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The USS Achilles is the prototype vessel of the [[Achilles Class]] starships, built and used by the Federation's Starfleet. The Achilles itself has the [[Thetis|THETIS]] AI control system, not present on other ships of its class. | The USS Achilles is the prototype vessel of the [[Achilles Class]] starships, built and used by the Federation's Starfleet. The Achilles itself has the [[Thetis|THETIS]] AI control system, not present on other ships of its class. | ||
The keel of the USS Achilles | The keel of the USS Achilles was laid at the Procyon Fleetyards. Her navigation and drive systems were finished there, then she was moved, under heavy escort, to the Utopia Planetia Fleetyards orbiting Sol IV (Mars), where the rest of her systems, including the AI control system, were later installed. | ||
While extremely successful during the war and finished out shortly afterward, problems between her commanding officers and the Thetis system, however, resulted in the ship having 5 COs within a year, then being drydocked, unused, at Procyon for nearly six more. | While extremely successful during the war and finished out shortly afterward, problems between her commanding officers and the Thetis system, however, resulted in the ship having 5 COs within a year, then being drydocked, unused, at Procyon for nearly six more. | ||