USS Dawn Treader

The U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* is an *Alita*-class starship assigned to the 26th Fleet. Her mission parameters include rapid response, convoy escort, and humanitarian assistance support. The most recently constructed Heavy Strike-Wing Escort ship, she has seen sustained use in multiple high0risk missions including elements of Star Fleet Intelligence and Special Operations Group 5.

# The Heavy Strike-Wing Escort Starship Program

The *Alita*-class, Heavy Strike-Wing Escort is a "sixth Generation" Heavy Escort, descended from the *Akira*-class starship launched in the mid-24th Century. Combining the improvments made on the *Akira*-class spaceframe by the previous generations, the *Alita*-class was formed in 2397 with the intent of improving on the design flaws of the *Armitage*-class Heavy Escort Carrier, namely the crowded flight deck and under-powered engines. Launching in 2406, the U.S.S. *Alita* marked the first iteration and pathfinder of this class of starship. Her bow featured two docking ports, Bays 2 and 3, which served as the primary launch vector for fighters and shuttlecraft, with recovery operations being conducted from Bay 1, situated aft. The intent was to allow fighters to launch, dock, then launch again without having to be raised or lowered any number of decks, cutting down on critical launch window times. TO protect launching craft from the deflector dish, the dish itself is housed within a directing array, preventing the fighters from being damaged by any emissions from the deflector.

To solve the engine problem, the *Alita*-class improved on the impulse engines, gaining far superior maneuverability and flight speed over her predecessor. This adaptation has prompted some captains to take an extra risk with their ship, placing her in the middle of the fray and relying on this increased flight capability to launch fighters, completely disregarding the original intent of the ship to deploy long-range strike craft. That being said, the combined maneuverability and speed allow the *Alita*-class to keep pace with her fighters and execute coordinated strikes on targets. This combination proved critically effective during the Iconian Wars, enabling countless lives to be saved through its precise execution.

In addition to being a versatile strike craft, the *Alita*-class's auxiliary craft enable it to perform above average in emergency services and humanitarian aid. One such example was the U.S.S. *Shangri-La* during the Borg Invasion of Vega Colony in 2409. Alongside elements of the FIrst and Third Fleets, thousands of Federation Citizens were evacuated from the planet during the invasion, earning a feather in the proverbial cap of this class of starship. With the close of the Iconian War, the current allotment of *Alita*-class starships were relegated to exploratory missions and survey ventures to make use of the ship's multi-role capabilities. With the onset of tensions between the Tzenkethi, and the subsequent Hur'Q crisis, the *Alita*-class again saw a combat emphasis on mission tasking, which made frequent use of her fighter capabilities.

# The U.S.S. *Dawn Treader*

The latest in the *Alita*-class starship construction line, the *Dawn Treader* has seen multiple combat actions, in addition to multiple humantiarian aid tasking and exploratory missions. Originally launched in 2419, she was equipped with a sophisticated Bio-Nueral processing system that formed the heuristic basis of the Computerized Artificial Intelligence "Dawn". This A.I was another in a long line of A.I. installed on starships in order to coordinate repair efforts, tactical analysis, and strategic deployment of fighters. deprived of a proper shakedown cruise to test her abilities, instead focusing on rudimentary Engineering requirements such as Warp drive tests, armor integrity analyses, and sustainability requirements. Her real shakedown cruise would be scheduled upon arrival to The Outback, for which she had been designed.

This luxury would not come to pass.

No shorter than had she arrived to the 26th Fleet was she deployed in immediate response to the emergency distress call of the U.S.S. *Roosevelt* after being engaged by Scourge forces. After her successful mission deployment, she returned to Starbase 381 to hopefully begin her official shakedown cruise. However, this goal was cut short as Admiral T'Molina immediately deployed the *Dawn Treader* again in response to the sudden expansion of the Dark Expanse in late March, early April that year. Escorted by the U.S.S. *Vincennes* and the U.S.S. *Fearless*, her mission would be to discover the cause and potentially investigate any Scourge sightings in the region. This mission would end in failure, for the Scourge ambused the task group, destroying the U.S.S. *Vincennes* and crippling the U.S.S. *Fearless*. As for the *Dawn Treader*, she didn't suffer as much damage as her escorts, however she was savagely attacked by a Scourge computer virus that hijacked the Dawn A.I. from the ship. Without computer control, *Dawn Treader* found herself under the guns of a Scourge battleship, and may well have met a grisly end were it not for the actions of Lieutenant Commander Chianna Prax who - as part of a team aboard the battleship - overloaded a phaser and caused a chain reaction which destroyed the vessel. The Lieutenant Commander lost her life in the process, but it bought the *Dawn Treader* the time she needed to bring basic control systems back online and warp to safety. The ship returned to 381 with the warning that the Scourge armada, long left dormant, had been awoken.

