Odyssey Squadron

The Odyssey Heavy Explorer Squadron is a formation centred around the starship USS Odyssey, the prototype of the Odyssey-class explorer. It is currently under the command of Commodore James Preston McCallister. The squadron was assigned as a deep space expeditionary force within the Delta Quadrant. Assembled at the end of 2400, the group was ordered to proceed to the Swallow Nebula region beyond the Gradin Belt.

The squadron was assigned directly to Fourth Fleet Operations; it also worked closely with the Delta Exploration Initiative. As a result, the main base of operations was originally located back in the Alpha Quadrant at Starbase 38. Before the end of 2401, Deep Space 19 became its main base of operations. Working in tandem with one another, the primary goal of the squadron was to re-explore the areas that the USS Voyager visited during its seven-year journey through the distant quadrant.

After spending almost two years in the Delta Quadrant, the crew of the USS Odyssey became experts in the Gradin Belt area, which gave them the experience and knowledge of the regions to explore the Delta Quadrant further and lead the squadron.

All of the ships assigned are deep space explorers. Each is capable of long-term assignments; however, when working together, they support one another to ensure they share resources to complete their mission.

History

2400
- December:
  - The Odyssey Squadron is commissioned by the Director of Fourth Fleet Operations, Vice Admiral Zack Marshall-Bennett and Admiral Vailis, Director of the Delta Exploration Initiative.
  - Initially, five ships are assigned as a small group, as Starfleet is unaware of what to expect when they arrive in the Swallow Nebula region.
  - The ships meet at the Markonian Outpost before beginning their first joint mission, a simple survey of an unchartered system on the far edges of the Gradin Belt.
  - The squadron detects and investigates a Borg interlink frequency. After discovering the crash remains of a Borg ship, the squadron helps several drones reclaim their individuality and prevents one from attempting to use a spatial trajector to return to the Collective.
2401
- January-February:
  - The squadron makes several diplomatic inroads in the Swallow Nebula region. This includes further diplomatic exchange with the Benthans.
  - Starfleet orders the squadron to return home to the Alpha Quadrant before the upcoming Frontier Day celebrations.
- March:
  - The entire squadron is embroiled in the Dominion Lost Fleet incursion in the Deneb Sector.
  - The squadron responds to a distress call from the Divinum colony. Though it appears the Dominion has used a metagenic weapon against the entire population, after further investigation, the squadron finds that all of the colonists have been captured in transporter suspension. Working with elements from the Cardassian Union, they are able to save the colonists.
  - Captain Rio Canção gives her life to save the colonists.
  - The squadron participates in the defence of Farpoint Station.
  - The Bellerophon is heavily damaged and taken to Avalon Fleet Yards for repairs.
- April:
  - During the Frontier Day celebrations, the Borg commandeer the Odyssey, Themis and Triton.
  - The Triton sustains significant harm when the USS Titan-A uses its prefix codes against it. The Triton is abandoned and left to drift before the incident is resolved. The Triton is taken to the San Francisco Fleet Yards for repairs. After abandoning their ship, the Triton crew discover the whereabouts of kidnapped Starfleet officers, including Fleet Admiral Luke Duncan and Captain Zack Marshall-Bennet.
  - At Avalon Fleet Yards, the Bellerophon is almost assimilated. Those crewmembers unaffected by the Borg DNA modifications overload and destroy several systems, rendering the Bellerophon useless.
  - Because the Bellerophon and Triton cannot return to active duty in the short term, Starfleet assigns the USS Constitution to the squadron.
May:
- The Constitution is presumed lost after being pulled across the Delta Quadrant. It discovers a Sikarian deep space colony whose leader uses its spatial trajectory technology to pull ships to them to raid their databases. The crew temporarily allies with a group of Hirogen hunters to stop the Sikarian leader. They succeed but are stranded in an area known as the Fabula Stretch.
- June:
  - The Odyssey prevents the remnants of a Borg Transwarp Hub from being rebuilt and captured by the Malon after a resurgent in Borg activity.
  - The Constitution makes first contact with a non-humanoid photonic-based civilisation via its holodeck technology that lives in a cyclic pulsar. The ship is able to send a hyper-subspace message with an update on their status to the rest of the squadron.
- July:
  - The Telemachus is staffed by the squadron's cadet training unit for their first training cruise. The cadets successfully map a new M-class world in the Verkien System in the Kotaba Expanse.
- August:
  - The USS Themis works with the crew of the USS Constellation to rescue a Krenim colony on the planet known as Onitha. During their rescue attempts, both crews encounter several alternative timelines. They are able to stop further damage to the space-time continuum and prevent the Krenim from continuing to use their Paradox Machine.
  - The Odyssey opens diplomatic and trade talks with the Entharan colony on Gerina IV. Initially the talks go well until a local businessman, Korvain, attempts to take the ship and crew. The ship barely escapes.
- September:
  - The Constitution uses the remains of a Voth transwarp coil and successfully sheds two years off its journey back to the Gradin Belt.
