Brown hole

A brown hole was a dubiously existent, dangerous astronomical object.
In 2381, Starfleet pulled the from trade negotiations with the Karemma on Deep Space 9 to evacuate a colony in the Hasparga system that was threatened by a brown hole. When Captain Carol Freeman, who had to step in for Captain Nguyen at the last minute, heard about the brown hole, she complained, "That's not even a thing!" () It later emerged that Vice Admiral Les Buenamigo, who informed Freeman of the alleged crisis, lied about it, putting Freeman in a difficult situation in an attempt to sabotage her career and "force" the unveiling of the , a gambit that failed when Freeman was able to salvage the negotiations, further calling the existence of the phenomenon into question. ()
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Category:Celestial objects