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| name = Pioneer
|name= Fourth Fleet Operations
| prefix = USS
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| image = [[File:Skyship_Voyager.png]]
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| registry = NCC-74657
|affiliation=*[[Starfleet]]
| class = Intrepid
*[[Fourth Fleet]]
| type = light explorer
|headquarters= [[Starbase Bravo]]
| affiliation = Starfleet, United Federation of Planets
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| status = Active
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| commission = 2372
|leadership=[[bfms_char: 23798|Rear Admiral Aubrey Seagraves]]
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| taskforce = Task Force 47
}}'''Fourth Fleet Operations''' is responsible for the logistics and assignments of the [[Fourth Fleet|Fourth Fleet's]] starships, starbases, and other assets, overseeing operational matters for the fleet's four [[Task Forces]], the [[Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group|Expeditionary Group]], the [[Fourth Fleet Forward Support Group|Forward Support Group]], Fourth Fleet Headquarters ([[Starbase Bravo]]), and [[Fourth Fleet Training Command]]. This office carries out the directives of the fleet's most senior leadership and handles many of the day-to-day activities that keep the fleet staffed, supplied, and mission-ready.
| taskgroup = Task Group 63
| squadron =
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| homeport =  
| role = Light Explorer
| co = [[bfms char:74021|Captain Kosev Thiren]]
| xo = [[bfms char:74025|Commander Savar]]
| dedication =[[File:Intrepid_Patch.png]]  
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{{quote|Curiosity is the essence of our existence.|Gene Cernan}}


== Organization ==
'''USS ''Pioneer'' (NCC-74657)''' is an [[Intrepid Class|''Intrepid''-class]] light explorer of [[Fourth Fleet|Fourth Fleet's]] [[Task Force 47]]. One of the first ''Intrepid''-class ships built, ''the Pioneer'' served with distinction during the Dominion War, triumphing in several engagements during the course of the war. Following the Dominion surrender in 2375, the ''Pioneer'' was reassigned to do what it was designed to do: exploration. After being saved from mothballs in 2399 and undergoing a year long retrofit, the ''Pioneer'', now under the command of [[bfms_char:74021|Captain Kosev Thiren]], resumes its mission to seek out new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Fourth Fleet Operations is headquartered with the rest of the fleet's senior leadership at Starbase Bravo. The Chief of Fleet Operations reports to the Commander and Deputy Commander, Fourth Fleet, with responsibility for operationalizing the orders of the Commander by ensuring that the appropriate vessels and stations are tasked to specific missions. The Operations Office is one of the largest offices within the fleet's leadership, rivaling Fleet Intelligence for the sheer volume of data being sent and received from Fourth Fleet assets across the galaxy.


===Task Forces===
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''Main Article: [[Task Forces]]''
==Design and Layout==
''Main Article'': [[Intrepid Class|''Intrepid''-class light explorer]]


The majority of the Fourth Fleet's starships are divided into five task forces, each of which has a specific mandate to oversee an aspect of the Fourth Fleet's operations throughout the galaxy. Each task force is further sub-divided into two task groups. Some task groups also contain squadrons. Fleet Operations handles both disseminating assignments to the appropriate task force to carry out the orders of the [[Bravo Fleet Commanding Officer|Fleet Admiral]] and ensuring that each Task Force is properly staffed and equipped.
During the ''Pioneer''<nowiki/>'s year long retrofit to update its systems to 25th century standards and technology, it was made very clear by Captain Thiren to the work crews at Avalon Fleet Yards that the overall design and feel of the starship remain very much unchanged from the original Intrepid design language. When walking through the ''Pioneer'', you find yourself on a familiar design, albeit with updated internals and technology to bring the starship into the 25th century. Interfaces and consoles have been updated and in most cases upgraded to the newest LCARS standards, but the overall design of the vessel was left intact per the Captain's instructions.


==== Independent Squadrons ====
==Auxiliary Craft==
Several squadrons exist outside of the Task Force structure, reporting directly to Fourth Fleet Operations for missions of a specialized or sensitive nature. These squadrons often undertake missions directly for department heads, the deputy commander, or the commander. They include:
The ''Pioneer'' has one shuttlebay capable of housing several [[Type-11 Personnel Shuttle|Type-11]] shuttles and even one [[Runabouts|Delta-class]] runabout. The ''Pioneer'' also houses an [[Aeroshuttle]] docked on the underside of the primary hull. This specialized shuttle is designed for conducting scientific surveys and other away missions.


