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Starfleet Ground Forces

The **Starfleet Ground Forces** (**SGF**) was the branch of Starfleet concerned with ground based combat. They were the main force used to secure planets and to conduct planetary invasions.

## Organisation

The Ground Forces used a similar departmental structure as Starfleet, with Command, Operations and Sciences. It also had more specialised units apart from the ordinary infantry. It had air, artillery and mechanised units to support the soldier on the ground. It also had electronic warfare units, whose role is to intercept and jam enemy transmissions (including transporters) and to make sure the Ground Forces' own signals could reach their destination.

The Ground Forces were organised in units of various sizes, from the smallest to the largest they were:

* Squad
* Platoon
* Company
* Battalion
* Regiment
* Brigade
* Division
* Corps

## Ranks

The Ground Forces used a variation of the main Starfleet rank structure.

* Commanding General
* General
* Colonel
* Major
* Captain
* Lieutenant
* Lieutenant junior grade
* Ensign

## History

In 2373, a battalion of Ground Forces was stationed on Korvat III when the planet was invaded by the Klingon Empire. They managed to defend the planet until Starfleet reinforcements in the form of the 3rd Cruiser Wing, 24th Tactical Wing.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Dominion War Sourcebook*
2. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"
Mushroom

A **mushroom** was the fleshy fruiting body of a fungus. Certain types were edible.

Federation Security Agents Marjol Rin'an and Pedra Dyclin blamed the unusual and violent behaviour of two individuals caused by the King Pio's flute artefact on by ingesting "bad mushrooms" caused by a replicator error.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "It's Always the Mushrooms"

## External links

* Mushroom article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* Mushroom article at ***Wikipedia***, the free encyclopedia.
Wing

A **wing** (also called an **attack wing** or a **unit**) was a designation used for a fairly small grouping of starships by various militaries.

## Federation

In the Federation Starfleet it was a grouping of between four and ten starships usually commanded by a senior captain. Multiple wings were usually grouped into a tactical wing.

There were three types of wings. If a wing was made up of only one class of starship then it was referred to as a *class* wing, for example if it was made up of *Excelsior*-class starships it would be referred to as an *Excelsior* wing. This was the most common wing organisation as ships of the same class worked well together and could resupply each other.

Wings made up of similar types of starships were referred to as *type* wings, for example cruiser wing, or carrier wing.

Finally, destroyer wings were mixed matched wings of vessels no larger then a cruiser.

Wings did not have permanent designation as tactical wings did. If multiple fleets combined forces the 4th destroyer wing from one fleet might be changed to 12th destroyer wing as part of the combined force.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *The Dominion War Sourcebook*

## External link

Attack wing article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Koorura

**Koorura** was a Federation planetary colony located in either the Alpha or Beta Quadrants.

During the 24th century it was considered a small and out of the way colony. The colony had public replicators and a landing field.

Security and law enforcement was handled by Koorura Security.

Federation Secuirty Agents Marjol Rin'an and Pedra Dyclin covertly went to Koorura to retrieve King Poi's flute. They successfully did so and prevented two residents from commiting murdering their spouses. They were briefly detained by Security before being released and allowed to leave.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "It's Always the Mushrooms"
USS Tarawa

The **USS *Tarawa*** was a Federation *Curry*-class cruiser that saw service during the 24th century.

In 2370, the *Tawara* was assigned to Starbase 890. It and the USS *Belgium* were to be used to support the colonisation of Rabukurafu II by performing supply runs to the colony in its early months.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "A Clean Break"
The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon

***The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon*** (**DWS**) is a Last Unicorn Games roleplaying game sourcebook written by Steven Long. It was meant to be published in 2001, but when LUG was bought by Wizards of the Coast, Paramount Pictures ended their licensing deal and awarded the RPG license to Decipher. Consequently, *The Fires of Armageddon* was never put into print, but it was released by Long for free on the Internet.

## DWS and *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*

The Dominion War Sourcebook had a significant impact on pre-reboot *Swiftfire*. Many of the aspects of the book incorporated into the series and resulted in the first major retconning done in the series. The most significant was using the sourcebook's organisation for the various military forces that took part in the Dominion War. It also included the addition of new ships and vehicles, people and events. It is expected it will play a similarly important role in the *The Farthest Star*.

## External link

* The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon article at ***Star Trek Expanded Universe***, the fanon *Star Trek* wiki.
Window

A **viewport** or simply **window**, was an opening in a wall to allow for viewing outside a vessel or building.

While Agent Pedra Dyclin was engaged in an altercation with a suspect their spouse escaped through a bedroom window to seek help from local security.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "It's Always the Mushrooms"

## External link

* Window article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Shodar

A **shodar** (plural **shodaro**) is the Cardassian term for a fleet. Comprised of between 150 - 300 starships a shodar would be commanded by a jagul or gul. A shodar is made up of several tar'elkor and a Cardassian order can have numerous shodaro.

