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{{Starship
| image = [[Image:Brelclass.png]]
| name = Constellation
| displayName = '''''B'rel'' Class'''
| prefix = USS
| name = B'rel
| image =[[File:Constellationplanet.jpg]]  
| affiliation = [[Klingon Empire]]
| registry =NCC-91017
| operator = [[Klingon Defense Force]]
| class = Constitution III
| type = explorer
| affiliation =[[Starfleet]]  
| status = Active
| status = Active
| role = *Warship
| commission =2401
*Scout
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| taskforce = Fourth Fleet Operations
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| expectedDuration = 80 Years
| homeport =  
| expectedRefit = 10 Years
| role =Explorer
| timeResupply = 6 Months
| co =[[bfms_char:48362|Captain Taes]]
| crewComplement = 12
| xo =[[bfms_char:48427|Commander Kellin Rayco]]
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{{quote|We only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding.|'''Steven Hall - ''Ship's Dedication Quote'''''}}
| flightCrew =  
'''USS ''Constellation''''' is a [[Constitution III Class|''Constitution III''-class]] explorer assigned to [[Fourth Fleet Operations]]. It is currently under the command of [[bfms_char:48362/|Captain Taes]]. A team of civilian scientists from the [[Romulan Free State]] is indefinitely assigned to support the ''Constellation’s'' investigation of scientific mysteries beyond the charted edges of Federation space. Although the crew’s search for knowledge is vital, their paramount mission is to improve diplomatic relations between the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Free State.
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| length = 110 meters
| width = 165 meters
| diameter =
| height = 33 meters
| decks = 6
| propulsionSystem = Matter/Antimatter powered warp drive
| cruiseSpeed = Warp 6.5
| maxSpeed = Warp 8.5
| emergencySpeed =  Warp 9.8 (3 hours)
| energyWeapons = 2x wing-mounted disruptor cannons
| torpLaunchers = *1x forward
*1x aft
| torpPayload = 50 photon torpedoes
| shields = *Klingon deflector shields
*Klingon cloaking device
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}}The '''''B'rel''-class bird of prey''' has been the premier versatile multi-purpose warship of the [[Klingon Empire]] since its inception in the late 23rd century. Although the overall original design is over a century old, several rounds of system refits and upgrades over the decades and its ease of production have kept this design at the forefront of Klingon military technology. Because of these ongoing upgrades, the ''B'rel'' is one of the most ubiquitous starships in the Klingon Empire.
===Exploration and Science===
The ''B'rel'' class is not, by any means, a ship of exploration or science. The primary use of its sensor array is to track down and hunt targets. The ''B'rel'' has limited capabilities to survey astronomic phenomena and would be far more likely to deploy a probe and signal for a more capable vessel to return to the area for a more extensive survey.  


===Diplomacy===
==History ==
Much like exploration, the ''B'rel'' has extremely limited diplomatic facilities or functionality. The ship is, at best, an escort for a larger vessel of diplomacy. Should the need for diplomacy arise, short of having a Klingon general on board, a ''B'rel'' would be most likely to report back to the nearest starbase so that a true diplomatic attachment could be sent in its stead.
Like most among the first wave of the ''Constitution III''-class starships, the USS ''Constellation'' was constructed through the upcycling of an older starship's superstructure and essential system components. As long as there's been a Starfleet, there have been Starship ''Constellations''. Almost from the inception of this neo-explorer class of starships, it was decided to build this ship in honour of the ''Constitution''-class [[ma:USS_Constellation_(NCC-1017)|USS ''Constellation'']] (NCC-1017).  


