In the depth of the four years war with the Klingons, the Federation flagship, the starship Aries, captained by Kevlar Garth of the planet Izar, answers an unusual distress call in Federation Space..
Without warning, two Federation starships are ambushed by three Klingon battlecruisers, leaving an important Starfleet dignitary fighting for his life. Outmatched, there is only one desperate option left for these two brave crews.
The making of Prelude to Axanar
Stardate 2241.03, two decades before the original series, war opens with battle at Arcanis IV, a prosperous Federation colony along the Klingon border. The Klingons, who did not consider the Federation to be a worthy adversary, maintained the initiative for the first six months of the war, with a number of victories under the leadership of their supreme commander, Kharn.