Cease fire

Acease fire ortruce was an official halt ofhostilities during a time ofwar or other types ofconflict, but not yet a finalpeace treaty.

Fibonan culture believed in offering up aweapon to their adversaries as a symbol of truce. (Star Trek Beyond)

In thealternate version ofWorld War II that occurred as a result of theTemporal War, a1944newspaper reported on truce talks. (ENT: "Storm Front")

During afirefight between alanding party fromEnterprise NX-01 and acommando from theAndorian Imperial Guard, a cease fire was established when the secretVulcanlistening post in thecatacombs wasdiscovered. (ENT: "The Andorian Incident")

In2152,AndoriancommanderThy'lek Shran requested the presence ofEnterpriseCaptainJonathan Archer to negotiate a cease fire between the Andorians and the Vulcans on the planet known as bothPaan Mokar andWeytahn. (ENT: "Cease Fire")

In2233 of thealternate reality,Ayel requested theUSSKelvin's Captain,Richard Robau to come aboard theNaradato negotiate a cease fire with his commander, CaptainNero. (Star Trek)

In2256,StarfleetAdmiralBrett Anderson of theUSSEuropa then proposed a cease fire during theBattle of the Binary Stars to theSarcophagus' commander,T'Kuvma and other Klingon forces. T'Kuvma accepted the cease fire, but used it as opportunity to demonstrate hiscleave ship'scloaking device abilities by attacking theEuropa. (DIS: "Battle at the Binary Stars")

At one point while serving on theUSSStargazer, CaptainJean-Luc Picard was sent to make preliminary gestures to a truce between theCardassian Union and theUnited Federation of Planets. He lowered thevessel'sshields as a gesture ofgoodwill, but theCardassians were unimpressed and Picard was forced to flee atwarp speed, the Cardassians having taken out the ship'sweapons systems andimpulse drive. (TNG: "The Wounded")

In2365, a cease fire was called onSolais V prior toRiva's peace mission there, but when he arrived aboard theUSSEnterprise-D the ship detected localized, but intense fighting. Riva then convinced theSolari to respect the cease fire. (TNG: "Loud As A Whisper")

In2369,Benjamin Sisko,Kira Nerys, andKaiOpaka attempted to get theEnnis and theNol-Ennis to call a cease fire, although the two groups had been fighting for so long neither took it seriously. (DS9: "Battle Lines")

The same year, theRekag andSeronians brokered a cease fire onRekag-Seronia in anticipation ofVes Alkar's visit. It temporarily broke down when aRekag shuttle was destroyed in Seronian airspace, but later appeared to be holding. (TNG: "Man Of The People")

AfterGeneralMartok was revealed to be aFounder in2373,ChancellorGowron ordered a temporary cease fire inhostilities between theKlingon Empire and theFederation. (DS9: "Apocalypse Rising")

Several weeks later, the cease fire was broken whenKlingon troopsinvaded the FederationplanetAjilon Prime. Many people were killed during the period before the ceasefire was reinstated. TheUSSFarragut was destroyed near theLembatta Cluster during the period. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")

In a2374holoprogram set in1944France,CaptainMiller ordered hisAmerican forces to call a cease fire in and aroundSainte Claire. Following these events, Captain Janeway was then able to negotiate a cease fire betweenVoyager and theHirogen on stardate 51762. (VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II", "The Voyager Conspiracy")

In2375, Captain Janewaynegotiated a cease fire withSpecies 8472 at theirTerrasphere 8. (VOY: "In the Flesh")

In2381, CaptainCarol Freeman of theUSSCerritos was sent toPakled Planet in order secure a cease fire to stop thePakleds from continuing from attacking Federation trading routes. The Pakleds attempting to use this as a ruse to sneak theirspyRumdar on board theCerritos to discover the ship schematics by pretending to be an asylum seeker. His ruse is easily discovered and Freeman uses it to discover a plot to deliver aVaruvian bomb to Earth. (LD: "The Spy Humongous")

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