Star Trek: Federation (Season 1)

Synopsis
25 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis and the end of the Dominion War, The United Federation of Planets has become a corrupt institution and has given up on the ideals that the organisation was based on. When a new threat arises that threatens to destroy The Federation they must return to their ideals by sending The newly commissioned USS Supremacy out into the vast reaches and new frontiers of space in order to reclaim what so many other federation crew have fought to acquire.

Cast
Jon Hamm as Captain William Meyer, A Dominion War veteran who has come to consider himself more of a soldier than an explorer. He reluctantly excepts command of The USS Supremacy.

Rebecca Hall as Commander Jochen Neurall, The Supremacy's first officer and first Romulan to ever join star fleet, unlike her people she is a positive believer of the Federations principles and was instrumental in the planning Supremacy's mission.

Luke Mitchell as Lieutenant Commander Devan Eleva, The Supremacy's Bajoran tactical officer. An exile from his home planet because of his Bi-Sexuality and sees Starfleet as his one and only home

Richard Madden as Ensign Kyle Mantren, The Supremacy's Helmsman. A young, excitable and brash man just out of the academy and is overjoyed at his position on The Supremacy.

Kate Mara as as Doctor Zaak, The Supremacy's Vulcan doctor. A young woman who always found it logical to challenge herself which encouraged her to become a doctor.

Katie Cassidy as Lieutenant Miral Paris, The Supremacy's chief engineer. She is the daughter of B'Elanna Torres and Tom Paris and feels pressure to live up to her parents legacy. Like her mother she struggles to come to terms with her Klingon heritage.

Damien Lewis as Leonard Talvin/Bellum, the seasons main antagonist, a ruthless and cunning captain of the Mortemuss with a deep hatred for the Federation who has been plotting his retaliation for a long time.

John Hannah as Arthur Daron, a well respected Starfleet Admiral, Meyers old commanding officer with dark secrets that go all the way back to the Dominion War.

1. A United Federation
In the year 2404 a planet named "Alzan" far away unexplored region of space known as "The Borderline" contacts The Federation for membership Starfleet sees this as an opportunity to launch The USS Supremacy with the newly appointed Captain William Meyer. Meyer is unhappy with his command as he has adopted a more sinister viewpoint to rest of the universe. He is also at odds with the ships first Officer Commander Neurall who views him as to much of a soldier to lead an explanation mission. Before they can arrive at Alzan, The Supremacy is attacked by pirates who put the new crew to the test. Meyer is an excellent strategist so he easily over powers them but is constantly contradicted by his first officer. Meyer later angrily berates Neurall and threateneds to have her relieved if she fails to obey her orders. After arriving at Alzan they find a desolated world with a minimal population. Before they have a chance to investigate the planet they are fired upon from the surface with a massive energy beam.

2. The Crew
Moments after the weapons beam hits the Supremacy multiple crew members including Paris and Zaak are transported to the surface. The ships suffers multiple hull breaches and the warp core is taken offline. Meyer along with Devan transport down to the winter surface to find the missing crew members. Meanwhile Paris and Zaak are imprisoned in massive cell where they are under the ruthless thumb of an alien named Auluss who demands to know the ships shield frequencies they undergo severe torture but just barely manage to hold out. Meyer and Devan must climb down dangerous caves to reach the prisoners but when they arrive they find starving families and a barely functioning city. They are quickly spotted by the military and a fire fight breaks out. Once pinned down Meyer contacts the Supremacy to transport them directly to the prison. Once in they are surrounded by guards but are able to fight them and find the crew members. Only moments after being transported back to the Supremacy a massive ship drops out of warp in front of them with Auluss in command. With the Warp Down still down they are forced to face the ship. They are massively out gunned but Paris is able to spot a weakness in their ship of they focus they fire on a specific area of the shield grid they will have seconds to transport over an ion device that will make them lose all there power. This works and warp out of the system. Meyer contacts Starfleet command hoping they will send them home but decide to leave them out and explore the system and try to to discover the source of the communication. The camera pans out to reveal a mysterious figure watch the transmitting commenting on how little they've come.

