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Besides her exploration missions, the Astraeus also served with distinction during the Dominion war, in which she maintained a high success to failure ratio against Dominion vessels. Crippled during the [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Ricktor_Prime Battle of Ricktor Prime], she spent the rest of the war in drydock undergoing repairs before she and Starfleet were able to resume their mission of peace and exploration. | Besides her exploration missions, the Astraeus also served with distinction during the Dominion war, in which she maintained a high success to failure ratio against Dominion vessels. Crippled during the [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Ricktor_Prime Battle of Ricktor Prime], she spent the rest of the war in drydock undergoing repairs before she and Starfleet were able to resume their mission of peace and exploration. | ||
Commanded by several different Captains and with dozens of first contacts under her belt, the Astraeus' advancing age and diminished effectiveness had begun to show near the end of the 2380s, and she was was pulled off of active duty several years ago for an extensive refit and overhaul, initially supervised by then-Lieutenant Commander [[Mei'konda]] at [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Starbase_74 Starbase 74]. With her refit nearly complete, she began space trials under the leadership of Commander Victor Yeager. | Commanded by several different Captains and with dozens of first contacts under her belt, the Astraeus' advancing age and diminished effectiveness had begun to show near the end of the 2380s, and she was was pulled off of active duty several years ago for an extensive refit and overhaul, initially supervised by then-Lieutenant Commander [[Mei'konda]] at [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Starbase_74 Starbase 74]. With her refit nearly complete, she began space trials under the leadership of Commander [[Victor Yeager]]. | ||
Unfortunately, Commander Yeager's leadership proved to be lacking. Determined to prove that the impossible could be done with the Astraeus' new technology, he ordered his crew to attempt entering the [[Shoals]], an area of space whose tetryon radiation prevents ships that are over 2,000,000 tonnes from operating at warp speeds. Predictably, the Astraeus' warp engines failed, and the [[USS Veritas]] came to her rescue. Heavily damaged by pirates operating in the area, the crews of the Astraeus and Veritas managed to find a way to get the Galaxy class starship back out of the region again, at which time the Astraeus put into drydock for repairs, and Commander Yeager was removed from command pending a court martial. | Unfortunately, Commander Yeager's leadership proved to be lacking. Determined to prove that the impossible could be done with the Astraeus' new technology, he ordered his crew to attempt entering the [[Shoals]], an area of space whose tetryon radiation prevents ships that are over 2,000,000 tonnes from operating at warp speeds. Predictably, the Astraeus' warp engines failed, and the [[USS Veritas]] came to her rescue. Heavily damaged by pirates operating in the area, the crews of the Astraeus and Veritas managed to find a way to get the Galaxy class starship back out of the region again, at which time the Astraeus put into drydock for repairs, and Commander Yeager was removed from command pending a court martial. | ||