98905.2 Federation News Service
UPDATE: PRIME UNIVERSE PUSHES BACK, DISCOVERS TERRAN SUPERWEAPON
In the four weeks since the Terran Empire renewed hostilities with our universe, Starfleet and allied forces have fought valiantly to stave off this grave threat.
Reports continue to pour in from the 38th Fleet’s defense against a full-scale Terran invasion at the edge of the Federation, beyond the Aldebaran Sector. FNS correspondents have learned that the Terrans’ goal was the elimination of particular unique technologies native to the region. Closer to home, Vice Admiral Janeway has continued to lead anti-Terran operations from Jupiter Station. Several incursions into the Mirror Universe have been completed successfully, and Alliance task forces have reportedly engaged the Terrans on their home turf.
FNS sources have confirmed that the recent Terran activity is connected to the attempted acquisition of a superweapon by the Terran Emperor. Starfleet Command believes that the Terrans have been attempting to systematically wipe out entities and technologies that could post a particular type of threat to their new weapon.
USS Enterprise encounters V'ger in 2273.The weapon itself, which has been referred to as “the Other”, has been identified as the mirror universe counterpart of V’ger - is an entity of great power that originated as the Earth space probe Voyager 6. The probe was launched in the 20th-century, but was somehow transported across the galaxy and reprogramed by an advanced civilization.
On its way back to Earth it gained sentience and grew to immense size. It posed an extreme hazard to any ships, stations, and planets it came across, and was only through the legendary actions of the crew of the USS Enterprise that V’ger was prevented from destroying Earth in the 2270s. The Terran version of V’ger reportedly originated as Conqueror 6, and appears to have undergone a similar journey with more malicious intent.
Though President Okeg has urged calm in his public addresses, a staffer speaking on condition of anonymity told FNS that the Federation government considers the potential weaponization of the Other to be an existential threat of a magnitude not seen since the end of the Iconian War. As Starfleet continues to battle the Terran incursions throughout the quadrant, Admiral Janeway’s transuniversal operations are said to be working on preventing the Terran Emperor from taking control of the Other, before it’s too late.
FNS will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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((Events of Blue Shift and The Calling are now fleet canon.))