2668.228

2634.228

McAuliffe attack signal Confederation cryptographer Ches M. Penney partially decodes a Kilrathi message which refers to a strike against the Confederation, starting with an attack on the colony on McAuliffe and the station in orbit around it, Alexandria. Confederation High Command sends a fleet twice the size of the expected enemy fleet to defend McAuliffe. [Wing Commander]

2673.226

2668.228

Tarawa's pilots retire Kevin Tolwyn, Ian St. John, Etienne Montclair and Janet McCullough retire from the fleet. [Fleet Action]

2673.226

Telamon attacked Black Lance fighters drop canisters with a bio-convergence weapon on Telamon FT957. The planet sends out a distress signal. The BWS Intrepid is sent to investigate. 90% of the population of FT957 died from the infection. The remainder could no longer cope with the bodies that kept piling up and the secondary epidemics like cholera affected them as well. The entire system is quarantined to prevent it from spreading. Anyone who tried to leave the system and would not turn back was shot. [The Price of Freedom]

Deaths

• Lightning (? - 2654.227)