“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.” – Lyndon B. Johnson, circa 1965 earth calendar.
The Reform Programme stands on the brink of collapse, as the Wescott government makes every gamble it can to get the crucial votes it needs to survive.

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“Can someone tell me how we missed another coup?” - Ken Wescott.

The tottering government of Chancellor Lornak falls to the new, military order of "The Thought Admiral of the People": Sturka.

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"The Parachute Officer – a young human woman – met the Ambassador at the steps. She was a little better turned out than our marines, but not by much; her rifle barrel was charred black at the end, and a scabbed gash on her head looked fresh.  But when Calax’Zi appeared, she clicked her heels and saluted like the best of them. The President-Elect stared at her for a moment, then pulled her into a hug, tears flowing freely.’"

The Klingon Aristocracy makes a gambit for the crucial neutral world of Kobax III. Wescott matches their bet, and raises.

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"The moral crisis we face cannot be fought by police action. It cannot be fought with phasers. It is a time to act in this council and their sub-councils, and the planetary governments and courts. It will be fought in this room, by this government: and it is a battle that I intend to win."

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“Mister Wescott look and see,
Is there a reform in your bill for me?
I been waiting a long, long time.
Since I cast that vote of mine!”
- Please Mister Wescott, 2263.

As a new Federation government grasps with the consequences of social and constitutional reform, the Klingon Empire enters a new, dangerous phase of political violence.

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"Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, both in the Beta quadrant, and, we hope, around the galaxy."  – Ken Wescott.

A new, unsure President must gamble everything to prevent total war with the Klingon Empire.

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"I think I've had all the fill of Armageddon for one lifetime."​ - Sairose Fitzpatrick.

Over Acamar, a total war is imminent. Everyone - Klingon, Starfleet and Politican - is willing to risk everything to ensure victory. Only one person will actually take the risk, however, and push the quadrant that much closer to disaster.

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Storm clouds gather over the planet of Acamar as Starfleet races to prevent the establishment of a Klingon foothold in their back yard.

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“Flew from Beta Rigel VI TOAC
Didn't get to bed last night,
All the way my bat'leth was on my knee,
Man, I've had a dreadful flight
 
I'm back in the KSSR,
You don't know how lucky you are, boys:
Back in the KSSR!” ­– Romanticistic Rock band “The Quin-tles”, 2262

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“An embargo if necessary, but not necessarily an embargo.” –Peter Broadhurst 

Outmatched by the Klingon fleet, the Federation flexes its economic muscles across the quadrant.

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