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{{Battle Infobox
|name=Battle of Gamma Camelopardalis
|date=2396
|location=Gamma Camelopardalis system
|result=Federation/Tholian victory
|belligerent 1={{emblem|United Federation of Planets}}
:{{emblem|Starfleet}}
{{emblem|Tholian Assembly}}
|belligerent 2=[[Sentinel]]
|commanders 1={{emblem|Starfleet|text=Captain [[Roshanara Rahman]]|link=no}} <br>
: {{emblem|Starfleet|text=LtJG [[Geoffrey Teller]] (assumed command)|link=no}} <br>
{{emblem|Starfleet|text=Commander Newton Wynter|link=no}} <br>
{{emblem|Tholian Assembly|text=Admiral Vamuwene|link=no}}
|commanders 2=[[Sentinel]]
|units 1={{emblem|Starfleet}}
:{{USS|Veritas}}
:{{USS|Solaris}} (initially)
{{emblem|Tholian Assembly|text=Tholian Military}}
:''T’kath Tholis''
|units 2=[[Sentinel]] Salvaged Fleet
:{{USS|Minerva}}
:{{USS|Stalwart}}
:{{USS|Solaris}}
:Various salvaged Tholian vessels from the [[Battle of Astrofori One]]
|strength 1=2 medium cruisers
1 battleship
|strength 2=2 medium cruisers
1 escort
Various Tholian ships
|losses 1=1 medium cruiser captured
1 battleship destroyed
|losses 2=Control center in Gamma Camelopardalis destroyed
1 medium cruiser destroyed
1 escort destroyed
Various other ships destroyed
}}
The '''Battle of Gamma Camelopardalis''' was a major engagement in 2396 between the {{USS|Veritas}} and an armada of salvaged starships assembled by the advanced Menthar AI known as [[Sentinel]].

==Ships involved==
===[[United Federation of Planets]] & [[Tholian Assembly]]===
*{{USS|Veritas}}
**CO: Captain [[Roshanara Rahman]]
**Fate: Victor
*{{USS|Solaris}} (initially)
**CO: Commander Newton Wynter
**Fate: Destroyed and then salvaged by Sentinel, recovered after the battle and returned to Starfleet service
*''T’kath Tholis''
**CO: Admiral Vamuwene
**Fate: Destroyed

===[[Sentinel]]===
*{{USS|Minerva}} (salvaged)
**Fate: Destroyed by USS ''Veritas''
*{{USS|Stalwart}} (salvaged)
**Fate: Destroyed by USS ''Veritas''
*{{USS|Solaris}} (salvaged)
**Fate: Recovered after the battle and returned to Starfleet service
*Various salvaged Tholian vessels from the [[Battle of Astrofori One]]

==Course of the battle==
In 2396, Sentinel was activated in the Gamma Camelopardalis system in the wake of [[Astrofori One]]'s destruction by the [[Tholians]] at the [[Battle of Astrofori One]]. It salvaged the previously destroyed {{USS|Minerva}} and {{USS|Stalwart}} and attacked the hundreds of Tholian ships that had remained in the system, further adding them to its arsenal. Sentinel also created a field of tetryon radiation that enveloped the entire system, disabling warp travel and preventing large starships such as the {{c|Sovereign}} {{USS|Pioneer}} from [[Task Force 105]] from entering.

Due to its extensive experience operating in a region of tetryon radiation, the {{USS|Veritas}} was dispatched by Starfleet along with {{USS|Solaris}} to investigate the sudden disappearance of Tholian signals from the system and soon encountered Sentinel. After losing the ''Solaris'' in an early skirmish, the ''Veritas'' crew with the help of Tholian survivors were able to locate Sentinel's control facility and destroyed it by capturing ''Minerva'' in a graviton field and launching it into the planet's surface like a missile. With its control center destroyed, Sentinel's activities in the Gamma Camelopardalis system ceased.

==Outcome==
*Federation/Tholian victory
*Sentinel's control center in Gamma Camelopardalis destroyed

==Sims depicting parts of the battle==
*[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/76KWnJwFsmQ/m/LWHrE7koDwAJ Captain Roshanara Rahman: System Shut Down (Part 1)]
*[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/OQmIGyH1WrY/m/EoIYQfIoDwAJ Captain Roshanara Rahman: System Shut Down (Part 2)]
*[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/qKyCMaMN6Hg/m/KcmyzEyCCAAJ Lt JG G'var- In The Face!]
*[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/mFSY_yeha9k/m/M2jRqndGDwAJ Lt. Jg. Geoffrey Teller - Take a Picture, It'll Last Longer]
*[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/Gb_KMa0KdzY/m/qHCzbzaPCAAJ Magus R'ahl A'xxazz- Fury and Fire]
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