===Engineering===
After construction on the new ''Constellation'' was completed in late 2400, she was commissioned to full service in early 2401. Assigned to Task Force 17, the ''Constellation'' was charged with a mission of exploration beyond the Federation's coreward borders into the [[Typhon Frontier]].   
The ''B'rel'' is a simple design that follows the lineage of the Klingon-designed birds-of-prey dating back to the earliest years of Klingon interstellar travel. The design consists of a central "body", a "neck" with a "head" at the fore, and two "wings" flanking the body. The ship is capable of three configurations, signaled by the positioning of the wings on the ''B'rel'': cruise (wings out), attack (wings down), and landing (wings up). Over the years the design has stayed the same while systems including the warp drive, impulse drive, disruptor cannons, and torpedo launchers have been refitted, upgraded, and even completely replaced throughout the design's history.   


Like all previous bird-of-prey designs, the ''B'rel'' is capable of atmospheric flight and planet landing. This can increase its ability to stay away from a home port by making planetfall to enact critical repairs. Additionally, the ''B'rel'' can use planets to restock supplies such as foodstuffs or raw materials used to make new spare parts or even additional photon torpedoes.
Under the command of Captain Taes aboard the [[USS Sarek|USS ''Sarek'']] in 2400, a team of Romulan Free State civilian scientists were assigned to the science department and their liaison officer, [[bfms_char:60485/|Flavia ir-Llantrisant]], was assigned to serve as Taes' chief science officer. Flavia and her Romulan Free State science department were transferred aboard USS ''Constellation'' with Captain Taes.  Although Flavia was afforded leadership over the Starfleet officers in the science department, she held no position in the operational command of the starship.  This was arranged as part of the Fourth Fleet's ongoing efforts to improve diplomatic relations with the Romulan Free State, despite the hold the [[ma:Tal_Shiar|Tal Shiar]] has on the very foundation of its government.  This was envisioned as one of Starfleet's great experiments to develop friendship through adversity and to encourage the crew to expand their inner depths while exploring the galaxy at large.


Throughout the hundred-plus years of its service, the ''B'rel'' has largely been one of the most well-engineered vessels in the Klingon Defense Force arsenal. While visually identical throughout the years, several subclasses of the ''B'rel'' have sprung up as technological advances are made. As these advances come, the ''B'rel'' continues to get engineering refits class-wide.
=== Lost Fleet ===
In early 2401, the launch of USS ''Constellation'' was expedited in response to invasion in the [[Deneb Sector]].  A massive fleet of [[Dominion]] warships swept in from unexplored space, beyond the coreward Alpha Quadrant border of the Deneb Sector.  Joined by the [[Breen Confederacy]] invading from Deneb’s trailing border, the [https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php/Deneb_Sector#The_Dominion_Incursion Dominion incursion] took large swaths of Federation territory, including whole planets.  Under the protection of [[Saratoga Squadron]], ''Constellation'' travelled through the sensor-dampening [[Ciater Nebula]] to pass through Dominion-occupied space undetected.
[[File:USS Constellation and Jem'Hadar fighter.jpg|left|thumb|USS ''Constellation'' facing off against a Jem'Hadar fighter from the Dominion's Lost Fleet in the Kholara System]]
The ''Constellation'' crew gathered sensor data from uncrewed observatories and subspace relays beyond Federation space.  Upon reaching the Iauna Pulsar, ''Constellation'' rescued Doctor Marl Trojet from the escape pod of his destroyed Federation science ship, ''Sef''.  Although Doctor Trojet was the unwitting architect of the Dominion’s return in the Alpha Quadrant, he was also that fleet’s first victim.  While performing a psychic rescue of the comatose Trojet, Captain Taes learned that Trojet’s experiments to create an artificial wormhole at the Ianua pulsar released a portion of the Dominion’s lost fleet from out of time.  The artificial wormhole released the Dominion fleet from the Bajoran wormhole, where they had been held in timeless stasis since they were lost in 2374.  Returning to the Deneb Sector with this intel, ''Constellation'' was flanked by the Dominion’s final attack on [[Farpoint Station]] and took serious damage in defending Starfleet in the [https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php/The_Lost_Fleet#Battle_of_Farpoint Battle of Farpoint].<ref>https://bravofleet.com/mission/77082</ref>


