Battle of Wolf 359

Battle of Wolf 359

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Battle after: |- |colspan=2| |- !colspan=2 bgcolor=#ffccff|Battle of Wolf 359 |- |Conflict||Borg War |- |Date||2367 |- |Place||Wolf 359 |- |Result||Decisive Borg victory |- |colspan=2| {| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 |- !colspan=2 bgcolor=#ffccff|Combatants |- | width=50%|The Borg | width=50%|United Federation of Planets |- !colspan=2|Commanders |- |The Borg |Admiral J. P. Hanson |- !colspan=2|Strength |- |One cube ship |Forty Federation and Klingon ships |- !colspan=2|Casualties |- |Unknown, minor |11,000 |} |}

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Battle of Wolf 359 was the Federation's first major battle against the Borg. A contingent of forty Klingon Empire and Starfleet ships assembled near the star Wolf 359 under the command of Admiral J. P. Hanson of Starbase 324 to intercept a Borg cube ship traveling to Earth. 11,000 Starfleet personnel and thirty-nine ships were lost, including:

USS Bellerophon (NCC-62048)
USS Bonestell (NCC-31600)
USS Buran (NCC-57580)
USS Chekov (NCC-53702)
USS Firebrand (NCC-68723)
USS Gage (NCC-11672)
USS Kyushu (NCC-65491)
USS Liberator (NCC-67016)
USS Melbourne (NCC-62043)
USS Roosevelt (NCC-2573)
USS Saratoga (NCC-31911)
USS Tolstoy (NCC-62095)
USS Yamaguchi (NCC-26510)

This overwhelming victory for the Borg was likely due in part to the then-assimilated Locutus' knowledge of Starfleet tactics being available to the Borg.

Following its victory, the Borg ship continued on its course to Earth.

The two-part Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, Best of Both Worlds, and the Deep Space Nine episode, Emissary, chronicled the battle.

External links

Battle of Wolf 359 at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek WikiWiki

Ships Lost at Wolf 359