USS Selene
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- "Shine forth, night-wandering, horned, and vigilant queen!"
- —J.A. Symonds - Ship's Dedication Quote
USS Selene (NCC-82525) is a Lamarr-class Federation starship currently assigned to Fourth Fleet's Task Force 86.
It is commanded by newly promoted Captain Olivia Carrillo and follows on from the crew's continuing adventures from service aboard the USS Luna. The USS Selene supports Task Force 86’s aims of defending the Federation’s borders by exploring the unknown, using its advanced sensors to uncover potential new dangers, and reaching out to new life and new civilisations that may become either allies or part of the Federation.
Design and Layout
As with other ships of the Lamarr-class the Selene is a variant of the Sovereign-class exploratory cruiser, specifically designed for scientific exploration beyond the borders of the Federation.
The Selene has a large cetacean operations department, with room for multiple crew members. This department can host beings as large as megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale) who are employed as navigational and linguistic specialists.
Small Craft Operations
As with all Lamarr-class ships, the Selene has two shuttle bays. It is embarked with the standard complement of 12 shuttlecraft and four runabouts.
Shuttles
- 2 x Type-12
- Hyperion
- Theia
- 2 x Type-10
- Helios
- Eos
- 8 x Type-8
- Narcissus
- Pandia
- Ersa
- Horae
- Musaeus
- Eirene
- Eunomia
- Dike
Runabouts
- 2 x Atlantic-class
- Zeus
- Themis
The Lamarr-class also includes a Sovereign-class Captain's Yacht that has been named USS Moon, after the Earthly moon that Selene was a goddess of in Greek myth.
Naming Convention
This naming convention, whereby all support craft are named after Greek deities, is carried throughout the ship. For example, the forward Senior Officer's Lounge is called Delphi, with the main cafeteria called Athens. The main gymnasium is called Rhodes. The firing range is called Argos. The classroom for the academy students is called Syracuse and Corinth. Due to the scientific nature of the USS Selene's operations, the crew has added these informal Ancient Greek names for various locations on the doorways. Non-human crew often find this confusing at first, but adapt quickly.
As a hidden bonus, a member of the crew has encoded a translation of all the ship's systems in the dead language of Ancient Greek. Though this is almost impossible to access if you don't know about it, operations has been tasked with fixing personal terminals that accidentally get stuck in Ancient Greek.
Mission Operations
The Selene is dispatched on missions to investigate and explore new regions of space, usually in the former neutral zones shared with other major powers. It also continues the USS Luna's exploration of Romulan space, a new and sometimes unexplored segment of the cosmos that has been opened to the Federation in recent years.
An important secondary task of the Selene is to serve as a flying branch of Starfleet Academy, providing 100 students with experience on the frontiers of the Federation. The makeup of the academy students is fourth years looking for hands-on experience. The Selene's complement of students is roughly divided up as 50% science (and medicine), and 50% command, engineering, and security focused students. This is a semester, or perhaps more, that will be applied towards final grades and assignments post-graduation.
As a third task, the USS Selene at times serves as a ship assigned to perform quick-strike operations against pirates and other similar non-scientific duties. Though many more capable ships are preferred, the speed of the Lamarr -class, coupled with its powerful torpedo turret allow it to take on some limited deep-space strike missions when needed.
Currently, the USS Selene does not take on families, though this may change in the future.
History
The USS Selene was built in 2385, the last year of construction for the Lamarr-class. It was one of the last ships sent to Romulan space to assist with the relocation of civilians before the attack by synthetic workers at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. The destruction of the fleet yards led to the scrapping of further missions to Romulan space and a general drawdown of Starfleet's exploration efforts.
Because it was fast and did not yet have a regular crew, the Selene was made into a transport ship for taking VIPs from one planet within the Federation to the next. In fact, until 2401, it did not have a scientific crew capable of making the most of the ship, and was tasked with ferrying passengers. In 2401, it was reassigned to Task Force 86 and placed in the hands of then-Commander (and now Captain) Olivia Carrillo to replace the USS Luna, which was to be reassigned.