Battle of the Chog Homeworld

### Location

8,750 - 9,000 light years from EarthOver 1,000 kilometers from the Chog homeworld

### Result

Planetary Union Pyrrhic victory

The **Battle of the Chog Homeworld** was a large-scale battle between the Tzel and the Planetary Union sometime before the year 2320, fought in space a little over 1,000 kilometers from the Chog homeworld. The battle began as a strategic ambush by the Tzel and ended as a Pyrrhic victory for the Union. Both sides lost all ships.

The battle was a single chapter in the larger Tzel-Planetary Union Conflict, a bloody conflict which cost thousands of Union lives. The battle's collateral effect was the near-total destruction of the Chog homeworld and near extinction of the Chog themselves.

Due to the extreme distance of the battle, the Union did not even know the fight occurred until 2420 when the battle site was rediscovered.

## Battle

Some time before 2320, Tzel leaders sent a false distress call to Union ships. It is not known what the message said, but it successfully lured at least several Union battleships to the Chog system. The travel distance was formidable: the Chog homeworld is between 8,750 and 9,000 light years from Earth. A journey of that breadth would take at least two days by modern 25th century standards, and Union quantum drive technology was far less advanced at the time.

At least two Union battleships respond (and possibly many more), the BCV *Burton* and a ship known only by its wreckage as BCV *Cons-*.

The Tzel ambushed the responding Union fleet upon arrival, although the Union won the ensuing heated battle.

## Aftermath

Losses were almost total on both sides. Only the Burton survived battle long enough to plant one (possibly two) distress buoys to the Union before it crashed on the surface of the Chog homeworld.

By this point, the Burton was lead by Ensign Hodges, the ship's relief navigator and senior-most officer, and manned by a crew of only 20 surviving officers. Its damaged quantum reactor poisoned the Chog homeworld, extinguishing all plant life and most animal life.

The battle site was rediscovered in 2420 by Captain Ed Mercer and Helmsman Gordon Malloy, and further examined by the USS *Orville* and the USS *Ulysses**.*

## Appearances

* *Episode 1.5x01: New Beginnings, Pt. 1* (flashback)
* *Episode 1.5x02: New Beginnings, Pt. 2* (flashback)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode 1.5x01: New Beginnings, Pt. 1
2. ↑ The BCV Burton's Particle Beam Cannon will destroy anything within 1,000 kilometers of the Chog homeworld. Episode 1.5x02: New Beginnings, Pt. 2. Therefore, the battle, although very close to the planet, must be outside that range.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 1.5x02: New Beginnings, Pt. 2
4. ↑ The Chog homeworld is established as just 3 light years from a direct line between the Magnetar AXP 1E 1048-59 and Outpost 23. Episode 1.5x01: New Beginnings, Pt. 1. AXP 1E 1048-59 is 9,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Carina, while Outpost 23 is 8,750 light years away.
5. ↑ Based on the travel speed of the USS *Orville*of over 10 light years per hour. Episode 1x05: Pria
6. ↑ The buoy recovered was BCV-2, implying an earlier one had been launched. Episode 1.5x01: New Beginnings, Pt. 1