Cold Case is the forth out of five missions belonging to the "Breen Invasion," the Twelfth Star Trek Online storyline episodes. Cold Case is the 70th episode mission in Legacy of Romulus. "Breen Invasion" (or Series 1: The Breen, later called Cold War, in Cryptic Studios' promotions, previously also known as the Breen Front) is an episode, i.e. chain of missions, about the Breen threat to the Deferi in search for Preserver technology. The missions of the episode are available to Federation, Klingon and Romulan characters at level 47 and above. History The Preservers (also known as the Wise Ones and the ancient humanoids) are an ancient race, possibly the first humanoid species to evolve in the galaxy. The Preservers in their time were the only humanoid and sentient species in the Galaxy. They seeded humanoid life across the Milky Way to make sure their "children" would not be alone as they were. In more recent history, Preservers were responsible for rescuing primitive cultures in danger of extinction. In one such case, a number of Native American Humans were transplanted to the planet Amerind. This was discovered by the U.S.S. Enterprise under James T. Kirk in 2268. They also taught the Deferi the concept of "Balance". A century later, the U.S.S. Enterprise-D (working with the Klingons and the Cardassians) discovered a recording embedded in the genetic code of a number of species the Preservers had seeded. In it, the Preservers revealed themselves and urged all races to learn to coexist. Mission: Cold Case In Cold Case the player and the Breen are racing for star charts that belong to an ancient race called the Preserver's, in hopes of being the first to find the star charts that lead to the ancient Preserver Archive. Synopsis Ambassador Surah is recalling the player to Defera. Breen have been sighted at the Preserver ruins again. When the player reaches the ruins, the Breen are already gone. By entering a sequence of geometric patterns known from a Preserver site in the Begen System, a holographic piece of a star chart is unlocked. Meanwhile, Breen starships have been detected in orbit of the planet. The away team returns to the ship. The Breen ships are closing in on the ship in order to retrieve the discovered star chart. After the skirmish with the Breen, the computer finishes the analysis of the star chart, pointing to the S'hinga System. There, a gaseous anomaly triggers the crew's interest. An analysis of the gas cloud reveals that its molecular structure was artificially engineered to give away another point of interest in the system: a nearby moon. Scanners show, that a map has been carved inside the interior of the planetoid. Two large asteroids are the destination indicated by the moon map, but only one is present in the system. As it turns out, the two asteroids must have collided at some point in the past, leaving only one intact. Using the ship's weapons, the asteroid rubble is carved from the remaining asteroid, exposing some sort of holographic projector that shows the second piece of the star chart, indicating the next stop should be the Manek System. The Breen are already in the system and obviously on their way to leave. The player engages a squadron, believing, the ships carry another part of the map. Before the ships are destroyed, one of them transmits an unsecured message that the player's crew is able to intercept. It in fact contains another piece of the chart, pointing to Raveh II. At Raveh II, the Breen are already attacking an archaeological dig site. The player's crew uncovers the final piece of the chart and assembles it but while they have to fight the Breen invaders, led by Thot Par, a Breen scientist manages to scan the chart and beam away, thus providing Thot Trel with the location of the Archive. Mission Text You must return to Defera immediately! The Breen are searching for Preserver technology, and they have once again targeted the ruins near our city. I fear that more of my people will die, and with each death the Balance shifts. These attacks need to stop! We are depending on you. Stop the Breen, and keep the secrets of the Preservers safe from their treachery.