EventsEdit

MarchEdit

• Stardate 52281.3: The new Sovereign-class starship USS Dauntless (NCC-75310), the third Federation starship to bear the name, is launched from Fleet Yards over Vulcan, under the command of Fleet Captain Peter J. Koester. (Star Trek: Dauntless)

JuneEdit

• Stardate 52162.8: The astrometrics lab, dubbed the "war room," is opened on the USS Baldwin. With help from the lab, Baldwin captain Richie Kennedy discovers and thwarts a Jem'Hadar ambush on the Fifth Fleet. (USS Baldwin: "Danger Zone")

JulyEdit

• The USS Phoenix-X (NCC-75948) takes up command of a small fleet at the Flortarios sector, next to Dominion-controlled space. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Home, Part II")

AugustEdit

• The USS Phoenix-X (NCC-75948) relinquishes command of the small fleet early, although the squad remains operating as a unit for a short time after. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "Loyalties, Part I")

NovemberEdit

• 16 November: The Breen Raid on San Francisco occurs. Although the Breen are able to produce major casualties on Earth, the 10th Squadron of the Fifth Fleet attempt to contain the damage. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil"; USS Baldwin: "Trouble in Paradise")
• 23 November: The Second Battle of Chin'toka occurs, resulting in a decisive Dominion victory. The 10th Squadron of the Fifth Fleet is assigned to guard Earth and help devise a countermeasure for the Breen energy dissipator. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil"; USS Baldwin: "Resolution") The USS Vigilant is destroyed in the battle. Lieutenant Commander Vanessa Yates is taken as a prisoner of war. (Star Trek Crusader)
• Following the battle, the USS Lapon leads a small reserve fleet into the Chin'toka system in an effort to rescue survivors. Many lives are saved before the fleet is chased off by Dominion forces. (Star Trek: New Order: Eclipse)

DecemberEdit

• The Dominion War ends in Allied (Federation, Klingon, and Romulan) victory. Over eight hundred million Cardassians are dead, and the Cardassian Union is on the brink of collapse. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")

BirthsEdit

DeathsEdit

• Most of the original command crew of the USS Lapon are killed when a torpedo strikes the ship's bridge during the Battle of Cardassia. (Star Trek: New Order: I Regretfully Inform You...)

AugustEdit

• The following personnel are killed when the Breen destroyed Starfleet Headquarters:
  • Admiral Gregory Quinn
  • Lieutenant Commander Jean Sinclair
• Captain Timothy Sinclair of the USS Ulysses is killed in the Second Battle of Chin'toka. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil"; Star Trek: Pendragon)

Assignments and promotionsEdit

• The Sovereign-class starship USS Illustrious (NCC-75310), under construction at Fleet Yards over Vulcan, is renamed USS Dauntless in honor of the recently lost Intrepid-class starship of the same name and placed under the command of Fleet Captain Peter Koester. (Star Trek: Dauntless)
• Vanessa Yates is given the position of First Officer on the USS Expedition, and promoted to the rank of Commander. (Star Trek Crusader)
• 27 November (Stardate 52616.2): Amanda Stacey is promoted to Captain (USS Baldwin: "Resolution")