While the Romulan Star Empire was in a war, the Romulans attempted an incursion to Federation space in order to reach the Z'Tarnis Nebula and find the Unity Device. During that time, Brodnack commanded a Chodak dreadnought and entered Federation space with the intention of recovering the Unity Device and using it to restore the Chodak Empire. To that end, he journeyed to the bureaucratic capital of the empire which was Allanor with the Optimators One and Two.