===Tactical===
=== Frontier Day ===
While typically used as a scout, the ''B'rel'' class is a ship that is still quite dangerous by itself, utilizing its cloaking device to make surprise attack runs on targets. The ''B'rel'' has also proven itself by being used during times of war in packs, or wings, for concentrated attacks against larger, sometimes stationary, targets like capital ships and space stations. Although typically outgunned by cruiser-type vessels, the ''B'rel'' is small, agile, and highly maneuverable while still being able to inflict high amounts of damage. This gives them the ability to hold their own against many other ships that 'outclass' them and also makes them the perfect warship for Klingon attacks on enemy starbases and planetary outposts.
After surviving the final Battle of Farpoint, ''Constellation's'' crew managed only enough repairs for cautious travel to the [https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php/Federation_Species#Trill Trill] homeworld.  Doctor Marl Trojet's artificial wormhole research was collected to ensure no one else could access the remainder of the lost Jem'Hadar fleet, after the Jem'Hadar battleships in the Deneb Sector surrendered to the Dominion's care in the Gamma Quadrant.<ref>https://bravofleet.com/mission/83099</ref>


Armaments employed aboard ''B'rel''-class vessels have varied widely over their long service life, but the most common set of armaments is two forward-firing medium disruptor cannons located on the wingtips, a medium torpedo launcher located forward just beneath the bridge, and a light aft-firing torpedo launcher located just above the impulse engine. These ships are geared towards frontal assaults, followed by repositioning under cloak, and struggle when swarmed or otherwise boxed in by threat vessels. Some vessels of this class have been equipped with disrupter beam emitters on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the ship to address this deficit, but the majority of Klingon houses have not bothered with doing so, preferring instead to let ''B'rel'' captains prove their worth through guile, instinct, and tactics rather than technology.
Because of extensive damage to the ''Constellation's'' shields, hull and communication systems, Captain Taes put in for repairs at [[Avalon Fleet Yards]].  The ''Constellation'' was designed with [[ma:Fleet_formation_mode|fleet formation mode]] at the core of its operating systems, with every intention of participating in the parade through space to celebrate the 250th anniversary of [[ma:Frontier_Day|Frontier Day]].  Without the crew's knowledge, the Changeling who had been disguised as Lieutenant Commander [[bfms_char:48427/|Kellin Rayco]] had modified the ship's transporter system to edit Borg DNA into the brains of every young member of the crew, younger than the Human equivalent of 25 years old.  Come [https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php/Borg_Collective#Frontier_Day Frontier Day], the Borg Queen sent a signal from Jupiter that tele-assimilated all of those Starfleet officerd with Borg DNA in their brains.  In Sector 001, those assimilated officers had orders to kill every Starfleet officer; in Avalon Fleet Yards, the assimilated officers were ordered to commander the fleet yards for the Borg's purposes.


===Shipboard Life===
Between the fleet formation system and the assimilated officers among her own crew crew, the Borg took control of the starship ''Constellation''.  Lieutenant (Junior Grade) [[bfms_char:62427/|Cellar Door]] only managed to wrest control away from the Borg by ejecting the ship's warp core, collapsing the electroplasma system.  Lieutenant Commander Kellin Nertlinge was located in stasis aboard Deep Space 17, having been held hostage by the rogue [[ma:Changeling#Modified_Changelings|modified Changelings]] since before ''Constellation's'' launch.<ref>https://bravofleet.com/mission/85284</ref>
The ''B'rel''-class is a ship that is quintessentially Klingon to its core. With very few amenities, life on a ''B'rel'' is a cramped one of committing to the duty of the ship. The ship is efficiently built with little to no room to spare. Crew quarters are largely barrack style with some double bunks. Very few single cabins exist on the ship and are solely reserved for the captain and select officers. A mess hall exists that can accommodate the entire crew at once and is largely the extent of "recreation" on a ''B'rel''.  


