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The Atlantis Supernova
The Atlantis Supernova is a Type 1a supernova in the Delta Quadrant induced artificially by the USS Atlantis in 2399 in order to prevent the Borg Collective from gaining access to a subspace flexure that could have been used to form a stable wormhole and gain access to the Alpha Quadrant.
Background
In mid-2399 the USS Atlantis detected the formation of a subspace flexure in star system VOY-2374-4367, a star system only catalogued by the USS Voyager when it passed through on it's way home. The star system composed of an orange giant (O9II) and a sub-Chandrasekhar limit white dwarf (DO). However at the same time that the flexure was detected, Atlantis sensors also detected a Borg vessel heading for the same system as well, likely drawn to the flexure and strategic possibilities it offered.
Being so young, theory offered the possibility that this was as yet a single expression flexure which could be influenced in it's secondary expression and thereby possibly aimed, by as yet hereto unknown methods. With Borg interest however, it was assumed they likely could influence the secondary expressions and possibly build a wormhole allowing for rapid access to other parts of the galaxy including the Alpha Quadrant. To this end the Atlantis crew were ordered by Captain Theodoras to come up with some sort of method for destroying the flexure.
Using the Krek Technique, developed by Ensign Goresh Krek aboard ship, the USS Atlantis was able to induce a Type 1a supernova within the the white dwarf, resulting in a explosion that destroyed the subspace flexure as well as the recently arrived Borg vessel.
Krek Technique
Something something science bit here. Induced gravimetric flux, basically gave the star enough of a squeeze to push it just over electron degeneracy pressure, which then kept pulling the rest of the star downwards, induced fusion in the core, then BOOM!
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All sensor readings and information regarding the subspace flexure detected in star system VOY-2374-4367 was artificially generated by Captain Theodoras in order to hide the detection Omega molecules within the system. Unknown mechanisms were responsible for creating Omega molecules and the last total recorded before stellar detonation was 37. Molecule generation had been increasing and projections from Atlantis' dataset indicate that in the order of thousands could have been generated within a month on an exponential curve.
Ordered to prevent the Borg from gaining access to the molecule by any means, Captain Theodoras set her crew the task of attempting to induce a supernova in order to destroy the Omega molecules as well as any Borg vessels that may attempt to recover any molecules.
Subsequent scans afterwards have shown no molecules in system and no further spontaneous production.