## See also

* Avara
* Battle group
* Brot'kar
* Fleet
* Strike fleet
Space

**Space**, also known as **spacetime continuum** or just **spacetime**, is the plane of existence comprising the known universe.

When a starship reaches the speed of warp 10, it exists at every point on the spacetime continuum at once.

## External link

* Space article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Speed of light

The **speed of light** is the velocity light travels at in a vacuum. It is denoted by **c** and is equal to 299,792,458 metres/second.

Warp factor 1 is equal to the speed of light and the development of technology that allows a vessel to travel at these speeds is considered one of the major milestones in a species' technological development. Species that have yet to reach this level of technology are referred to as pre-warp civilisations.

## External links

* Speed of light article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* Speed of light article at ***Wikipedia***, the free encyclopedia.
Tactical wing

A **Tactical Wing** is a Starfleet military unit typically consisting of between fifteen to forty starships. A tactical wing is a step down in the organisational structure of a fleet and above that of a wing.

Tactical wings are usually commanded by a captain, though it is not unheard of for a Rear or Vice Admiral to be placed in command of a tactical wing.

## See also

* Command wing
* Tar'elk
* Tilga'kar
Spiral wave disruptor

The **spiral wave disruptor** was the main energy weapon on Cardassian Union starships during the 24th century. Similar to the disruptors used by the Klingons and Romulans the method of transferring energy to the weapon is different. This results in a disruptor that is more phaser-like.

## References

1. ↑ *SRMV2: Starships of the Cardassian Union*
Labour camp

A **labour camp** is a detention facility where those housed are required to perform penal labour.

When Terri Renu pulled a phaser on Dutain he berated her as she wavered in her threat with that she should be "in a labour camp doing her duty for Cardassia".

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "What Little Girls Are Made Of"

## External link

Labor camp article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
T-Rogoran

The **T-Rogoran** was a species native to the Gamma Quadrant.

By the 24th century they had been spacefaring for centuries and had conquered several of their less advanced neighbours.

By 2360s their society was considered by the Dominion to have peaked and be sliding into decay. The predictions were that within a century those they oppressed would take advantage of this and tear the T-Rogoran's civilisation down from within.

In 2369, the Dominion started operations aimed towards invading T-Rogoran space despite the distance it was from Dominion territory. As part of this they planned to use the Iorath system as a link between their territory and the T-Rogorans.

By mid-2370, the Dominion had conquered the T-Rogorans.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 DS9: "Sanctuary"
2. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "To Seek and to Be Found"

## External link

* T-Rogoran article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Thurston Reed

**Thurston Reed** was a Human from the 24th century.

Reed had become addicted to and was dealing in the the drug tite during his teenage years. This resulted in a separation between him and his family.

In 2362 at the age of 19 while in a drug induced state he was involved in a drug deal that turned violent and resulted in the death of the other party at his hands. Following this he was arrested, convicted of manslaughter and sent to the Seleste Augusta Prison.

In 2370 Reed was released having served his sentence. He briefly returned to his home before travelling to Starbase 890 to attempt to join the colonisation mission to Rabukurafu II. He was accepted after Henrik Gardner arranged for Reed to join as his assistant on his farm.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "A Clean Break"
Starbase 212

**Starbase 212** was a Federation starbase located near the Federation-Klingon border.

In 2366, Lieutenant Jonathan Masters was taken to the starbase by the USS *Swiftfire* following the Hyralan Incident.

## References

1. ↑ TNG: "Aquiel"
2. ↑ *Star Trek: Star Charts*
3. ↑ *Swiftfire*: "First Choice"

## External link

* Starbase 212 article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Starfleet Starfighter Corps

The **Starfleet Starfighter Corps** (also referred to as **SFC**) was a division within Starfleet was that was concerned with the organisation and use of attack fighter units.

## History

During the 2360s and 2370s the primary craft used by the SFC was the *Peregrine*-class.

## Organisation

SFC organised its forces into the following units: squadrons , wings, and groups. A standard squadrons was made up of twelve fighters. A wing was two or more squadrons and a group was two or more wings. Each squadron could be broken down into flights (up to four fighters) and flight elements (two fighters).
United Earth Starfleet

The **United Earth Starfleet** was the premier military and scientific organisation of United Earth. Starfleet operated starships and bases to further their goal of peaceful exploration and to maintain the peace and stability of United Earth territory.

The most famous starship of Starfleet was the  *Enterprise* (NX-01). The first Human vessel capable of warp 5 it was responsible for many notable first contacts, such as with the Andorians, and many other exploits during its fairly short service.

Starfleet operated a range of vessels including the advanced (at the time) *NX*-class and the *Intrepid*-class frigate.

Following the formation of the United Federation of Planets the bulk of Earth Starfleet was absorbed into the new Federation Starfleet.

## External link

* Starfleet article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Sovereign class

The ***Sovereign*-class** was a type of heavy explorer that saw service in the Federation Starfleet during the 24th century.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Star Trek: First Contact*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 *SRMV1: The Ships of Starfleet*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Star Trek Nemesis*

## External link

* Sovereign class article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Squad

*You may also be looking for Squadron.*
A **squad** is a small group of soldiers. Several squads can be joined to form a platoon.

