"Light of Mol'Rihan"

The USS Phoenix was conducting standard patrol as always when their regular work was interrupted by a broadcast from the Star Empire which had been trying to wrangle the Romulan population back under their control. In this broadcast they stated that if the government on New Romulus did not surrender then they would destroy the planet, having harnessed the power of a Q – and in a turn of events, this Q was revealed to be one of Starfleet’s admiralty. Starfleet were put on standby to assist but the Republic government did not believe the claims, later leading to the Tal Shiar conducting a show of their power; destroying the colony of Pohatu Minor and killing eighty-thousand people. Sent out to assist in evacuation efforts (as it seemed the government were still unwilling to abandon the planet in its entirety,) the crew were met with riots planetside. They took part in efforts to calm these riots but often found themselves outnumbered. Eventually time ran out for the government to surrender and the Tal Shiar arrived, firing their weapon at the planet to slowly eliminate all life there. A colossal space battle ensued between Starfleet and the Romulan Republic verses the Tal Shiar. The fight was hindered by space and time seemingly distorting; altering the physical form of ships, slowing time, and showing glimpses of the past and future. During this time an away team was sent over to the flagship in order to thwart their weapon and after a fight to get through the ship they managed, ending the destruction of New Romulus. Unfortunately many lives had been lost – including that of officers T’Svai, Powell, and Tarna’motlan who had been stuck planetside. Once they had managed to free their Fleet Admiral, however, the Q opted to set everything right and resurrect those fallen and repair the planet as much as possible. The fight came to an end with Romulus being restored and the Tal Shiar thwarted.

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