Battle of Maxia

Taking place in 2355, a battle between the [USS Stargazer, commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and a vessel of the Ferengi Alliace was fought in the Maxia Zeta star system. The Ferengi vessel attacked the Stargazer without warning and provacation, sevelely damaging the Stargazer.

Captain Picard ordered his helm to obtain a bearing on the Ferengi vessel, and upon receiving that bearing ordered his ship to jump into high warp for several seconds. He then ordered the ship to come to a full stop near the unknown ship. As a result, the Stargazer briefly appeared to be in two places at once - and the Ferengi ship fired where the Stargazer had been. The Stargazer fired phasers and six photon torpedoes at the ship, which exploded.

Afterwards, Captain Picard decided to abandon the Stargazer, which was on fire and losing power. The desperate maneuver Picard used at the battle would come to be known as the Picard Maneuver.

The battle would come to be known by the Ferengi as "The Battle of Maxia".