* [[Arcturus Squadron]]
==History==
* [[Challenger Squadron]]
The ''Intrepid''-class USS ''Pioneer'', coming back from another tour of exploration in deep space, was set to transfer to the reserves or [https://memory-gamma.fandom.com/wiki/Mothball?so=search 'Mothballs'] due to the lack of consistent upgrades and interest in the now aging platform. When the ''Pioneer'' arrived at [[Avalon Fleet Yards]], it caught the eye of Captain Kosev Thiren who, at the time, was currently without a starship and awaiting reassignment. Reading up on the ship's history and discovering that the vessel served with distinction during the Dominion War, winning every engagement it participated in, Kosev petitioned then head of Task Force 47, Fleet Captain Alexandra T'Rin Sudari-Kravchik, to have the USS ''Pioneer'' assigned as his new command. With his request being granted, the vessel spent the next year at Avalon Fleet Yards receiving a major retrofit before being placed back into active service in February of 2401.
* [[Endeavour Squadron]]
* [[Yorktown Squadron]]


===== Independent Ships =====
When the ''Pioneer'' arrived at [[Farpoint Station]] to pick up the rest of their crew, Captain Thiren received a priority communication from Fourth Fleet Command about [[The Lost Fleet]] invading the [[Deneb Sector|Deneb]] sector. Holding a briefing with his senior staff, Thiren revealed a new [[Lost Fleet Priority Tasks|priority mission]] that the ''Pioneer'' had been assigned: infiltrate behind enemy lines and destroy a secret Ketracel-white facility. With the Federation News Network refusing to call attention to the invasion, citing that the attacks were nothing more than a [[Breen Confederacy|Breen]] border skirmish, the Fourth Fleet stood alone against the [[Dominion]], and they needed every edge they could get to turn the tide. So, the ''Pioneer'' was dispatched to destroy the facility.


*[[USS Constellation|USS ''Constellation'']], a [[Constitution III Class|''Constitution III''-class]] explorer
Utilizing technology and intelligence gathered by another [https://memory-gamma.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Voyager famous ''Intrepid''-class starship], the ''Pioneer'' was able to avoid detection during the entire trip to Saxue. Once there, they entered the nebula, located the facility, and launched a daring plan to destroy the lab to give the Fourth Fleet the edge they needed to win this fight. With the facility destroyed, the ''Pioneer'' retreated at maximum warp to Farpoint Station, where they arrived just in time to take part in the final offensive launched by Dominion forces. Together with the Fourth Fleet, the crew of the ''Pioneer'' were successful in repelling the attack and protecting the Deneb sector.


===Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group===
With the battle over, the ''Pioneer'' set course for Avalon Fleet Yards for crew rotation and repairs in preparation for the Frontier Day festivities.
''Main Article: [[Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group]]''


The Fourth Fleet Expeditionary Group is the Fourth Fleet's designated elite multi-mission response force, with a collection of starships meant to be able to quickly and effectively handle the fleet's most delicate and time-sensitive missions, wherever they are in the galaxy. These ships are assigned to the Fourth Fleet but not to a particular task force, and undertake a wide variety of missions across the galaxy that don't necessarily fit neatly into the mandate of one of the fleet's other units. Ships in the expeditionary group take their orders individually from Fourth Fleet Command through the Chief of Fourth Fleet Operations, generally getting assignments that require some combination of discretion and special capabilities.
===Notable Crew===
====Commanding Officers====
*[https://bravofleet.com/command/73580/ 2400 - Present] : [[bfms char:74021|Captain Kosev Thiren]]


===Fourth Fleet Forward Support Group===
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''Main Article: [[Fourth Fleet Forward Support Group]]''
 
The Fourth Fleet Forward Support Group consists of several starbases and space stations located throughout Federation space which are assigned to support the mission of the Fourth Fleet. These facilities allow the fleet to sustain operations with their ships spread far away from fleet headquarters and the headquarters of the four task forces, and Fleet Operations coordinates with these bases to ensure consistent supply lines.
 
===Fourth Fleet Headquarters===
''Main Article: [[Starbase Bravo]]''
 
'''Starbase Bravo is the current headquarters of the Fourth Fleet.''' As a large, modern [[Guardian Class|Guardian-class]] orbiting [[Mellstoxx III]], a Betazoid colony established soon after the people’s joining of the Federation, Starbase Bravo boasts the facilities to support the Fleet Command’s needs. There is a constant stream of junior officers and new captains coming to Starbase Bravo to be assigned by Fleet Operations to their eventual postings within the Fourth Fleet.
 
