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Federation first contact with the Fardons occured in late 2407, when the USS LaSalle was sent to investigate a vessel of unknown origin which had drifted into GOLD Fleet's patrol zones.  

Moreover, the away team inadvertently activated a sophisticated defense system, releasing a virus into the computer system of the USS LaSalle.  In the end, the command crew of the LaSalle was forced to destroy the alien vessel.  An emblem of apparent importance to the species was discovered by the away team (see graphic in upper right corner). The symbol has a large circle in the middle, with a ring of three smaller circles surrounding it.  The significance of this tri-partite symbolism was not determined in the course of the mission.  

Genuine first contact did not come until 2409, with the USS Charlemagne's maiden voyage to investigate an alien ship discovered by the USS Sabre and USS Yakovlev in the course of routine patrols.  For this mission, the USS Charlemagne was escorted by the USS Wyvern.  

While the Yakovlev and Sabre waited, and even after the two ships joined them, the unknown vessel held its position, remained inactive, apart from fluctuating coloration of the hull.  Their first priority was to establish contact.  

To this end, the Charlemagne was assisted by Ambassador Chlodec and his secretary, a Mr. Rocker.  While it was initially assumed that these changes in color were an attempt at communication, that proved erroneous.  When first contact was established, the ship identified itself as representative of the 'Fardon Empire' and stated its purpose was to make contact with the Federation.  

This initial meeting was followed by an invitation for Star Fleet personnel to visit the Fardon ship.  There, the away team was attacked and taken prisoner.  Shortly thereafter, another Fardon ship arrived and fired upon the Star Fleet vessels.  Destruction of the Yakovlev and Sabre (loss of all hands) ensued, though the Wyvern and Charlemagne were able to retreat after securing the safe return of the away team.  

In late 2409, the USS Resolution was dispatched to follow-up intelligence reports of a hidden Fardon base in a mature star cluster well within GOLD Fleet's former patrol zones (currently assigned to GREEN). Between sketchy reports from various OSFI assets and claims made by pirates arrested by the SIGMA Patrol Squadron (PATRON-74), there was reason to believe that the Fardons were constructing a hidden base.  

That intelligence was corraborated when the USS Panache, a PATRON-74 Wolfe-class vessel on patrol, spotted a superfreighter which they were able to identify as a Fardon vessel from engine signatures.  This vessel eluded the Panache and escaped using superior Fardon stealth technology.  

The USS Resolution proceeded under the guise of a scientific mapping mission, exploring several possible systems.  Intelligence from the Resolution's mission suggests a probable location for Fardon space deep within the Beta quadrant.  Over the course of the following year, SECIS made several arrests of suspected Fardon agents, most of them chamelenoid, and was able to get one to talk.  That prisoner's testimony substantiated what the Resolution had learned.  

Several missions were dispatched to find the suspected bases; no more were found.  It was as if the Fardons had disappeared for more than two years.  In early 2412, USS Ikar, a Tsyklon-class scout was studying gravitic anomalies on the near edge of the Scutum Rift.  Without warning six Fardon corvettes attacked and destroyed Ikar with the loss of all hands. The attacking vessels used gravitic propulsion exclusively, gravitic weapons of an unknown design and had armored, spiked hulls made of a substance called kirellium.  Stafleet dispatched USS Quasar to the scene; her squadron spent about a year looking for evidence of the Fardons in the area and found nothing.

Some analysts suspect that the recent destruction of the USS Chang Zheng might also be the work of the Fardons.  USS Circe found a kirellium-hulled shuttlecraft on Karbella II in the Orestes Sector and traces of kirellium have also been found on Frika, a planet outside Federation space and not far from the Gorn and Romulan borders near DS13.