The Klingon Faction

Figuring it was a good enough segue as any to the next part of the introduction, and that if anyone had anything more to discuss about the Romulans an opportunity would exist to do it after his initial rundown of the hostile forces, Samji nodded and replied, "Our intelligence points to the Klingons being a very real threat." He motioned to CPO Benile and the display changed to a similar layout with images of the aggressors and information on their goals.

"This information was obtained by the Alsea and Admiral Redding, as well as the Spectre," he said, nodding in turn to each group seated before him. "Admiral Redding has left to report back to Starfleet Intelligence. We also obtained some information from interrogating a spy for the Klingons in our own science team on Starbase 10."

He continued. "The goal of the Klingons is slightly different than the Romulans. They don't want to destroy the Azimuth Horizon; they want to use it. The spy we found was passing information to the Klingons about the ion pulse method that we discovered. This method allows us to effectively close up tendrils of the Anomaly. The only reason we haven't attempted it yet, beyond a simple test, is because it just serves to divert the affects of the Azimuth Horizon in a different direction. While we don't want to destroy the Romulans and Klingons any more than our own people, the Klingons have no such reservations. It is clear they want to use it to their advantage to create a situation where they can control borders and divert the Azimuth Horizon toward whatever enemy they choose. Captain Ja'rod attempted to destroy the Alsea to keep this information from getting back to us."

"That was discovered by the Alsea," Samji added, "but the Spectre has also encountered and thwarted an additional plan of theirs. A Klingon ship went back to the year 2011 to Earth and attempted to destroy the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. It appears the goal was twofold. To deny the Human race certain important scientific discoveries leading to warp travel, and as an additional bonus, to kill the mother of Zefram Cochrane, who was working there at the time before she gave birth to him. They wanted to create a situation where the Federation didn't even exist."

Samji thought about what the Artemis crew was most likely thinking as well at that point, but couldn't say: Exactly the same thing the Romulans attempted in a timeline where alternates of the very crew seated before him were still stuck.