Various agencies in the galaxy used squads. The Starfleet Ground Forces and Starfleet Marine Corps had squads that ranged from 3 to 12 individuals commanded by an ensign and second lieutenant respectively.

The Dominion's squads were based around 3 Jem'Hadar.

## See also

* Chedhn
* Tekhasor
* Ter'val

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Dominion War Sourcebook*
Smuggling

**Smuggling** (also known as **trafficking**) is the covert transportation of goods or people in violation of laws and other rules.

Letac Vari and her parents (Letac Gigi and Letac Marrus) were among a group of Bajorans smuggled off Bajor on the Lissepian freighter *Pyhapstan* in 2344.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "What Little Girls Are Made Of"

## External link

* Smuggling article at ***Wikipedia***, the free encyclopedia.
Tora Ziyal

**Tora Ziyal** was a half-Bajoran, half-Cardassian born to Skrain Dukat and his Bajoran mistress, Tora Naprem.

In 2366, Dukat had Ziyal and her mother sent away to Lissepia knowning that with the occupation of Bajor coming to an end neither would be accepted on Bajor or Cardassia Prime. The transport they were travelling on was brought down on Dozaria by Breen raiders. Ziyal survived the crash and with the other survivors was forced to labour in a dilithium mine.

In 2372, she was rescued by Kira Nerys and Dukat. Dukat initially planned to kill his illegitimate daughter to protect his career and family. However, after meeting her he found he could not and took her back to Cardassia with him.

After the Dominion captured Deep Space 9 Ziyal moved to the space station to be close to her father. During this time Ziyal started to doubt that her father was the good man she believed he was and even turned on him, freeing a number of Dominion prisoners, including Kira, who went on to sabotage the station. When the Dominion decided to evacuate the station Dukat went looking for Ziyal, who informed him she would not leave with him. Damar overhearing this executed Ziyal on the spot for her treason.

## Alternate realities

In an alternate universe where the Dominion won the Dominion War, after the failure of Operation Return Ziyal was executed for freeing prisoners from confinement. Ziyal took the full blame for the incident, testifying that she had threaten Quark with force to make him help her, which helped see him avoid execution.

## References

1. ↑ DS9: "Indiscretion"
2. ↑ DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels"
3. ↑ *Spectrum*: "The Final Prophecy"

## External link

* Tora Ziyal article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Temporal incursion

**Temporal incursion** was the term used to refer to an act of timeline alteration.

The Temporal Integrity Commission was tasked with monitoring for temporal incursions.

After detecting a temporal distortion Temporal Observation Probe 47 confirmed a temporal incursion by the Harbinger that resulted in changes to the timeline.

## References

1. ↑ VOY: "Relativity"
2. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Ripples"
Starfleet Headquarters

**Starfleet Headquarters** was the administrative heart of Starfleet Command located adjacent to San Francisco and sharing grounds with Starfleet Academy. Original built by United Earth as the headquarters for Earth's Starfleet after the foundation of the United Federation of Planets it was turned into the HQ for the new Federation Starfleet.

In 2375, Starfleet Headquarters was one of the targets when the Breen attacked Earth. Several building were badly damaged and many people were killed.

## External link

* Starfleet Headquarters article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Tite

**Tite** was the name for an addictive drug from a fungus that grew on stalactites, which is how it got its name. It appeared as a clean liquid that came in small vials that were marked with a stylised "T".

Thurston Reed became addicted to Tite during his teenage years and also dealt in it. While under the influence of the drug he was part of a drug deal that went awry and resulted in the death of the other party. He was arrested and convicted of manslaughter for this incident and spent eight years in the Seleste Augusta Prison. During this time he under went drug rehabilitation.

Following his release while going through his belongings from before his arrest he found a jewellery box that contained a secret compartment that still held a few vials of Tite.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "A Clean Break"
Weyoun

**Weyoun** was a Vorta diplomat and leader who served the Dominion in the 24th century. Like all Vorta, Weyoun was a clone, with which at least eight copies were known to exist, five of which were encountered by the Federation in the 2370s. During the Dominion's war with the Alpha Quadrant, Weyoun served as the Dominion representative in the Cardassian Union where he personally oversaw most aspects of the war as well as ensuring the loyalties of Cardassian leaders such as Skrain Dukat and Corat Damar.

## Alternate realities

In an alternate universe where the Dominion won the Dominion War, Weyoun was made the administrator of Earth after it fell to the Dominion.

In 2394, he travelled to Bajor to attend the Festival of Tears. After the detention of Jake Sisko Weyoun spoke to Jake to convince him to join him in denouncing the Reckoning Tablet as a fake artefact. He also offer an open dinner invitation to Jake, who said he would consider the offer.

