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| {{Starship | | {{Starship |
| | name = Constellation | | | name = Intrepid |
| | prefix = USS | | | prefix = USS |
| | image =[[File:Constellationplanet.jpg]] | | | image = [[Image:Intrepidpatch.png]] |
| | registry =NCC-91017 | | | registry = NCC-74600 |
| | class = Constitution III | | | class = Intrepid |
| | type = explorer | | | type = science vessel |
| | affiliation =[[Starfleet]] | | | affiliation = [[Starfleet]] |
| | status = Active | | | status = Decommissioned |
| | commission =2401 | | | commission = 2370s |
| | decommission = | | | decommission = 2392 |
| | destroyed = | | | destroyed = |
| | unit = | | | unit = |
| | taskforce = Fourth Fleet Operations | | | taskforce = |
| | taskgroup = | | | taskgroup = |
| | squadron = | | | squadron = |
| | mothership =
| | | role = Light Explorer |
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| | role =Explorer | | | xo = |
| | co =[[bfms_char:48362|Captain Taes]] | | | dedication = |
| | xo =[[bfms_char:48427|Commander Kellin Rayco]] | |
| | dedication =[[File:Constellation Plaque.jpg]] | |
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| {{quote|We only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding.|'''Steven Hall - ''Ship's Dedication Quote'''''}} | | {{quote|The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. |'''Arthur C. Clarke - ''Ship's Dedication Quote'''''}} |
| '''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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| ==History ==
| | Boasting the scientific and exploration capabilities of the famed Galaxy-class in a space frame over half the size, the [https://bravofleet.com/command/68710/ USS ''Intrepid''] was a testbed for many new technologies upon her construction in the early 2370’s. Sleek and maneuverable, ''Intrepid'' was one of the fastest ships in the fleet upon her launch, and the experimental atmospheric landing capability made the ship an important part of Starfleet’s exploration arm. |
| 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).
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| 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 ''Intrepid'' was retired in the 2390s and succeeded years later by a [[Duderstadt Class|''Duderstadt''-class]] ship. |
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| 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.
| | ===Command History=== |
| | *[https://bravofleet.com/command/68710/ 2400 - 2401]: [[bfms_char:52001|Captain T'Prynn]] |
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| | =Key Location Data= |
| | With 15 decks, the ship has hundreds of rooms and locations that serve a variety of purposes for the crew. Some of the more notable locations include: |
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| === Lost Fleet === | | ==Bridge, Deck 1== |
| 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:Bridge.png|right|thumb|Main Bridge, command center for the USS ''Intrepid''.]] |
| [[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]] | | Consisting of an amalgamation of successful features from both the [[Akira Class|Akira]] and [[Sovereign Class|Sovereign]] lineages, the ''Intrepid'' has one of the more unique and recently developed bridge modules in the fleet. Importantly, it makes the most of a variety of technological advancements, such as holoprojectors, holographic communications, in-built weapons lockers and three-dimensional computer displays wherever possible. |
| 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>
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| === Frontier Day ===
| | In a move away from more recent styles, and harking back to the traditional layouts of yesteryear, the ''Intrepid'' has an ornately carved wooden rail, known as The Arch, surrounding the command pit used to separate all of the forward facing stations from those in the aft section. Located on the aft bulkhead are stations dedicated to engineering, with the Master Systems Display (MSD) and additional controls allowing the engineers access to the same engineering systems as in engineering itself, including access to environmental controls, propulsion systems and the warp core. |
| 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>
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| 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.
| | In front of The Arch, an area known as the command pit, three chairs stand ready for the Captain, her Executive Officer (starboard) and a third seat (port), reserved for the use of the ship's Counsellor, Chief Medical Officer or any official or dignitary the Captain sees fit. All three chairs have controls built into the arms on either side, allowing the occupier unprecedented control from the safety of their seat. Directly ahead of the command pit, at the bottom of the platform and between the commanding officer and the holographic viewscreen, two angled consoles serve as duty stations for Operations (port) and Flight Operations (starboard). Next, and facing the main focal point of the viewscreen, are duty stations for science (port) and tactical (starboard). Around the outside of the bridge, there are countless other additional stations. Behind the main science station on the port bulkhead, additional science and medical consoles are available for mission operations, as well as access to life support. Adjacent to them on the starboard bulkhead, tactical and security are the focus with additional controls allowing the crew to deal with any scenario that may arise in their mission, without the need to access more specialised facilities around the ship unless absolutely necessary or appropriate. Operations are routinely monitored here, and additional personnel from across the ship may be assigned on a needs basis, such as additional medical or science personnel when evacuating a colony or dealing with an anomaly; security may be beefed up from here in the event of a tactical scenario such as an intruder alert or boarding action; intelligence, strategic operations and command analysts are likely to use the space to provide relevant departments with up to date information in ever-changing scenarios. |
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| 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>
| | Around the command center, four doors provide access to and from the bridge. On the forward port bulkhead, access is available to the observation lounge and Executive Officer's ready room, whilst the starboard door grants access to the commanding officer's private ready room (available for use by any officer in command of the ship), and a forward turbo lift granting express access to key locations only, such as engineering, shuttlebay 1, sickbay, the brig and transporter rooms 1 and 2. At the aft of the bridge, both doors provide access to turbo lifts which enable the crew to access the command center from the rest of the bridge. |
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| === Directive Four === | | ==Engineering, Deck 11== |
| [[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]] | | [[File:Engineering.png|left|thumb|175px|Heart of the ship, ''Intrepid's'' engineering bay.]] |
| 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.
