Blockade
A blockade was a fleet maneuver intended to disrupt enemy movements, specifically supplies. 

In 2256, during the , Starfleet maintained a blockade to protect the strategically vital planetoid Corvan II. Six months into the war, Klingon forces ambushed the blockade, leaving the planetoid open to attack. ()

In 2259 of the alternate reality, Admiral  ordered all ships near Earth to be parked in a blockade formation to prevent "John Harrison" from leaving the area. This would be followed by the deployment of search vehicles and landing parties. ()

One of Kyril Finn's demands in 2366 was a Federation blockade around Rutia IV. ()

During the Klingon Civil War in 2368, 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:

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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. ()

In 2374, the Annari began a blockade of the Kraylor homeworld, unable to attack the planet itself due to a shield. In 2377, Harry Kim and Seven of Nine helped Kraylor scientists break the blockade with a newly-developed cloaking device onboard the . Although the blockading Annari ships were equipped with scanning pulses capable of revealing a cloaked ship, the Nightingale broke through the blockade. ()

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