The Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Trinity_Sector.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]Starfleet's '''Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet''' is a fleet of Federation starships that operate from [[Starbase 118]]. 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:

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:

 

 

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.

The fleet has three ships which are are kept docked at Starbase 118 as a backup to the main patrol outside the station. These three vessels are on hot standby. On the current rotation these are the [[USS Aegis]], the [[USS Victory]], and the [[USS Columbia]]. These two ships remain docked at Starbase 118 and are ready to launch on five-minutes notice. The three 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 the primary hot standby vessel, the [[USS Victory]] 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 three 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.

The fleet's cool standby vessels are larger starships which remain docked at [[Starbase 118]] awaiting assignment. Heavy cruisers, the cool standby vessels are 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), are expected to assist in any defense efforts and are expected to be a part of the cool standby group. The [[IKS jlSuDrup]], is under the command of Commander [["Cooley" Korliath]].

 

 

 

The cool standby vessel is supported by:

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