Kunhri is a heavily industrialised system, long-reliant on food shipments from beyond the sector to feed its large workforce populace. On the eve of a catastrophic coup on Rator, Romulan overseers strip the planet’s refineries of key technologies that cause all infrastructure to shutdown. Now these people need more than just supplies; they need a path to self-sufficiency.

In response to a call for aid from the new government on Psi Velorum, Starfleet dispatches a small task group to the Kunhri system. On the face of it, the task group is a kitbash of random vessels, but each has been specifically chosen with a purpose to fulfil. The Anthropology team aboard the Springfield-class USS Dvorak has been dispatched to assist the people of Kunhri III with food security in the absence of food distribution from the Star Empire, while the Inquiry-class ‘pocket battleship’ known as the Temeraire provides the muscle for the task group, serving as the strategic operations command center for the expedition.

At first, Federation support is welcomed by the largely Reman population, but the reemergence of a Romulan presence soon complicates matters…