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A distress call was a message or signal from an individual or group requesting assistance for a situation that individual or group could not handle. The distress call could be a general distress call, which meant it was broadcast without discretion or targeting another individual or group, or a targeted distress call, which meant it was broadcast to a certain individual or group. The goal of a distress call was to obtain the assistance the issuing individual or group needed.
Specific distress calls[]
2366[]
A Federation colony issued a distress call after Yaghim Thau and his followers attacked it with antimatter torpedoes. The USS Prospect responded. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "What a Difference a Day Makes")
2367[]
An automated distress call came from the planet Rychri. The Prospect found no evidence of the over 7 million Rychrima who lived on the planet. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "Honor Thy Father")
The Prospect received a distress call from the USS Artemis, which the crew believed to had been destroyed in three years earlier. They diverted course to investigate. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "Lady Lazarus")
2371[]
The USS Prospect-A responded to a distress call during its shakedown cruise, resulting in light damage after a battle. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "Home")
Setlik III put out a distress call due to massive seismic disturbances threatening the planet. The Prospect-A investigated. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "Heritage")
The Prospect-A diverted from its original mission to investigate the distress call from the USS Rutherford in the Gamma Quadrant. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "Directive")
A Trookanian colony sent a distress call due to an orbital attack. The USS Marsh arrived to find half the colony destroyed and the survivors severely injured. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Catalyst, Part One")
2372[]
The USS Koru answered the distress call from the runabout USS Avon but ended up severely damaged by the Myhr'an in the process. The Koru issued a distress call, and the survivors were rescued by the USS Cantabrian. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Catalyst, Part One")
The Cantabrian went to the Caldea IV colony to assist with an outbreak of Irakian fever after the remote colony issued a distress call. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Isolation")
The Cantabrian also responded to a distress call from the assumed lost USS Eagle. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "The Eagle")
External links[]
- Distress call article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Distress call article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon Star Trek wiki.