    - The ship, after repairing its warp drive, comes across a region where there is meant to be no life, however they discover a Vidiian colony. The Vidiians on the colony are free from the phage and are part of a group who escaped from the Vidiian Solidarity, a sort of last-ditch attempt at ensuring their civilisation's survival. They arrived in the Fabula Stretch via a nearby wormhole.
    - The crew agree to help the Vidiian sanctuary; in return, they stop a Kazon raid against the Vidiians and close the wormhole before returning to the Nacene Reach.
    - The Constitution uses the Barzan Wormhole in the Takar system to return to the Alpha Quadrant.
  - The entire squadron returns to Federation space after almost six months of exploring the Swallow Nebula region (and other parts of the Delta Quadrant).
  - Seeing the squadron's potential, Starfleet orders all three ships to Deep Space 19, one of Starfleet’s hubs in developing strong, effective, long-range communication with their deep space explorers.
  - The squadron is expanded further.
    - The Bellerophon and Triton are fully repaired and assigned back to the squadron.
    - The USS Orion and USS Destiny are assigned to the squadron.
  - As Underspace corridors start to emerge across the galaxy, the squadron is sent through the aperture close to Deep Space 19. It connects to another aperture in the Swallow Nebula region near to B’omar space.
  - The Constitution rescues a damaged B’omar vessel after it is nearly destroyed by a Cardassian warship.
  - The Bellerophon and Triton help a group of Caatati ships who are misplaced by the underspace apertures.
  - The Destiny opens diplomatic relations with the Arritheans to help relocate a number of Caatati refugees. The Arritheans agree after sharing that they already have a refugee settlement for the Caatati on one of their moons.
    - The Destiny, Triton and Bellerophon help relocate the Caatati on the Arrithean's moon.
  - The Odyssey, Constitution and Themis witness the Cardassian withdrawal from the region after they close the underspace apertures.
- October:
  - The Triton begins exploring an area known as the Veil.
    - They rescue the crew of a Klingon Bird of Prey, who agree to join the crew after their ship is destroyed.
    - Further investigation of the Veil shows that the region is inhabited by a race known as the Ilumirian. Captain Banfield makes first contact but, in the process, discovers that the Veil is protected by a member from the Nacene. This Nacene shares with Banfield its desire to return its own realm. It leaves behind the technology for the Ilumirian to protect their region.
  - The Constitution makes first contact with the Zahl Regency and opens diplomatic relations.
  - The Themis is sent to the Krenim colony on Kyanna Prime and engages in diplomatic efforts. During a state dinner, a group of rogue Krenim scientist steal a temporal ship, a prototype and use it to go back in time. The Themis is caught in the temporal incursion and heads back in time to stop them from damaging the timeline.
    - The Krenim scientists are the same scientists that the Themis rescued at Onitha. They claim they have discovered that the Federation, mainly the USS Voyager, is responsible for preventing the Krenim Imperium from reaching its height. They have stolen the prototype timeship in a bold bid to stop Voyager from ever entering the Delta Quadrant.
    - Returning to the year 2319 and being sent back to the Alpha Quadrant, the crew of the Themis stop the Krenim scientists from preventing the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor from happening. Though this goes against everything in Captain Cambil's belief, she upholds the Temporal Prime Directive and returns back to 2401 and to the Delta Quadrant with the Krenim technology.
  - A shuttle from the Odyssey crash lands on an icy world and makes first contact with the Glaciarian civilisation. The Glaciarians are isolationists and do not want any outsider help, but Commanders Flemen and Tomaz discover that the Nacene once protected the Glaciarian people and left behind a tetryon reactor to protect their people. However, the reactor has become unstable after years of neglect and is malfunctioning. The away team helps repair it and agree not to have any further contact with the Glaciarians.
- December:
  - The crew of the USS Orion finish an extensive mapping survey of a class nine nebula. While en-route to meet with the rest of the squadron, they detect a pre-warp civilisation in the midst of a space race. The crew study the Virellans up close as they begin their journey into deep space.
2402
- January:
  - The squadron detects two anomalies possibly linked to further Nacene activity.
    - The Destiny, the Odyssey, the Bellerophon and the Triton race to a barren planet in a remote corner of the Delta Quadrant to investigate. The Destiny arrives first. There, it encounters a Nacene called Eliatha, who declares Captain Bennet her newfound mate and gives him Nacene-like powers.
    - The Constitution, Themis and Orion investigate another anomaly.

Leadership

Squadron Commander: Commodore James Preston McCallister (2400+)
Squadron Deputy Commander: Captain Cambil Bexa (2401+)

Composition


Odyssey Squadron
USS Odyssey Odyssey-class	Squadron Flagship	Commodore James Preston McCallister Squadron Commander Captain Max Duncan Commanding Officer
USS Telemachus Aquarius-class	Flagship Embarked Escort
USS Themis Ross-class		Captain Cambil Bexa Deputy Squadron Commander & Commanding Officer
USS Destiny Vesta-class		Captain Zack Marshall-Bennet Commanding Officer
USS Orion Sagan-class		Captain Mo'Lee-Krabreii Commanding Officer
USS Constitution Constitution III-class		Captain Horatio McCallister Commanding Officer
USS Triton Luna-class		Captain Corella Banfield Commanding Officer
USS Bellerophon Intrepid-class		Captain Karyn Reyas Commanding Officer
USS Astra Protostar-class		Captain Niro Commanding Officer