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DRW: Confrontation with Romulans leaves NX-02 badly damaged |
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Written by Rebeca Sanborn on
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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 Confrontation with Romulans leaves Columbia badly damaged
Lieutenant Rebeca Sanborn - Starfleet News Feed
10 December, 2156
Late last night Starfleet Command released a report stating that NX-02 Columbia had engaged several Romulan ships at the edge of Coalition space. This morning new details were released. The admiralty has so far been vague about what sparked the conflict, but they are saying that one Romulan ship was destroyed, and that, several minutes later, the Columbia was attacked by superior numbers and suffered severe damage before being reinforced by two Andorian battlecruisers, the Walani and the Kyar. The Romulans were driven back and no further incursions into Coalition space have been reported.
The Columbia suffered multiple hull breaches and close to a third of the crew was killed. Many others were wounded, including Captain Erika Hernandez, who is reported as being in critical condition.
In an attempt to gain more answers, the SNF contacted Columbia's communication officer, Ensign Jasim Khatami.
"I don't really understand how it happened," the ensign told us. "We had detected a Romulan power signature just outside Coalition space. We'd seen the reports. We knew they were the prime suspects for destroying Salem One; so we investigated. When we got there sensors showed they were powering up weapons. Captain Hernandez gave the order to fire a torpedo and the ship was destroyed.
"But when we scanned the wreckage, all we found was cargo. There was no evidence it was a military vessel. It was only armed with a light plasma turret for shooting asteroids."
Ensign Khatami went on to say that approximately twenty minutes later, while returning to friendly space, the Columbia was attacked by three Romulan warships claiming they were retaliating for the destruction of their freighter.
He also said that, before her injury, Captain Hernandez expressed deep regret at destroying the unarmed vessel.
Starfleet Commander Admiral Garrett Black has ordered a fleet wide tactical alert following this incident.
This Dispatches from the Romulan War report was contributed by Ensign Edwards.
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