10 Star Trek Events OTOY & The Roddenberry Archive Should Explore Next

5. The Seventh Fleet

Seven seems to be an unlucky number when it comes to the fleets of Star Trek. A Time To Stand opened Deep Space Nine's sixth season with the devastating reveal of the Seventh Fleet's fate: after a brutal battle with the Dominion, fourteen ships returned to Federation space - out of one hundred and twelve.

While we will discuss Wolf 359 in a few moments in this article, this single battle in the Dominion War proved more deadly than the cornerstone event in Star Trek history, yet is rarely mentioned. 

For morale, for offensive strength, and for the defence of freedom - the destruction of the Seventh Fleet was a moment in time that should have echoed through the centuries. Perhaps the lack of depiction has played into its fading. While OTOY and the Roddenberry Archive have focused on character beats to date, this early annihilation of Federation and Klingon forces would serve as a reminder of the impact of the Dominion War, and perhaps serve to explain (if not condone) some of the Machiavellian methods of Section 31 as the war raged on.