Vaadwaur Occupation

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The Vaadwaur Occupation of Deep Space 17 was the two-month period in 2387 between the Second Battle of Eratis and Operation Bright Star when the Vaadwaur controlled the station.

Timeline of the Vaadwaur Occupation

• 238707.15: Following the Second Battle of Eratis, Deep Space 17 falls to the Vaadwaur.
  • Radi Rais is critically wounded during the battle. He is being treated by then-Ensign Ayelet Kadosh, a nurse, and a few other medical personnel in one wing of the station hospital who refuse to abandon their posts and evacuate with the majority of the other medical personnel.
  • The Vaadwaur soon storm the medical wing. The doctors and several nurses are slaughtered outright by the soldiers, much to the disappointment of some of the Vaadwaur superiors (Marari specifically) who wanted at least one physician kept alive. Fortunately for the Vaadwaur, among the surviving prisoners are a medic and Kadosh, both of whom are tasked with addressing the medical needs of the other station captives.
  • Rais and Kadosh briefly begin to form a bond from their mutual imprisonment, but Rais is soon separated from Kadosh and subjected to chemical brainwashing by the Vaadwaur. Kadosh is periodically brought in to tend to Rais’s injuries, and each time she notices that he is falling further under the influence of the Vaadwaur until finally he sees himself as nothing else besides a member of the Occupation Force.

• 238707.19: An insurgency of around fifteen Federation personnel, led by then-Lt. JG Msafiri Bakari, the highest ranking survivor who has not been captured, rescues 3 Federation personnel out of hundreds who remain captive, most of whom do not survive the prolonged occupation or the final battle to retake the station.

• 238707.29: Kadosh is rescued by Bakari, who brutally kills the Vaadwaur guard Tiradora. Bakari takes her back to the insurgent hideout, where she meets Jennifer Brockton, Rais's partner.

• 238708.18: Kadosh’s birthday. She turns 34. Brockton is nearly caught breaking into the upper levels to replicate the ingredients for a cake; Brockton tells Kadosh that she has no regrets and that Kadosh’s friendship is important to her.

• 238708.23: Brockton confides in Kadosh that she doesn’t believe Rais can be saved. She tells her that this is probably for the best; she believes that her infertility would cause problems for them later down the road.

• 238709.01: A rough day for the insurgency. Brockton is MIA after staying behind to hold off a surprise attack on the insurgency hideout that results in the deaths of several of the insurgents.
  • Brockton’s sacrifice enables the remaining few to escape. Unknown to the other insurgents, she is killed by Rais.
  • The insurgency is forced to abandon most of their supplies during the escape.
  • Bakari confides to Kadosh that night that he feels Starfleet has abandoned them all to face death alone.

• 238709.07: Kadosh informs Bakari that they have 6 days left of supplies before they must surrender to the Vaadwaur. Bakari and the others know that surrender is not an option and plan one final stand to cripple the Vaadwaur.

• 238709.11: Operation Bright Star. Deep Space 17 is recaptured by Starfleet.
  • Much to the anger of Bakari, Starfleet does not realize many of the attacking “Vaadwaur” forces are actually manned by the remaining captured Federation personnel of DS17 who have been brainwashed.
  • Rais is freed from Vaadwaur control.

• 238709.19: Most of the surviving Vaadwaur are relocated to Devinon V. Rebuilding efforts begin on Deep Space 17, with Bakari taking the role of acting station CO and Kadosh as acting station CMO.