Editing Edward Wolfe (section)

==Third Assignment, USS Augustus==

[[image:Ambassadorcon.jpg|thumb|left|'''USS Augustus before the Battle of System 663''']]
By 2403 the quiet interior conflict between those loyal to the principles of the United Federation of Planets and those loyal to Doenitz's vision of the future had intensified and the fleet became segmented and given to the most experienced and able Captains. Susan Allen was one of those Captains and Wolfe became her [[Strategic Operations Officer]] and was increased to the rank of Lieutenant Senior Grade. Wolfe also served as her Third Officer during this time. The USS Augustus, an Ambassador Class vessel, had been in steady combat from 2404 onwards. One of the greatest of those battles was the [[Battle of System 663]] in 2406.02.05. Doenitz had been assembling forces in System 663, a white star system with 5 planets orbiting, the last one supporting intelligent life at a pre-industrial level. The Augustus was rerouted to the system in 2406 with a fleet of 14 ships against Doenitz's 27 vessels. A widescale battle ensued after it was discovered that Doenitz was mining the inhabited planet of mineral wealth and using the people of the planet to do it, thus violating the [[Prime Directive]]. While Doenitz's forces were stopped, 9 of the 14 vessels were destroyed in the fray and the Augustus heavily damaged. 

[[image:USSAugustus2.jpg|thumb|right|'''USS Augustus after the Battle of System 663''']]
Part of the damage that occurred was the near destruction of Wolfe's department, Strategic Operations, likely targetted once the enemy fleet discovered strategic ordinances were coming from that ship. With heavy damage incurred, and life support failing, Wolfe moved his 5 remaining staff into one of the [[Jeffries tubes]], closed it off, and kept the atmosphere steady. The six people stayed within that tube for four days without food, water or any more medical aid then they already had in their medical kit.  They stayed in the tube until help was able to get to them with Wolfe still giving strategic orders and advice without the benefit of his computers. When asked about how he did this, he responded that he had visualized the positions of the ships and had based his orders on that, despite the hinderance, the fleet led by the Augustus was victorious during this time period, but at a great cost. By the time of their rescue, two of Wolfe's staff had died of their injuries. One of the rescuers described the sight that greeted him on the rescue as "gruesome on a profound level".

This battle was largely seen as a [[Pyrrhic Victory]] by the [[52nd Fleet]]. With the level of damage sustained, it took the Augustus 7 months to reach [[Starbase Geneva]]. As a result of this, coupled with the fact that they had no time to dock for extensive overhauls or repairs it was decided to decommission the USS Augustus and use the parts for repairs on other, more vibrant ships. Captain Allen also decided to retire at this time, but gave Wolfe a ringing endorsement that caused his transfer to one of the main ships of the battle group, the [[USS Nimitz]] on 2407.01.30 as Strategic Officer.