OB-1999

OB-1999 is a former Union-held system located in the northern hemisphere of the Outback. First visited and scanned by USS Axalon-A during a recon mission following the events in Sector-E 20, looking for the location of Facility 404.

# History

During the Unions final stand (what is known as part of "Operation Hatchet"), Squadron E-19 under command of Commander Pi aboard USS Redemption, forced the remnants of the Futara Union calling OB-1999/IX their home, to eventually surrender. Although the planet was heavily fortified with a planetary defense-network consisting of several heavy plasma cannons, capable of firing on orbital targets, an Enforcer-class Dreadnought armed with experimental Antiproton-weaponry and Heavy Particle Projectors, as well as the last two operational Devastator-class cruisers, Starfleet managed to force the Union to an unconditional surrender.

Employed Tactic:

Following a Trojan-Horse approach with a captured Union shuttle EMP Probes took out the majority of the planetary defenses and what remained of them, was destroyed by the the pilots of the 73rd Spacewing, the "Bloodhounds", stationed aboard USS Hunley. Shortly after, USS Axalon-A single-handedly destroyed the giant Dreadnought via surprise-attack with her Phaser Lance. From there on, without the UFS Salvation, the forces of Commander Pi overwhelmed what remained of the Union, their resolve seemingly broken after the loss of the Dreadnought, which eventually resulted in the unconditional surrender of all remaining forces. In addition, the Union-imprisoned Starfleet Officer, Commander Maran-Meyer, USS Hunley's actual CO, was successfully rescued during the operation. The events are widely regarded as the official end of the Futara Union in the Outback and the system has hence gained "historical" status (and protection) in light of that.

Several months later, the independant refugee colony in Sector E-19, "Zarinth", has negotiated rights to re-activate some of the mining installations in OB-1999. Thanks to this agreement the almost 5,000 individual large colony has a means for trade and resources to grow on its own without further intervention from Starfleet. Any supply runs to the colony nowadays are usually on-demand instead of a set schedule and it stands to reason that with access to the rich mines in this system both sides will benefit from the agreement made. The Arkadians have since given 5 freighters on loan to the colonists to help them with their needs for transport of the mined ore.

**Squadron E-19 existed as an operational unit from Stardate 98975.17 (May 15th, 2421) up until Stardate 99028.95 (June 4th, 2421).**

**During the final engagement over OB-1999/IX the following ships and COs were part of it:**

*\* Captain J Scott (U.S.S. Axalon-A)*

*\* Captain Nulax (U.S.S. Dathon)*

*\* Captain Stanley (U.S.S. Kennedy)*

*\* Commander Pi (U.S.S. Redemption) (LaFayette-class Recon Destroyer, transferred off 26th)*

*\* Commander Forrester (U.S.S. Iwo Jima)*

*\* Lt. Cmdr Boel (U.S.S. Hunley)*

*\* Lt. Cmdr Three of Four (U.S.S. Jonas Salk)*

*\* Commander Tanner (U.S.S. Hunley, CAG 73rd Fighter Squadron, "Bloodhounds")*

The U.S.S Mary Black, an Olympus-class Hospital ship was tasked with the medical care of the freed refugees, as well as any casualties that occured and needed treatment.

As the CO of the Unit, Commander Pi reported to and received his orders from, at the time, RA Jay Hayes

# System Composition

Type-G Sun

14 bodies (only 3 of which are Class-M, the rest are barren rocks devoid of life, but rich of resources)

OB-1999/IX was home to Facility 404 and several orbital dry-docks

Nowadays all that remains of it, are ruins and craters spotting the landscape. Following the complexes thorough search and extraction of any deemed volatile or dangerous items, it was destroyed by a series of controlled explosions from the inside out. The same fate, that befell the last Bastion-class Starbase, FOB 290, in Sector E-20.

## Former Union System History

While Starfleet is unsure of *when* the now non-existant Futara Union claimed the system, we do know what assets were located in it.

Aside the above mentioned ***Facility 404*** (which was a large Research Complex focused on fusing Iconian-Technology with Union-made), the ***Arduvian-Fleetyard*** was located in the system as well. Directly in charge of ***Facility 404*** and tasked with testing the developed technologies, the installation was entirely destroyed by the Scourge and all that remains of it is a large debris field at the outer edge of the system, close to OB-1999/I, a rocky, dilithium-rich planetoid.

In addition, several ***dry-docks in orbit of OB-1999/IX*** existed, but were either already damaged beyond repair by the Scourge, or destroyed following the explosion of the one and only ***Enforcer-class Dreadnought*** (UFS Salvataion) sought as a last line of defense against the Scourge. The project was never finished and ultimately Axalon-A unleashing its Phaser-Lance into the weak spot at its engines caused the ship to explode from the inside out and break apart. Though one of the large parts, essentially the starboard-half, could be prevented from crashing onto the planet, the other half was thrust too quickly into a decaying orbit by the blast of the ships explosion. Much of said part was consumed during re-entry, but what remains of it can now be found not too far away from where Facility 404 was once located. The port half was tractored into a stable orbit where it remains to this day.

Beyond that, ***several deep-bore mining installations*** (all abandoned and shut down) were discovered on several of the resource-rich, uninhabitable planets upon a more thorough survey of the system. They remain abandoned, although the equipment itself was stripped by Starfleet to prevent unknown individuals taking advantage of the system.

* Today, a buoy approximately 2LY from the system, tells all vessels that the systems is regularly patrolled by Starfleet to preserve its historical significance for future generations. The buoy logs approaching ships.

# References

* Rising Dawn - Evolution
* Situational Reports / USS Axalon-A report
* Captain's Log, USS Hunley
* AAR Operation "Hatchet" - Pt. II by Commander Pi
* Analysis of the Union Remnant Incident