"ensign show the Romulans some weaponry we developed in the Delta Quadrant two hundred meters off the port bow"
"yes sir"
and so they let off some pulse torpedoes and then Jewel opens communications
"Romulan warbirds that was a warning shot back off or we will directly aim at you"
"you're just one ship and not even a significant one at that"
"if that's the way you want to play it fine, ensign fire the pulse torpedoes two meters off the port bow and then fire the sonic phasers at their weapons array and then we'll see what they do next"
as it turned out that was all that was needed the Romulans retreated to their side of the boarder for the moment
"OK let's finish the transfers and get going ensign make sure to put regular torpedoes and phasers back online we will than do an inventory and tell engineering what we need"
"yes sir"
"OK Data go to starbase 135 once the last of the transfers here are finished that's where everyone but you are stationed we're to rendezvous with the Enterprise at wolf 359 once those transfers are done so that you can go back to Picard the Enterprise has been informed that you are in fact alive". And so a few days later Data was back aboard the Enterprise where he belonged and was naturally welcomed enthusiastically.
Two days later the Lt. that Data knocked out was back on duty complaining of sleeping wrong thus the neck pain
"actually Lt. Commander Data knocked you out ensign with his version of a Vulcan nerve pinch"
"that wasn't nice"
"he only did it because you were exhausted and being stubborn about the Admiral's orders given to you by Lt. Commander Data"
unknown to them two Romulan warbirds were in Federation space cloaked getting ready to attack Federation vessels for an invasion plus there were already several others posed to attack multiple Federation outposts and all before the Federation could do anything. Two hours after they flew by the two warbirds, all warbirds in Federation space got the signal to start the war unfortunately there was actually one tiny problem with the Romulans plan, the crew of the Jewel had developed sensors that automatically activated if they detect cloaked vessels seeing as how some the Delta Quadrant foes they had fought had cloaking abilities, furthermore due to an unusual situation they could hear people that were alive but invisible and that crew had detected the warbirds plus they had developed ways of fighting the enemy while they were cloaked. Two hours earlier on the Jewel
"Admiral we just passed two cloaked ships" said Parson who was the one currently on alert duty
"keep on our present course for now Lt. we wait until they make a move and then attack back"
"so attack pattern Delta 12 Admiral?" asked James getting set to take over the battle bridge at a moments notice
"no attack pattern Beta 9 we're just gonna let them make the first move"
"nice"
and so they wait for two hours and then they are attacked by the warbirds they had initially detected
"Shaflen, Jenkin attack pattern Beta 9"
"aye sir"
well it didn't turn out to be a successful as they'd hoped but they still did more damage to the Romulan warbirds than the warbirds did to them but just as they were about to get the vessels again the warbirds got backup and plenty of it twenty minutes later Jewel knew what she had to do
"we're out numbered Shaflen take us out of here"
"where to Admiral?"
"at the moment I really don't care just get away from the Romulan warbirds"
"aye sir"
and so after a fifteen minute battle they retreat and two hours later they receive news that DS9 was currently the staging grounds to fight back aka it was the Federations current headquarters
"Shaflen set course for DS9 warp 5"
"setting course for DS9 warp 5"
"engage"
and so two days later they get to DS9 and get a picture of how bad the situation is
"look at all the damage most have taken" said Parson shocked at how severely many were damaged
"it looks bad yes but hopefully it's not as bad as when Captain Picard was taken captive by the borg and they used him at wolf 359, now let Sisko know we're here then James and I are going to go aboard and find out where the meeting is taking place"
and so they get to the Promenaed and trouble arises from the start because most figure that the Jewel avoided being attacked or somehow bribed the Romulans to get away with no damage not knowing that they had been hit the hardest and with the most ships the rest decided to punch Jewel in the jaw or kick James in the stomach by the only two survivors of the Melbourne