The standard complement for a ''B'rel'' is 12 crew, but certain mission profiles may call for more. The ''B'rel'', even for a ship its size, can still comfortably (by Klingon standards) crew up to 36 crew members.
=== Directive Four ===
[[File:Borg Cracked Star by pundus.jpg|left|thumb|The USS ''Constellation'' being followed by a Borg Cube in System D-515 of the Delta Quadrant.  Image created by [[bfms_user:2722|Pundus]].|alt=|240x240px]]
In partnership with her own crew, Avalon Fleet Yards repaired ''Constellation'' to her original manufactured specifications.  Captain Taes took the ship through the [[Barzan Wormhole]] to commence a prolonged mission of exploration in the [[Delta Quadrant]].  Shortly after their arrival, more Borg vessels were identified traversing into the [[Gradin Belt]] with far greater frequency than had been witnessed since before their decimation by the neurolytic pathogen in 2378.  Despite this seeming [https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php/Borg_Collective#An_Awakening Borg awakening], there were other reports of Borg relay stations and installations having been disassembled and abandoned in recent days.  


==Class History==
Cautiously entering the edges of known Borg territory, Captain Taes and her crew undertook a scouting mission to investigate the state of the [[Borg Collective]] after the Borg Queen’s apparent demise on Frontier Day.  ''Constellation'' followed a faint Borg power signal to a tropical planet known only as Planet 4 in System D-515.  The initial away team called the planet Solus, because they found no trace of Borg technology anywhere on the planet; rather, the crew found non-humanoid, sentient plant-life on the planet, all of whom showed no signs of assimilation, nor any form of community.  After a brief encounter with a Borg Cube that showed no interest in ''Constellation'' or her crew, the cube reclaimed the Borg power source from the planet's surface.  ''Constellation's'' away team discovered an ancient fungal being that had survived an attempted assimilation centuries earlier.  Borg nanoprobes had proven entirely incompatible with the neuro-electric transmissions of the planet's sentient beings.  Concerned for how those ancient, abandoned nano-probes could be misused, ''Constellation'' destroyed them using electromagnetic pulses.<ref>https://bravofleet.com/mission/87943</ref>
The ''B'rel'' first began development in the late 2260s as the first Klingon design to natively include the new and enhanced Klingon cloaking device derived from the technological exchange between the Klingon Empire and Romulan Star Empire in the mid-2260s. The ''B'rel'' was the first new bird of prey design in a generation and had a direct lineage from its immediate predecessor, the [[M'Chla class|''M'Chla''-class]] bird of prey, and its predecessor before that the [[ma:Klingon_Bird-of-Prey_(22nd_century)|''Vo'n'talk''-class]] bird of prey. By the 2290s, the ''B'rel'' could be found wide and far throughout Klingon territory used in several different roles. The native inclusion of the new cloaking device allowed the ship to become a dangerous predator in the depths of space. In fact, the first ''B'rel'' encountered by the [[United Federation of Planets]] was during the [[ma:Genesis_(planet)|Genesis Incident]] which indirectly caused the destruction of the [[ma:USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701)|USS Enterprise]], also resulting in the capture of the ''B'rel'' by Rear Admiral [[ma:James_T._Kirk|James T. Kirk]]. This vessel remains in Starfleet hands at the Fleet Museum over Athan Prime.


