PROLOGUE
~ So That You Are Not Completely Confused ~
Up until the year 2377, the fate of the Federation has been well known to us. But, following the Dominion War and the celebrated return of the USS Voyager from the Delta Quadrant, things started to change.
The Federation's Starfleet began to grow more and more militaristic, as scientific endeavours dropped from focus. Private companies made most discoveries then sold them to the Federation Government. Because of the delay this produced (in order to make most money, the companies held technologies back to let a gap in the market open up) rival galactic civilizations such as the Romulan Star Empire began to overtake the Federation.
But, just because they were falling behind in technology didn't mean that the Federation lacked military might. New classes of starship began to assemble which, like the Galaxy-class of the 2360's, didn't pilot new technologies but rather combined existing ones. Examples of these included the Virgin-class corvettes, the Dark Star-class destroyers, the Cairo-class battle cruisers, and the Avatar-class battleships. In fact, over the period leading up to 2450, only one new type of science ship was commissioned: the advanced Angel-class.
As tensions with the Romulans built, the vein of peaceful leaders began to decline; first Jaresh-Inyo resigned, then the slightly less pacifist Karat of Vulcan took over, and so on until, in 2450, former Starfleet Captain H'taren Groving, a half-Klingon, took leadership. Many thought this to be an unfair ballot, and there were protests on many worlds, including Trillius, Betazed, Bajor and even Earth. When these were met with violence on behalf of Starfleet, there was an uprising, at the end of which the Federation split into two halves; the New United Federation Of Planets, still operating under President Groving, and the Free Coalition Of Worlds, with Betazed as the capital under a one-quarter human Betazoid named W'fregga Doloren, who took up the role of "Chancellor."
The year now is 2477, exactly one century after the jubilant return of the USS Voyager from the Delta Quadrant. The Civil War is still going on, uninterrupted by the gleeful Romulans, who are quietly building an armada of warships to attack the warring alliances. The NUFP has been "annexing" planets and species, not least the Xindi of the Delphic Expanse, who fled the expanding dimensional cloud that absorbed their colonies. The Free Coalition, on the other hand, has been inviting races to join with them for prosperity and strength. Many have taken them up on the offer, most notably the Tzenkethi. The sides are now roughly equal.
You are about to witness a turning point in the Federation Civil War, as three ships each of both of the Coalition's Astra Science Navy and the Federation Starfleet meet on the border. The Federation sends the Anubis, the Enterprise-G and the Sparrowhawk. The Coalition sends the Evangeline, the Voyager-C and the Discovery.
Sparks will fly.
~ So That You Are Not Completely Confused ~
Up until the year 2377, the fate of the Federation has been well known to us. But, following the Dominion War and the celebrated return of the USS Voyager from the Delta Quadrant, things started to change.
The Federation's Starfleet began to grow more and more militaristic, as scientific endeavours dropped from focus. Private companies made most discoveries then sold them to the Federation Government. Because of the delay this produced (in order to make most money, the companies held technologies back to let a gap in the market open up) rival galactic civilizations such as the Romulan Star Empire began to overtake the Federation.
But, just because they were falling behind in technology didn't mean that the Federation lacked military might. New classes of starship began to assemble which, like the Galaxy-class of the 2360's, didn't pilot new technologies but rather combined existing ones. Examples of these included the Virgin-class corvettes, the Dark Star-class destroyers, the Cairo-class battle cruisers, and the Avatar-class battleships. In fact, over the period leading up to 2450, only one new type of science ship was commissioned: the advanced Angel-class.
As tensions with the Romulans built, the vein of peaceful leaders began to decline; first Jaresh-Inyo resigned, then the slightly less pacifist Karat of Vulcan took over, and so on until, in 2450, former Starfleet Captain H'taren Groving, a half-Klingon, took leadership. Many thought this to be an unfair ballot, and there were protests on many worlds, including Trillius, Betazed, Bajor and even Earth. When these were met with violence on behalf of Starfleet, there was an uprising, at the end of which the Federation split into two halves; the New United Federation Of Planets, still operating under President Groving, and the Free Coalition Of Worlds, with Betazed as the capital under a one-quarter human Betazoid named W'fregga Doloren, who took up the role of "Chancellor."
The year now is 2477, exactly one century after the jubilant return of the USS Voyager from the Delta Quadrant. The Civil War is still going on, uninterrupted by the gleeful Romulans, who are quietly building an armada of warships to attack the warring alliances. The NUFP has been "annexing" planets and species, not least the Xindi of the Delphic Expanse, who fled the expanding dimensional cloud that absorbed their colonies. The Free Coalition, on the other hand, has been inviting races to join with them for prosperity and strength. Many have taken them up on the offer, most notably the Tzenkethi. The sides are now roughly equal.
You are about to witness a turning point in the Federation Civil War, as three ships each of both of the Coalition's Astra Science Navy and the Federation Starfleet meet on the border. The Federation sends the Anubis, the Enterprise-G and the Sparrowhawk. The Coalition sends the Evangeline, the Voyager-C and the Discovery.
Sparks will fly.
