On SD 49910.18, the Manticore started to assist the USS Feynman, a Miranda-class vessel, in a very covert operation to help a faction of the Breen trying to end the hostilities between their people and the Federation. Atragon-9's mission was so secret that he could not tell anyone on his staff and had to hijack his own ship, controlling it from the Battle Bridge. This was necessary for plausible deniability, if the mission failed, only A9 would be held accountable.
