On SD 50602.13, the Manticore arrived at Nede Prime on a mission of "social deterrence." The scientist of Nede Prime were on the verge of warp flight and Manticore was ordered to disrupt their plans and destroy their work, to keep them pre-warp. The equipment and labs were destroyed, but not before proof was obtained that showed Federation equipment was being used there. Just as the mission finished, the USS Babylon appeared, from the far side of the planet and attacked the Manticore on falsified orders by Consul General Jaffe. She wanted proof of her complicity in breaching the Prime Directive at Nede Prime to be destroyed and was willing to kill all on Manticore to get it. Luckily, Sovak and Jami Farrington were able to get Captain Wolfe, of the Babylon, to listen to their evidence.
On SD 50604.24, the Manticore and Babylon headed back to Sector 001 to turn over their evidence against Jaffe. In order to get close enough, the Manticore crew all moved to the Dorsal Module and the Babylon fired on Manticore, including a direct hit to the Bridge, so that it looked to be a destroyed ship. They flew to Earth and Wolfe confronted Jaffe with his results and then the damning evidence, all while A9 watched under personal cloak. Jaffe's excesses of power being revealed, she was removed as Consul General, under the direction of Inspector General Stephan Morris, and A9 was returned to Command, but the Manticore was moth-balled on SD 50606.05 and he had no ship to command.
On SD 50604.24, the Manticore and Babylon headed back to Sector 001 to turn over their evidence against Jaffe. In order to get close enough, the Manticore crew all moved to the Dorsal Module and the Babylon fired on Manticore, including a direct hit to the Bridge, so that it looked to be a destroyed ship. They flew to Earth and Wolfe confronted Jaffe with his results and then the damning evidence, all while A9 watched under personal cloak. Jaffe's excesses of power being revealed, she was removed as Consul General, under the direction of Inspector General Stephan Morris, and A9 was returned to Command, but the Manticore was moth-balled on SD 50606.05 and he had no ship to command.