Screw the Prime Directive:

That is the sentiment following a series of Confederate-sponsored Elachi attacks within the territory of the Federal Rheuysian Republic. The attacks by Tanaka Miyahara's unrecognized breakaway state, which has seen the abduction of President Sinisiub Pallis, among other Starfleet and Rheuysian officials, has galvanized not just the Rheuysian Reichstag, but also the Federation Council as Pallis' Vice President is sworn in as acting President. The popular sentiment is clear: Tanaka Miyahara and the Confederacy of Independent Planets must be stopped.

Up until now, the Prime Directive has stood in the way of direct Starfleet intervention on worlds having declared secession from the United Federation of Planets, but with the swift swearing in of a new administration, the new President signs an executive order temporarily suspending the Prime Directive in regards to the Confederacy. The new orders are clear: Starfleet is to reclaim Confederate territory by force if necessary.

In the Rheuys system, the USS Myogi and her Task Force Jomo fleet mates, still reeling from the recent Elachi incursion and figuring out a plan to recover their lost crewmates, receives new orders: The Myogi is selected to lead a strike force against the Confederate capital of Braxus in a move to swiftly decapitate the Confederacy. Captain Takahashi, initially unsure of her capabilities to lead such a force, accepts once the USS Akagi and prototype USS Alita confirm that the retreating Elachi with their captured comrades were heading to regroup at Braxus.

The coming fight won't be easy, as the Braxus system has become the most fortified position in the Confederacy, and the Elachi and Tal Shiar aren't going to hand over their ally without spilling blood.