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The most remote colony of the Coalition, Karakka would be a completely worthless ice world were it not for the fact that it is home to some of the richest dilithium mines known in the quadrant. This makes the freighters that take the raw dilithium from Karakka to [[Havley's Hope]] for refinement tempting targets for the bandits and pirates that hide in the [[Shadows]]. The recent discovery of benamite on the planet (the crystals vital for the quantum slipstream drive, which like high warp ironically has no use in the Shoals itself) has only made the prize even greater for those who can successfully capture a shipment traveling along the route now known as [[Widowmaker Trail]]. | The most remote colony of the Coalition, Karakka would be a completely worthless ice world were it not for the fact that it is home to some of the richest dilithium mines known in the quadrant. This makes the freighters that take the raw dilithium from Karakka to [[Havley's Hope]] for refinement tempting targets for the bandits and pirates that hide in the [[Shadows]]. The recent discovery of benamite on the planet (the crystals vital for the quantum slipstream drive, which like high warp ironically has no use in the Shoals itself) has only made the prize even greater for those who can successfully capture a shipment traveling along the route now known as [[Widowmaker Trail]]. | ||
In mid-2396, {{USS|Montreal}} arrived at Karakka after chasing wanted criminal [[Lenik]] from [[Meridian]]. They discovered | In mid-2396, {{USS|Montreal}} arrived at Karakka after chasing wanted criminal [[Lenik]] from [[Meridian]]. They discovered suspicious activity in the mountain peaks of Karraka, and that two Klingon warbirds were in an unusual state of alert. After entering orbit, Karakka’s weather satellites explode, and scans reveal that they had been embedded with antimatter mines—though the surface of Karakka remained silent. Further investigation yielded evidence of a string of security incidents, and that they had broadcast a coded alert across the planet’s surface until the day before ''Montreal'' arrived. The colony does not respond to attempts at communication. An away team is sent to the surface, and detects the crash site of the vessel ''Miran’s Tifar'', detouring to investigate, but the team is ambushed and split up. | ||
''Montreal'' discovers a | ''Montreal'' discovers a tight beam communication that is aimed at an asteroid field within the Karakka system and becomes unable to detect their away team’s life signs. Upon investigating the disappearance of their away team, they find only a [[Ferengi]] scavenger, who they began to interrogate, but a shuttle containing one of their crew bolts for the asteroid field, and while they immediately pursued, notifying the away team that they were on their own for the time being, they could not intercept before it reached the ''Belfast'', the freighter that Lenik has hijacked. He demands a slipstream capable vessel to meet them just outside the Shoals in return for hostage. | ||
The planet re-establishes their communications network, and the Karakkan militia reactivate their defenses, but the ''Belfast'' is set on a collision course with Karakka, which had an impact | The planet re-establishes their communications network, and the Karakkan militia reactivate their defenses, but the ''Belfast'' is set on a collision course with Karakka, which had an impact yield in the teratons. The ''Montreal'' is sacrificed to destroy the vessel, successfully averting it’s collision with the planet.<ref>[[USS Montreal|MON]], [[Wounded Animals (Montreal)|''Wounded Animals'']]</ref> | ||
==Planetary information== | ==Planetary information== | ||