Federation-Pakled conflict

The Federation-Pakled conflict was a minor conflict between the United Federation of Planets and the Pakleds who were being used by Klingon extremists to destabilize the Federation.
==Prelude==
By 2380, a group of Klingon extremists, who believed the Klingon Empire had lost its way during the time of peace, sought to use the Pakled's own hunger for power to their advantage. Seeing the Federation beginning to destabilize, some Klingons, such as Dorg, began to share weapons and information with the Pakleds to further fuel their conflict with the Federation, in hopes it would lead to an eventual war. ()
==First engagement==
In an apparent attempt to seek revenge against the Enterprise, a group of Pakled rebels began attacking Federation shipping routes. Their threat escalated when one of the rebels' Clumpships destroyed the , and seriously damaged the before Lieutenant Shaxs and Ensign Sam Rutherford were able to destroy the attacking vessel with a computer virus created by the demented hologram Badgey. Three more Clumpships then arrived, threatening to destroy the Cerritos, but were driven off after the arrived and overpowered them. ()
==Continuing aggression==
Three months later, the was attacked by eight Pakled battle harpies. To escape, Captain Riker ordered the ship into an anomaly, whereupon it experienced gluonic disruption. ()
The Titan crew also investigated the Pakled takeover of a Varuvian mining colony on Karzill IV but were unable to determine whether any other power was involved in the operation, although Starfleet Command recognized that there must be a "puppet master" behind the Pakleds actions as they were too sophisticated for the Pakleds themselves to be behind. During this mission, a transporter duplicate of Brad Boimler, William Boimler, was created. The duplicate remained on the Titan, while the original Boimler returned to the Cerritos. ()
During the Command Conference later that year, the Titan was stationed on the far side of the star system from Starbase 25 to deter Pakled attack. ()
==Cease-fire attempt and coup==
On Stardate 58105.1, Starfleet sent the Cerritos to the Pakled homeworld in order to negotiate a cease-fire, much to the confusion of Pakled Ambassador Grubdin. The visit prompted a rebel attempt to plant a spy aboard the Cerritos. Their arrival coincided with the escape of the rebel prisoner Rumdar, who arrived aboard the Cerritos, sent to acquire information about the ship's shields, crimson force field, warp core, and the crew's access codes, under a poorly executed ruse of posing as a refugee seeking political asylum. 
In response, Captain Carol Freeman and Lieutenant Shaxs were held, for seemingly assisting the rebels, until their former prisoner was returned. Freeman met with several levels of Pakled leadership, before witnessing a Pakled "rebelution". 
With the new leader installed, the spy returned to report the "success" of his mission aboard the Cerritos. Freeman was able to trick Rumdar into revealing the Pakled's plot to smuggle a Varuvian bomb onto Earth. With information in hand, Freeman returned to the Cerritos, and left the Pakleds believing that they had actually defeated her. ()
==Fall of the Puppet Master==
Dorg's actions with the Pakleds were exposed after a failed mutiny by his commander, Togg. After anointing Ma'ah his new first officer, they rendezvoused with the Clumpship to discuss a weapons transaction. While the Pakleds captain, Rebner, and Dorg negotiated, they were interrupted with the arrival of the Cerritos and joined forces to take out the Cerritos before it could report of their alliance. Ma'ah did not believe Dorg's actions in manipulating the Pakleds to fight a battle for them were honorable, and successfully killed Dorg, intending to reveal his actions to the Klingon High Council. The intervention of the Vulcan cruiser saved the Cerritos and the two ships were able to force the Pakled to retreat. ()
==Destruction of Pakled Planet==
A short time later, on Stardate 58130.6, Pakled Planet was destroyed by a Varuvian bomb that was apparently planted in the capital city, Big Strong City by the Klingon extremists. Upon investigation, Starfleet Command came upon evidence that Captain Carol Freeman was in league with the extremists, and promptly arrested her. ()
Later, an elite group of Starfleet officers, led by Captain Morgan Bateson and aided by Commander Tuvok, discovered that the evidence concerning Freeman was actually fabricated and that the destruction of their planet was done by the Pakleds themselves in order to trick the Federation into relocating them to a new, resource-rich planet. Freeman was exonerated as a result and the true culprits arrested. This brought an end to the conflict between the Federation and the Pakleds. ()
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