Exploring the planet Ketram, a unique planet whose existence is based on trade with offworlders.

“In the darkest reaches of the United Federation of Planets, an isolated station stands sentinel over a neglected frontier. Commissioned long ago with high hopes, its promise is now all but forgotten; a lonely outpost serving as the gateway to the vast expanse beyond, where discovery…and adventure…await..”

The crew of the USS Astraea sets out for the Delta Quadrant, making history by being the first Federation ship to travel from the Alpha Quadrant to the Delta Quadrant via the Pathstone Project. In the wake of the Graviton Catapult, the Astraea is enroute to Dalacar to negotiate with senior Dalacari and Ts\'usugi representatives for Federation access to the Pathstone Project.

When a terrible accident cuts off Starfleet’s expeditionary group in the Delta Quadrant, the Vesta is dispatched along with a convoy of specially outfitted vessels to rescue those stranded far from home.

The Wellington is dispatched back to the planet Captain Reynolds and other members of the senior staff were killed to retrieve a downed fighter recently discovered. But not everyone is willing to \'live and let live.\'