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| - The Treaty of Algeron was a peace treaty signed by the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire. This treaty banned the Federation from using cloaking devices.
- The Treaty of Algeron was a legal document to which at least two interstellar political entities were signatories. The treaty was ratified by the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire after the Tomed Incident in 2311. Article IV of the treaty proscribed the development of cloaking device technology by the Federation. Future senator Merken tr'Vreenak was an aide to the Romulan delegation. (TNG: "The Defector"; TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins; Bait and Switch: "Flaihhsam s'Spahkh") A special dispensation was given to the escort USS Defiant, in the 2370s, to have use of a cloaking device. This was negotiated by Ambassador Spock in 2371, shortly after the loss of the USS Odyssey in the first contact between the Federation and the Dominion. This required a Romulan Senate vote to make an exception to Article IV, which passed 507 to 494 with seven abstentions and fourteen senators absent. (DS9: "The Search, Part 1", "The Search, Part 2", "Visionary"; Bait and Switch: "Flaihhsam s'Spahkh")
- The Treaty of Algeron was a diplomatic peace treaty signed between the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire.
- The treaty reinforced and redefined the Romulan Neutral Zone, and made clear that any violations of the Zone without adequate notification, by either side, would be considered an act of war. (TNG: "The Defector" ; ENT: "These Are the Voyages...") The treaty also expressly prohibited the development or use of cloaking device technology by the Federation. Then-Captain Pressman attempted to circumvent this clause in 2358 with the test of a phasing cloaking device developed covertly at least in some part by Starfleet Intelligence aboard the USS Pegasus. (TNG: "The Pegasus" ) On at least one occasion Starfleet created self-replicating mines with cloaking ability, with no mention of Romulan complaints. It is possible that the treaty ban only related to the use of cloaking devices on space-faring vessels. Alternatively, the cloaking devices in the mines may have been Klingon in origin. (DS9: "Call to Arms") An exception to the treaty in 2371 allowed for the limited supervised use of at least one cloaking device on loan from the Romulans. Operation of the cloaking device was to be limited to the Gamma Quadrant. In return, the Romulans would receive all information the Federation obtained on the USS Defiant's voyages into the Gamma Quadrant, most importantly any information concerning the Dominion. As such, the Defiant was the only Federation ship to be permanently equipped with a cloaking device. (DS9: "The Search, Part I", "Visionary") However, Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew violated this amendment on several occasions by using the cloaking device in the Alpha Quadrant. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior", et al) According to Sisko, a Romulan officer (T'Rul) was supposed to join the Defiant crew to operate the cloaking device and ensure its safekeeping. However, no Romulan liaison officers were seen aboard the Defiant after DS9: "The Search, Part II". The cloaking device aboard the Federation holoship in Star Trek: Insurrection was apparently in violation of the treaty. In Q's anti-time future, the Federation possessed and openly used cloaking technology. The Romulan Empire had been conquered by the Klingon Empire, which presumably nullified the Treaty. (TNG: "All Good Things..." )
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