After that incident, the run-ins with the ''B'rel'' on the frontier against both the Federation and Romulan Star Empire increased exponentially. The ease of construction, adaptability, and versatility of the design allowed the Klingon Empire to mass-produce these vessels at staggering rates. Additionally, many upgrades and customizations to the ''B'rel'' systems allowed for the [[Great Houses]] to customize their own with slight modifications over the coming decades.
=== Notable Crew===


By the 2370s, the ''B'rel'' had been in service to the Empire for a hundred years. There were thousands of these vessels in service, and likely just as many lost over the years in glorious battles. However, the class received its largest litmus test during the [[ma:Dominion_War|Dominion War]] in the 2370s. As the Klingons entered the war against the [[Dominion]], they largely found themselves responsible for counteracting the Dominion's most pervasive warship: the [[Category:Dominion_Starship_Classes#Jem.27Hadar_Fighter|Dominion attack ship]]. Originally the Dominion attack ships quickly overwhelmed the Klingon ''B'rel''s showing superior weaponry and tactics. However, within only a few weeks of the war, the Klingons were able to develop new techniques for fighting enemies that were so unlike anything they had encountered before. Using Federation shield upgrades on their ships, and a few modifications to their weapons systems, the ''B'rel'' proved to be a match for the Dominion attack ship. Nearly neck-and-neck in every way, the remainder of the encounters during the Dominion War were decided by pure tactics and ship commander experience when the two ships ever came head to head. The ''B'rel'' proved to be very successful against the Dominion attack ships; so much so that the Klingon flagship, the [[ma:IKS_Rotarran|IKS ''Rotarran'']], was a ''B'rel''-class bird-of-prey.
====Commanding Officers====
[https://bravofleet.com/command/76363 2401-Present]: Captain [[bfms_char:48362/|Taes]]


During the Dominion War, the [[Klingon Defense Force]] was hit the hardest of the Alliance in terms of ships lost. Many of these ships for the Klingon Empire were of the ''B'rel'' class. However, because of the ease of construction of the ''B'rel'', hundreds more of these ships have been constructed to recoup the losses of the war and continue production into the 25th century. Additionally, the Klingon Empire has continued to enact persistent overhauls to the internal systems of the ''B'rel'' to keep it on par with the latest technical advances. The ''B'rel'' continues to be in widespread use across the Klingon Empire by all houses, both major and minor, with no end in sight on its production.
==Configuration==
''Main article: [[Constitution III Class|Constitution III-class Explorer]]''


===''K'vort''-class===
Consistent with her class, the ''Constellation's'' design aesthetic hews to a return of spartan and utilitarian architecture.  Vaulted ceilings, archways and lighting panels from every direction are a common theme throughout every deck of the ship.  The floor, bulkhead and overhead panels are predominantly metallic with no upholstery. While the common ships of the class tend toward gun-metal grey, the duranium plating upcycled into the ''Constellation'' resulted in a colour scheme that favours brushed copper, reflective bronze and transparent panels throughout the ship's interiors. With the advent of holo-technology and automation, most compartments are sparsely furnished and decorated. Single-use equipment is too inefficient a use of space aboard a starship intended to explore unaided for five years at a stretch.  Allowing for the illusion of larger rooms, most compartments are multi-functional, be they operational centres, personal quarters or laboratories, with fewer partitions and sub-divisions than on the comfort-driven explorers of old.
The ''K'vort''-class bird of prey is a wholly different class from the ''B'rel'', but is distinct only in size. Everything about the ''K'vort'' is just a scaled-up ''B'rel''. Originally built in the 2340s as a response to Romulan aggression, the ''K'vort'' serves as a troop transport being able to hold upwards of 400 troops with an additional 150 crew. The sole premise of the vessel is that it uses the original ''B'rel'' design to pack as many troops as possible onto the vessel that can then successfully and safely make planetfall to rapidly deploy troops. Due to its very niche design, the ''K'vort'' is not a common sight in the Empire and is primarily purpose-built with very few exceptions.


