This classic 1983 issue includes the fiction story Refiner's Fire, which was the first fiction set on the Federation-Romulan-Gorn border. In the story, two Romulan starships (with a Klingon D7) attempt to ambush and destroy a Gorn battlecruiser, which runs for the Federation border and asks for help.

Also included are:

• The first attempts to use multiple-impulse charts
• SSDs for three new command cruisers (Gorn, Hydran, and Romulan)
• 25 scenarios for 
• The original mini-campaign of the Hydran Expedition
• Detailed drawings of the Federation F-14 and A-10 fighters
• Biographies of the Star Fleet staff

Written by Stephen Cole