Upon her morose return to Starbase 381, she was finally granted her long-overdue shakedown cruise completion after much needed repairs, officially re-launching in May. As part of her re-launch and due to the intelligence she had obtained, her bio-neural circuitry was removed and replaced with ODN isolinear circuitry, and while this did nothing to diminish her design capabilities, it was still a harbinger of the sinister nature the Scourge possessed. In the coming months, *Dawn Treader* began to see more and more routine tasking, culimnating in her deployment alongside the rest of the 26th Fleet to support OPERATION: NIMBUS at the onset of The Scourge War in August of 2419.

## The Dark Matter Shield

The brain child of the late Lieutenant Commander Chianna Prax and Commander Mogedu, the Dark Matter Shield utilizes predictive algorithms as well as Dark Matter particle mapping, courtesy of multiple readings taken by the U.S.S. *Carl Sagan's* Dark Matter Sensor Suite. The shield utilizes incoming sensor data derived from this particle mapping, and feeds these characteristics to the predictive algorithm, which generates a shield that operates on a higher shield frequency than conventional shields. The drawback of this shield system is the unpredictable nature of Dark Matter, made even worse by the chaotic nature of Dark Energy. As a result, starships may need to incur several attacks before the shields tune themselves appropriately.

While the shield is designed to repel/soak damage caused by Dark Energy weaponry, they are not foolproof. Like normal shields, they will wear off with subsequent attacks and eventually drop, forcing ships to resume conventional shielding.

The first successful test of this shield system was on Stardate 97172.9, when the U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* collided with a Dark Matter pocket. The first combat deployment against Scourge weaponry was during Stardate 97268.95.

# Deck Layout

## Primary Hull

Deck A: Tactical Information Center/Flight Operations, Flight Operations Senior and Junior Officer Living Quarters

Deck B: TIC Maintenance Support Section, Flight Operations Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters

Deck C: Sail Torpedo Control Room, Sail Torpedo Launchers (Fore and Aft), Emergency Shield Generators 1-2, Senior and Junior Officer Living Quarters

Deck D: Sail Torpedo Magazine and Manufacturing Area, Senior and Junior Officer Living Quarters

Deck 1: Captain’s Ready Room, Main Bridge, Briefing Room, Observation Lounge

Deck 2: Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, VIP/Guest Quarters, Holosuites

Deck 3: Visiting Officers / Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters, Holodecks, Primary Shield Generators

Deck 4: Sickbay, Chief Medical Officer's Office, Primary Science Labs, Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, Counselor's Office

Deck 5: Junior Officers and Crew Quarters, Main Lounge, Secondary Science Labs , Cargo Bay 1 & 2

Deck 6: Primary Computer Core Control, Tertiary Science Labs, Cargo Bay 3 - Primary Cargo Bay

Deck 7: Primary Computer Core, Shuttle Maintenance Hangar and Storage

Deck 8: Primary Computer Core, Flight Operations Armory, Fighter Maintenance Hangar and Storage

Deck 9: Fore and Aft Torpedo Bay Control, Torpedo Magazine and Manufacturing Area, Shuttle and Fighter Hangar Elevator Support Systems, Primary Shield Generators

Deck 10: Transporter Rooms 3 and 4, Shuttle and Fighter Preparation Pre-Flight Bay, Emergency Shield Generators 3-4

Deck 11: Primary Machine Shop, Primary Maintenance Support Center, Shuttlebay [Fore and Aft access via deck 12]

Deck 12: Primary Systems Support Compartments, Shuttlebay/Flight Deck [Fore and Aft Access]

Deck 13: Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters, Secondary Shuttle and Fighter Maintenance Hangar, Flight Deck Operations and Maintenance

Deck 14: Upper Engineering Support Area, Fusion Power Generators 1-4, Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters, Stellar Cartography, Lower Forward Torpedo Bay Control, Chief Science Officer's Office, Armory, Firing Range

