Editing Eric McDermott (section)

==Mission Two: [[Djorn Major Incident|For a Friend]].==

[[image:hegh'delar.jpg|thumb|right|'''IKS Hegh'delar''']]

On Stardate 2407.03.07 McDermott joined Captain [[Devan Sash]] and various members of the Nimitz Crew in the unauthorized rescue of Lieutenant [[Dru Tagon]] from a Doenitz Prison facility of Djörn Major. (Later known and the [[Djorn Major Incident]]) The team, using a borrowed Klingon Bird of Prey intended on using its cloaking ability to allow them to infiltrate the prison facility and affect a rescue of Lt. Tagon.

[[image:horizon.jpg|thumb|left|'''Djörn Major XJ-003''']]

During this mission McDermott began suffering from a series of telepathic and empathic episodes, which seriously affected his abilities to function. Due to the condition McDermott was ordered to remain aboard the IKS Hegh’delar while the rest of the team boarded the prison facility to rescue Lt. Tagon.

As it turned out this series of events proved to be an unparalleled opportunity for McDermott as during the course of the mission, the Defiant Class Starship USS Vindicator discovered the cloaked Hegh’delar in close proximity to the station. In the resultant clash which was McDermott's first battle, Eric took command of the Hegh'delar and commanded his first starship engagement, with a crew of only three on a ship that none of them were familiar with.

Despite being overmatched, McDermott succeeded in leading the USS Vindicator in a nearly forty-five minute long hit and run battle which eventually resulted in the crippling of the Vindicator. In the climax of the battle McDermott made use of a modified version of the Picard Maneuver, which would later come to be called [[McDermott’s Sidestep]]. After the Vindicator was disabled the Hegh'delar was able to pick up the rescue team and Lt. Tagon without further incident and withdraw from the system.

Despite the fact that the mission was unauthorized, McDermott did not face charges or sanctions upon returning to the Nimitz and was promoted to Lieutenant(jg) by Captain Sash.