Mission Briefing:

Stardate: 57688.5

USS HOOD IS ORDERED TO PROCEED TO TANGO SECTOR FOR TRANSGALACTIC JUMP TO F'ASA SECTOR, DELTA QUADRANT.

LOCAL SITUATION CRITICAL. BELLIGERENT FALCARIAN CONFEDERACY'S 2 1/2 YEAR WAR AGAINST OUR FORCES HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. ORBITAL DEFENCE STATION DELTA II DESTROYED. SEVERAL COLONIES OCCUPIED. DELTA FLEET LIMITED TO ONLY A HANDFUL OF STARSHIPS. HOOD IS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO OBTAIN POSITIVE OUTCOME.

FALCARIAN CONFEDERACY LED BY RENEGADE TAL SHIAR, ADMIRAL CUSTLE TR'KHELLIAN. INTELLIGENCE BELIEVES HE HAS ACQUIRED A BORG CUBE. HOOD IS TO LOCATE AND REMOVE THREAT OF THIS VESSEL.

DELTA FLEET COMMAND SITUATED ON PLANETOID 'TORTUGA'. COORDINATES ENCODED.