USS Talmidon

## Summary

The USS Talmidon is the flagship of Fleet Captain Talmid in the Star Trek Universe. It is the titular ship of *Star Trek Talmidon* AKA Talmid Show. It's official classification is Luxury Warship.

## History

The Talmidon has been destroyed about 4 and a half times by outside forces in battle or by Talmid himself in a tactical maneuver. Each destruction has wasted millions of Star Credits and set the Federation's Defense Budget back a years worth of taxes. Hopefully the latest Talmidon IV lasts as long as its longest-running predecessor, the venerable Talmidon III, may it rest in peace.

The USS Talmidon has existed in 4 main spaceframes, and each one has undergone a number of refits in its lifetime.

### **Talmidon Prototype**

Admiral Green calls it a "Flying pancake" and a waste of money. It had a miserable maximum speed of Warp Factor 4 and a single meteoroid impact broke everything. Move along.

The Prototype.

## USS *Talmidon*

### **Talmidon One**

The Prototype was later built into the first fully operational Talmidon, NCC 257014, retroactively renamed the **Talmidon One**, launched in the year 2478. The ship was unfortunately destroyed in a skirmish with space pirates, in the year 2484, who were flying stolen powerful ships belonging to the Undine, or Species 8427, beings from a dimension called fuidic space. Captain Talmid ordered his damaged ship destroyed and after the crew escaped the gigantic explosion destroyed the remaining pirate ships.

#### **Senior Crew of the USS Talmidon**

* Captain: Edric Talmid, Captain
* First Officer: Gary Vermont, Commander
* Tactical Officer: Dave Barker, Lieutenant Commander
* Chief Engineer: Trevor Curtiss, Lieutenant Commander

The destruction of the first Talmidon in battle against the Undine.

## USS *Talmidon II*

### **Talmidon II**

The replacement for the first Talmidon was originally a sister ship being built out of spare parts, so it was already 90% built when the first Talmidon was destroyed. The second Talmidon was put into service in 2485, with some stylistic changes and an updated bridge.

In 2487 the Talmidon II got into another scuffle with the space pirates, who this time stole an overpowered Romulan warship that was destroying everything. The Talmidon II survived but not without sustaining major damage. Rather than scuttle it and build a new ship, Fleet Captain Talmid ordered a refit. He actually ordered both a refit of the existing ship **and** the building of a new, technologically advanced ship, that would become the Talmidon III.

#### **The Refit**

The Talmidon construction team had originally planned to incorporate saucer separation into the Talmidon II, but hadn't had time to implement it by 2485. Once they had the ship back, they were able to implement some of their researched technologies before giving it back to Talmid. The rest of the new tech would be put into the new ship.

The Refit Talmidon II featured recolored warp nacelles and a new "neck" section to house the mechanics of saucer separation. When the Borg attacked the Federation again in 2489, the Refit Talmidon II faced them head-on, battling them at every possible intersection, and in doing sustained the worst hull damage to any Talmidon. But it persevered. The drive section was abandoned mid-combat so the saucer could escape, then Talmid returned and repaired it, and then it was destroyed in a massive warp core breach that disabled the last Borg fleet and saved the Federation.

The saucer is preserved in a museum.

#### **The "Future Refit"**

During the run of the Talmidon II Refit, the Talmidon Construction Team was hard at work testing newly researched designs and technologies to put into the Talmidon III. One such design was extending the wing superstructures to incorporate more weapons, armor, shield generators, and observation lounges.

**Senior Crew of the USS Talmidon II**

* Captain: Edric Talmid, Fleet Captain
* First Officer: Gary Vermont, Commander
* Tactical Officer: Dave Barker, Lieutenant Commander
* Chief Engineer: Trevor Curtiss, Lieutenant Commander
* Conn: Albert Kyle, Lieutenant (2487 - 2489)
* Helm: Brad Tylers, Ensign

Saucer Separation on the II RefitThe Concept Design "Future Refit"

## USS *Talmidon III*

### Status:

Decommissioned *(2516)*

While construction began in 2487, the ship remained at Alpha Centauri Fleet Yards for experimentation with new technologies, until the destruction of the Talmidon II in 2489 instigated its deployment.

Like the Talmidon II and its Refit before it, the Talmidon III lived in two stages. The first revision was rushed into production after the II's decommission, so it would only receive its Refit *after* sustaining damage in the Federation's anti-Borg campaign, "Operation Omega 2," in the year 2500.

#### **Talmidon III Refit**

The refitted Talmidon III would be the ultimate culmination of the old design, with the longest operational history of any Talmidon. With a total of seven shield distribution generators and redesigned hull structures to pile on additional armor, the Talmidon III could take more of a beating than the prior two Talmidons combined, and she could dish one out too, now armed with a total of 130 phaser banks and expanded torpedo silos.

