Blockade

A blockade is a fleet maneuver intended to disrupt enemy movements, specifically supplies. Blockade runners are designed to evade such actions.

One of Kyril Finn's demands was a Federation blockade around Rutia IV. 

During the Klingon Civil War, Captain Picard implemented a blockade of the Klingon-Romulan border to prevent Romulan supplies from reinforcing the Duras-led faction. A tachyon detection grid was used to overcome the Romulan starships' cloaking devices. 

The following ships comprised Picard's blockade:


 * USS Ahwahnee (NCC-71620)
 * USS Ajax
 * USS Akagi
 * USS Aries
 * USS Charleston
 * USS Endeavour (NCC-71805)
 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
 * USS Excalibur (NCC-26517)
 * USS Goddard
 * USS Hermes
 * USS Hood (Excelsior class)
 * USS Hornet
 * USS Merrimac (NCC-61827)
 * USS Sutherland
 * USS Thomas Paine
 * USS Tian An Men
 * USS Trieste

In 2375, Colonel Kira Nerys established a blockade around Derna to stop the Romulan Star Empire from bringing its plasma torpedo launchers on the Bajoran moon online. 

Since 2374, the Annari have blockaded the homeworld of the Kraylor, unable to attack the planet itself due to a shield. In 2377, Harry Kim and Seven of Nine helped Kraylor scientists run the blockade with a newly-developed cloaking device. The blockading Annari ships were equipped with scanning pulses capable of revealing a cloaked ship. 

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