Starbase Draylon

Constructed in Septemer 2154, Coalition worked feverishly to fortify its position in the Draylon-system, nearly 2-thousand engineers deployed mines, installing sensor arrays and scramblers, hidden bunkers and assembling a complete starbase with full shipyard capabilities.

It was decided that due to being in unknown territory and the threat of a massive Xindi counter-attack, the Coalition Council that the Northland-Southland Relay would only remain active for two-hours every three-days. The newly established Starbase Draylon was in the interim the completely self-sufficient front-line offensive headquarters of the Coalition war-effort under command of Rear Admiral Archer.

On 8 December 2154, following the defeat at the Defeat at Forren, Coalition forces were re-deployed on screening patrols around Draylon, for fear that the victorious Xindi cruiser squadron would attempt to launch a counter-attack on Draylon to secure a further victory over the reeling Coalition front-lines. Two Xindi cruisers, three light cruisers, and three auxiliaries cruisers jumped into the Draylon-system intending raid the Coalition supply base at Starbase Draylon. The larger Coalition screening squadrons however detected the advance cruisers early on, and all except XSS Drosod and the auxiliary XSS Seydlitz were hunted down and destroyed. Over 2,200 Xindi and six cruisers were lost against only 10 Coalition deaths, caused when the carrier ICS Mandela suffered the only direct hit of the entire confrontation.