3. Parasites
Eleva is on a plantery survey with Zaak with scanning they begin to relate to some of their past experiences on their homeworlds. Shortly afterward they receive a distress call from the planets surface who claims to be dying, despite the protocols Eleva beams him up to the shuttle be he is barely conscious. They contact the Supremacy to prep for there arrival. Immediately afterwards the aliens attacks Eleva and ensures his cooperation he tries to do the same to Zaak but fails. They are beamed directly to sickbay where Eleva attacks the medical staff forcing them to flee. With his security passcode Eleva is able to cripple the supremacy. Meyer leads a team to rescue Zaak, during the encounter the entire security team is captured and made to submit by the alien. Zaak realises that if she can mind meld with Eleva she will be able to bring him back. After the initial assault on sickbay they breach it easily but Eleva and the alien have beemed out on the shuttle. After mind melding with the other crew members she realises that the alien is simply a wild beast under the impression that they have hostiles. Meyer orders Neurall to talk to the alien but refuses saying that he is the captian. Meyer is unable to convince it if their intentions so Paris remotely disables the shuttle and beams Eleva to sickbay and the alien to the brig. Zaak is able to bring Eleva back but is clearly shaken by his experience. The creature is put into an escape pod and put back onto its home planet.

4. Beneath The Surface
The Supremacy discovers a unique and uninhabited planet with a unique core they will allow them to create new and improved shield systems and hull designs for the ship. Meyer wanting a few hours of the ship agrees to go with Neurall and Paris to study the core. They quickly realise however that there is nothing unique about the core and see that something is a miss. Moments later The Mortemuss attacks The Supremacy with Auluss commanding it. The ship is forced into the atmosphere where it is stuck and realise that if they activate their engines it will cause tremors across the planet and lead to its destruction. Eleva scans the ship and realises that during their last encounter with Auluss he beamed over a device designed to trick their sensors. However the crew realise that if they fire the device onto the hull of The Mortemus they can take over its tractor beam and take them out of the planets atmosphere. They also discover that their own weapons fire could raise them out of the planets surface but would cause them to fire onto the surface. Meyer deems this the better option but is objected to by Neurall. The two get into an argument where she asks how Meyer could consider himself a Starfleet officer where he says he isnt just an angry man with no purpose. Meyer however agrees to Neuralls plan and it in the end works and the ship is able to esape Auluss. Neurall apologises to Meyer but he admits that she isn't entirely wrong but Neurall agrees not to give up on him. It cuts to Auluss who is strapped down onto a table and is beheaded by a mysterious figure.

5. Reminiscence
Tensions on the ship run high when the anniversary of the conclusion to the Dominion War approaches. For the anniversary, Meyer decides to contact The Borderlines alliance to begin real talks of them joining the Federation. On the way to the conference the ship comes across a shuttle of the same make as the Mortemuss and discover the body of Auluss in it. Thinking this as a bad sign for the conference, Meyer is sceptical to continue with it but is advised against it by Neurall, so instead sends Eleva, Mantren and Zaak on a survey mission to see if they can discover the means of his death. At the conference Meyer speaks with true passion for the ideals of The Federation which impresses Neurall and sets up a dialogue between the alliance and the Federation. Meanwhile, The away team scout a nebula where they think they have found the Mortemuss but are ambushed by its fighters and taken prisoner. The Supremacy are contacted by them and demand that they break of all ties to the Borderline or all they will be executed.

