Avalon Sector: Difference between revisions

Vast and untamed, the Avalon Sector has been frontier territory since the 22nd century. Dominated by the better part of the Briar Patch and historically regarded as insignificant, Starfleet only took notice of the Avalon Sector when the planet Ba'ku was discovered in 2375. After the incident with the Son'a, Starfleet made some headway into the region over the next 10 years, eventually assigning a lone vessel, the Discovery, to the region. In 2384, [[Deep Space 285]] was constructed after the discovery of the Saurian Empire and in response to Romulan interests in the region. After the destruction of Genura in 2385, the Federation began to devote more diplomatic and scientific resources to the region. They were nearly all recalled after the destruction of Romulus and Remus in 2387, and what little was left was further reduced after other interstellar crises like the Vaadwuar Invasion and the Klingon Invasion.

After the Gurab Crisis in 2389, Starfleet withdrew the last of its resources from the region and the border was redrawn to make [[Ba'ku]], a Federation world, inside a Federation controlled sector. The DS285 station became a backwater assignment, no longer the seat of a Sector Command or a branch of the admiralty. No Starfleet ship was assigned to the region until late 2391, when the [[USS Constitution-B]] returned to the region. The assignment of a Galaxy-Class starship is perhaps a sign of Starfleet's renewed commitment to the region as a new frontier to be explored, or perhaps, something else entirely. In early 2392, the {{USS|Constitution|B}} was reassigned to the Talos sector, with the {{USS|Doyle|A}}, a newer Luna class ship, being assigned to explore the sector.

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* '''2389''' At the insistence of the Federation Science Council, the Sotra Orbital Research was established to study the planet below and to map the surrounding nebula. It was placed under the purview of Dr. Morley Rin and Dr. Aralo Onil, each taking charge of one side of the mission.

* '''2391''' Against Starfleet protocol, the scientists remained sequestered for over 2 years before the {{USS|Constitution|B}} was assigned to resupply the station instead of the usual civilian freighter. While there, the true nature of the station was discovered.

 

 

===Gurab II===

 

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** '''2375''' The Colony of Gurab II is established as a civilian outpost and the start of meaningful Romulan interests in the Avalon Sector.

** '''2391''' Acting on orders supplied by Starfleet (later discovered to be a rogue faction) Captain {{n|Tyr|Waltas}} and his crew are tasked with destroying Gurab II and their weapons research facility. Mutiny ensues over these orders.

 

A Romulan world that housed a weapons research facility, Gurab II was the site of a high profile incident in 2389 when the {{USS|Discovery|C}} was allegedly tasked with destroying the facility and the surrounding colony. A mutiny ensued over Starfleet orders, led by Commander {{n|Raj|Blueheart}} and {{n|Hsina|Amman}}. Eventually it was discovered that advanced weaponry did in fact exist on Gurab II, but a more surgical solution was devised by Lieutenant Commander {{n|John|Valdivia}}, preventing a loss of Romulan lives. This incident, never the less, caused a scandal in the Federation and the populace remains divided on the issue years later. Over the next few months, Starfleet began to withdraw from the region entirely. The incident at Gurab in addition with the incident involving the Daris II virus, were the primary causes of the resignation of Captain Tyr Waltas and the decommissioning of the Discovery-C in early 2391.

 

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