Kadak-Tor Incident

In the early weeks of 2310, the Kaldar-class Kadak-Tor was launched with an experimental Precursor cloaking module. Gul Penelya Miran took the ship dark, prompting a fleet-wide reaction from the Cardassian Defence Force, seriously alarming Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets. As Starfleet raced to deploy to forward defensive positions, the CDF transited the Straits of Themis and attempted to search for the Kadak-Tor in the area between Lecarre and Seyek space. Meanwhile, the USS Sarek under Captain Straak was tracking a cloaked vessel into Federation territory. Catching up with the Kadak-Tor in the Hophos system, the Sarek confronted the rogue ship as the USS Enterprise raced to assist. Penelya Miran stated her intention to defect, but was shot by an Obsidian Order agent, and the two ships began to do battle. The Kadak-Tor flew into the anomalous field of the Hophos-III-2 moon, causing the crew of the ship to fall asleep, allowing Penelya Miran to reveal that the Obsidian Order agent was actually the deceased Maryam Ajam. The Sarek and Enterprise faked the destruction of the Kadak-Tor, allowing its crew to return to Cardassian space and taking in its officers as defectors.

In the aftermath infighting between Cardassian factors caused paralyzation of the Cardassian military and intelligence apparatus, which was not resolved until the Invasion of Bajor.