6. Prisoners of The Federation
Several days after the away teams capture, Starfleet admirals and diplomats arrive at the conference eagerly anticipating a new alliance. Meyer informs his superiors of his crews predicament and they authorise a rescue of them. Meanwhile on the Mortemuss, The away team are tightly confined to their cell and have very little contact with their captors until Zaak is taken away to the bridge where she meets the ships actual captain who simply calls himself Bellum and stabs Zaak and takes her blood. The Supremacy recieve the teams shuttle covered in Zaaks blood making them realise how dire the situation is. Meyer comes up with a plan to breach the hull by using an old freighter that can act as being deactivated hoping that the ship will not see it as a threat giving the team time to beam over their people. When they get to they come into contact with the ship are unable to beam the prisoners back but are able to beam themselves over. They contact the Supremacy and order them to attack the ship giving them time to reach their people. During the engagemen, Meyer is able to get to the team but realise that Zaaks condition is worse than they thought and are forced to use the portable beamer to get her back to the Supremacy. Despite having renounced the Prophets, Eleva prays to them to let her get back safely. She is beamed aboard alive but Bellum realises their plan and stops them from leaving forcing them to run for a shuttle. Meyer encounters Bellum where he tells him that he will never succeed in his plans but Bellum tells Meyer that he knows what the Federation truly is. Back on the ship the team remember the losses of the Dominion war and toast their fallen.

7. Captain Balthazar Edison
In the aftermath on the crews successful escape from Bellum, the alliance between the Federation and The Borderline has been successful and Starfleet will now be sending more ships out into that region. Meanwhile, Mantren belives that using the shuttle that he and Meyer used to escape Bellum, he may be able to uncover information on their adversaries but lacks the technology necessary to do so. The crew recieve a distress call from a 22nd century Starfleet ship and quickly go to investigate. Onboard, they discover a heavily scared Human who introduce himself as Balthazar Edison. Having been a role model to both Meyer and Mantren they feel stunned having had the chance to actually meet him. He explains that he and his crew crash landed on a planet over 200 years ago and he was forced to use the technology he found there in order to survive. Unconvinced by his story, Miral boards his ship, The Franklin and begins to look through crew logs where she discovers a mysterious device, she is quickly attacked by a drone and is rendered unconscious. Edison begins to talk with Meyer where he starts to realise that Edison has a lot of his more stern opinions on the Federation. Eleva notices Mirals absence and investigates the Franklin and alerts the crew when he realises the weapon. With the ship at red alert, Edison begins his attack on the ship and his drones invade the Supremacy. Edison activates his weapon that will consume the ship in minutes if not stopped. Mantren is able to board the Franklin where he engages Edison. Edison gets the upper hand on Mantren but Miral strikes him and knocks him out. They beam of the ship and The Franklin detaches leaving the weapon to consume the Franklin killing Edison.

8. The Previous Generation
The crew of the Supremacy spring into action when famed Ambassador and former Starfleet engineer, B'Elanna Torres is kidnapped on her way to the Borderline. Having not spoke to her mother in years, Miral is keen to find her mother in case they never get the chance to make amends. Though the crew initially suspect Bellum it is quickly clear that it is the work of pirates looking to make a profit from the increased Starfleet activities in the sector. When they track the pirates down they are able to find a Torres alive but severely injured from the pirates, realising that they need tissue from a family member, Miral quickly volunteers and rekindles her relationship with her mother before the operation. The procedure is a success but leaves Torres confined to sickbay, took take her mind of her mothers condition, Miral volunteers to help Mantren unlock the shuttles security systems. Her mother swiftly arrives telling her that she always hated sickbay and helps her. After a quick search they discover only the co-ordinates of a planet. Torres resumes her mission and promises Miral that she will give her love to her father.

9. X-Class
The Supremacy arrives at the co-ordinates specified in the shuttles computer systems to discover that it is an X-Class planet, a planet that has been ravaged by outside interference to the point of desolation. Seeing this as their first real clue as to Bellums past they decide to take the risk and beam to the surface. When they arrive they find unexpected signs of life, humanoids with severe disease and in next to impossible living conditions. Meyer at first tries to ask them if it was Bellum but they quickly reject the idea stating that it was the Federation. They re tell their story explaining that in the final days of the Dominion War this planet was occuppied by the Dominion and were housing a weapon that could tip the scales of the war so Starfleet sent in Men to destroy it. During the engagement it was set of and killed most of the planets population. Shortly after they tell their story Devan arrives with a security detail to rescue them. Meyer orders them to stand down and offer to move the people of the planet but they refuse no longer wanting anything to do with other species. Before they leave Meyer asked them if they know anything about Bellum, they tell them that all they know is that he showed up a year after the incident offering aid to the people and hundreds of them signed up as part of his crew. They also give them a Starfleet communication device that was found at the sight of explosion. Back on the ship Meyer investigates and discovers that it originated on Earth and decides to take it there.

