Challenger leads the fleet back to Earth but on their way home they rescue the Krisosian flagship. On board is the Krisoian leader’s husband, who formally requests that they assist him in saving his homeworld from unwanted Klingon aggression. In return his wife has pledged to bring Krios in to the war effort against the Romulans. The Starfleet armada must take on the might of the Klingon Empire, or so it seems…

Dedicated to the Star Trek: Enterprise episode, Precious Cargo, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary since it first aired and the The Next Generation episode, The Perfect Mate, which first aired over thirty years ago. 

HISTORIAN’S NOTE

The story is set in the last quarter of the year 2155 (ACE) after Challenger leads an unsuccessful attack against the Romulans at Rator III (Star Trek: Challenger – The Romulan War: The Tholian Stratagem).