8472 Counter-Command

**8472 Counter-Command** was a specialized task force created during the Undine War to combat the Undine. It was comprised of elements from the Klingon Defense Force, Romulan Republic Militia, and Starfleet.

## History

The task force, and the equipment it employed, had its origins in the 2370s. The USS *Voyager*, displaced to the Delta Quadrant, made contact with the Undine and learned of fluidic space. Though Captain Kathryn Janeway was able to settle a tentative truce with the Undine, Starfleet Command considered them a potential future threat. After the return of USS *Voyager*, Starfleet Intelligence had pored over information gathered during the crew’s seven year journey through the Delta Quadrant. Alarmed by some of the threats and groups encountered by *Voyager*, Starfleet Command ordered studies to create ways to counteract them, including the Undine.

Minimal efforts were made towards developing systems to help Starfleet vessels better traverse fluidic space and weapons to combat the Undine in the early 2380s. With the loss of the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and Mars in 2385, efforts came to a halt as Starfleet Command shifted focus to adjusting for the crisis over planning for faraway threats. Undine infiltration of Beta Quadrant powers began in earnest during this time and a shadow war began. By the 25th century, Starfleet had restarted its projects to develop equipment it could use in combating the Undine.

Though several small engagements with the Undine occurred during the opening years of the 25th century, the beginning of what would become 8472 Counter-Command was the joint task force assembled in 2409 under Rear Admiral Tuvok to prevent Borg Collective efforts in fluidic space. While the operation was a success, it did little to cool relations with the Undine.

The discovery of the Solanae Dyson Sphere led to the formation of Dyson Joint Command (DJC), the first major cooperative effort between the Klingon Defense Force, Romulan Republic Militia, and Starfleet. Undine subterfuge eventually caused the opening of a gateway within the sphere that led to another such facility: the Jenolan Dyson Sphere. The Undine War then moved to open conflict as Undine forces assaulted the Allies in both spheres and at Earth and Qo'noS. After the Battle of Qo'noS, 8472 Counter-Command was formally organized under the auspices of DJC. Starfleet's various equipment projects that had been in development for years were implemented with retrofits to task force vessels and the distribution of new bio-molecular armaments and exo-armor.

The task force was responsible for the defense of numerous worlds in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, weeding out an Undine base on Bajor, assaulting an Undine planet killer shipyard, and engaging Undine and Voth Ministry forces in the Solanae Dyson Sphere. After Admiral Tuvok negotiated a new truce with the Undine in 2410, 8472 Counter-Command was not dissolved, but many elements were reassigned and the task force became mostly administrative.

## Organization

The task force operated under Dyson Joint Command and was overseen by Rear Admiral Tuvok. A liaison from each of the component services served under Tuvok and assisted in coordinating operations.

## Equipment

A set of exo-armor was developed for the task force to protect its ground forces from biological attack and the effects of fluidic space and give them an edge in combating the Undine.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Agencies and units:** **8472 Counter-Command** • Allied Fleet Service • Alliance Intelligence Corps • ACSDB • Dyson Joint Command • Task Force Omega

**Technologies:** Alliance Antiproton Armaments • *Jarok*-class • *Khitomer*-class • *Rex*-class • *Temer*-class

### Sources consulted

* 8472 Counter-Command article at *Memory Beta*.
* Reputation: 8472 Counter-Command article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ *Star Trek Online* mission: "Fluid Dynamics."
2. ↑ *STO* mission: "Circles within Circles."
3. ↑ *STO* mission: "A Step Between Stars."
4. ↑ *STO* mission: "Surface Tension."
5. ↑ *STO* task force operations: "Undine Assault," "Undine Infiltration," "Viscous Cycle," and "Undine Battlezone."
6. ↑ *STO* mission: "Mindscape."