Battle of Wolf 359

Category:Star Trek wars and battles {| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"\n|+ Battle after: Battle of Sector 001\n|-\n|colspan=2|\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor=#ffccff|Battle of Wolf 359\n|-\n|Conflict||Borg War\n|-\n|Date||Stardate 43997\n|-\n|Place||Wolf 359, Sector 001\n|-\n|Result||Decisive Borg victory\n|-\n|colspan=2|\n{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor=#ffccff|Combatants\n|-\n| width=50%|The Borg Collective\n| width=50%|United Federation of Planets\n|-\n!colspan=2|Commanders\n|-\n|The Borg Collective\n|Admiral J. P. Hanson\n|-\n!colspan=2|Strength\n|-\n|One cube ship\n|Forty Federation starships\n|-\n!colspan=2|Losses\n|-\n|Unknown, minor (if any)\n|11,000+ casualties and 39 Federation starships\n|}\n|} In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Battle of Wolf 359 was the Federation's first major battle against the Borg. In 2366, a contingent of forty Starfleet starships assembled near the star Wolf 359 under the command of Admiral J. P. Hanson of Starbase 324 to intercept a Borg cube ship traveling to Earth. The known ships that fought the Borg were:

• USS Bellerophon (NCC-62048)\n*USS Bonestell (NCC-31600)\n*USS Buran (NCC-57580)\n*USS Chekov (NCC-53702)\n*USS Endeavour (NCC-71805)\n*USS Firebrand (NCC-68723)\n*USS Gage (NCC-11672)\n*USS Kyushu (NCC-65491)\n*USS Liberator (NCC-67016)\n*USS Melbourne (NCC-62043)\n*USS Roosevelt (NCC-2573)\n*USS Saratoga (NCC-31911)\n*USS Tolstoy (NCC-62095)\n*USS Yamaguchi (NCC-26510)

As well as sixteen other ships. During the battle, nearly 11,000 lives and thirty-nine ships were lost. The USS Endeavour was probably the sole surviving ship of the battle. This overwhelming victory for the Borg was likely due in part to the then-assimilated Locutus' knowledge of Starfleet tactics and technology being available to the Borg. Following its victory, the Borg ship continued on its course to Earth. The battle was incredibly one-sided: the Borg cube itself suffered negligible damage in combat with the forty assembled Starfleet vessels. The two-part Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Best of Both Worlds" and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Emissary" chronicled the battle.

External links

\n*"Battle of Wolf 359" at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek WikiWiki\n*Wolf 359 Analysis at Ex Astris Scientia - Bernd Schneider's detailed analysis of the vessels in the Battle of Wolf 359\n*Ships Lost at Wolf 359