10. Welcome Home
Realising that the secret to what happened on the X-Class planet is held in Starfleet headquarters, Meyer decides to send Devan, Zaak and Mantren back to Earth in order to discover the true details of the mission. Believing that they can't trust anyone in command they disguise themselves as traders as to not arose suspicion. When they arrive at San Francisco they discover a much more vibrant culture than when they left. Meanwhile the Supremacy arrives at Starfleets Borderline headquarters for its routine maintenance and Meyer finds his old commanding officer Admiral Daron there and the two exhange old stories. Back on Earth Mantren goes to Starfleet Academy to access the files and it immediately triggers an alarm and sends security after him. While running Zaak and Devan are forced to stun the security but Devan is wounded in the process. After finishing his conversation with Meyer Daron leaves to be contacted by an unknown voice telling him that they have to fix this situation. While Devan recovers from his wounds they recieve a visitor, Julian Bashir who informs them that they are facing worse adversaries than they could possibly imagine.

11. From Within The Shadows
Dr Bashir explains that for 25 years he has been working to prove the existence of Section 31 a secret organisation within the Federation that carries out their most extreme missions. He tells them that he believes this device is one of communicators and data storage that could finally prove the existence of Section 31. Meanwhile The Supremacy responds to a distress call from another Starfleet ship under attack from The Mortemuss, they arrive in time to save the ship but discover that they beamed aboard the ships first officer before they retreated. Back on Earth Bashir and Zaark go to Bashirs wife Ezri Dax to get a secure location to look through the device. When unlock they discover that it contains the names of eight officer who they believe were part of the team sent to the X-Class planet. Sending the data to Meyer they discover that one of the names on the list is the first officer who was taken captive. Bellum begins to broadcast throughout the Federation with the first officer as his hostage and Miral is able to get a location. At maximum warp they arrive just as the footage shows Bellum is executing the officer. However when they arrive they find his body realising that it was only a recording.

12. Closure
Realising that everyone on the list is a target of Bellum and must be protected, while the away team attempt to locate one of the targets on earth, The Supremacy hunt down Daron who's name is on the list. The Supremacy arrives at Starfleets Borderline headquarters to rescue Daron but when Meyer gets to the base and confronts him Bellum arrives to kill them both. With the ship unable to get a lock with the transporter they are forced to engage them in hand to hand combat and are able to hold their own until Bellum arrives and beats both of them. He is about to kill them but Neurall arrives and wounds Bellum giving them time to escape. Back on Earth The away team arrive at the residence of a retired Bajoran captain who's name is on the list, with Eleva being bitter towards his people he comes on strong demanding to know details about the mission. Before she can answer Starfleet security officers arrive claiming to be sent to bring them to safety, while walking the officers attempt to kill them and during an engagement, the Bajoran is wounded. Before she dies she gives them the name, Leonard Talvin. Zaak mind melds with one of the security officers and discovers that they are from Section 31. Back on the Supremacy, Meyer angrily confronts Daron demanding to know details about the mission but he refuses to give away any details so Meyer throws him in the brig. Eleva contacts Meyer with the name and Meyer tells them to return to the Supremacy with Dr Bashir. Looking through the list they realise that Talvin is no where in the Federation to be found, Meyer surmises that it could be because he died in the assault but Neurall believes that given his knowledge of Starfleet that maybe Bellum is Talvin, it cuts to Bellum who is indeed revealed to be Talvin.