The One Day War

The One Day War was a civil war that lasted a single day and it is recorded as the shortest war ever to exist in the history of the United Federation of Planets.

The war involved the total tragic deaths of 2,465 Federation officers who were split into two dominant factions: The Insurrection and The Federation.

### Prelude

Admiral Ash Yevel had become '*tired'* with the leadership style of Fleet Admiral Ash Tyler, and thus he announced his intent to take control of Starfleet, which led to a rapid and instant divide among the officers of the fleet.

### The great divide

Yevel's faction, - the Insurrection, was backed by his own ship, the USS Victorious, while the USS Inquisitor and USS Cait were prepared to stand behind the Fleet Admiral.

Unlike the other ships, the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) were not acting in unison, and a bloody mutiny broke out onboard the vessel. Captain Jean-Luc Picard took the lawful side of Fleet Admiral Ash Tyler, while his First Officer, Commander Lucas Williams, supported Yevel.

Commander Williams unlawfully assumed command of the USS Enterprise and gave the order to detain Captain Picard. The Commander gave himself a 'promotion' to 'Captain' and he was prepared to rendezvous with the USS Victorious, which was controlled by Rear Admiral Kenrick and Admiral Yevel.

The Second Officer of the Enterprise, Lieutenant Commander Doug, decided to support his captain and attempted to take control of the bridge. Williams managed to stun Doug, but Picard managed to make a daring escape.

### The battle for the Enterprise

As Williams set forcefields on the Enterprise bridge and held Doug at gunpoint, Captain Picard rushed onto the bridge, guns blazing, in an attempt to take Williams down.

Seeing that he could not win, Williams quickly used his command codes to detach the saucer section and dashed onto the battle bridge, taking control of the drive section.

Captain Picard freed Doug and immediately moved to fire on the drive section to disable it. The two sections exchanged fire and the drive section jumped away into warp.

Picard and his Federation crew boarded the nearby USS Cait and pursued the drive section through Federation space, eventually reaching Earth. Commander Aetier of the Insurrection made the call to abandon the drive and to jump onboard the USS Pegasus, which was highly armed at the time.

Captain Picard and Doug quickly boarded the drive section and sent the USS Cait away; Aetier noticed this and commanded his rebel crew to destroy the drive section. His efforts failed since the drive section jumped into warp and later re-attached with the saucer.

After having control back of his ship, Captain Picard made the call to go back into battle. He encountered the USS Pegasus, commanded by Commander Aetier, and he was able to disable its shields and force it to yield.

Little did Picard know, Aetier planned on having his own shields dropped so that Picard would drop the USS Enterprise shields for Aetier's *prisoner transport*.

As soon as the USS Enterprise dropped its shields, Commander Aetier beamed onboard and with his great deal of training, he was able to easily take control of the USS Enterprise. Commander Aetier contacted Admiral Ash Yevel onboard the USS Victorious and backup had arrived.

With control re-established and the Victorious near, Yevel rallied his troops in the Enterprise shuttlebay. Ash Yevel gave a speech about the *new Federation* and how he is appointing himself as the new Fleet Admiral of Starfleet, and dictator of the United Federation of Planets.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Federation forces led by Captain Tony Stark swarmed the shuttlebay and managed to capture Rear Admiral (lower half) Charles Kenrick and Admiral Ash Yevel, the leaders of the Insurrection. Commander Bmo and Lieutenant Albert Jones were also captured by the Federation forces. 'Captain' Williams and other Insurrection officers managed to barely make an escape from the deadly shootout.

Williams used the transporters to beam off the USS Enterprise and almost miraculously managed to free his captured colleagues, as they swiftly re-took control of the Enterprise; Fleet Admiral Ash Tyler was captured in the process and he refused to yield control to Ash Yevel. As a result of refusing to yield, Tyler was executed in cold blood by Yevel.

### Escape

Any Federation forces who managed to escape re-grouped on the USS Cait and the USS Inquisitor.

Captain Picard and Commander Doug were emergency-beamed off the Enterprise and joined the Federation crew onboard the USS Cait.

In a daring and unexpected maneuver, the USS Cait captured 'Fleet Admiral' Ash Yevel and immediately cloaked and retreated.

'Captain' Williams and Rear Admiral (lower half) Kenrick onboard the Enterprise were unable to pursue the USS Cait once it cloaked, and they began to panick.

Once the Insurrection found out that Ash Yevel had been captured or killed, Charles Kenrick took command of the remaining rebellious fleet.

### The fall of the USS Inquisitor

The USS Inquisitor engaged in periodic hit-and-run attacks against the Insurrection-controlled USS Enterprise and USS Victorious but not much damage could be done before the ship had to cloak.

The Insurrection knew that they had to capture or destroy the USS Inquisitor, and so they assembled a task force from the Enterprise to board the USS Inquisitor.

The task force was composed of numerous highly-trained officers including Commander Aetier and Captain Phil Swift.

The Federation crew of the USS Inquisitor made the mistake of failing to drop their cloak and raise shields while being in close proximity to the USS Enterprise, which allowed the hostile task force to secretly board the ship.

A destructive and blood-filled battle exploded on the USS Inquisitor, and little hope remained for the Federation-oriented crew onboard.

After minutes of back-and-forth fire, the Insurrection managed to make a push and capture the USS Inquisitor and her crew.

The Insurrection could not risk the USS Inquisitor being used against them, and so they made the decision to plant an explosive on its warp core and destroy it.

### Unending

After achieving great success on the USS Inquisitor, the Insurrection attempted to take control of the USS Cait.

Little did the Insurrection know that the Federation members onboard the USS Cait had been preparing for such an attack, and so the attack failed miserably.

### Good prevails

After suffering great losses, the Federation forces beamed aboard the USS Enterprise to take control and destroy the Insurrection.

Both sides reached an impasse, and the leaders of both factions decided to fight it out in the holodeck and the last standing faction would win the civil war

Chaos ensued and after a long battle, Captain Jean-Luc Picard won the battle and destroyed the Insurrection in *gun game*.

### Aftermath and controversy

After the great divide had finally collapsed, Federation citizens decided to stage mass protests against Starfleet, demanding a full investigation be done into how a civil war was allowed to take place and that those responsible are held accountable.

SNN reached out to the Admiralty for comment but the Admiralty provided no response.