I have just received word a Federation vessel has opened fire on four of our ships!

If he continued to do that, the ship truly would become a Federation vessel.

And you're certainly not going to get it if you fire upon any Federation vessel.

On the other hand, he couldn't simply give a Federation vessel an open field in which to squat.

Four ships to one Federation vessel, a destroyed star system all around them.

"Give me an open channel to any Federation vessel within range."

He is to know everything about the project, up to and including your trip to this Federation vessel.

"Did your ship ever have a confrontation with a Federation vessel?"

I did not understand why he had been accepted as a leader here on a Federation vessel.

And why hadn't the Federation vessel on the opposite side of the globe already done something about it?