After Jake accepted the offer Weyoun created gumbo for their dinner. When Jake revealed he was there to convince Weyoun to return the tablet to the Bajorans he was not surprised as he knew that Jake would only accept his dinner invitation if he had ulterior motives. Weyoun refused to return the tablet and got into a struggle with Jake over the tablet, which led to Jake accidentally smashing in to pieces against a wall. Before they could discuss what to do about the situation Weyoun was informed that Dukat was on the station and was creating a disturbance on the promenade.

Weyoun headed to the promenade to confront Dukat and tried to distract him so the Jem'Hadar could kill him. However, it failed as Dukat was warned of the attack by the Kosst Amojan sharing his body. Weyoun narrowly avoided been killed by Dukat by pushing Gelnon in front of him to take the brunt of a telekinetic attack. Weyoun was knocked down and concussed by Dukat trying to escape. Dukat savagely beat Weyoun and started to strangle him, but Weyoun was saved by the arrival of the Prophets' instrument and the Kosst Amojan taking control of Dukat for its confrontation with the Prophet.

Weyoun attempted to stop the Reckoning by travelling to the station's Ops centre to flood the promenade with chronitons. However, he was killed by the station's commander, Colonel Antara Eri, to prevent his interference.

Several days following his death, a new clone had been activated. This clone travelled to Bajor to oversee the investigation into the disappearance of the Bajorans and the wormhole.

*Jake notes that Weyoun had changed little in the twenty years, which could mean that this Weyoun was a subsequent clone of Weyoun 5.*
## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*
2. ↑ *Spectrum*: "The Final Prophecy"

## External link

* Weyoun article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Shillings Crater

**Shillings Crater** was a Human colony located on Tavvis II in the Demilitarised Zone. It was built within the site of an impact crater.

The colony was small and comprised of only a few dozen buildings. It had one bar and a landing area located not far from it.

In 2372, Rex Callan travelled to Shillings Crater to met up with Brendan Patol and join the Maquis.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Initiation"
Planetary invasion

A **planetary invasion** is a military campaign that involved the deployment of forces to the surface of a planet in order to take control of that planet from another government or entity.

In the 24th century there was some conjecture about the usefulness of planetary invasions. Some argued that with control of space around the planet meant that capturing a planet was pointless or that fleets could simply just bypass worlds. If a planet has to be attacked that an orbital bombardment is more efficient as it required fewer personnel than an planetary invasion.

The counterargument was that there can be value in denying the enemy control of a planet through resource gains for the invader in capturing the planet and that by bypassing a hostile world just invites attacks to the rear. They also argued that an orbital bombardment involves an unacceptable loss of life to the planetary inhabitants. That while a planet can be besieged from orbit or isolated that there are times when it would be worth invading a planet and wresting control of it from the enemy.

## Planetary invasions

In 2368, Jasis 11 was killed during a planetary invasion conducted by the Dominion.

During the Battle of Korvat, the Klingon Empire landed troops on Korvat III.

## References

1. ↑ *The Dominion War Sourcebook*
2. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "To Seek and to Be Found"
3. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"
USS Swiftfire (NCC-76125-A)

The **USS *Swiftfire* (NCC-76125-A)** was an *Akira*-class heavy cruiser that saw service with the Federation Starfleet during the latter-half of the 24th century.

By early 2374, the *Swiftfire*-A had entered service replacing the previously named vessel.

The *Swiftfire*-A took part in Operation Return. During the battle Ensign Frank Edwin and Lieutenant Terri Letac served as flight controller and science officer respectively.

According to a vision seen by the Harbinger, Jonathan Masters would at some point be in command of the *Swiftfire*-A.

## Alternate *Swiftfires*

In an alternate universe where the Dominion won the Dominion War, the *Swiftfire*-A was destroyed in the Bajor system during Operation Return. Most of the crew were killed during the battle.

## Background information

* The name *Swiftfire* was created by combining **Swift**sure and Spit**fire**, which were two of the possible names for the ship. This was done to create a "unique" name for the ship. As far as the author is aware this was the first instance of a ship in Trek fan fiction named **USS *Swiftfire***.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BtFS: The Rebirth of the Swiftfire, Part 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *Spectrum*: "A New Path"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Spectrum*: "The Final Prophecy"
4. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Ripples"
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Unnamed Shakaar class starships

List of **unnamed starships of the *Shakaar*-class**.

## Gateway Station

In 2394, in an alternate universe where the Dominion won the Dominion War three **unnamed *Shakaar*-class starships** were assigned to Gateway Station.

During the Reckoning crisis the vessels escorted a convoy of ships with the evacuees from the station away from the station. Following the wave of orbs passing the convoy the sensors from the other ships in the convoy registered the vessels as empty.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "The Final Prophecy"
Peregrine class

The ***Peregrine*-class** was a type of attack fighter and courier fielded by the Federation Starfleet during the 24th century.

The *Peregrine* was armed with two phaser emitters under the nose of the craft. Half way down both wings were a set of three micro-torpedo launchers. The craft was also able to carry full sized photon torpedoes in the belly of the craft. They were dropped out of the bottom of craft before their own engines took them to their target.

