In 2369, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC 1701-D, discovered a secret that had been buried for thousands of millennia. They found a message from a previously unknown humanoid race that claims to have been the progenitors of all sentient humanoid life in the galaxy. With no leads or direction on where to look for the remnants of this alien species, no expedition was mounted.

In 2375, the U.S.S. Freeman was exploring the fringes of known space on a long-term mission of exploration. During their investigation they discovered a planet littered with alien ruins undetectable from orbit. There was also what seemed like an artificially constructed moon. Investigation of the moon and planet ended in disaster when a member of the away team, Lieutenant Commander Jorel Calhoun, telepathically interfaced with an alien device within the ruins of the planet. This set off a series of events that somehow caused the planet and moon to literally shake themselves apart; some sort of planetary self-destruct. The only survivor of the mission was Lieutenant Commander Calhoun. With the destruction of the planet and moon there was no way to further investigate what happened. Until now...

The year is now 2378, another planet with similar characteristics to the one the Freeman had investigated has been discovered and Starfleet has reason to believe that what happened to the Freeman, the alien species the Enterprise discovered, and Calhoun's experience with the alien device are directly connected. With that, Captain Jorel Calhoun and the crew of the newly commissioned U.S.S. Odyssey, NCC 71832-A, have been dispatched to investigate.

Mission Brief:

The crew of the U.S.S. Odyssey are preparing the ship for departure from the Utopia Planitia shipyards. Meanwhile, Captain Calhoun will be briefing his senior staff on the particulars of their upcoming mission into Romulan space.