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{{Organisation
| name = Task Force 72
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| name = Fourth Fleet Command
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| mandate = Diplomatic Operations
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| founded = 2367
| headquarters = [[Starbase 72]]
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| affiliation = *United Federation of Planets
| url = [http://www.bravofleet.com/group/task-force-72 Main Website]
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*Starfleet
| co = [[bfms_char:29961|Commodore Zack Marshall-Bennet]]
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| headquarters = *Starbase Bravo
| xo = [[bfms_char:97152|Captain Edward O'Gallagher]]
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*Starbase Four
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*San Francisco, Earth
}}Based out of [[Starbase 72]], close to the [[Cardassian Union|Cardassian]] border, '''Task Force 72’s''' ships are at the forefront of diplomatic intervention and peacekeeping. Their duties focus on engagement with political powers in volatile regions, ensuring stability between major governments and the protection of local populaces.
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| primary mission = *Exploration
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*Diplomacy
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*Humanitarian
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*Defense
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}}'''Fourth Fleet Command''', also known as '''Bravo Fleet Command''', is the central leadership authority of Starfleet's Fourth Fleet. Based on Starbase Bravo and with offices across Federation space, including at Starfleet Headquarters on Earth, this group of flag officers and their staff make important decisions about where to send the Fourth Fleet's ships to carry out its defensive, humanitarian, and exploratory goals.
  
== Objectives ==
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==Leadership==
  
* Perform critical and sensitive diplomatic missions within and outside of Federation space, especially those with national security implications.
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* Commander, Fourth Fleet: [[Bfms char:13085|Fleet Admiral Teylas Ramar]]
* Execute peacekeeping operations in conjunction with allies and friendly powers
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** Deputy Commander, Fourth Fleet: [[Bfms char:49761|Admiral Liam Dahlgren]]
* Build alliances, trade relations, and other diplomatic relationships that foster peace across the galaxy
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*** Director of Fourth Fleet Intelligence: [[Bfms char:16756|Admiral Alexander Beckett]]
* Lead Starfleet efforts in specific diplomatic flashpoints, including:
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**** Deputy Director of Fourth Fleet Intelligence: [[Bfms char:27493|Commodore Alexandra Sudari-Kravchik]]
** The [[True Way]] crisis in the [[Former Demilitarized Zone]]
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*** Chief of Staff, Fourth Fleet: [[Bfms char:24691|Rear Admiral Maxwell Stafford]]
** Delta and Gamma Quadrant second and third contact operations
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**** Deputy Chief of Staff, Fourth Fleet: [[Bfms char:21788|Fleet Captain Thelor ch'Idrani]]
** Ongoing negotiations with worlds now under Federation influence following the collapse of the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]]
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*** Director of Fourth Fleet Operations: [[Bfms char:86412|Fleet Admiral Luke Duncan]]
 
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****Deputy Director of Fourth Fleet Operations: [[Bfms char:25776|Commodore Imya Jori]]
== Overview ==
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****Commander, Task Force 17: [[Bfms char:88217|Captain Callen Varro]]
Unlike nearly every other large spacefaring civilization, the United Federation of Planets does not expand primarily through conquest or even large-scale colonization, but through diplomacy. For over two hundred years, Starfleet has served as the Federation’s first, best impression and its most adept diplomatic arm. First contacts, trade negotiations, ceasefires, and countless other diplomatic exercises conducted by starship captains have slowly but steadily turned the Federation into the largest and most progressive alliance of species the galaxy has ever seen. This is the spirit that guides Task Force 72, the Fourth Fleet’s designated Diplomatic Operations unit.
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*****Deputy Commander, Task Force 17: Vacant
 
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****Commander, Task Force 47: [[Bfms char:27493|Commodore Alexandra Sudari-Kravchik]]
All starship captains are empowered to conduct negotiations on behalf of the Federation, as real-time consultations with Starfleet Command and the Federation Council is often impossible for front-line exploratory vessels, but Task Force 72’s specific mandate is to handle the most pressing and sensitive diplomatic missions within and outside of Federation space, especially those with national security implications for the Federation and its member worlds. This task force also handles peacekeeping operations and conducts many joint operations with allied or friendly powers, such as the Klingon Empire, Cardassian Union, and the Romulan Republic.
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*****Deputy Commander, Task Force 47: [[Bfms char:86925|Captain Varen Wyll]]
 
