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{{Motto - Active|Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul. And sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.|Emily Dickenson|ICON=AstraeusLeftRear1.jpg}} | {{Motto - Active|Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul. And sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.|Emily Dickenson|ICON=AstraeusLeftRear1.jpg}} | ||
The '''USS ''Astraeus''''' is one of the first six Galaxy class explorers commissioned in the 2360s, alongside vessels such as the USS Enterprise-D and the USS Galaxy. | The '''USS ''Astraeus''''' is one of the first six Galaxy class explorers commissioned in the 2360s, alongside vessels such as the USS Enterprise-D and the USS Galaxy. During her first decades of service, the Astraeus conducted several long term exploration missions at the edge of Federation space and beyond. | ||
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 is just beginning space trials under the leadership of Commander Victor Yeager. | |||
[[Category:USS Astraeus]] | [[Category:USS Astraeus]] | ||