## Background information

* This craft represents the Starfleet attack fighter seen in season 6 and 7 of *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*. In canon it was never identified as the Peregrine class and the connection is a popular fanon theory which *Star Trek: The Farthest Star* has followed.

## References

1. ↑ DS9: "A Time to Stand"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 DS9: "The Maquis, Part II"
3. ↑ DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"
Starbase 621

**Starbase 621** was a Federation starbase located in neutral space near the Tzenkethi border.

Following the Federation-Tzenkethi War of the 2330s the Fifth Fleet was based out of Starbase 621.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: Star Charts*
2. ↑ BtFS: Project Fifth Fleet

## External link

* Starbase 621 article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Subspace communication

**Subspace communication** (also called **subspace radio**) was a form of communication that saw the transmission of signals through subspace rather than normal space. This allowed the messages and data to travel far faster than the speed of light making it critical for interstellar communications.

## Subspace communications

* Subspace log
* Subspace message
* Subspace relay
* Subspace relay network
* Subspace relay station
* Subspace transceiver

## External link

* Subspace communication article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Unnamed Raptor class starships

List of **unnamed Klingon starships of the *Raptor*-class**.

## By Year

### Battle of Korvat

Two **unnamed *Raptor*-class starships** was part of the Klingon force that invaded the Korvat system in 2373. One was on patrol with a *B'rel*-class and *K'vort*-class vessels when Starfleet arrived to defend the system. It was destroyed by a pair of *Sabre*-class light cruisers. The second vessel fled the battle later and was the only survivor.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"
Obsidian Order

The **Obsidian Order** was the Cardassian Union's intelligence agency.

## History

In 2372, the Obsidian Order joined with the Romulan Tal Shiar in an attack against the Founders' homeworld in the Gamma Quadrant. The attack proved to be a trap, with Tal Shiar Colonel Lovok replaced by a Changeling. The joint fleet was destroyed by the Jem'Hadar and the survivors were taken prisoner.

This disaster basically brought down the Order. With the Order gone the Cardassian Dissident Movement was able to successful topple Cardassian Central Command and the civilian Detapa Council was able to gain control of the Union.

## References

1. ↑ DS9: "Improbable Cause"
2. ↑ DS9: "The Die is Cast"
3. ↑ DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"

## External link

* Obsidian Order article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
USS Belgium

The **USS *Belgium* (NCC-65073)** was a Federation *Norway*-class fast frigate that saw service during the 24th century.

In 2370, the *Belgium* was assigned to Starbase 890. It and the USS *Tarawa* were to be used to support the colonisation of Rabukurafu II by performing supply runs to the colony in its early months.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *SRMV1: The Ships of Starfleet*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "A Clean Break"
Prophecy

A **prophecy** is a message received under divine inspiration and often from a prophet predicting future events.

## Bajoran prophecies

Bajoran religion had numerous prophecies often coming from encounters with the Orbs and their connection to the Prophets or by direct contact with the Prophets.

* Shabren's Fifth Prophecy

## External link

* Prophecy article at ***Wikipedia***, the free encyclopedia.
Tonga class

The ***Tonga*-class** was a 24th century Cardassian cruiser design.

The *Tonga*-class was originally deployed to the Cardassian fleet in the first quarter of the 24th century. The vessel continued to serve until at least 2344 before it was eventually retired from service.

Cardassians revisited the design in 2372, due to the Klingon invasion of the Cardassian Union that year. The invasion had taxed the Cardassian military and in an effort to bolster their forces the *Tonga* got its second life.

The *Tonga* was upgraded with current technology. Though slower and less manoeuvrable than more modern vessels, it was reasonably armed and shielded, allowing it to go toe-to-toe with large Klingon warships. The most important aspect was that it could be produced quickly and cheaply, which was critical at the time due to resource shortages of the conflict and the toll taken on the Cardassian fleet.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Dominion Wars*
2. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "What Little Girls Are Made Of"

## External link

* Tonga class article at ***Memory Beta***, the non-canon *Star Trek* wiki.
USS Ardent

The **USS *Ardent*** was an Federation Starfleet *Ukora*-class light frigate that saw service during the 24th century. It was commanded by Captain Califae.

In 2373, the *Ardent* was part of the 137th Tactical Wing, Twentieth Fleet. It took part in the Battle of Korvat where it came to the aid of the USS *Andrew Fisher*, which was under heavy attack by a *Vor'cha*-class warship.

## Crew

* Commanding officer - Captain Califae (2373)
* First officer - Commander Jonathan Masters (2373)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"
Sol system

The **Sol system** (or **Solar system** or **Terran system**) is a star system located in Sector 001 of the Alpha Quadrant. Containing eight planets and a number of dwarf planets it is also the home system of humanity.

After the formation of the United Federation of Planets it became one of the most important systems in the Federation as it contained the Federation capital and one of the largest shipyards.

