The Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet
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Starfleet's Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet is a fleet of Federation starships that operate from Starbase 118 under the command of Admiral Luke Reider. The small fleet is based here to assist with administration in the Trinity-Serellan region of space, an area of major strategic importance at the crux of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan space. The primary duty of the fleet is to defend and patrol the area around StarBase 118, while the secondary mission is to support and defend the interests of Starfleet, including colonies, bases, and member planets. The fleet has jurisdiction across three sectors:
- the Trinity Sector
- the Serellan Sector
- the Jenatris Cloud Sector
During peace time the ships in Starbase 118's Defense Fleet fall into one of four categories:
- Patrol Duties
- Hot Standby
- Cool Standby
- Medical/Science Support
The vessels making up the Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet rotate depending on Starfleet's requirements elsewhere and on the commanding Fleet Captain's desired configuration. The current configuration of Starbase 118's Defense Fleet during this rotation is detailed below.
Patrol Duty
To protect Starbase 118 against surprise attacks, a patrol and monitor group maintains an around-the-clock watch on the base "in the air." This group currently consists of:
- an escort ship (currently the USS Phoenix-C)
- 2 squadrons of fighters
- 1 squadron of Type 9 support shuttles.
Whilst on patrol duty, the USS Phoenix-C remains flanked by one squadron of fighters, while the other squadron of fighters maintains a defensive posture in the opposite quadrant of the base's orbital zone. The patrol vessels use a random pattern of movement to ensure that timed surprise attacks based on movement are not possible. The patrols, however, coordinate their movements via encrypted channels to ensure adequate coverage.
Fighter squadrons and support shuttles rotate in staggered shifts of four hours, while the main escort vessel maintains patrol in constantly until required to return to dock for repairs or service. Crews aboard the escort vessel rotate internally, and when necessary can transport back to the base, or utilize a shuttle ferry.
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USS Phoenix Patrol vessel NCC-65403-C Steamrunner-Wolverine class Escort vessel |
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Hot Standby
The fleet has two ships which are are kept docked at Starbase 118 as a backup to the main patrol outside the station. These two vessels are on hot standby. On the current rotation these are the USS Aegis and the USS Columbia. These two ships remain docked at Starbase 118 and are ready to launch on five-minutes notice. The two hot standby ships are designated to responding to any situations that might crop up within the region. To this end, a specially-trained StarBase crew man's these craft as a skeleton crew for the battle-ready designated vessels. Oftentimes either the USS Aegis or the USS Columbia may be moved to mission active status and used by Starbase 118's command staff to follow up leads or react to specific situations. When this occurs, the smaller ship, USS Arrow, moves on to hot standby to ensure that there are always two battle-ready vessels ready to leave Starbase 118 within five minutes. When the USS Arrow is not performing this duty, she is used to run escort protecting special cargo shipments or V.I.P.s in transit.
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USS Aegis Hot standby/primary support vessel NCC-74323 Norway Class Escort vessel | ||
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USS Columbia Hot standby vessel NCC-85279 Nebula Class |
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USS Arrow Hot standby backup vessel NCC-69829 Saber Class Escort vessel |
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These ships are supported by:
In the event that these three permanently stationed vessels are unavailable, one of the StarFleet vessels which are in dock for resupply or shore-leave will be designated as the battle-ready vessel. Whenever possible, if the battle-ready vessel is a visiting (temporary) ship, more than one will be designated as battle-ready to allow an "on" and "off-shift" for the skeleton crew so as to allow the ship's own crew the chance to disembark.
Cool Standby
The fleet's cool standby vessel is a larger starship which remains docked at Starbase 118 awaiting assignment. A heavy cruiser, the cool standby vessel is ready to launch on thirty-minutes notice so as to respond to any situations that might crop up within the region.
Vessels of closely allied political entities who are not members of the UFoP (i.e.- Klingons), or expected to assist in any defense efforts and are expected to be a part of the cool standby group. With the USS Constitution on reassignment, the IKS jlSuDrup, under the command of Commander "Cooley" Korliath is currently acting as cool standby vessel.
This Klingon Vor'Cha class vessel is being supported by:
- 15 squadrons of Starfleet fighters
- 4 squadrons of Starfleet support shuttles (any type)
| IKS jlSuDrup Cool Standby vessel Vor'Cha Class |
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The IKS jlSuDrup fulfills all the duties that were formally the USS Constitution's. When on cool standby, the USS Constitution interfaces with Starbase 118's computers to keep tabs on it's crew, who are expected to utilize the Constitution's internal transporter systems to report for duty if the need arises. Due to the necessity of proper resource utilization, the cool standby vessel will often be rotated, to allow these valuable ships to see time in the field. If a heavy frigate is not available, up to three light frigates can be substituted at Starfleet's discretion.
The cool standby vessel is supported by:
- 15 squadrons of fighters
- 4 squadrons of support shuttles (any type)
Prior to 238307.28 the cool standby vessel was USS Constitution, However, on Stardate the USS Constitution was re-assigned to Captain Tyr Waltas for a special mission in lieu of the USS Discovery. Shortly thereafter the USS Constitution was permanently reassigned to deep space exploration under the command of Captain Cura Assanti
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USS Constitution Cool Standby vessel NCC-9012-B Galaxy Class |
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Medical/Scientific Support
Medical vessels, such as the Geneva-, Graceful- and Olympic-class vessels, are much more predictable in their configuration and missions. Dedicated to healing the injured, treating the sick, and pushing back the frontiers of medical knowledge, they have saved uncounted millions of Federation lives. Instead of flying "patrols," they go where ordered by Starfleet Medical or Starfleet Command, or accompany large contingents of ships heading into battle or other dangerous situations (though they carefully remain to the rear and display their medical emblems prominently).
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USS Braveheart Hospital Ship NCC-55241 Olympic |
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Research/Laboratory Vessels
Scientific pursuits remain at the forefront of Starfleet's agenda, and it is justly proud of its Research and Laboratory vessels. Ranging from the smaller Fermi-class "flying laboratory," which conducts experiments in zero-g and other space environments, to the large Nova-class planetary surveyor, they tend to be highly specialized. Many are modular, allowing different laboratory modules to be swapped in and out to reconfigure the ship for a specific mission with relatively little effort.
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USS Resolution Research/Laboratory Ship NCC--B Nova |
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