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Setlik III Massacre

  • 2347
  • United Federation of Planets
  • Cardassian Union forces
  • Cardassian forces attacked the Federation outpost on Setlik III during the Federation-Cardassian War
  • They believed the outpost was being used as a staging ground for a Federation assault, but no such military base existed
  • The attack struck the civilian population and caused close to one hundred casualties
  • The USS Rutledge, commanded by Captain Benjamin Maxwell, was the first Federation starship to arrive
  • Miles O'Brien saved the lives of thirteen men by using a field transporter for the first time
  • O'Brien also led two dozen Starfleet personnel against the Cardassian Barrica encampment
  • Maxwell's family was among those killed