==In Play==
===Planetarium===
*The ''B'rel'' is still one of the most common designs in use by the Klingon Empire, even in the 25th century. This is due to the fact that they had to be mass-produced following the Dominion War for the Empire to regain its military capacity after such immense losses.
Bringing with it all of the mid-century dining room sets and interior design of the 2260s, the Planetarium lounge is an exact replica of the crew lounge aboard the ''Constitution''-class USS ''Constellation'' NCC-1017. From the lacquered black deck plating to the vibrant red banquets, stepping into the Planetarium feels like stepping into Starfleet's past. By utilising all of the interior safe sacrificed by smaller quarters, the Planetarium offers a large recreational area for the crew with an awe-inspiring wall of exterior viewports looking out the forward saucer-section.  There is one raised dining platform, enclosed with duranium slats, offering a private dining area for the captain and senior staff. The one 25th-Century enhancement are the holographic projectors in the lounge often used to project familiar planetarium-style views of star systems and stellar phenomenon across the entire overhead of the lounge.  
*Make no mistake - just because the ''B'rel'' is an "old" design doesn't mean it can't still hold its own. The ship has been getting regular refits over the years to keep it in line with other ships in surrounding empires as well as between Great Houses.  
*The ''B'rel'' is one of the best examples of the Klingons finding a design that works and, true to their militaristic nature, using it until the wheels fall off. The ''B'rel'' won't be fully replaced until a new bird-of-prey design comes out that completely overshadows the ''B'rel''. It's also favored by too many captains who know and trust the design.


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===Romulan Laboratory===
Based on the terms of the Federation's treaties with the Romulan Free State, the Romulan scientists aboard ''Constellation'' have an enclave laboratory devoted to their own independent research.  The lab possesses a small dedicated computer core and subprocessors, entirely air-gapped from the starship's main computer cores.  Under normal operating procedures, the Starfleet crew cannot access the Romulan lab with internal sensors unless authorized by the captain directly or if the computer detects risks such as damage to life support, weapons fire, open flames, or unregistered communications transmissions.
 
===Auxiliary Craft===
''Constellation's'' shuttle bays are equipped with a full complement of auxiliary craft, including:
 
*Captain's Yacht: ''Decker''
*[[Runabouts#Danube-class_runabout|Danube-class runabouts]]: ''Estéron (assimilated by the Borg in 2401)''
*[[Runabouts#Orion-class_runabout|Orion-class runabouts]]: ''Rubenstein'' and ''Anser''
*[[Personnel_Shuttles#Type_14_Shuttle|Type-14 shuttles]], including: ''Masada'', ''Harpa Georgii,'' ''Canis Minor,'' and ''Zoma''

Revision as of 02:50, 2 March 2024

Constellationplanet.jpg
USS Constellation
General Information
Registry NCC-91017
Class & Type Constitution III-class explorer
Affiliation Starfleet
Status Active
Commissioned 2401
Assignment
Task Force Fourth Fleet Operations
Role Explorer
Key Personnel
Commanding Officer Captain Taes
Executive Officer Commander Kellin Rayco
Constellation Plaque.jpg
Template:Starship
"We only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding."
    —Steven Hall - Ship's Dedication Quote

USS Constellation is a Constitution III-class explorer assigned to Fourth Fleet Operations. It is currently under the command of Captain Taes. A team of civilian scientists from the Romulan Free State is indefinitely assigned to support the Constellation’s investigation of scientific mysteries beyond the charted edges of Federation space. Although the crew’s search for knowledge is vital, their paramount mission is to improve diplomatic relations between the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Free State.

History

Like most among the first wave of the Constitution III-class starships, the USS Constellation was constructed through the upcycling of an older starship's superstructure and essential system components. As long as there's been a Starfleet, there have been Starship Constellations. Almost from the inception of this neo-explorer class of starships, it was decided to build this ship in honour of the Constitution-class USS Constellation (NCC-1017).

After construction on the new Constellation was completed in late 2400, she was commissioned to full service in early 2401. Assigned to Task Force 17, the Constellation was charged with a mission of exploration beyond the Federation's coreward borders into the Typhon Frontier.