| | Located on deck eleven and home to dozens of personnel tasked with the maintenance and operation of all things technological aboard the ''Intrepid'', main engineering is the heart of the ship. The room is dominated by the ship's main source of power, the matter-antimatter reaction assembly warp core, which is a class 9 warp drive with a tricyclic input manifold. It also has an upper level where some specialist controls are located. |
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| 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>
| | ==Messhall, Deck 2== |
| | [[File:Messhall.png|thumb|right|The Messhall, primary recreation center aboard ''Intrepid''.]] |
| | The main recreation area for personnel aboard the ''Intrepid'', the messhall is equipped with four food replicators, and a private captain's dining room just behind it but accessible from the main room. This dining room has recently been reconfigured to serve as a kitchen at the behest of [[bfms_char:52001|Captain T'Prynn]] due to her delicate dietary requirements. The messhall is staffed around the clock by a small team of six civilian catering staff. The messhall is typically used to host many social and mission-specific gatherings, including diplomatic affairs, birthday parties, memorial services, weddings, and holiday celebrations. Due to the ship's small size, the messhall can also serve as a makeshift sickbay whenever that facility is disabled or otherwise overwhelmed. |
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| === Notable Crew=== | | ==Key Locations, Primary Hull== |
| | * Deck 1: Main Bridge, Captain’s Ready Room, Officer’s Briefing Room, Multi-use offices, Escape Pod Access, Aft Bridge Airlock, and Upper Sensor Platform |
| | * Deck 2: Officer's Mess, Senior Officers and VIP Quarters, Executive Officer’s Office Labs and Storage, Upper Sensor Platform Subsystems, Escape Pod Access |
| | * Deck 3: Captain's Quarters, Officers' Quarters, and VIP Quarters, Equipment Storage, Torpedo Loading Maintenance, Testing Isolation Chamber, and Turbolift Maintenance. |
| | * Deck 4: Crew quarters, Transporters Rooms (2 – 1P/S), Aft Photon Torpedo Launchers, Phaser Maintenance, Forward Sensor Pallet Subsystems, and Escape Pod Access |
| | * Deck 5: Sickbay, Primary Sickbay Support Systems (ICU, Biohazard Support, Radiation Treatment Wards, Surgical Ward, Critical Care, Null-Gravity Treatment, Isolation Suites, etc.), Chief Medical Officer's Office, Counselor's Office, Crew Quarters, Library, Transporter Pattern Buffers (2 - 1 P/S), Holodecks (2 – 1P/S), Sensor Gear, Escape Pod Access, and |
| | * Deck 6: Crew Quarters, Non-Specific Science Laboratories (8 – 5P/3S) Aux Deflector Control, Aux Computer Core, Escape Pod Access, |
| | * Deck 7: Aux. Computer Core, Upper Cargo Bays 1 & 2, Labs, Escape Pod Access, RCS Thruster Access |
| | * Deck 8: Astrometrics, Chief Science Officer’s Office, Deuterium Processing, Port/Starboard/Forward Docking Ports, ODN/EPS Main Trunks, Lower Cargo Bays 1 & 2 |
| | * Deck 9: Cargo Loading Doors, Aerowing Shuttle Dock, and Labs |
| | ==Key Locations, Secondary Hull== |
| | * Deck 6: Deuterium (Matter) Processing, Consumables Resupply Connectors |
| | * Deck 7: Deuterium Tankage, Warp Engine Core Injector Access |
| | * Deck 8: Deuterium Tankage, Upper Premix Chamber, And Aft Work Pod Storage |
| | * Deck 9: Cargo Loading Doors, Upper Aerowing Shuttle Dock, and Labs |
| | * Deck 10: Main Shuttlebay, Shuttlebay Storage (SB2), Flight Control Center, Aft EV Access Airlock, Main Computer Core, Forward Photon Torpedo Launchers, Reserve Warp Engine Core, And Main Navigational Deflector |
| | * Deck 11: Main Engineering, Engineer's Office, Aft Lounge, Warp Core, Auxiliary Warp Engine, Main Computer Core, Main Navigational Deflector |
| | * Deck 12: Environmental Control, Antimatter Tankage, Main Deflector Control Systems |
| | * Deck 13: Warp Engine Core, Labs, Escape Pod Access, And Secondary ODN/EPS Trunks |
| | * Deck 14: Antimatter Processing, Aft Tractor Beam Emitter, Tractor Beam Subsystems, Escape Pod Access, and Ground Hover Footpad Systems |
| | * Deck 15: Antimatter Loading Port, Forward Tractor Beam Emitter, Tractor Beam Subsystems, Plasma Relay Control Rooms, and Ground Hover Footpads |
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| [https://bravofleet.com/command/76363 2401-Present]: Captain [[bfms_char:48362/|Taes]]
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| ==Configuration==
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| ''Main article: [[Constitution III Class|Constitution III-class Explorer]]''
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| 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.
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| ===Planetarium===
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| 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.
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| ===Romulan Laboratory===
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| 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.
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| ===Auxiliary Craft===
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| ''Constellation's'' shuttle bays are equipped with a full complement of auxiliary craft, including:
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| *Captain's Yacht: ''Decker''
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| *[[Runabouts#Danube-class_runabout|Danube-class runabouts]]: ''Estéron (assimilated by the Borg in 2401)''
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| *[[Runabouts#Orion-class_runabout|Orion-class runabouts]]: ''Rubenstein'' and ''Anser''
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| *[[Personnel_Shuttles#Type_14_Shuttle|Type-14 shuttles]], including: ''Masada'', ''Harpa Georgii,'' ''Canis Minor,'' and ''Zoma''
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