The Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet
Starfleet's "Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet" is a Fleet of Federation Starships that operates out of Starbase 118 under the command of Fleet Captain Rocar. The small fleet is based here to assist with administration in the Trinity-Serellan region of space:
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This is an area of major strategic importance as it lies at the crux of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan space and is shared between the three major powers of the Beta Quadrant. As such their primary duty is to defend and patrol the area around Starbase 118. However, they also have the secondary mission of being present to help with support in the region (for example medical assistance). The fleet, therefore, 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 catergories:
- Patrol Duties
- Hot Standby
- Cool Standby
- Medical/Science Support
The vessels making up the Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet rotates depending on Starfleet's requirement's elsewhere and on the commanding Fleet Captain's desired configuration. The current configuration of Starbase 118's Defense Fleet during this rotation is as follows:
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.Ps 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 Cool Standby vessel NCC-85279 Nebula Class |
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USS Arrow Hot Standby 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 to allow an "on" and "off-shift" for the skeleton crew. Generally, to allow the ship's own crew the chance to disembark.
Cool Standby
The fleet's cool standby vessel is currently the USS Constitution, which remains docked at Starbase 118. 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. When on cool standby the USS Constitution interfaces with Starbase 118's computers to keep tabs on their crew, and are expected to utilize their own internal transporter systems to recall crew when possible.
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USS Constitution Cool Standby vessel NCC-0912-B Galaxy Class |
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She is supported by:
- 15 squadrons of fighters
- 4 squadrons of support shuttles (any type)
NB: This is the Fleet's current deployment, however, the Galaxy class starship could be replaced with three frigates/similarly equipped smaller vessels.
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 Class |
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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 Class |
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