## System

* Sol (star)
	+ Sol I (Mercury)
	+ Sol II (Venus)
	+ Sol III (Earth)
		- Sol IIIa (Luna)
	+ Sol IV (Mars)
	+ Sol V (Jupiter)
	+ Sol VI (Saturn)
	+ Sol VII (Uranus)
	+ Sol VIII (Neptune)
	+ Pluto (dwarf planet)

## External links

* Sol system article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* Solar system article at ***Wikipedia***, the free encyclopedia.
Tzenkethi Coalition

The **Tzenkethi Coalition** was the governing body of Tzenkethi territory. The Coalition was ruled by an Autarch.

In the 2330s the Coalition and United Federation of Planets fought a war.

During the 2360s the Coalition fought another war against the Federation.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: Star Charts*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 DS9: "The Adversary"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 BtFS: Project Fifth Fleet

## External link

* Tzenkethi Coalition article at ***Memory Beta***, the non-canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Transponder

A **transponder** is a device that emits a signal.

Transponders were used on starships and space stations to emit identification information allowing for easily recognition.

*In an alternate universe, Kira Nerys gave Jake Sisko a transponder to tag the Reckoning Tablet with in case he could not convince Weyoun to return it to the Bajorans as it would allow for her people to track the tablet and transport out of the Dominion's possession.*

## External link

* Transponder article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Tiburonian

**Tiburonians** were a humanoid species native to the planet Tiburon and members of the United Federation of Planets.

Tiburonians were distinguishable by their large and unusually shaped ears. Males also seem to be typically bald with some having a bony ridge that runs up across their forehead, over their crown and down their neck.

## References

1. ↑ TOS: "The Way to Eden"
2. ↑ DS9: "The Ship"
Tales From the Farthest Star

***Tales From the Farthest Star*** (**TFtFS**) was an anthology of short stories and novelettes based within the *Star Trek: Swiftfire* and then *Star Trek: The Farthest Star* continuity. Originally each tale was based on a Ad Astra Weekly Prompt until after the reboot when rewrites were also included.

## Synopsis

*A woman haunted by the dead. A man pushing to prove injury cannot diminish him. A love that will never be shared. A child dreams of his future. A home forever lost. A family begins. Life is full of joy and anguish, from here to the farthest star...*
## Parts

* Dissension (Aimee Wessling)
* Small Steps (Rachel Daley)
* A New Path (Terri Letac)
* Final Goodbye (Susan Core)
* Ripples (Harbinger)
* A New Path (same as SWF version)
* Initiation (Rex Callan)
* Dissension (rewrite of SWF version)
* What Little Girls Are Made Of (Terri Letac)
* No Refunds (Letum)
* Chariots of Korvat (Maxine Benton)

## Background information

* *Tales...* was originally a NaNoWriMo 2013 project. The aim, apart from reaching 50,000 words, was to do 30 prompts in 30 days. The prompts selected were from the Ad Astra Fan Fiction Archives forum's Weekly Writes challenges. It was not finished during NaNo and became an ongoing project.
* The first tale was released on the 17th of July, 2014 on the The Farthest Star blog.
* Due to the reorganisation of *Swiftfire* into *Star Trek: The Farthest Star* only two of the six stories were initially considered to be part of the rebooted continuity, though the rest of the stories are still available at the TFS blog.
* The TFS version also started to include rewrites of non-TFtFS stories with the first being "What Little Girls Are Made Of" along with new shorts based on the prompts and rewrites of stories from the SWF version of *Tales...*.
* *Tales...* was initially envisioned as the title under which all TFS short stories would fall under. However, it was decided that this distinction between general TFS stories was unnecessary and the title was retired in July 2018.

## References

1. ↑ July 2018 Update on The Farthest Star blog.
The True

**The True** is *Swiftfire*'s contribution to part one of the *Star Trek: Unity* crossover.

## Summary

The USS *Swiftfire*-A is attacked for no reason by three hostile ships deep in the Badlands. The *Swiftfire* escapes to a nearby hidden Maquis' base after suffering serious damage and identifies the vessels as Vendoth warships. Captain Jonathan Masters gets captured by the Vendoth and all looks lost but unknown to the crew of the *Swiftfire* there are two other beings that are on their side and willing to help.

## Background information

* Due to the rebooting of *Swiftfire* the current version of this story is no longer considered to be part of the series' continuity. In the future it is planned that this will be rewritten to match the new continuity. When that happens information from these stories will be added to this wiki.
The Verdict of History

**The Verdict of History** was an anthology of short stories based within the *Star Trek: Swiftfire* continuity. It was released on the 1st of July, 2009. It was removed from the series after the reboot into *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*.

