Despite a recent run of bad news, the Federation finally accepted Bajors application into the Federation as peace was made with Cardassia. It was deemed that the destruction of their homeworld and execution of countless innocents in the war was deemed as enough punishment. Not wanting to continue another era of hatred, the Vedek Assembly issued a blanket pardon to the Cardassian people, a move with gave the Federation enough confidence in both nations to bring the Bajorans in as well as offer the Cardassians the same aid as they did with the Bajorans after the occupation.

With the Bajoran Militia being absorbed into Starfleet, 2385 started with some optimism. The MACO division began to grow stronger as a defensive unit and Starfleet was taken off their post-Dominion war alert. Ships stropped their security patrols and began to conduct scientific and exploratory missions.

A paranoid and suspicious Sela begins to cut off ties with the Imperials. Becoming more introverted, she sends her fleet to the neutral zone where the MACO’s are still watching her. Cracking under the pressure, she issues orders to have them eliminated if they begin to become a stronger threat to her territory.

She soon begins to become distrustful, interrogating the Federation ambassador assigned to Romulus which only provoked a reaction from the watchful MACO’s. A firefight ensued across the border as the Federations military task force began to break through to save their Ambassadors, with both sides losing ships and personnel before the Romulans surrender, having lost faith in Sela.

With Romulus surrounded by MACO ships, escorted to the planet by Empire ships, Sela is forced out of Government and handed over to the Federation for torturing one of their citizens.

Without a leader on Romulus, Donatra began to offer aid to the people of the Empire as the MACO’s took Sela to Earth for trial, in an effort to gain some sway. She re-ignites the idea of bringing Romulus back as one nation under her leadership, offers the Remans true equality within the Empire and even reaches out to the Vulcans to bring their nation under their flag.

Despite the new found optimism and cooperation, the following year brought more disaster.

An unusual form of supernova caused a serious threat to the Empire. With the Vulcans owning the only chemical that can calm the star, the public ally elected interim Praetor reached out to Vulcan but neither side could trust each other. Leader of the Unification movement, Ambassador Spock, took control of the situation with the assistance of the Enterprise-E and Romulan miner Nero to take the chemical known only as ‘Red Matter’ from Vulcan and cure the star.

But they were too late.

The Federation declined to help with the situation. The President ordered Starfleet Command to help evacuate the nation from their various worlds, but they had their own agenda. Wanting Romulus to fall, they slowed their efforts to a halt to ensure the end of Romulus. But while they neglected to help, one of their captains began to gather a task force of ships from several nations as well as Starfleet to evacuate Romulus without Starfleet giving the green light.