===Fourth Fleet Operations In-Play===
* For the vast majority of your stories, you probably don't ''need'' to know the exact organizational structure of the fleet. The amount of times we've heard Task Forces referenced on screen in ''Star Trek'' is tiny. Still, you might occasionally want to know who your command character reports to! Your personal fiction ship will be in the task force that you're assigned to as a member, so that's pretty easy: the person giving your ship orders in-character is your TFCO or TFXO. For RPGs, that person is the Chief of Fleet Operations or Deputy Chief of Fleet Operations, which is also easy!
* We rarely saw Fleet Admirals in ''Star Trek'', and that's because the commander of a major fleet is a very busy person! They have other more junior flag officers under them handing out the day-to-day orders necessary to execute their grand plans. That's what Fleet Operations is: a collection of flag officers and senior line officers that handle the paperwork and decision making to keep the fleet moving. Does the ''Enterprise'' or the ''Defiant'' handle this particular mission? Does this priority go to Task Force 72 or Task Force 38? Do we need to request more new officers from Starfleet Command? That kind of thing.

Revision as of 22:47, 10 July 2023

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USS Pioneer
General Information
Registry NCC-74657
Class & Type Intrepid-class light explorer
Affiliation Starfleet, United Federation of Planets
Status Active
Commissioned 2372
Assignment
Task Force Task Force 47
Task Group Task Group 63
Role Light Explorer
Key Personnel
Commanding Officer Captain Kosev Thiren
Executive Officer Commander Savar
Intrepid Patch.png
Template:Starship
"Curiosity is the essence of our existence."
    —Gene Cernan


USS Pioneer (NCC-74657) is an Intrepid-class light explorer of Fourth Fleet's Task Force 47. One of the first Intrepid-class ships built, the Pioneer served with distinction during the Dominion War, triumphing in several engagements during the course of the war. Following the Dominion surrender in 2375, the Pioneer was reassigned to do what it was designed to do: exploration. After being saved from mothballs in 2399 and undergoing a year long retrofit, the Pioneer, now under the command of Captain Kosev Thiren, resumes its mission to seek out new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Design and Layout

Main Article: Intrepid-class light explorer

During the Pioneer's year long retrofit to update its systems to 25th century standards and technology, it was made very clear by Captain Thiren to the work crews at Avalon Fleet Yards that the overall design and feel of the starship remain very much unchanged from the original Intrepid design language. When walking through the Pioneer, you find yourself on a familiar design, albeit with updated internals and technology to bring the starship into the 25th century. Interfaces and consoles have been updated and in most cases upgraded to the newest LCARS standards, but the overall design of the vessel was left intact per the Captain's instructions.

Auxiliary Craft

The Pioneer has one shuttlebay capable of housing several Type-11 shuttles and even one Delta-class runabout. The Pioneer also houses an Aeroshuttle docked on the underside of the primary hull. This specialized shuttle is designed for conducting scientific surveys and other away missions.

History

The Intrepid-class USS Pioneer, coming back from another tour of exploration in deep space, was set to transfer to the reserves or 'Mothballs' due to the lack of consistent upgrades and interest in the now aging platform. When the Pioneer arrived at Avalon Fleet Yards, it caught the eye of Captain Kosev Thiren who, at the time, was currently without a starship and awaiting reassignment. Reading up on the ship's history and discovering that the vessel served with distinction during the Dominion War, winning every engagement it participated in, Kosev petitioned then head of Task Force 47, Fleet Captain Alexandra T'Rin Sudari-Kravchik, to have the USS Pioneer assigned as his new command. With his request being granted, the vessel spent the next year at Avalon Fleet Yards receiving a major retrofit before being placed back into active service in February of 2401.

When the Pioneer arrived at Farpoint Station to pick up the rest of their crew, Captain Thiren received a priority communication from Fourth Fleet Command about The Lost Fleet invading the Deneb sector. Holding a briefing with his senior staff, Thiren revealed a new priority mission that the Pioneer had been assigned: infiltrate behind enemy lines and destroy a secret Ketracel-white facility. With the Federation News Network refusing to call attention to the invasion, citing that the attacks were nothing more than a Breen border skirmish, the Fourth Fleet stood alone against the Dominion, and they needed every edge they could get to turn the tide. So, the Pioneer was dispatched to destroy the facility.

Utilizing technology and intelligence gathered by another famous Intrepid-class starship, the Pioneer was able to avoid detection during the entire trip to Saxue. Once there, they entered the nebula, located the facility, and launched a daring plan to destroy the lab to give the Fourth Fleet the edge they needed to win this fight. With the facility destroyed, the Pioneer retreated at maximum warp to Farpoint Station, where they arrived just in time to take part in the final offensive launched by Dominion forces. Together with the Fourth Fleet, the crew of the Pioneer were successful in repelling the attack and protecting the Deneb sector.

With the battle over, the Pioneer set course for Avalon Fleet Yards for crew rotation and repairs in preparation for the Frontier Day festivities.

Notable Crew

Commanding Officers