USS Daedalus
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- "Soar higher."
- —Ship's dedication quote
USS Daedalus (NCC-72703) is a Rhode Island-class scout assigned to Starfleet's Fourth Fleet, Task Force 47 and operates as part of the Typhon Wayfinding Division. Amongst the first wave of refitted Nova-class frames, Daedalus has operated with the fleet since its commissioning in 2385 as a advanced scout and first responder. Still one of the fastest fleet vessels, it continues to serve with pride on the frontiers of Federation space where it combined its speed and advanced sensor systems to keep a watchful eye on the horizon.
Service History
Commissioning & Early Service
An early member of the classes construction run, the core spaceframe of Daedalus was originally a Nova class explorer destined to provide scientific support to the internal regions of the Federation. Following the success of the USS Rhode Island (NCC-72701) several part-built space frames including Daedalus were quickly re-drawn to join the new class. In 2385 Daedalus sailed free of the dockyards and joined the fleet at large. Initially assigned to scouting and reconnaissance missions out of the Fourth Fleet's headquarters at Starbase Bravo she was transferred to Task Force 72 to provide support to the new scientific endeavours being undertaken on the Cardassian border.
When the Dominion force that came to be known as 'The Lost Fleet' returned to known space and annexed a large portion of space, Daedalus was amongst the first vessels dispatched to the new front. Ahead of the Fourth Fleet's deployment to the area Daedalus and her crew operated fast reconnaissance operations at the border that now ran through the Deneb Sector.
During the conflict she provided support to the USS Nestus (NCC-88014) in their operation within the Oromal Cluster to eliminate a Breen research base, where intelligence suggested a new dampening weapon was being developed. Unfortunately the base was discovered to have been abandoned by the researchers and was being operated as a decoy. Daedalus along with Nestus were forced to retreat out of the system and rallied with the main fleet at Farpoint, both providing combat support during the battle.
In mid 2401 Daedalus was dispatched to the Talvath Cluster as part of the Fourth Fleet's response to increased Borg activity across Federation space and beyond. They discovered a depowered and severly damaged Borg Sphere (later identified as Exodus) neared the vessel, it's approach masked by the heavy electromagnetic interference in the area. Captain Tanek dispatched Theta Squad and his XO, Dil Khos, to the vessel via shuttlecraft to investigate further. When they boarded they found the vessel to be severly damaged internally and low on power, it was not as abandoned as expected with several survivors aboard claiming to be the remnants of Unimatrix Zero.
Despite tense relationships with some of the survivors Theta Squad proceeded to provide support to the vesse, during their work discovering inconcistencies in the survivors information and the records of the vessel. Following an incident with rogue nanotbots the community's defacto doctor Aramook revealed intelligence that indicated the Borg Collective had undertaken a major shift in structure and dynamic. He suggested the Collective was rejecting the Queen model and was retreating to return its focus to expanding deeper into the Delta Quadrant.
Following a number of suspect occourences the team made their way to secure the vessel, at which time the survivors revealed the vessel to be more functional than it appeared and took to warp with Daedalus in pursuit. Unfortunately the vessel was unable to survive the rigors of warp travel and was destroyed by an explosion appearing to originate in it's power generators. Exodus was lost with the away team still aboard.
2402 - Post Borg Resurgence
Captain Helena Dread is assigned to the Daedalus with most of the crew from the USS Olympic to combat the combined threat of Patra, The True Way, and The Orion Syndicate. Patra attempted to have his revenge on the USS Mackenzie, but was foiled when Pandora Crawford took forceful control of his section of the Orion Syndicate.
Early in 2402 Daedalus was assigned to the pursuit of Commander Bib following his apparent desertion and defection to the cause of the a cluster of the Exodus remnant. Departing at maximum warp from K-74 towards Pamack Base, Daedalus followed the trail towards the edge of Klingon space into the largely uncharted Klingon/Gorn border. After convincing the reluctatnt IKS Ho'Nang to provide assistance, the crew eventually tracked the signal to the nearby uninhabited Aldrina system where they began a large sweeping patrol alongside the Klingon vessel.
Unfortunately, the fleeing vessel left a number of booby-trapped decoys which caught the pair of ships by surprise, disabling Daedalus and caused massive damage to Ho'Nang. Following a number of innovative repairs and a dangerous space walk to the Klingon wreck, resulting in the rescue of several Klingon officers, the crew were able to bring Daedalus back into operation. With subspace communications offline and warp travel impossible as a result of the ongoing quadrant spanning Blackout, the crew opted to proceed to the comm relay at the edge of the system in the hopes of piercing the subspace interference.
Having spent several weeks at high impulse, Daedalus stumbled upon an underspace aperture that was stuck open following an unknown fault with a nearby disabled Vaadwaur vessel. As the aperture began to destabilise the crew took the decision to enter the underspace corridors in the hopes it would lead them back to Federation space. After several prevarious hours travelling through the corridors, they believed they were approaching K-74 and exited the underspace corridor to discover the starbase under direct attack from a Vaadwaur assault force.
The crew of Daedalus decided to engage the small patrol boat forces but were quickly at a stalemate, loosing their vital element of surprise. They devised a plan to board K-74 and reactivate the station's nearby defense satellites in the hopes of overwhelming the Vaadwaur combatants. Unable to withdraw form the dogfight they had unwittingly become engaged in, Captain Mellasitox opted to deploy Theta Squad aboard the waverider Icarus as they passed close by to the station's upper sections.
When the team successfully boarded the station they witnessed first hand, the brutality of the Vaadwaur assault forces as they made their way through the damaged station. After finding all their routes to the Operations Centre blocked, the team contemplated turning back and retreating to Daedalus, when they discovered a hiding crew member who offered an unrecorded route into the secure location. Unfortunately as the team entered the area they accidently alerted the assault team's garrison and a fire fight ensued.
Whilst Theta Squad was successful in defeating the small garrison and bringing the defense network back online, the Vaadwaur patrol ships departed without obvious reason, returning to Underspace. Daedalus was left to secure the station whilst aid arrived, the Blackout having lifted across much of the galaxy.
Design and Capabilities
At the time of its launch, Daedalus was fitted with the cutting edge in sensor and deep space reconnaisance tools alongside a number of improvements to both its sublight and faster than light engines, far superior to it's Nova-class predecessors. As one of the early run of the class, she has been heavily modified over time with a focus on reducing the maintenance need of the, at the time, advanced components. Whilst later production runs have benefitted from these in service modifications from the outset, Daedalus continues to be a tricky trial of skill for her engineering team as they continue to grapple with a spaceframe that was never quite intended to hold quite so much power.
Icarus
Nestled in its cradle on deck 4, Icarus is the primary auxilary craft utlised by Daedalus' crew for extra-ship missions that require physical support. Whilst the ship holds a number of small shuttle craft, mostly Type-9s, Icarus is vastly more capable and is the preferred support craft for many of the ship's away teams. Featuring a number of improvements to its sensor palettes in line with the ship's own refurbishments Icarus is a valuable tool for data collection and where necessary intelligence gathering and observation.
The domain of expert pilot Syal Rissikan, Icarus stands at the ready to take to the skies.