Deck 15: Main Engineering - M/ARA Operations Center, Fusion Power Generators 4-6, Flight Operations Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters, Transporter Rooms 1 and 2, Armory, Chief Tactical Officer's Office, Chief Engineer's Office/Station

Deck 16: Lower Engineering, Deflector Control, Main Tractor Beam Control and Emitter, Environmental Control, Secondary Computer Core, Space Wing Briefing Room, Null-G Gymnasium/Weight Room

Deck 17: Tertiary Maintenance Support Center, Emergency Power Generators 7-9, Secondary Systems Support, Brig

Deck 18: Environmental Control, Deuterium Storage, Anti-matter Storage Pods, Gravimetric Polaron Generators, Secondary Shield Generators

Armaments

* Type-XII Mark XV Dual Phaser Heavy Cannons
* Mark XV Quad-Linked Phaser Cannons
* Type-XII Mark XV Phaser Beam Arrays

Defensive Systems

* Covariant Shielding System- Metaphasic Shielding enhanced
* Duranium/Tritanium Alloy Hull Plating. 50cm Neutronium/Rodinium composite Ablative armor plating.
* 4x Close-In Point Defense System Phaser turrets
* 4x Close-in Point Defense System Torpedo Launchers

# Ship Service History

**2418:** (May) U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* is constructed at Antares Fleet Yards. Her design considerations incorporate new navigational and tactical data recieved from the PTX-1138 Dwarf Galaxy, "The Outback"

**2418:** (August) U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* is officially commissioned, registered as NCC-99162

**2419:** (January) U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* officially launches and is assigned to Captain Jack MacAullife. However. A shake down cruise has been scheduled upon arrival to The Outback to test ship design considerations in the field

**2419:** (February) Despite unfinished testing trials, the U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* launches in response to a distress call by the U.S.S. *Roosevelt*

**2419:** (March) U.S.S. Dawn Treader completes another series of shakedown runs, accepting menial tasking to support her acclamation to duties in the Outback.

**2419:** (April) U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* is classified as missing in action near the Dark Expanse. She is later found, though heavily damaged after engaging Scourge Forces.

**2419:** (May) U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* completes full repairs and shake-down. However, due to the loss of the Dawn A.I. while fighting the Scourge, her baseline primary processing systems are converted from Bio-Neural Gel packs to standard ODN isolinear circuitry.

**2419:** (July-August) U.S.S. *Dawn Treader* participates in **OPERATION: NIMBUS**, and is seen operating on the frontlines in the Lurian Nebula to aid in the evacuation of the Korlan Remnant from the Scourge Invasion.

# Mission Involvements

Stardate 96882.69-AAR: AAR: Events regarding Computer Lock-Out While within Scourge Territory

Stardate: 96885.36-AAR: SPOG 5 Escort Action with U.S.S. Dawn Treader

Stardate 96882.69-AAR: OB-200 Dyson Sphere Away Mission

Stardate 96962.22-AAR: Investigation on Scourge survivor and subsequent abduction of CDR Farah

Stardate 96967.74-AAR: Rescue of Commander Saadia from abduction

Stardate 97113-AAR: Study of artifacts retrieved from CFS Horizant

Stardate 97134.63-AAR: Archaeology Expedition

Stardate 97233.24-AAR: Hostile action around Deathwatch Bastion

Stardate 97233.32-AAR: Technological Exchange with the Futara Union

Stardate 97198.68-AAR: Scourge Invasion of Shaki

Stardate 97268.95-AAR: Exodus of the Polaran Homeworld

Stardate 97309.69-AAR: Evacuation of OB-666

Stardate 97326.38-AAR: Relocation of the Nua

AAR: Battle of Discens

Stardate 97709.81-AAR: Discovery of Dark Matter Mutara Nebula

Stardate 97969.4-AAR: Tetrahedron Expanse and Exploration of OB-258

Stardate 98494.1-AAR: Assistance to Parazhoxan science station in OB-452 system

Stardate 98795.2-AAR: Investigation of USS *Cicero*

# Senior Staff

## Command Division

* Commanding Officer: CAPT Jack MacAuliffe
* Executive Officer: CDR Saadia Farah
* Flight Controller - **NPC**
* Alpha Flight Lead: LCDR Molanna Tiran
* Bravo Flight Lead: Lt. Tomar "Apex" Chevaren