U.S.S. Veritas

The **USS *Veritas* (NCC-95241)** is a double-hulled, twin nacelle starship in service within the United Federation of Planets' Starfleet. A multi-mission explorer *Vesta*-class, it is the first to bear the name. After its official launch from the New Aberdeen Shipyards in the Aldebaran system, *Veritas* was assigned to the 26th Fleet and given to Captain Caroline Smith.

Though the ship's primary mission profile is exploration, the USS *Veritas* quickly saw action under the command of Captain Smith in April 2414 when the Undine launched a major attack against the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. However, once the conflict was resolved, the ship accomplished several scientific and exploratory missions of the Outback. This lasted until a few months into 2415, when the Iconians returned, and *Veritas* was assigned new combat orders during the Iconian War.

After the war ended, *Veritas* resumed its efforts in exploring the Outback. In 2417, on Stardate 94654.15, Admiral Amalei Neraea ordered the reformation of Task Group Caritas, which was originally responsible for the Fleet's medical and humanitarian efforts after the Iconian War. In its revised capacity, the Task Group was to serve as the Fleet's premier outreach and exploration division within Task Force Avalon. Captain Smith was made the Task Group's Commanding Officer, seeing *Veritas* into a leading role within the Fleet's Chain of Command as it also led to Smith's assignment as the Task Force's Third Officer.

*Veritas* would eventually become Smith's Flagship when, on Stardate 96265.77, she was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral with her elevation to Second Officer of the 26th Fleet. The Admiral carried her flag on the ship until the official assignment of the USS *Dedication* to Fleet assets, where Smith then moved her flag from the *Veritas*  to *Dedication*.

From 2417 onwards, *Veritas* focused heavily on research and cataloguing the systems already identified by the Task Force, even for the duration of the Scourge War in 2419 though in a more limited capacity. In the aftermath of the war, *Veritas* came under command of a new captain, Captain Jay Hayes, after the destruction of the USS *Ascension*. With its new Commanding Officer also came further revisions to the structure of Task Force Avalon, and Task Group Caritas was renamed Task Group Veritas in recognition of the Task Group's leading vessel.

Its new duties took it to the eastern reaches of the Outback, where it patrolled the Exodus Straits for pirate activity for the first half of 2420. It returned to Alliance space, in preparation for the Fleet's annual shore leave, and prior to their rotation, *Veritas* underwent a full retrofit; the first and only overhaul so far since its launch. While it retains the original *Vesta*-class appearance, its systems are among the most up-to-date in Starfleet.

Haye's time as the ship's commander was short-lived as he, too, received a promotion to Rear Admiral when he was made Executive Officer of Task Force Avalon during *Veritas's* retrofits. However, he elected to make it his Flagship, and appointed Jeleen Aelae as its Commanding Officer and his Flag Captain. More recently, Aelae has gone on to assume the position of Task Force Executive herself, and appointed Kae'Rynne Maedii as the ship's Captain.

# Senior Staff

## Command Division

**Captain Kae'Rynne Maedii**
*Commanding Officer*
**Commander Kaiya Nagano**
*Executive Officer*
## Tactical and Security Division

**Lt. Commander Adaline Crawford**
*Chief Tactical Officer / Second Officer***Ensign Tead**
*Tactical Officer***NPC**
*Chief Security Officer*
## Engineering and Operations Department

**Lt. Krasei Neumann**
*Chief Engineering Officer* **Lt. J.G. (Enerein/Sublieutenant)Aaralla**
*Chief Operations Officer*
## Science and Medical Division

**Lt. J.G. (Enerein/Sublieutenant) Vrilul**
*Chief Science Officer* **Lt. J.G. Ki'ras Shissar**
*Science Officer***Lt. Tarana Nilok M.D.**
*Chief Medical Officer*
# Command History

* Vice Admiral Caroline Smith, 2414 - 2419

* Captain Jay Hayes, 2419 - 2020

* Rear Admiral (Lower) Jeleen Aelae, 2420 - 2422

* Captain Kae'Rynne Maedii, 2422 - Present

# Decks

**Deck 1:** Captain's Quarters, First Officers Quarters, Senior Officer Quarters, Stateroom, Senior Officer Mess.

**Deck 2:** Bridge, Ready Room, Briefing Room, Senior Officer Quarters, Senior Staff Offices, Transporter Room 1, Armory Room 1, Escape Pod Access.

