The Trinity-Serellan Defense Fleet: Difference between revisions

During peace time the ships in Starbase 118's Defense Fleet fall into one of four categories:

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.

 

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.

 

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.

<td align="center" colspan="3" width="275">[[USS Aegis]]<br> ''Hot standby/primary support vessel''<br> NCC-74323<br > [[ma:Norway class|Norway Class]]  [[Starfleet Starships: Escorts|Escort]] vessel

<td align="center" colspan="3" height="225" width="275">[[USS Columbia]]<br> ''Hot standby vessel''<br>NCC-85279<br> [[ma:Nebula class|Nebula Class]]</td>

<td align="center" colspan="3" height="225" width="275">[[USS Arrow]]<br> ''Hot standby backup vessel''<br>NCC-69829<br> [[ma:Saber class|Saber Class]]  [[Starfleet Starships: Escorts|Escort]] vessel</td>

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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.

The fleet's cool standby vessel is currently the [[USS Constitution]], 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. 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.  

<td align="center" colspan="3" width="275">[[USS Constitution]]<br> ''Cool Standby vessel''<br>NCC-0912-B<br> [[ma:Galaxy class|Galaxy Class]]</td>

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The cool standby vessel is supported by:

<td align="center" colspan="3" height="225" width="275">'''[[USS Braveheart]]'''<br> ''Hospital Ship''<br>NCC-55241<br> [[ma:Olympic_class|Olympic]]</td>

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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 ''[[ma:Nova_class|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.

<td align="center" colspan="3" height="225" width="275">[[USS Resolution]]<br> ''Research/Laboratory Ship''<br>NCC--B<br> [[ma:Nova_class|Nova]]</td>

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