Prologue

After a long war between the Hardassians and the Federation, Starfleet at long last succeeded in repelling the marauding Hardassian forces. Resulting from the victory, it came to light that the Hardassians had colonized the Labia Majora system. This system is home to the Majorans, an ancient and deeply spiritual people whose artistic and scientific abilities reached their zenith while humans were first inventing the wheel. The Hardassians, seeking every resource available to drive their war machine, plundered the Majoran homeworld, leaving Majoran society in ruins.

As a result of the Hardassian peace treaty, the Hardassians were forced to turn over their claim to the Majoran system and allow Majorans self-rule. The Federation, in turn, promised the Majorans that they would oversee the transformation of the provisional government and provide protection to the Majorans until such time as they could return back to the once-proud people of their past.

In relinquishing their claim on Majoran space, the Hardassians were also forced to turn over control of their military-owned, but neutral, space port, "Deep Ship's Station Number 69;" more commonly known to the freighter and pirates in the region as,..."Deep Shit 69."

However, when the Hardassian militia evacuated Deep Shit 69, they stripped away the majority of their advanced hardware, leaving DS69 as nothing more than a junked hull, populated by several not-so-friendly and basically annoyed civilians to fend for themselves.

Thus begins our story,...