Operation Retrieve


 * ''You may be looking for Operation Return, the mission to retake Deep Space Nine.

Operation Retrieve was the code name of a mission proposed by Starfleet Colonel West upon the arrest of Captain James T. Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy for the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon in 2293. It was devised, in light of increasing tensions between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, to extricate the officers from their captivity by military force. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

The details of the operation involved a direct incursion by several starships launched from Starbase 24 to the penal world of Rura Penthe, well within Klingon territory, and was expected to last no more than 24 hours with an acceptable loss to equipment and manpower.

The plan was mooted by the Federation President and was subsequently proven to be unnecessary following the escape of Kirk and McCoy from thier own imprisonment.




 * All vessels except the Excelsior and the Springfield were represented by small Constitution class icons. The chart was created by Rick Sternbach.


 * Curiously the location of Operation Retrieve was the world of Rura Penthe, despite the fact that Kirk and McCoy had not yet been sentenced there. Because of this it is likely to assume that the outcome of the trial was prearranged and that Starfleet Intelligence had some foreknowledge of its result. However it is unknown why the Romulan Ambassador Nanclus was privy to the details of the Operation as presented to the President. 

Operation: Retrieve