USS Vesta (NCC-82601)

The USS Vesta (NCC-82601) was a 24th century Federation Starfleet starship, the Vesta-class multi-mission explorer prototype in Starfleet service from the 2380s decade. (TNGnovel: Indistinguishable from Magic) 
== History ==
The Vesta was the first Starfleet vessel designed with a combined quantum slipstream/warp drive engine. The ship suffered structurally during its testing phase. Nevertheless, it served successfully as the template for future Vesta-starships. Following the tests, the remains of USS Vesta were stored in a ground-based facility of the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars. 
Late in the year 2381, Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway assigned the crews of USS Achillesand USS Quirinal to reconstruct the Vesta and return it to duty as a replacement for the recently lost USS Quirinal. Commander Tillum Drafar was put in charge of the operation, which Admiral Janeway granted four weeks to complete. The repair efforts exceeded that time estimate. Nevertheless, the Vesta launched later that year and Admiral Kenneth Montgomery assigned it to Project Full Circle. Captain Regina Farkas and the surviving crewmembers of the lost Full Circle ships were assigned as crew, and Admiral Janeway was assigned quarters on the ship.
In January 2382, the Vesta travelled to the Delta Quadrant. Its first mission was to repair and reinforce the subspace relay network established to maintain contact with Starfleet Command. (VOY  novel: Protectors) 
In 2409, cadets from Starfleet Academy watched the Vesta emerging from the interior docking bays of Earth Spacedock. Cadet Elisa Flores's admiration for its equipment meant that the ship was still state-of-the-art after three decades in service. (STO -  Tutorial mission: "Graduation Day")
From 2410 onward, the Vesta represented its class in the Starfleet Shipyards Operations interface. (STO -  Klingon War mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")
Khitomer Alliance flag officer in, or aligned with, Starfleet, deployed Vesta for missions around the galaxy's four quadrants as part of the four-quadrant strategy. (STO -  Klingon War mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock", admiralty system) 
In the year 2554, the Vesta was part of the Federation fleet present at Procyon V, led by the USS Enterprise-J. Temporal agent Captain Pavel Chekov directed the ships in the Battle of Procyon Vagainst the invading Sphere Builders and their Temporal Liberation Front allies. Following the destruction of the expanse-generating sphere network, the Vesta joined the ships hunting down the Krenim temporal weapon ship KIV Annorax. (STO -  Future Proof mission: "Ragnarok")
== Personnel ==
* fleet commander
** Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway
* commanding officer
** Captain Regina Farkas
* first officer
** Commander Malcolm Roach
* chief medical officer
** Doctor El'nor Sal
* chief engineer
** Lieutenant Phinnegan Bryce 
== Connections ==
Ships named Vesta 	Ships named Vesta 	Ships named Vesta
Federation, Starfleet 	USS Vesta (NCC-302, Ceres-class) • USS Vesta (NCC-26284, Miranda-class) • USS Vesta (NCC-82601, Vesta-class) • see also: Vesta-class	
Imperial Starfleet(mirror universe)	ISS Vesta 	
Vesta-class multi-mission explorer starships	Vesta-class multi-mission explorer starships	Vesta-class multi-mission explorer starships 	Vesta-class multi-mission explorer starships
FederationStarfleet 
(primary universe) 	standard configuration 	Aventine • Capitoline • Esquiline • Hypatia • Quirinal • Vesta • Viminal 	
FederationStarfleet 
(primary universe) 	variant configurations 	Aventine-subclass: Aventine • Brigid-subclass: Brigid • Caelian-subclass: Caelian • Esquiline-subclass: Esquiline • Palatine-subclass: Palatine • Rademaker-subclass:Rademaker	
Terran Empire, Starfleet 
(mirror universe) 	standard configuration 	ISS Esquiline • ISS Vesta 	
Terran Empire, Starfleet 
(mirror universe) 	variant configurations 	Aventine-subclass: ISS Aventine • Rademaker-subclass: ISS Rademaker 	
Ships assigned to Project Full CircleAchilles • Curie • Demeter • Esquiline • Galen • Hawking • Planck • Quirinal • Vesta • Voyager