2681

• First contact was made with the race that came to be known as the Nephilim.

• The TCS Devereaux becomes the first Terran vessel to encounter the Nephilim. The vessel was destroyed with all hands by the advancing alien forces.

• The TCS Midway is selected to spearhead the attack on the Nephilim during its shakedown cruise.

• Christopher Blair was killed in the Kilrah system when the first wormhole gate collapsed.

• The Nephilim created a second wormhole gate in the Proxima System and were subsequently repulsed by TCS Cerberus, resulting in the capture of the gate.

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The Nephilim created a wormhole gate in the Kilrah system and pushed through Kilrathi space until repulsed by TCS Midway and the destruction of the gate.