USS Fresno
USS Fresno NCC-75574 is a California-class Federation starship currently assigned to Fourth Fleet's Task Force 72. She is currently under the command of Captain Michael Dart. Fresno's primary role is to perform a specialized logistical assignment to her taskforce by responding to Engineering specific needs to the ships, stations, or worlds under the purview of Task Force 72.
History
The Fresno was one of many California-class ships to be produced in 2368. Fresno in particular was named after the Earth city of Fresno, California which has long been regarded as a significant agricultural source for that particular region of the world dating as far back as the 19th century. As such, the Fresno was originally constructed to be an Engineering variant with even further specialized equipment and personnel that was geared towards supporting the agricultural worlds within the Federation.
The events of Frontier Day in April of 2401, as well as the events involving the Underspace later on that same year led to a loss of many ships in Starfleet. As a result, the Fresno was given over to Task Force 72 and was stripped down of its specialized agricultural equipment in order to fit the profile of a more broad Engineering variant of the California-class vessel.
Configuration
The Fresno is currently configured as a standard Engineering variant of the California-class. This is most notably marked by the gold colored trim around the hull. She has a more heavily reinforced hull when compared to her counterparts of other variants, and beefed up tractor beam systems to facilitate towing missions. Much of her multipurposed labs have been given over to more engineering based facilities. The crew of the Fresno is heavily skewed to be comprised of engineers, and even those assigned in other roles will have been chosen in favor of a secondary augmentation of engineering experience in one capacity or another.
Support Craft
The shuttles of USS Fresno are all named after lakes and rivers located within the area of its namesake. A current roster is as follows;
- Pine Flat
- Huntington
- Millerton
- Shaver
- Redinger
- Wishon
- Courtright
- Hume
- Avacado
- Balsam
- Kerckhoff
- San Joaquin
- Cottonwood
- Alder
- Sycamore
- Tenmile
- Trimmer Springs
- Burrough Valley