After the failure of Operation "Caesar" and his arrest for attempted treason, Admiral Vaughan Rittenhouses' personal correspondence, personal writings and all other files would be seized by Federation Special Services and Starfleet Security. The absolute treasure trove of information - everything from his diary and planner through to random notes on fiction and his stamp collection - has been a boon to historians ever since it was declassified in 2320.
Amongst the nearly 450 Terrabytes of information was a series of correspondence between Rittenhouse and Admiral Nogura. Nogura, despite vocally disliking Rittenhouse, would exchange letters with him regularly between 2250 and 2270; both to discuss policy and as a semi-private form of venting about events within Starfleet Command. These collated letters detail Rittenhouses's obsessive disapproval of Captain Christopher Pike during his time as C-in-C Klingon Border Operations (2259-2262).
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The Acamar Address - delivered on the 20th of July 2262 - was the defining moment of the Acamar Crisis. Ken Wescott's government, brought into power in the midst of the confrontation over the war-torn planet, strove to deliver a clear policy after the fall of Peter Broadhurst, while also struggling with a percieved lack of political legitimacy. There were many who feared that if Wescott was unable to assert his authority, both his government - and the Federation itself - might collapse under the weight of Klingon pressure.
The death of Ambassador Dak'Rah, son of Ra’ul in September 2260 represented a significant shift in the diplomatic front of the early Klingon Cold War. Dak'Rah – a General in the Imperial Army from a middling aristocratic family – had led the ground campaign on J’Gal Minor. The eight month siege of the planet and it’s mixed Federation-Klingon settlements killed over 23,000 personnel and 58,000 civilians. Nearly 85% of the planet’s civilian population was killed, evacuated or went missing before Starfleet lifted the siege and evacuated the planet in February 2257. Many died under direct orders from Dak'Rah, though these orders would not be confirmed until the early 2290s.
Sourced From: Stout Hearts and Broken Chains: Starfleet and the Orion Syndicate, 2250-2280, by Quara Poylon.
Task Force Blackfriar was one of several anti-piracy formations active during the spring and summer of 2259. Blackfriar would replace the overstretched Task Force Qu'Lomu on April 11th and would cover the critical Vota Star Cluster until 2260. The diagram above represents the task force in late August 2259, just before it had many of its cruisers transferred to take part in Operation Singapore. The “No Peace Beyond the Line” Memorandum represented the first major break in Starfleet policymaking since the end of the Romulan War in 2161. By placing defensive measures and military action to counter Klingon aggression above Starfleet’s ongoing mission, Admiral Ch’Shukar’s memorandum would radically alter the nature of Starfleet activity within the Disputed Area. While the document itself is short by Starfleet standards, the doctrinal changes and operational plans based on its reasoning would be at the core of Starfleet Command until the end of the Klingon Cold War.
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