The reign of the Talmidon III Refit was initially not any more peaceful than the periods of its preceding versions. The Talmidon fought in many large scale wars and small battles, enduring thanks to its advanced defensive capabilities and the now quite reserved mindset of its senior crew. Ultimately a period of relatively peacefulness would set in around the first decade of the 26th Century.

But it was in the year 2512, when the Talmidon III Refit was around twenty years old, that the LEGO Friends and thedude invaded the Star Trek Universe.

Talmidon Senior Crew was reorganized at the end of 2512. Commanders Gary Vermont and Shirley Brickfalling were both promoted to captain and assigned new starships, the USS Burlington and USS Taurus respectively. Additionally, Ensign Jimmy Flynn joined the bridge crew.

The Talmidon III Refit would again fight the thedude in the year 2514 on orders from Admiral Green, this time fighting a combination of thedude's Mavjio allies (easy) and his new ship, the BSS Barney (difficult). The Barney's superweapon was able to destroy two Federation ships in one hit, and severely damage the Talmidon, depleting its shields and destroying the saucer with two hits. thedude then self-destructed the BSS Barney, hoping to destroy the Talmidon in the ensuing shockwave, but the Talmidon survived.

Albeit having sustained major damage, the Talmidon III Refit went to sit in Earth spacedock as a museum piece, and receive repairs. The restorative work to operating condition proved fortuitous in 2516, when the ship was temporarily returned to combat against the Pink Borg, participating in the final battle that would end the Pink Borg Invasion. Following this, the ship returned to Earth.

#### **Senior Crew of the USS Talmidon III**

* Captain: Edric Talmid, Fleet Captain
* First officer: Gary Vermont, Commander (2489 - 2512); Albert Kyle, Commander (2512 - 2514)
* Second officer: Shirley Brickfalling, Commander (2500 - 2512)
* Tactical officer: Dave Barker, Lieutenant Commander
* Conn: Albert Kyle, Lieutenant (2489 - 2512); Jimmy Flynn, Ensign (2512 - 2514)
* Helm: Brad Tylers, Lieutenant
* Chief engineer: Trevor Curtiss, Lieutenant Commander
* Chief medical officer: Doctor Scones

The III Refit

## USS *Talmidon IV*

### **Talmidon IV**

The fourth and final Talmidon, deployed in 2514 to replace the aged Talmidon III, was launched twenty-five years after the initial launch of the III. As such, adaptations to the design represented twenty-five years of interrupted Talmidon development. A streamlined look, balanced presence in three dimensions, and decreased weapons systems reflected the increased galactic peace enjoyed in the new era, for as long as it would last.

Proximity to home facilitated the Talmidon IV to undergo some smaller incremental upgrades, instead of the full blown refits of yonder. As she was still an ancient design at her core, the Talmidon's duties began to reflect more reserved responsibilities, patrolling the core worlds rather than fighting battles and venturing into the unknown - at least at first.

The Talmidon IV would soon prove its worth in combat as the Forces of thedude ramped up their attacks throughout 2515.

#### **Upgrade 1**

The first upgrade, occurring shortly after launch, equipped the Talmidon IV with new shield generators.

#### **Upgrade 2**

The second upgrade occurred in mid 2515, upgrading the Talmidon with new warp nacelles (including replacing a nacelle lost in combat against the Pink Borg and Elsa) and a leaner deflector structure.

In October 2515, the saucer section was lost in a ramming attack against the BSS Tyrant at Macabross.

#### **Upgrade 3**

The third and final upgrade took place in November 2515, after the Talmidon's return to Earth and the Federation's declaration of war against thedude. The upgrade primarily replaced the lost saucer section, which noticeably featured new impulse engines.

Over the next six months of warfare, the Talmidon would operate without additional upgrades, only receiving maintenance deemed critical as Federation supply lines were disrupted. Despite its battle damage, the Talmidon IV would be equipped with the Unverse Drive and complete a decisive attack on Militiregnum, ending the Invasion of the Star Trek Dimension and saving the Milky Way from thedude.

#### **Senior Crew of the USS Talmidon IV**

* Captain: Edric Talmid, Fleet Captain
* First officer: Albert Kyle, Commander
* Tactical officer: Dave Barker, Lieutenant Commander
* Conn: Jimmy Flynn, Ensign
* Helm: Brad Tylers, Lieutenant
* Communications: Miranda Drake, Ensign (2515 - 2516)
* Chief engineer: Trevor Curtiss, Lieutenant Commander
* Chief medical officer: Doctor Scones

First upgrade.Second upgrade.Third upgrade.