Late in Y173, the Coalition realized that their economies could not sustain the strain of the conflict much longer and set about negotiating an end to the war. The Federation Council, under Chairman Buckner, decided to accept the terms the Coalition was offering, at least until they could gather the strength to regain what they were about to surrender. The final negotiations took place near a gas giant in a system inside the Federation's defensive sphere, but near the junction where the Klingon and Romulan forces had linked up. Careful protocols were agreed to in order to insure there would not be an incident during the final negotiations.
The ceasefire collapsed into a melee. No one living knows what went wrong or who fired the first shot.
Aftermath[]
Yorktown was badly damaged but managed to escape, as did the Vindex. One Klingon ship was destroyed, as well as the Hornet. The Coalition destroyed Olsen's Reach station, apparently thinking that it was part of the Federation treachery. The Romulans cloaked and disengaged; the remaining Federation and Klingon ships withdrew simultaneously toward fleets stationed just outside of the ceasefire zone. It was a bloody and inconclusive battle whose only real outcome was to insure that the war would go on for 11 more blood soaked years.
Postscript[]
In Y179 the Orion Raider Doomsday Exchequer, while in the Morgana system. looking to salvage debris from the battle six year earlier, located the log bouy of the USS Hornet. The bouy was intact and revealed the fire control was accidently activated by a nervous ensign in order to maintain station-keeping.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Various (1990). Captain's Log 8. (Task Force Games), pp. 29–30.
- ↑ Various (1990). Captain's Log 8. (Task Force Games), p. 27.