USS Columbia (NCC-71022)

The USS Columbia (NCC-71022) was a 24th century Federation Galaxy-class starship operated by Starfleet. She was a sister ship of USS Discovery.
== History ==
In the early 2360s, the USS Columbia, along with her sister ship, USS Discovery, were being constructed at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. During the construction phase, Design Engineer Leah Brahms supervised the implementation of improved subspace field generators onto both starships. During the construction, the starboard pylon phaser array was exchanged for one from Discovery for better operational fit.
In 2372, Columbia was under the command of Captain Ronald Anderson. The ship visited the planet Denius III, where an archaeological dig was under supervision by Doctor Ramirez. The doctor allowed a device of Iconian origin to be taken to the Columbia, where an analysis of the device revealed a historic chart with the location of an Iconian outpost on Vandros IV in the Gamma Quadrant. Captain Anderson decided to take immediate preemptive action and took the Columbia into the Gamma Quadrant to locate Vandros IV, before it was discovered by the Dominion. In the Gamma Quadrant, the Columbia played hide and seek through several star systems and successfully eluded a Jem'Hadar ship tracking them.
After arriving at Vandros IV, the Columbia received an Iconian software transmission from a probe and was unable to continue the investigation due to random systems failure, later on discovered to be caused by the software. The Columbia left Vandros to rendezvous with the Discovery to solve the malfunctions and convince Captain Sharon Tyson to continue with the exploration of Vandros IV. A rogue Jem'Hadar ship detected the Columbia and copied its transmissions to Discovery, while it was traveling to the rendezvous.
After the Columbia arrived at the rendezvous site, a position twelve hours away from Vandros IV at warp 8, the Iconian software caused an antimatter containment failure. The magnetic seals around the antimatter chamber collapsed, and the computer initiated the emergency release system to dump the Columbia's supply of antimatter. However, the program caused the release to halt with antimatter remaining within the ship, resulting in an uncontrolled matter/antimatter mix, creating a warp core breach. The ship exploded seconds later with all hands lost.
== Personnel ==
* Commanding officer
** Ronald Anderson
Category:Federation starships
Category:Galaxy class starships