The Federation News Network received copy of a Priority One distress signal from Lieutenant Commander J. Loren Ackerman of the USS Pegasus on behalf of Starbase 425 reporting “catastrophic damage” and calling on all Federation starships in the sector to lend aid.

Starbase 425, nicknamed Olympus Station, is in orbit of the paradise-planet Balkora III near the Federation-Cardassian border. FNN sources on Balkora confirm that Olympus experienced a massive explosion from within. Contact has not been reestablished with the starbase crew or FNN reporters based there.

Starfleet has issued no official comment on the reports at this time.

- FNN Newsroom