Gone from this reality, the USS Verity is displaced to the war-torn, hellscape of the Federation. Lost in a galaxy shaped by a Second Dominion War and a galaxy-wide Vaadwaur Invasion, its very existence is deemed a paradox. The USS Typhoon is tasked with recovering the task force flagship from its fate, but in the midst of an active war zone, it faces hostility from the Vaadwaur, a confused alternate Starfleet, escalating temporal instability, and a ship literally coming apart under the strain of conflicting realities. How can they succeed and at what cost?