USS Redding

USS Redding
General Information
Registry	NCC-75578
Class & Type	California-class Utility Cruiser
Affiliation	Starfleet
Status	Active
Commissioned	2372
Assignment
Task Force	Task Force 93
Task Group	Task Group 44
Role	Humanitarian Assistance
Key Personnel
Commanding Officer	Captain th'Dytek Sheven
Executive Officer	Commander Vistia Xe
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The USS Redding (NCC-75578) is a California-class utility cruiser in service with Starfleet from 2372, currently assigned to Fourth Fleet Command. It is under the command of Captain th'Dytek Sheven and usually lends engineering help to Starfleet and Federation outposts and infrastructures. It rarely sees combat.

History

Over its more than thirty years of service, the USS Redding has served under a great number of Captains and has had a great number of missions. Of particular relevance:

• Being one of the few ships to maintain the outposts on the Tholian Border during the Dominion War
• Assisted with the repairs of Stardock 1 after the Battle of Sector 001 against the Borg
• Helping with preparing the exposition at the Fleet Museum at Athan Prime
• Assisting the partially assimilated USS Franscini during the Borg resurgence in June 2401.
• Providing logistical help during the political campaign on the Tellarite-majority planet of Rellite in July 2401.
• Being trapped in the Underspace in September 2401 and collaborating with four other ships in order to escape it.
• Taking part in a battle in the ch'Thyneal as a Klingon flottilla invaded Romulan Republic space using the Underspace, in 2401.

The USS Redding was seriously damaged after the battle at ch'Thyneal, one of its warp nacelles partially destroyed by a loose artificial singularity, and part of its crew was transferred while waiting for repairs.

Namesake and Legacy

During the 22nd century there was a United Earth ship, the SS Redding. It was a 17-meter-long sub-warp water carrier.

A civilian merchant ship called Redding was launched in 2239. It was captured by the Orion Syndicate in 2265 and used as a boarding ship before being destroyed in battle with the Breen in 2279. That Redding, however, was named in honor of the town in the Falkirk region of Earth, not the Californian city.

There was a 19th-century Andorian ship called Redding. In Andorian, it refers to a sort of snow shovel whose surface is opaque. The importance of the opacity of the shovel isn't clear to non-Andorians.

Notable Crew

Commanding Officers

• 2372 - 2395: Missing entry
• 2395 - Present : Captain th'Dytek Sheven

Configuration

The USS Redding is an engineering subvariant of the California-class, and dons the typical yellow details on the hull.

It has undergone several small refits. For 20 years, in 2392, several changes have been brought, from a total substitution of the computer systems to the change of the floor in engineering to a purple shade.