Story:Starship Enterprise (Discovery timeline)/Deployment/Prologue

The war with the Klingons isn't going well for the United Federation of Planets as the Klingon Empire are getting the upper hand on them in every sector of Federation space, the Federation fleet is pulling back from several engagements their orders are to keep them from advancing further but keep falling back to regroup.

In a nearby sector of Federation space a fleet of Federation starships enter the battle and are quickly picked off and destroyed by the Klingon forces.

Meanwhile at Earth at Starfleet Command in Admiral Cornwell's office Admiral Cornwell is looking at PADDs as her aide Commander Halliwell enters her office with a few more PADDs and informs her of what happened to the Federation fleet.