Rittenhouse Incident

In 2191 the USS Rittenhouse suffered the beginnings of a warp core breach of unknown cause. Commander Robert Lupia was able to shut down the core before a full breach was possible, but not before 7 of the crew in the engineering compartment, including the Captain, were killed.

Lupia was brought up on charges of Reckless Endangerment, Deriliction of Duty and Disoberying Orders immediately by Commodore Richard Voss, who happened to be on board at the time, and who gave Lupia the order to jettison the core. It was found that a fault in the Engineering computers were to blame for the incident, and not Lupia. However, Voss was able to convict Lupia on the count of Disobeying a Drect Order and handed out a severe punishment. Lupia was reduced in rank to Lieutenant and prevented from serving on board a starship for an undetermined period of time.