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“The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.”
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Introduction
The Phoenix is an immortal winged creature from the ancient mythologies of Earth. The fiery bird of golds and reds flies far ahead looking to the future, exploring the environment and the events unfolding within it. It is a creature of great strength and beauty that can both terrify and inspire those who gaze upon it. Like the mythical creature it is named after, the USS Phoenix-C has symbolically risen from the ashes many times and does so once again after undergoing a transformative refit in early of 2394. The refit included an upgrade to her warp reactor, the installation of a QSSD, and minor upgrades to her weapons, computer core, and facilities. The final piece to her transformation is the addition of a Typhonic Shielding Device developed through collaboration with the Laudean Academy of Fielding and Science.
The USS Phoenix-C was launched on stardate 2394xx.xx under the command of Commander Brayden Jorey on a mission of exploration into the mysterious and volatile Typhon Expanse. It was there that a wormhole was discovered. The USS Phoenix-C travelled through the Gateway to the Gaea Region in the Gamma Quadrant.
History
The USS Phoenix-C was the first production vessel of the new Wolverine sub-class of Steamrunner vessels designed to perform better at escort duty whilst foregoing almost all the luxuries associated with the traditional multi-role Starfleet vessel. The vessel construction included fixes to various design flaws on the sub-class prototype USS Tiger.
Successful in many ways, the Phoenix-C became a versatile, often-used addition to the Starbase 118 fleet, and saw service for a long period of time under Captain Malcolm Lysander, the Commanding Officer of StarBase 118 Operations. Due to its small crew requirements and diverse array of abilities, acting as a field ship for the Ops crew was a perfect choice for the new vessel. It served as a field ship with distinction before undergoing a further refit at Midway Repair Facility, which was completed in 2384.
In late Spring of 2386 the Phoenix arrived at Deep Space 17 inside the Ithassa Region, transporting both personnel and equipment to the aged starbase. As the starbase was bombed, a group of Ixvapyans lead by their warlord, Hadrian beamed aboard and stole the Phoenix from dock. It was taken across Ithassa and into the Bull's Run Way Corridor before the crew of the USS Independence-A retook the Phoenix from the remnants of the warrior race outside the galaxy at Odyssey Station. The Phoenix was brought back to Starbase 118 as a patrol ship for The Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet and remained there until it was launched into the Typhon Expanse under the command of Brayden Jorey
Objectives
- Explore and patrol the Typhon Expanse & Provide Emergency Support for the Embassy on Duonis II.
- Assure that the Gaeans Join the Laudeans in Becoming Member Worlds of the Federation.
- Monitor and Protect the Typhon Gateway.
- Explore the Gaea Region & Strengthen Ties with the Allied Forces.
- Provide emergency support to Hyperion Station & Help Establish a Federation Presence in the Region.
Lineage
The Phoenix name has a long and proud history of ships. The first ship to bear the name Phoenix was Zefram Cochrane's historic premiere warp vessel. Constructed from an old Titan V nuclear missile, the Phoenix was the brainchild of Zefram Cochrane, and the first vessel in Earth history to travel at warp velocities. The ship's configuration was a simple three-man space capsule design with a long attached section containing the nuclear reactor and warp nacelles.
The first, and only, flight of the Phoenix took place on April 5, 2063. Just before 11am, the Phoenix lifted off from Montana, North America, carrying three crewmembers, Cochrane himself, William T. Riker and Geordi La Forge (both of the USS Enterprise-E, from 2373). After separating from its launch vehicle, the Phoenix extended its nacelles and engaged the warp drive, crossing the warp threshold which attracted the attention of a passing Vulcan ship, the T'Plana-Hath (this encounter would lead to the event known as "First Contact"). The vessel remained at warp for approximately one minute before returning to sublight speeds, and heading back to Earth. By the 24th century, the Phoenix is an exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution.
The next ship to bear the name Phoenix was the USS Phoenix, a Nebula class ship, registration number NCC-65420, under the command of Captain Benjamin Maxwell. This ship was constructed by the Yoyodyne Division at 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards and commissioned on stardate 40250.5 in 2363.
In 2367, Captain Maxwell turned vigilante with Phoenix, destroying several Cardassian outposts and ships in Sector 21505 seemingly without provocation. He claimed his actions were justified because the Cardassians were preparing to renew hostilities only a year after peace had been settled with the United Federation of Planets. Captain Jean-Luc Picard was assigned to intercept and stop Maxwell. En route to intercept the Phoenix, the Enterprise's sensors revealed that Captain Maxwell was attempting to destroy another supply ship. In an attempt to prevent the further destruction of Cardassian lives and property, Captain Picard gave a nearby Cardassian warship the Phoenix's Prefix code to give the Cardassians an advantage. Despite taking a direct hit with its shields down, the Phoenix still managed to destroy the attacking ship with a salvo of torpedoes.
Captain Tristan Wolf was placed in command of the third ship of this name, the USS Phoenix-B. (Starfleet comissioned the name Phoenix-B to denote that this was the third ship of this name; the "-A" marking was skipped.) This vessel, run out of StarBase 118, was the flagship of that fleet for many years before being surpassed in power by some of the newer, more heavily armed ships of StarBase 118 like the USS Nemesis. Due to the fact that Captain Wolf was promoted to Admiral of the StarBase, the ship was re-assigned as the StarBase's 'field ship', and used in the next few years on a per-mission basis, mostly acting to defend the StarBase, and as a crew transport.
As the enemies of the federation became more numerous, and more powerful, a new ship was needed to defend the StarBase. The Phoenix-B, while still a powerful ship, had outlived it's usefulness and was experienced numerous computer failures, which began on stardate 9812.10. Willing to accept that simply retiring the old ship will be less of a drain on resources than attempting to do massive refits on the computer's systems, StarBase 118 worked to find a new ship to replace the Phoenix-B.
After the proposal for the Steamrunner-Wolverine class was completed, the USS Tiger became the prototype ship of that class. With the success of the prototype, the USS Phoenix-C was built as the first ship of the class and joined the lineage of ships named Phoenix.
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