**Deck 3:** Diplomatic Facilities, VIP Quarters, VIP Stateroom, Officers Mess, Officers Quarters, Transporter Room 2.

**Deck 4:** Flight Deck Control Room, Shuttle Bay Upper Clearance, Officers Lounge, Crew Quarters, Armory Room 2.

**Deck 5:** Computer Core Control, Shuttle Bay (Upper), Mess Hall, Crews Quarters, Deuterium injection system, Officer Gymnasium, Transporter Rooms 3 & 4, Auxiliary Control, Upper Arboretum, Hydroponics.

**Deck 6:** Holosuites 1 & 2, Transporter Room 5, Cargo Transporter 1 & 2, Shuttle Bay Flight Deck, Crews Quarters, Computer Core (Upper), Upper Aixiliary Deflector Dish. Lower Arboretum, Upper Cargo Bays 1 - 4.

**Deck 7:** Main Sickbay, Medical and Counseling Offices, Transporter Room 6 & 7, Mess Hall, Crew Gymnasium, Crew Lounge, Access to Nacelle Crawl Space, Holosuite 3 & 4, Brig 1 & 2, Armory Room 3, Lower Cargo Bays 1 - 4, Shuttle Bay (Lower), Computer Core.

**Deck 8:** Science Labs, Science Offices, Astrometrics, Crew Quarters, Impulse engines/fusion generators, Computer Core Access.

**Deck 9:** Security Offices, Brig 3 & 4, Phaser Range, Crews Quarters, Lateral Mess Halls 1 & 2, Transporter Room 8 & 9, EVA Airlocks, Docking Ports 1 - 4, Secondary Computer Core (Upper), Runabout Bay (Upper), Upper Deuterium Fuel Tanks.

**Deck 10:** Main Engineering upper level, Transporter Room 10, Crew Quarters, Civilian Quarters, Staterooms, Armory Room 4, Lower Deuterium Fuel Tanks, Emergency SIF Generators, Secondary Computer Core, Runabout Bay (Lower).

**Deck 11:** Main Engineering, Tactical Offices, Fore Torpedo Launchers, Crews Quarters, Replicating/Fabrication Center, Fore Torpedo Magazine, Aft Torpedo Magazine, Armory Room 4.

**Deck 12:** Maintenance and Repair Workshops, Sickbay 2, Sensors, Crew Quarters, Forward Lounge, Engineering Laboratories.

**Deck 13:** Life Support Systems, Backup Computer Systems, Workshops, Sensor Systems, Fore Phaser Cannon Maintenance Access, Auxiliary Quantum Slipstream Drive Tunneling Projector, Auxiliary Navigation Deflector.

**Deck 14:** Quantum Slipstream Drive Generator Level 2, Cargo Transporter 3, Cargo Hold 1 - 2, Holographic Systems Control, Auxiliary Power Control.

**Deck 15:** Quantum Slipstream Drive Generator level 1, Deflector control room, Antimatter containment system, Aft quantum torpedo launchers and magazines, Cargo Transporter 4 | Cargo Hold 3 - 4.

**Deck 16:** Navigational Deflector, Navigational Sensors, Waste Processing and Recycling Center, Sympathetic Fermino Transceiver, Quantum Field Focus Controller, Chroniton Integrator.

**Deck 17:** Navigational Deflector, Antimatter Injection System, Deflector Control, Multidimensional Wave-Function Analysis Module, Quantum Slipstream Core, