Star Trek Arcadia: A Future That Was
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The year is 2418, and the Second Dominion War has been raging for thirteen years. Fighting alone and plagued by incompetence and corruption, the Federation is slowly, but steadily, losing grounds to the Dominion. When a highly decorated and respected war hero seizes power on Earth in a coup d'etat, promising an end to government corruption and a path to final victory, Admiral Oliver A. Lee, commander of the Kalandra Sector, who would have preferred the life of a historian and scholar to that of a Starfleet officer, finds himself faced with an impossible choice: save the Federation or save its ideals. Meanwhile, amidst the chaos of war and civil strife, a young woman struggles to find herself, love, and the affection of a distant father.
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