Battle of Sol

The Battle of Sol was the most important battle in the Federation's ninety year conflict with the Vendoth. While not the technically the last battle between the two powers it was considered the battle that ended the conflict.

Arrival in the Alpha Quadrant
In mid-2376 the Vendoth Armada arrived in the Alpha Quadrant near Memory Alpha and attacked the Federation facilities on the planetoid, capturing large amounts of data. The Vendoth then proceeded towards the Sol system.

On the way the armada destroys the, USS Incipens and the Vulcan vessel Surak. The ((class|Excelsior}}, USS Excalibur is mistakenly believed to also have been destroyed near Memory Alpha.

As soon as Starfleet realised the Vendoth had arrived they send out a general distress call to all vessels in the quadrant to come to Earth's defence.

Entering Sol
When the Vendoth arrived at the edge of the Sol system only sixteen Starfleet vessels were in the system. The Roj Ch'Dak makes a blanket broadcast to the Federation:


 * "I am the Roj Ch'Dak of the Vendoth Empire. We are here to right the errors of your ways. No longer will you interfere in other's cultures as you did in ours. you will now humble yourselves before the might of Vendoth and learn subservience...or die."

The sixty-four ship strong Vendoth force then moves into the system by impulse. Twelve hours later the armada encounters the Starfleet defensive line and in a show of strength breaks through without firing a single shot. The armada in then split up with forces going to Jupiter and Mars while the main group maintains its course for Earth.

The Vendoth's progress at impulse allows for a stream of reinforcements to arrive and continuously harass their fleet. Starfleet, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian and even Breen warships joined in the battle against the Vendoth.

As the Mer'jot Ducmre and its escorts take up orbit around Earth they launch invasion transports at the surface of the planet. Despite getting to Earth the battle has taken its toll on the Vendoth with many ships destroyed and most of their side operations repulsed by the defending forces.

The Roj Ch'Dak decides to make an example of Earth instead of capturing it. The Mer'jot Ducmre begins to power up a doomsday weapon with the power to destroy the planet. A small number of Vendoth ships rebel against the Roj Ch'Dak's actions and join the defenders.

The battle nears its conclusion with the Vendoth fleet all but wiped out. Unfortunately for the defenders the Vendoth flagship remains and nears readiness to fire its weapon at Earth. The defending forces are just as battered with few ships still at fighting strength and all but out of torpedoes.

Heavy damage to the Mer'jot Ducmre from attacking forces and sabotage on the inside helped to weaken the ship but time is fast running out. Starfleet vessels in a final act to save their capital prepare to ram the gigantic ship. The USS Enterprise-E finally joins the battle and deals the killer blow to the vessel, destroying just before it could do the same to Earth.

In the end the Vendoth armada had been totally destroyed. No Ven warriors that were deployed to assault orbiting stations surrendered and the entire force was completely wiped out to the last being. The Alpha Quadrant powers had joined together and won but at significant loss. Dozens of ships had been destroyed in the long battle and the surviving vessels are all heavily damaged.

Omega solution
The USS Excalibur had appeared to ram the Mer'jot Ducmre late in the battle. The Excalibur had in fact transported itself to the Vendoth's homeworld in the Kalium galaxy. Once there the ship fired a single torpedo modified to carry an Omega molecule. The torpedo exploded destabilising the molecule, which destroyed subspace in a wide area around the Vendoth's homeworld.

With subspace disrupted the Vendoth empire is isolated to individual planets and its fleet are trapped. This action ended the threat of Vendoth attack on the Milky Way as well as ended their threat to their own galaxy.

Aftermath
The destruction of the Vendoth armada wiped out the bulk of the invasion force that was sent to attack Earth. However due to the temporal nature of their inter-galactic drives Vendoth ships have appeared around the Alpha Quadrant after this battle. Though with the technology the Federation has been able to analyse from the wrecks of the armada Starfleet is more then prepare to deal with these time lost stragglers.

Vendoth starhips

 * Mer'jot Ducmre
 * Vendoth Command ship

Background information

 * This battle formed the centrepiece of the Star Trek: Unity crossover.
 * The battle was told from five different views, which were brought together into one story. They were:
 * The Excalibur Epics - Deep as a Well...Wide as a Church Door
 * Star Trek: Adventure - Once More unto the Breach
 * Star Trek: USS Providence - Our Sacred Honour
 * - United We Stand
 * The Legend Continues - Sleeping Giants

External link
Star Trek: Unity: "United We Stand"