## Parts

* "The Decisions We Make..." (Part 1 of 2)
* "What Little Girls Are Made Of" (Terri Letac)
* "The Horseman of the Apocalypse" (Jonathan Masters)
* "To Seek and to Be Found" (Jasis)
* "Olympia Descending" (Jase Collins)
* "Chariots of Korvat" (Maxine Benton)
* "A Magnificent View" (Hadris)
* "One is the Loneliest Number" (Yel'tar)
* "...and the Consequences We Reap" (Part 2 of 2)

## Background information

* The stories were originally written for *Star Trek: Swiftfire* and released individually and had a restriction of being under 4,000 words. This restriction was due to one of the first stories being based on a story prompt that had that limit. When it was decided to do a number of shorts for an anthology the word limit was applied to all subsequent pieces.
* Originally the the stories would have been based on the main characters of the *Swiftfire*, but it was changed to include several minor characters as it was unlikely some of them would be more then a background mention or their chances of reappearing were negligible.
* These stories were not produced/released in any particular order. When they were collected for the anthology they were ordered by when they occurred in-universe from earliest to latest. They were only ordered once they were collected. This was by when they occurred in-universe from earliest to latest.
* When collected into the anthology an additional framing story that was split into two parts to bookend the collection was added. It is the only piece that went over 4,000 words to to the addition of a "story within a story" in the second part.
* Removed due to the reboot of the series there are currently no plans for this anthology to return. However, the individual stories have started to be rewritten and added to the new TFS continuity.
Nacelle

**Nacelles** are engine housing structures on starships.

Warp nacelles on starships house warp coils, which are fed by plasma conduits from a vessel's warp core. The coils create a subspace field around the ship that allow the ship to travel at warp velocities. The most common configuration is two nacelles, however a vessel can travel at warp with more than two nacelles or just a single nacelle.

## External link

* Nacelle article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Viewscreen

The **viewscreen** was an audio/visual device that served as the primary display for information and communications that was found on a starship's bridge or control centre of s space station. As such they dominated a prominent position in the room, usually on the front bulkhead of the bridge.

## External link

* Viewscreen article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Seventeenth Fleet

The **Seventeenth Fleet** was a numbered fleet in the Federation Starfleet, active during at least the 24th century.

In 2373, the Seventeenth Fleet was dispatched to deal with the Klingon Fourth Battle Group and assist the Eleventh Fleet against the Third Battle Group coreward from the Archanis sector.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"
Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire

The ***Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire*** is a sourcebook based on the Last Unicorn Games Spacedock! system and was written by Steven Long. It was released online after *Star Trek* RPG licence was transferred to Decipher.

## Use in *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*

Many of the Romulan ship specifications, history and descriptions used in *Star Trek: The Farthest Star* are from this sourcebook. The sourcebook was used to flesh out the Romulan fleet.

## External link

* Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire article at ***Star Trek Expanded Universe***, the fanon *Star Trek* wiki.
Time travel

**Time travel** is moving through time, forwards or backwards, in an analogous manner to moving through space. Time travel can be achieve through both technology or natural phenomena.

Time travel produces an inherit risk of altering the timeline as such the Federation Starfleet has a Temporal Prime Directive that directs its member to do everything within their power to preserve the timeline.

## External link

* Time travel article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Swiftfire

*For other meanings of "**Swiftfire**", please see Swiftfire (disambiguation).*

***Swiftfire*** (**SWF**), formerly known as ***Star Trek: Swiftfire*** is a *Star Trek: The Farthest Star* series based around the adventures of the starship USS *Swiftfire*.

Originally the first story of *Swiftfire* was "The Darkness Within". However, with the reboot it was decided that it would cover more of the first *Swiftfire* whereas pre-reboot the focus was almost wholly on the USS *Swiftfire*-A. To facilitate this it was decided to start the series a few years earlier.

## Main characters

### USS Swiftfire (NCC-76125)

* Captain Eloise Allston - Commanding officer (First appearance: "First Choice")
* Commander Jonathan Masters - First officer (First appearance: "First Choice")
* Lieutenant Commander Kiarra Prova - Chief Engineer (First appearance: "First Choice")
* Lieutenant Azihagiser Hist - Security chief/Tactical Officer (First appearance: "First Choice")
* Doctor Zim Darra - Chief Medical Officer (Mentioned: "First Choice")
* Lieutenant Willa Rennie - Operations Manager
* Lieutenant Farma-Kresh - Science Officer
* Lieutenant Iyer Vihaan - Flight Controller (First appearance: "First Choice")
* Lieutenant Etten - Head Counsellor

## See also

* The Farthest Star fiction
* *Spectrum* fiction

## External link

* Star Trek: The Farthest Star: Swiftfire at **AO3**
Tong Beak Nebula

The **Tong Beak Nebula** is an interstellar gas cloud located near the Cardassian border.

*In an alternate timeline Kira Nerys was rumoured to hiding from the Dominion in the Tong Beak Nebula, though this was not accurate.* (*Spectrum*: "The Final Prophecy")

## External link

* Tong Beak Nebula article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Tactical station

The **tactical station** was a bridge station where the officer on the bridge, usually the tactical officer or head of security could oversee the tactical and security operations of a starship or space station.

From that station deflector shields and weapons could be operated, as well as communications and internal and external sensors.