Under the command of Captain Taes aboard the USS Sarek in 2400, a team of Romulan Free State civilian scientists were assigned to the science department and their liaison officer, Flavia ir-Llantrisant, was assigned to serve as Taes' chief science officer. Flavia and her Romulan Free State science department were transferred aboard USS Constellation with Captain Taes. Although Flavia was afforded leadership over the Starfleet officers in the science department, she held no position in the operational command of the starship. This was arranged as part of the Fourth Fleet's ongoing efforts to improve diplomatic relations with the Romulan Free State, despite the hold the Tal Shiar has on the very foundation of its government. This was envisioned as one of Starfleet's great experiments to develop friendship through adversity and to encourage the crew to expand their inner depths while exploring the galaxy at large.

Lost Fleet

In early 2401, the launch of USS Constellation was expedited in response to invasion in the Deneb Sector.  A massive fleet of Dominion warships swept in from unexplored space, beyond the coreward Alpha Quadrant border of the Deneb Sector.  Joined by the Breen Confederacy invading from Deneb’s trailing border, the Dominion incursion took large swaths of Federation territory, including whole planets.  Under the protection of Saratoga Squadron, Constellation travelled through the sensor-dampening Ciater Nebula to pass through Dominion-occupied space undetected.

USS Constellation facing off against a Jem'Hadar fighter from the Dominion's Lost Fleet in the Kholara System

The Constellation crew gathered sensor data from uncrewed observatories and subspace relays beyond Federation space.  Upon reaching the Iauna Pulsar, Constellation rescued Doctor Marl Trojet from the escape pod of his destroyed Federation science ship, Sef.  Although Doctor Trojet was the unwitting architect of the Dominion’s return in the Alpha Quadrant, he was also that fleet’s first victim.  While performing a psychic rescue of the comatose Trojet, Captain Taes learned that Trojet’s experiments to create an artificial wormhole at the Ianua pulsar released a portion of the Dominion’s lost fleet from out of time.  The artificial wormhole released the Dominion fleet from the Bajoran wormhole, where they had been held in timeless stasis since they were lost in 2374.  Returning to the Deneb Sector with this intel, Constellation was flanked by the Dominion’s final attack on Farpoint Station and took serious damage in defending Starfleet in the Battle of Farpoint.[1]

Frontier Day

After surviving the final Battle of Farpoint, Constellation's crew managed only enough repairs for cautious travel to the Trill homeworld.  Doctor Marl Trojet's artificial wormhole research was collected to ensure no one else could access the remainder of the lost Jem'Hadar fleet, after the Jem'Hadar battleships in the Deneb Sector surrendered to the Dominion's care in the Gamma Quadrant.[2]

Because of extensive damage to the Constellation's shields, hull and communication systems, Captain Taes put in for repairs at Avalon Fleet Yards.  The Constellation was designed with fleet formation mode at the core of its operating systems, with every intention of participating in the parade through space to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Frontier Day.  Without the crew's knowledge, the Changeling who had been disguised as Lieutenant Commander Kellin Rayco had modified the ship's transporter system to edit Borg DNA into the brains of every young member of the crew, younger than the Human equivalent of 25 years old.  Come Frontier Day, the Borg Queen sent a signal from Jupiter that tele-assimilated all of those Starfleet officerd with Borg DNA in their brains.  In Sector 001, those assimilated officers had orders to kill every Starfleet officer; in Avalon Fleet Yards, the assimilated officers were ordered to commander the fleet yards for the Borg's purposes.

Between the fleet formation system and the assimilated officers among her own crew crew, the Borg took control of the starship Constellation.  Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Cellar Door only managed to wrest control away from the Borg by ejecting the ship's warp core, collapsing the electroplasma system.  Lieutenant Commander Kellin Nertlinge was located in stasis aboard Deep Space 17, having been held hostage by the rogue modified Changelings since before Constellation's launch.[3]

Directive Four

The USS Constellation being followed by a Borg Cube in System D-515 of the Delta Quadrant. Image created by Pundus.

