Battle of Altamid IV

The Battle of Altamid IV was a confrontation between the USS Discovery and a renegade Klingon Bird-of-Prey. The conflict took place in close proximity to Altamid IV.

The Bird-of-Prey's involvement in the engagement was in revenge for previous affairs with the Federation. Although Discovery would of outmatched the Bird-of-Prey under normal conditions, the crew of the Klingon ship exploited a weakness in the Discovery 's defenses and was thereby able to inflict severe damage to the enemy ship. The damage Discovery suffered during the battle ultimately led to the loss of the ship.

Prelude
After the collapse of the Cardassian Empire at the end of the Dominion War, former Cardassian agent, Sahara sought to reestablish the empire and return Cardassia to its former glory. To this end, she forged an alliance with Doran sisters E'Tora and Kalanna.

On an inspection of a former Cardassian base, Lieutenants Stara and K'Denna were assaulted by Sahara before teleporting herself to the Doran sisters' ship. The craft set a course for the Altamid system where Sahara hoped to find an ancient weapon. Discovery subsequently pursued and intercepted the Klingon vessel.

Disguished as a Starfleet crewmember, Sahara teleported herself aboard Discovery and made her way to engineering. There she found what she was looking for. She saw the Discovery 's shields were operating on a frequency modulation of 257.4. Sahara copied this data and returned to the Klingon ship. She handed the data over to the sisters and ordered them to destroy the Discovery. Preparing the Bird-of-Prey to attack the Discovery, L'Tora directed that the frequency of the ship's photon torpedoes be adjusted to match Discovery 's shield frequency, then delightedly moved a scope into place.