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****Commander, Task Force 72: [[Bfms char:86412|Fleet Admiral Luke Duncan]]*
Historically, Task Force 72 was assigned specifically to the Federation-Cardassian Border and remains headquartered at Starbase 72 in the Minos Korva system, but its operations have expanded to the full width and breadth of the Fourth Fleet’s tip-of-the-spear ethos, with vessels in all four quadrants of the galaxy. The evolving diplomatic situation in the Former Demilitarized Zone remains a focus for the task force, with a number of ships directly working with the Cardassian military to end the True Way crisis diplomatically and through direct peacekeeping operations. Other important operations include forging new alliances with Delta Quadrant powers, and ongoing negotiations with neutral worlds within Federation space that the Federation is eager to finally bring into the fold.
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*****Deputy Commander, Task Force 72: [[Bfms char:97152|Captain Edward O'Gallagher]]
 
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****Commander, Task Force 86: [[Bfms char:65950|Captain Ryoko Takato]]
== Task Force Assets ==
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*****Deputy Commander, Task Force 86: [[Bfms char:88325|Captain Nathan Hawthorne]]
=== Starbase 72 ===
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****Commander, Task Force 93: [[Bfms char:25776|Commodore Imya Jori]]
''Main Article: [[Starbase 72]]''
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*****Deputy Commander, Task Force 93: Vacant
[[File:Spacedock type closeup.jpeg|thumb|Starbase 72 over Minos Korva|alt=|250x250px]]
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****Commander, Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group: [[Uzoma Ekwueme|Commodore Uzoma Ekwueme]]
Minos Korva was a system targeted by both the Cardassian and Dominion Wars. It never fell to either power, and is home to the present headquarters for Task Force 72: Starbase 72. It is here that officers slated for command of ships in Task Force 72 are trained in the art of diplomacy and where most TF72 ships are refit and repaired. It is also the headquarters for Starfleet's peacekeeping mission against the forces of the True Way in the Former Demilitarized Zone.
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***Director of Fourth Fleet Communications: [[Bfms char:13193|Vice Admiral Robert Dowd]]
 
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***Director of Fourth Fleet Engineering: [[Bfms char:94767|Admiral James Neidlinger]]
=== Starships ===
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***Director of Fourth Fleet Security: [[Guide: Activity Reporting|Captain Tavek]]
* [[USS K'Ehleyr|USS ''K'Ehleyr'']], an [[Excelsior II Class|''Excelsior II''-class heavy cruiser,]] serving as the flagship of Task Force 72
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***Commandant, Fourth Fleet Academy: [[Bfms char:47905|Fleet Captain Andreus Kohl]]
 
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****Deputy Director of Fourth Fleet Academy: Vacant
====Task Group 21====
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**Staff Judge-Advocate, Fourth Fleet: [[Bfms char:84168|Fleet Captain Max Barrick]]
*[[USS Dragonfly|USS ''Dragonfly'']], an [[Obena Class|''Obena''-class]] explorer
 
*[[USS Rhea|USS ''Rhea'']], a [[Luna Class|''Luna''-class]] light explorer
 
* [[Mackenzie Squadron]]
 
**[[USS Mackenzie]], an [[Excelsior II Class|''Excelsior II''-class]] heavy cruiser (Squadron Flagship)
 
**[[USS Daedalus|USS ''Daedalus'']], a [[Rhode Island Class|''Rhode Island''-class]] scout
 
*[[USS Rhyndacus|USS ''Rhyndacus'']], a [[Raven Class|''Raven''-class]] muilti-mission light starship
 
*[[USS Cantabras|USS ''Cantabras'']], a [[Raven Class|''Raven''-class]] muilti-mission light starship
 
*[[USS Riverside|USS ''Riverside'']], a [[California Class|''California''-class]] utility cruiser
 
