"Receiving Incoming Distress Call from Starfleet"

Game Date: 8/8/2019

Fresh off of their latest patrol of the Neutral Zone, the U.S.S. Aster is on course to return to exploring the Bassen Rift. While en-route, they receive a signal from Starfleet that their sister ship, the U.S.S. Nightingale, has entered the Neutral Zone due to a navigational error. It appears that the Romulans have attacked the small ship and plan to tow it back to Romulus as a trophy. But something doesn’t seem quite right. How did the Nightengale ALSO disable the much larger D’deridex warbird? And why is the Romulan commander so anxious to play for time?