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"Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all. "

—E. Shackleton - Ship's Dedication Quote

The USS Shackleton (NCC-79321) is a Rhode Island-class Federation starship operating in the 24th Century. The ship was originally a Nova-class but before construction was completed, it was upgraded and refitted to the Rhode Island specs in 2383. The Shackleton currently serves in the Fourth Fleet’s Task Force 17's lead expeditionary group. Named after famous Anglo-Irish artic explorer, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, the Shackleton has been in a wide-range of missions that made it perfect to support the Fourth Fleet's exploration efforts in the Delta Quadrant.

Design & Layout

Physical arrangement

Like other ships of its class, the Shackleton is arranged in a similar fashion. There are not many differences between it and other Rhode Island classes. Besides the obvious upgrades and changes over its sixteen years of service, the Shackleton has seen limited action that warranted any massive changes or repairs to it.

Shipboard life

The Shackleton ran on four duty shifts. Alpha shift started at 0900 hours and finished at 1500 hours. Beta shift started at 1500 hours and finished at 2100 hours. Gamma shift started at 2100 hours and finished at 0300 hours. While Delta Shift started at 0300 and completed its duty at 0900 hours.

With some limited space on board for a large amount of crew facilities and most quarters being shared, besides the captain, first officer and second officer, the Shackleton's arrangements make it ideal to develop a close-knit community among those who serve on her. The crew lounge/mess hall, since its launch, has become the central hub for a majority of the recreation activities. Over the sixteen years, those who have served on the Shackleton have enjoyed the weekly activities that take place in the crew lounge, headed up by the ship's famous morale officer.

Ship wide holographic systems on the Shackleton are limited to the emergency holographic programmes only, especially for the EMH and the holographic communication device on the bridge. Some holographic displays are used on the bridge, main engineering, sickbay and some of the science labs.

Support Craft

Limited in space for support craft, the Shackleton (like her sister classes) is outfitted with a Waverider-class support craft integrated into the ship's primary hull. Named the Dorman, after the maiden name of Ernest Shackleton's wife, the ship has been used on numerous occasions to support the ship in its missions.

Support Craft Assigned

Shuttles:
- Type 12: Worsley & Greenstreet

History

2383-2398

After being pulled from being completed as a Nova-class, the Shackleton was given to newly promoted Captain Krerra Obi. The Bajoran captain remained as the ship's commanding officer for sixteen years, he eventually agreed to take a promotion to command a larger ship when Shackleton was sent to the Devron Fleet Yards for its next refit. The yard engineers estimated that it would take at least six-nine months for the updates to be made, as such the entire crew were assigned elsewhere, a majority of them joining Captain Krerra on his new command.

2398+

In fact the yard engineers had to revise their estimates more than once on the Shackleton, after the work was put on pause on more than one occasion to assist with other ships that had become a priority. Eventually the work was completed and the ship was ready to go, but had no captain or crew. Shortly into 2399, Captain Zack Marshall-Bennet made the request for the ship to be assigned to Task Force 17. Starfleet agreed, however he was ordered to find the ship a crew by himself. Luckily for him an old friend of his, Romen Corbin, had recently returned to active duty and the Betazoid captain agreed to assume command of the ship.

The vessel would go on to support Starfleet's response to the raids launched by the Hunters of D'Ghor in the Archanis Sector shortly after it left Starbase 27. It's primary mission was the construction of the Archanis Array, a large sensor platform designed for deep space research but was used instead to track the D'Ghor raiders instead during this campaign.

Crew

Command Staff

Commanding Officer: Captain Romen Corbin (Betazoid Male)
Executive Officer: Commander Jianheeh Tahl (Joined Trill Female)

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 Like other ships of its class, the ''Shackleton'' is arranged in a similar fashion. There are not many differences between it and other ''Rhode Island'' classes. Besides the obvious upgrades and changes over its sixteen years of service, the ''Shackleton'' has seen limited action that warranted any massive changes or repairs to it.
 ===Shipboard life===
-''Shackleton'' ran on four duty shifts. Alpha shift started at 0900 hours and finished at 1500 hours. Beta shift started at 1500 hours and finished at 2100 hours. Gamma shift started at 2100 hours and finished at 0300 hours. While Delta Shift started at 0300 and completed its duty at 0900 hours.
+The ''Shackleton'' ran on four duty shifts. Alpha shift started at 0900 hours and finished at 1500 hours. Beta shift started at 1500 hours and finished at 2100 hours. Gamma shift started at 2100 hours and finished at 0300 hours. While Delta Shift started at 0300 and completed its duty at 0900 hours.
 With some limited space on board for a large amount of crew facilities and most quarters being shared, besides the captain, first officer and second officer, the ''Shackleton''<nowiki/>'s arrangements make it ideal to develop a close-knit community among those who serve on her. The crew lounge/mess hall, since its launch, has become the central hub for a majority of the recreation activities. Over the sixteen years, those who have served on the ''Shackleton'' have enjoyed the weekly activities that take place in the crew lounge, headed up by the ship's famous morale officer.
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 Ship wide holographic systems on the ''Shackleton'' are limited to the emergency holographic programmes only, especially for the EMH and the holographic communication device on the bridge. Some holographic displays are used on the bridge, main engineering, sickbay and some of the science labs.
 ===Support Craft===
-Limited in space for support craft, the ''Shackleton'' (like her sister classes) is outfitted with a ''Waverider-''class support craft integrated into the ship's primary hull. Named the ''Dorman,'' after Ernest Shackleton's wife's (Emily) maiden name, the ship has been used on numerous occasions to support the ship in its missions.
+Limited in space for support craft, the ''Shackleton'' (like her sister classes) is outfitted with a ''Waverider-''class support craft integrated into the ship's primary hull. Named the ''Dorman,'' after the maiden name of Ernest Shackleton's wife, the ship has been used on numerous occasions to support the ship in its missions.
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 ===2398+===
-In fact the yard engineers had to revise their estimates more than once on the ''Shackleton'', after the work was put on pause on more than one occasion to assist with other ships that had become a priority. Eventually the work was completed and the ship was ready to go, but had no captain or crew. Shortly into 2399, Captain [[bfms_char:29961|Zack Marshall-Bennet]] made the request for the ship to be assigned to [[Task Force 17]]. Starfleet agreed, however he was ordered to find the ship a crew himself. Luckily for him, an old friend of his Romen Corbin had recently returned to active duty and the Betazoid captain agreed to assume command of the ship.
+In fact the yard engineers had to revise their estimates more than once on the ''Shackleton'', after the work was put on pause on more than one occasion to assist with other ships that had become a priority. Eventually the work was completed and the ship was ready to go, but had no captain or crew. Shortly into 2399, Captain [[bfms_char:29961|Zack Marshall-Bennet]] made the request for the ship to be assigned to [[Task Force 17]]. Starfleet agreed, however he was ordered to find the ship a crew by himself. Luckily for him an old friend of his, Romen Corbin, had recently returned to active duty and the Betazoid captain agreed to assume command of the ship.
 The vessel would go on to support Starfleet's response to the raids launched by the [[Hunters of D'Ghor]] in the [[Archanis Sector]] shortly after it left Starbase 27. It's primary mission was the construction of the Archanis Array, a large sensor platform designed for deep space research but was used instead to track the D'Ghor raiders instead during this campaign.