2286

Historical Events

• The DY-500 ceases to be used by any major corporations, though individual traders and minor companies may still employ them.

Conjecture, based on the statement that the DY-500s being used until the 2280s.

• A method to recrystallize dilithium using fission power is realized.

• USS Republic (NCC-1371, Constitution heavy cruiser) is stripped of all armament, save for a single ceremonial laser, and reactivated as an Academy training ship.

The year is speculation, but it did occur in the late 2280s and would appear to have been for an extremely short period of time.

• Star Fleet decommissions all but 10 of the non-Andorian Loknars, with the remainder held in a reserve capacity.

• USS Dominion (NCC-2115, Federation dreadnought) is placed into a reserve status.

• The Cardassians make contact with the Klingon Empire in the Betreka Nebula. The First Cardassian-Klingon war begins.

The war would only end in 2304, after a long series of battles, raids, and skirmishes. The novel The Art of the Impossible indicates the conflict started in 2328, but SFC-canon is going with the Memory Icon source.

• USS Typhon (NCC-D867, Centaurus class) is ransacked by pirates identifiabled as Elasi, traceable to the Klingon intelligence payroll.

• Data on Star Fleet defensive sensor networks in the Archanis sector is assumed compromised, and the whole Firechain tripwire system has to be abandoned.

• In light of the Organians' disappearance, Kiaga and Agilis class perimeter action vessels are pressed back to service.

Indications are that they were limited in their usage prior to this, either as reserve vessels or conducting patrols of zones near to their non-front stations.

New Technology

• Class 9 Navigational sensors

References

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