## External link

* Tactical station article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Teplan

The **Teplan** were a humanoid species native to the Gamma Quadrant.

During the 22nd century the Teplan fought against the Dominion and lost. As punishment for their resistance the Dominion infected the population with the incurable Blight.

Due to the similarities between Humans and Teplans, Jasis initially considered the first Humans she saw to be Teplans but quickly dismissed the idea due them not showing any signs of the Blight.

In 2372, Doctor Julian Bashir created an antigen that when given to pregnant mothers resulted in their childern been born free of the blight giving future generations the chance to be free of the disease.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 DS9: "The Quickening"
2. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "To Seek and to Be Found"

## External link

* Teplan article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Universe

A **universe** is all matter, energy and space regarded as a whole. The laws of the universe are governed by time. Our universe is filled with clusters of stars known as galaxies which are grouped by gravity.

## See also

* Parallel universe
	+ Mirror universe
* Subspace

## External link

* Universe article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Sibling

A **sibling** is a relative that shares at least one parent with another individual. A male sibling is called a brother while a female sibling is called a sister.

King Pio's flute impacted two brothers on Koorura and cause them to attempt to murder their spouses.

## List of siblings

* Full siblings
	+ Aimee and Gary Wessling

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "It's Always the Mushrooms"

## External links

* Sibling article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* Sibling article at ***Wikipedia***, the free encyclopedia.
Standard manoeuvres

**Standard manoeuvres** were a shared common set of movements and tactics. They were also called **attack patterns** or **tactical patterns**.

Wing Commander Maxine Benton ordered her squadron to use **Attack pattern theta** when engaging a *Predator*-class cruiser during the Battle of Korvat.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"
Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era

The ***Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era*** is a sourcebook based on the Last Unicorn Games Spacedock! system and was written by Steven Long. It was released online after *Star Trek* RPG licence was transferred to Decipher.

## Use in *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*

Several ship specifications, history and descriptions used in *Star Trek: The Farthest Star* are from this sourcebook. However, since this sourcebook was completed before the release of *Star Trek: Enterprise* there exists several conflicts with what is now canon. These sections will be ignored and/or adjusted to better fit the continuity of the TV series.

## External link

* Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era article at ***Star Trek Expanded Universe***, the fanon *Star Trek* wiki.
USS Hammarskjöld

The **USS *Hammarskjöld*** was a Federation *Ambassador*-class heavy cruiser that saw service during the 24th century.

In 2344, the *Hammarskjöld* responded to the distress call of the Lissepian freighter, *Pyhapstan*, which was under attack by the CDS *Javok*. While it drove the Cardassian starship away it was not before a number onboard the freighter were killed. The vessel then took onboard the survivors.

Serving on the ship were Haley and Mark Renu. They adopted an orphaned survivor and named her Terri.

## Background information

* This ship was named after the second UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "What Little Girls Are Made Of"
Starfleet Intelligence

**Starfleet Intelligence** was a division of the Federation Starfleet, tasked with gathering and analysing information on foreign powers in the galaxy and launching covert operations.

In early 2373, after the Klingon Empire broke the ceasefire in the Federation-Klingon War (2372-2373) Intelligence believed that the Klingon invasion of Korvat III was an opportunistic strike rather than a planned one.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Farthest Star*: "Chariots of Korvat"

## External link

* Starfleet Intelligence article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Type 9 shuttlecraft

The **Type 9 shuttlecraft** was an auxiliary craft used by the Federation Starfleet during the 24th century.

In 2369, the Type 9 was considered to be a "new" design.

## Specifications

The Type 9 was a mid-sized shuttle and its capabilities saw it classed as a class 2 shuttle.

A standard Starfleet issue type-9 shuttlecraft was 8.45 meters in length, had a hull composed of tritanium alloy and had a maximum speed of warp 4.

As with other Starfleet shuttles of the era, this vessel are typically outfitted with phasers and could be armed with photon torpedoes.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 VOY: "Threshold"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 *SRMV1: The Ships of Starfleet*
3. ↑ *Swiftfire*: "First Choice"
4. ↑ VOY: "Resolutions"
5. ↑ VOY: "Dark Frontier"

## External link

* Type 9 shuttlecraft article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
Swiftfire (disambiguation)

Swiftfire
may refer to:
* *Swiftfire*, an United Earth Starfleet *Intrepid*-class starship
* USS *Swiftfire* (NCC-76125), an *Excelsior*-class starship.
* USS *Swiftfire* (NCC-76125-A), an *Akira*-class starship.
* *Swiftfire*, a fan fiction series.

**This article is a disambiguation page for Swiftfire**

If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Spouse

A **spouse** refers to a person to whom another is married. A male spouse is often referred to as a **husband** while a female spouse is referred to as a **wife**. If the relationship comes to an end the former spouses are referred to as an **ex-husband** or **ex-wife**. If the relationship ends due to the death of a spouse the surviving member is called a **widower** if male or **widow** if female.

## External link

* Spouse article at ***Wikipedia***, the free encyclopedia.