 
 
====Task Group 99====
 
*[[USS Athena|USS ''Athena'']], a [[Prometheus Class|''Prometheus''-class]] heavy escort
 
*[[USS Galaxy|USS ''Galaxy'']], a [[Galaxy Class|''Galaxy''-class]] explorer
 
*[[USS Carlsbad|USS ''Carlsbad'']], a [[California Class|''California''-class]] utility cruiser
 
*[[USS Sacramento|USS ''Sacramento'']] a [[California Class|''California''-class]] utility cruiser
 
*[[Horizon Squadron]]
 
**[[USS Horizon|USS ''Horizon'']], an [[Excelsior II Class|''Excelsior II''-class]] heavy cruiser (Squadron Flagship)
 
**[[USS Alexandria|USS ''Alexandria'']], a [[Reliant Class|''Reliant''-class]] frigate
 
**[[USS Glasgow|USS ''Glasgow'']], an [[Parliament Class|''Parliament''-class]] utility cruiser
 
*[[USS Oakland|USS ''Oakland'']], a [[California Class|''California''-class]] utility cruiser
 
*[[USS Galaesus|USS ''Galaesus'']], a [[Raven Class|''Raven''-class]] muilti-mission light starship
 
 
 
== Task Force History ==
 
Task Force 72 is one of the oldest Task Forces in the 4th Fleet, notable for never being disbanded in the turbulent decades since its inception. Task Force 72 was formed initially as a defensive screen for the still-under-construction Starbase 72 in 2373, but its duties gradually expanded to include oversight over the majority of the Federation-Cardassian Border.
 
 
 
It has been a more than a decade since the signing of the Treaty of Bajor ending the Dominion War and the cessation of hostilities between the Federation Alliance and the Dominion. Since the end of the war, Task Force 72's mission has changed in size and scope many times. Through the mid-2380's until early 2399 Task Force 72 has encompassed most of the Alpha Quadrant but was stretched thin as Starfleet pulled away resources in the wake of the attack on Mars.
 
 
 
The decision by Starfleet to advance its operations included a reform of Task Force 72's mandate to bring it in line with the reforms to the [[Fourth Fleet|4th Fleet]], to serve as one of its specialist units. Already experts at operating in diplomatically fraught regions, Task Force 72 was given the same galaxy-wide operational jurisdiction as the rest of Bravo Fleet.
 
 
 
== Notable Crew ==
 
 
 
=== Commanding Officers ===
 
* Mid 2401: [[bfms_char:29961|Commodore Zack Marshall-Bennet]]
 
* Early 2401: [[bfms_char:56930|Captain Geronimo Fontana]]
 
* Late 2399: [[bfms_char:33287|Fleet Captain Th'lora Vehl]]
 
* Late 2399: [[bfms_char:15311|Rear Admiral Thomas Belvedere]]
 
* Mid-2399: [[bfms_char:27965|Captain Micah Mendoza]]
 
* Mid-2399: [[bfms_char:15311|Rear Admiral Thomas Belvedere]]
 
* Mid-2399: [[bfms_char:24059|Captain Jon Bastin]]
 
* Early 2399: [[bfms_char:20384|Captain Elisabeth Basmanoff]]
 
* Early 2399: [[bfms_char:13424|Commodore Julius Woodward]]
 

Revision as of 16:56, 11 February 2024

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Fourth Fleet Command
Founded

2367

Affiliation
  • United Federation of Planets
  • Starfleet
Headquarters
  • Starbase Bravo
  • Starbase Four
  • San Francisco, Earth
Primary Mission
  • Exploration
  • Diplomacy
  • Humanitarian
  • Defense
Status

Active

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Fourth Fleet Command, also known as Bravo Fleet Command, is the central leadership authority of Starfleet's Fourth Fleet. Based on Starbase Bravo and with offices across Federation space, including at Starfleet Headquarters on Earth, this group of flag officers and their staff make important decisions about where to send the Fourth Fleet's ships to carry out its defensive, humanitarian, and exploratory goals.

Leadership