In partnership with her own crew, Avalon Fleet Yards repaired Constellation to her original manufactured specifications.  Captain Taes took the ship through the Barzan Wormhole to commence a prolonged mission of exploration in the Delta Quadrant.  Shortly after their arrival, more Borg vessels were identified traversing into the Gradin Belt with far greater frequency than had been witnessed since before their decimation by the neurolytic pathogen in 2378.  Despite this seeming Borg awakening, there were other reports of Borg relay stations and installations having been disassembled and abandoned in recent days.

Cautiously entering the edges of known Borg territory, Captain Taes and her crew undertook a scouting mission to investigate the state of the Borg Collective after the Borg Queen’s apparent demise on Frontier Day.  Constellation followed a faint Borg power signal to a tropical planet known only as Planet 4 in System D-515.  The initial away team called the planet Solus, because they found no trace of Borg technology anywhere on the planet; rather, the crew found non-humanoid, sentient plant-life on the planet, all of whom showed no signs of assimilation, nor any form of community.  After a brief encounter with a Borg Cube that showed no interest in Constellation or her crew, the cube reclaimed the Borg power source from the planet's surface.  Constellation's away team discovered an ancient fungal being that had survived an attempted assimilation centuries earlier.  Borg nanoprobes had proven entirely incompatible with the neuro-electric transmissions of the planet's sentient beings.  Concerned for how those ancient, abandoned nano-probes could be misused, Constellation destroyed them using electromagnetic pulses.[4]

Notable Crew

Commanding Officers

2401-Present: Captain Taes

Configuration

Main article: Constitution III-class Explorer

Consistent with her class, the Constellation's design aesthetic hews to a return of spartan and utilitarian architecture. Vaulted ceilings, archways and lighting panels from every direction are a common theme throughout every deck of the ship. The floor, bulkhead and overhead panels are predominantly metallic with no upholstery. While the common ships of the class tend toward gun-metal grey, the duranium plating upcycled into the Constellation resulted in a colour scheme that favours brushed copper, reflective bronze and transparent panels throughout the ship's interiors. With the advent of holo-technology and automation, most compartments are sparsely furnished and decorated. Single-use equipment is too inefficient a use of space aboard a starship intended to explore unaided for five years at a stretch. Allowing for the illusion of larger rooms, most compartments are multi-functional, be they operational centres, personal quarters or laboratories, with fewer partitions and sub-divisions than on the comfort-driven explorers of old.

Planetarium

Bringing with it all of the mid-century dining room sets and interior design of the 2260s, the Planetarium lounge is an exact replica of the crew lounge aboard the Constitution-class USS Constellation NCC-1017. From the lacquered black deck plating to the vibrant red banquets, stepping into the Planetarium feels like stepping into Starfleet's past. By utilising all of the interior safe sacrificed by smaller quarters, the Planetarium offers a large recreational area for the crew with an awe-inspiring wall of exterior viewports looking out the forward saucer-section. There is one raised dining platform, enclosed with duranium slats, offering a private dining area for the captain and senior staff. The one 25th-Century enhancement are the holographic projectors in the lounge often used to project familiar planetarium-style views of star systems and stellar phenomenon across the entire overhead of the lounge.

Romulan Laboratory

Based on the terms of the Federation's treaties with the Romulan Free State, the Romulan scientists aboard Constellation have an enclave laboratory devoted to their own independent research. The lab possesses a small dedicated computer core and subprocessors, entirely air-gapped from the starship's main computer cores. Under normal operating procedures, the Starfleet crew cannot access the Romulan lab with internal sensors unless authorized by the captain directly or if the computer detects risks such as damage to life support, weapons fire, open flames, or unregistered communications transmissions.

Auxiliary Craft

Constellation's shuttle bays are equipped with a full complement of auxiliary craft, including:

  1. ↑ https://bravofleet.com/mission/77082
  2. ↑ https://bravofleet.com/mission/83099
  3. ↑ https://bravofleet.com/mission/85284
  4. ↑ https://bravofleet.com/mission/87943
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