|Part of Dominion War| |First Battle of Vulcanis||Raid on
Coridan| Operation Return was the codename for the joint attack
on Deep Space 9 by the Federation and Klingon Empire in 2374.
The objective of the mission was to recapture the station and
regain control of the Alpha Quadrant side of the Bajoran
wormhole so to prevent Dominion reinforcements from the Gamma
Quadrant. After several months in control of Deep Space 9 the
Dominion had yet to bring down the minefield blocking the
entrance to the wormhole. However the longer then remained in
control of the station the higher the risk that they would
figure a way to bring the field down so Captain Benjamin Sisko
came up with a plan to regain control of the starbase. The plan
would involve a joint Starfleet and Klingon Defense Force task
force made up of elements from the Second, Fifth, Ninth Fleet
and a large contingent of Klingon warships. After getting
approval from Starfleet Command the fleets started to rally at
Starbase 375. At the same time the Cardassian