2381 - 2390

2381

• The Imperial Romulan State: Commander Donatra seizes critical agricultural sectors and declares herself Empress, fracturing the Empire and establishing a capital on Achernar Prime.
• The Romulan Relocation Effort: The Federation learns of the risk to the Romulan star and begins a relocation effort, commanded directly by Admiral Jean-Luc Picard.
  • Starfleet commissions the Wallenberg Class transport for the Romulan Relocation Effort.
• The Pakled Catastrophe: Pakled Planet is entirely destroyed by a Varuvian bomb; Captain Carol Freeman is initially implicated but later cleared when it is revealed the Pakleds detonated it themselves.
• The Bajoran Justice Petition: The Bajoran Coalition formally petitions the Federation and Klingon councils for the extradition of Cardassian war criminals to stand trial.
• The Texas Class Rogue Crisis: The autonomous, rogue Texas Class starship fleet attacks Douglas Station, killing Admiral Buenamigo before a California Class armada destroys it.
• The Vindicator's Infiltration: The time-displaced Vau N'Akat known as the Vindicator arrives from 2436, infiltrating Starfleet as Trill Ensign Asencia.
• The Nova One Conspiracy: Starfleet discovers that disgraced ex-cadet Nick Locarno is the mastermind behind "Nova One," a galaxy-wide starship-theft ring.

2382

• Synthetic Labor Deployment: The basic A500 synthetic laborer unit is officially commissioned by Starfleet for heavy starship fleet construction tasks.
• The Voyager Doctor's Lawsuit: The Voyager EMH files a high-profile lawsuit against Starfleet R&D to obtain an injunction preventing the forced scientific seizure of his mobile emitter.
• Loss of the Protostar: The prototype U.S.S. Protostar under the command of Captain Chakotay goes missing and is presumed lost during its maiden voyage into the deep frontier.
• The Parallel Cerritos Encounter: The U.S.S. Cerritos is briefly drawn through a quantum fissure, interacting directly with an alternate-universe duplicate of itself.
• The Klingon Incursion: Seizing upon the weakened, fractured state of Romulus, the Klingon Empire launches military border strikes and captures multiple worlds in the Khitomer Sector.
• The Targalus Reorganization: The Cerritos aids Targalus IX in completely dismantling its capitalist economic system following its admittance into the Federation.
• Ro Laren's DS9 Command: Following her prison release, Ro Laren enlists in the Bajoran Militia and is appointed Chief of Security for Deep Space Nine.

2383

• The Borg Salvage Operation: A massive Borg Cube is structurally disabled in Romulan space; the Romulan Empire immediately begins salvaging the "Artifact" for advanced technology.
• The Ki Baratan Riots: Severe food rationing and resource limits on Romulus lead to massive civilian rioting, resulting in 2,000 civilian deaths during harsh military suppression.
• Klingon Internal Strife: Chancellor Martok kills Councilor Qolka in ritual combat to the death following a direct, honor-based challenge to his leadership of the High Council.
• The Tars Lamora Escape: Dal R'El and a group of young alien prisoners discover the Protostar, escaping the Tars Lamora prison colony.
• The Xanitla Defection: Fleet Commander Tomalak is defeated by Donatra at Xanitla; Admiral Taris and twelve capital vessels defect to the Imperial Romulan side.
• The Oralian Resurgence: Rebuilding agreements bring Federation aid to Cardassia, sparking a public renaissance of the previously outlawed Oralian faith.
• The Bennett Emitter Ruling: A narrow JAG ruling declares the Doctor is not Starfleet property, keeping his mobile emitter safely insulated from immediate seizure.
• Captain La Forge: Veteran engineer Geordi La Forge is promoted to command the scientific research vessel U.S.S. Challenger.

2384

• The Living Construct Weaponization: The Vau N’Akat "Living Construct" weapon severely damages the U.S.S. Enterprise-E and other regional fleet elements via a corrupted automated distress beacon.
  • The Protostar is deliberately detonated to permanently break the destructive Living Construct transmission and save the fleet.
• Assassination of Tal'aura: Praetor Tal'aura is found assassinated in her sleep; Commander Sela publicly blames the underground Reman and Unificationist movements.
• Bajoran Federation Membership: After years of reconstruction, Bajor’s formal application is officially accepted, making it a full member state of the United Federation of Planets.
• Gorn Diplomatic Expulsion: Following a deadly Gorn Hegemony strike on the I.K.S. Quv, Chancellor Martok expels all Gorn diplomats from Qo'noS.

2385

• The Data Matrix Unlock: Geordi La Forge unlocks the "Data matrix" inside B-4; however, Data's complete persona and consciousness are unable to successfully assume control over the prototype body.
• The Attack on Mars: Compromised rogue A500 synthetics launch a devastating strike on Mars, destroying the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and the 20,000-ship Romulan rescue armada.
  • Insulted by Starfleet’s isolationist policy shift and the complete abandonment of the Romulan relief mission, Admiral Picard resigns his commission in protest. He is named the Vulcan Ambassador to the United Federation of Planets.
• Borg Task Force Dismantled: Believing Voyager permanently crippled the Collective, Starfleet dismantles its Borg task force, prompting Seven of Nine's protest resignation.
• The Synthetic Ban: In the immediate aftermath of the Martian tragedy, the Federation Council places a strict, sweeping ban on all synthetic research and artificial lifeform development.
• U.S.S. Prodigy Launch: The newly built U.S.S. Prodigy is launched under the command of Acting Captain Gwyndala.
• Klingon Hostility at Khitomer: The Klingon Empire issues an aggressive decree demanding that all non-Klingons evacuate the Khitomer sector within 14 standard days.
  • Disillusioned by growing hostilities, Captain Worf resigns his Starfleet commission to serve as a specialized independent agent.

