, a team of 6 empaths led by Dastra Sul, selected for their mental shielding abilities, are assigned to the RBZ Sector Fleet to help assist the search for signs of the Biophage.
 * Starfleet Engineering begins a crash build of a outpost orbiting Machado IV, to be installed with experimental sensor technology from the Vulcan Science Institute. Starfleet Medical begins construction of a evacuation hub on the planet as well, establishing a semi-permanent refugee camp that can house up to two million, with strict quarantine protocols built in.
 * Starfleet Tactical's Runabout Recon Squadron begins scouting the Neutral Zone, though only an abandoned and thoroughly stripped Earth-Romulan War era base is found in this period.

RBZ Fleet

 * Commodore T’Faer takes command of the Romulan Border Zone fleet, consisting of the Courageous, the Sarek, the Excelsior, the Kumari, the Challorn, the Centaur, the Yukikaze and two Mirandas.
 * The Sarek and the Courageous are assigned to defend the Vulcan colony of Solitude. No contacts are detected in this period.
 * The Kumari and the Excelsior are assigned to defend the Indi Beta quarantine outpost. The Kumari intercepts the infected cargo ship SS Immaculate as it attempts to infiltrate Indi Beta. The ship is destroyed and irradiated by the Kumari.
 * The Challorn leads the Centaur and the Yukikaze in a constant sweep of colony and outpost locations in the RBZ, scanning for signs of infection. No contacts are detected in this period.

Romulan Quarantine Fleet

 * The Enterprise is seconded to the Romulan Quarantine Fleet, which consists of 2 Devoras Heavy Warbirds, including the Devoras, 4 Birds-of-Prey and 2 D7 Cruisers.
 * The Romulan colony of Irthid II, population 100,000, begins evacuating onto fifteen small cargo ships and one large colony craft while under guard by the Quarantine Fleet.
 * A wave of cloaked shuttlecraft catches the Quarantine Fleet off guard, ramming into four of the cargo ships and killing 20,000 civilians.
 * Lieutenant Commander Zaardmani is able to detect the cloaked shuttles at this point, allowing the Devoras to destroy three of the shuttles in the second wave, with only the fourth escaping to warp.
 * The IRW Terrh is detached to chase down the fleeing freighter and follow its warp trail. It reports contact with the ex-Miracht before all communication is lost.
 * Additional waves of cloaked shuttles continue to attack the evacuation convoy. With aid from the Enterprise's sensors, the next wave is destroyed without issue. The fourth and final wave however, catches the fleet by surprise when it redirects to target the Romulan Admiral's heavy warbird. One shuttle manages to crash directly onto the ship, and it is only quick action on part of Lieutenant Commander Zaardmani and Lieutenant Commander Samhaya Mrr’shan that has the Enterprise fire a blast of focused radiation using a photon torpedo and navigation deflector onto the wound, cauterizing the infection and saving the ship.
 * The evacuation continues without any further issues, though the damaged heavy warbird will require a year of repair work, and the Romulan Admiral commits suicide in the aftermath of the debacle.

Ulith III Biophage Crisis

 * Early in the month, a Biophage probing attempt is sighted by a Starfleet Tactical Command listening post in the Kiterunner System. The Challorn, Centaur and Yukikaze arrive in time to save the outpost and destroy the infected frigate. That it's of unknown design is worrisome, with implications that the Biophage may have infected a civilization located within the Neutral Zone.
 * Federation diplomatic efforts continue, focusing on exchanging contacts and information with the Klingon Empire to better deal with the threat of the Biophage. A line of communication is also opened with the Romulans, allowing T'Faer to co-ordinate with her counterpart in the Quarantine Fleet.
 * Starfleet Tactical's Runabout Recon Squadron scouting of the Neutral Zone continues, with only three abandoned and cleared-out Romulan bases found in this period.
 * Upgrade work at the Indi Beta quarantine outpost is completed, with a new suite of weapons and sensors installed.
 * Work on the evacuation hub on Machado IV is completed and with the camp already accepting refugees, though the outpost in orbit remains under construction.

RBZ Fleet

 * Another vessel of the same type as the one encountered in the Kiterunner System approaches the Liath V colony. Though the Challorn, the Centaur and the Yukikaze arrive in time to destroy the unknown frigate, it still manages to infect the planet. The Kumari soon arrives from Indi Beta to help, but over nine thousand colonists die before the infection is bought under control.
 * Cloaked Biophage shuttles manage to slip by the Courageous, though the Sarek detects and destroys them before they can reach Solitude.
 * The Excelsior detects and destroys another wave of cloaked shuttles at Indi Beta, and at this point it is clear that the Biophage has the capability to manufacture new shuttles.
 * Evacuation of the Arcori III colonists to Machado IV begins. The Courageous, the Excelsior, the Challorn, the Centaur and the Yukikaze, as well as the USS Docana and USS Polaris from the Andor Sector Fleet are in system to cover the convoy, with tensions high as the ex-Terrh was sighted at the edge of the system before it warped out.
 * A wave of four cloaked shuttles are eventually detected approaching, and though three are destroyed, the fourth successfully hits and infects the SS Skegal. The Excelsior begins beaming survivors off the ship, but refuses direct orders to destroy the Skegal, allowing the infected ship to escape to warp. In response, T'Faer relieves Captain Michael O'Hara of command, leaving his first officer Commander Ichigo Yamada in command.
 * Though 2,000 colonists are lost with the Skegal, the assembled Federation fleet handily defeats the other waves of shuttles, and the Arcori III colonists are successfully transported to Machado IV.

Romulan Quarantine Fleet

 * Admiral Khev takes command of the Romulan Quarantine Fleet.
 * The Quarantine Fleet takes up defensive positions above Alepsis II, the last Romulan colony in the quarantine zone. Evacuation of the colony is being debated, as the population is over a million, with an attendant starbase and shipyard capable of producing Birds of Prey.
 * The Romulans continue scouting efforts into the Neutral Zone.

Ulith III Biophage Crisis

 * Captain O'Hara is placed on gardening leave on Earth, with further judgement to await until the crisis is concluded.
 * Liath V is evacuated by Starfleet Medical Command, with all surviving 49,213 colonists transferred successfully to Machado IV.
 * Starfleet Tactical's Runabout Recon Squadron discovers an inhabited colony world of an unknown species, already consumed by the Biophage. Debris in orbit matches that of the unknown ships encountered in the Kiterunner and Liath systems.
 * Starfleet Engineering returns to the abandoned Arcori III colony, where they successfully demolish the shipyard located there. Another team begins work on upgrading the outpost in Solitude, while a third continues construction work on the Machado IV outpost.

RBZ Fleet

 * Commodore T'Faer takes a task force consisting of the Sarek, the Kumari, the Challorn, the Centaur and the Yukikaze to what would later be known as the Kadeshi colony world of Birkaad III. Investigations would show that the world had been infected two months ago, and while they had held out as long as practicable, all ten thousand inhabitants ended up consumed.
 * Ineffective fire from surface batteries are taken out by orbital phaser strikes from the Sarek, allowing the Betazoid empaths attached to the task force get close enough to read the infected biomass. Though the experience is deeply unpleasant, the empaths are able to determine the homeworld of the unknown species was in a neighboring region.

Romulan Quarantine Fleet
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 * The Romulans abandon scouting efforts into the Neutral Zone after the loss of two of their scout craft.
 * The Quarantine Fleet continues to hold position over Alepsis II. Preparations begin for a reconnaissance in force next month, with the Enterprise allowing Admiral Khev to transfer his flag aboard once the Quarantine Fleet arrives in the Neutral Zone.