After the surprise attack on Commander Reade and Ford’s former starships that left them crippled, and the Essex arrived in response to their distress calls, Commodore Daniel Maxwell noticed something that he had feared would return. The cell group of the New Maquis that attacked, was none other than ‘The Ronin’; or at least they claimed that they were but Daniel didn’t want to believe it.
Upon request, Commodore Maxwell was given permission to form a squadron to try and hunt down this cell group. Their mission, locate and arrest the members of this cell and bring them to justice. Maxwell had also put in a request to both the Klingon Empire and Romulan Republic, in hopes to continue building relations with both empires.