2386

• The Flagship Transition: Following the loss of the Enterprise-E to undisclosed operational damage, the newly completed Odyssey Class U.S.S. Enterprise-F is officially commissioned as the new Federation flagship.
• The Exile of Sela: Accused by the Tal Shiar of the murder of Admiral Rehaek, Commander Sela is sentenced to death before Empress Donatra commutes it to permanent exile.
• Ferengi Educational Reform: Grand Nagus Rom introduces tax-funded free schools on Ferenginar; civilian protests are quickly quelled by implementing a high charge for protest permits.
• The Gila VI Invasion: Open warfare erupts between the Klingons and the Gorn Hegemony; Klingon shock troops aggressively seize Gila VI.
• The Alpha Dominion: Odo meets with Lamat'Ukan, First of the Alpha Jem'Hadar, asking him to return to the Gamma Quadrant. He refuses, calling Odo a false god.
• The Cardassian Demilitarization: The Federation-Cardassian Treaty is signed, permanently decommissioning the Cardassian military in exchange for dropping war crime charges.
• The Murder of Icheb: Criminal syndicates on Vergessen capture and strip the former drone Icheb for his Borg components, forcing a mercy killing by Seven of Nine.
• Reunification Plea: Ambassadors Spock and Picard appeal to the Confederacy of Vulcan to provide the Romulans with assistance, but they decline.
  • Spock and Picard agree to make their own plans to help the Romulans.

2387

• The Hobus Event: The Hobus star goes supernova, creating a catastrophic subspace chain reaction that completely destroys the homeworlds of Romulus and Remus, killing billions.
  • Despite their newfound insular focus, Starfleet orders all available ships to cross the Neutral Zone and assist the Romulans.
  • Praetor Chulan and the leaders of the Romulan Senate escape Romulus, but the U.S.S. Nobel finds their bodies floating in space near a derelict shuttle.
  • Driven mad by the loss of his family, Nero takes command of the heavily modified mining ship Narada, viciously attacking relief fleets.
  • Armed with experimental Red Matter, Ambassador Spock successfully creates a localized singularity that neutralizes the supernova star, as officially verified by Enterprise-F sensor logs.
    • Ambassador Spock is declared dead.
• Orion Syndicate Power Shift: Ruthless assassin Hassan the Undying eliminates Raimus, clearing the way for Melani D'ian to assume complete control over the Orion Syndicate.
• The Devos II Standoff: Alpha Jem'Hadar seize a vital Ketracel White facility on Devos II; Starfleet dispatches forces to monitor them.

2388

• The Rator III Regency: Lacking a centralized imperial authority following the cataclysm, the regional leadership of Rator III declares itself the new Romulan capital, a claim immediately contested by Achernar Prime.
  • The Federation agrees to send aid to the Romulans, but find themselves negotiating individually with worlds who have conflicting reactions.
    • The Klingons refuse to send any assistance.
• The Jellico Investigation: Operating under direct administrative orders from Fleet Admiral Edward Jellico, Admiral Kathryn Janeway conducts a sweeping scientific survey of the stabilized Hobus supernova zone.
• The J'mpok Insurgency: Klingon hardliner J'mpok demands military action against the Federation, fiercely criticizing Martok's peaceful foreign policy.
• The Red Matter Leak: News breaks that the Vulcan Science Academy withheld data regarding the Hobus threat, sparking widespread interstellar outrage.
  • The Federation Council investigates the Vulcan Science Academy's Red Matter research.

2389

• Too Many Chiefs: Many Romulans attempt to seize control of the Romulan Star Empire, with many assassinated and others ignored. The Federation attempts to organize a conference to stabilize the Empire's leadership, but fails when the Romulans can't agree where the meeting should take place.
• Klingon Frontier Expansion: Seizing upon the vacuum left by the Romulans, the Klingon Empire captures the Tranome Sar system; their aggressive advance is halted only by a defensive picket of Starfleet starships.
• Cardassian Democracy: Elim Garak’s progressive civilian coalition wins the first true democratic elections for the Cardassian Detapa Council, defeating totalitarian True Way hardliners.
• Holographic Rights Milestone: Expanding his legal challenge into a landmark class-action suit, the Voyager EMH wins a definitive ruling granting sweeping legal rights to all sentient artificial lifeforms.
• Holo-Projector Standardization: Next-generation starships receive standard holoprojector grids, allowing fully integrated holographic Starfleet crew members to serve seamlessly.

2390

• The Ibn Majid Incident: Acting under a classified "black flag" directive issued by Starfleet Security Commodore Oh, Captain Alonzo Vandermeer executes two synthetic passengers and subsequently commits suicide. Horrified by Vandermeer's actions, Commander Cristóbal Rios purges his ship's transporter logs and accepts a medical discharge from Starfleet.
• The Romulan Star Navy: Admiral Taris reorganizes surviving imperial capital starships into a centralized navy, attempting to force fractured independent colony worlds under strict military law.
• Klingon Mobilization: Interstellar peace talks between the Klingon Empire and the Gorn Hegemony collapse; Chancellor Martok actively redeploys heavy fleet assets directly to the Federation border when requested to step back.
• Publishers Strike Back: Holo-novel publishers seek to prevent the Doctor's class-action suit holographic rights, arguing that appearing sentient does not automatically mean a hologram is sentient.
• The Long Silence: The Federation records its final official contact with the Borg Collective, initiating an eleven-year period of total radio silence from the hive mind.
• Fluidic Incursion: The Enterprise reports evidence of multiple quantum singularities in the McAllister C-5 Nebula that correspond to those of Species 8472.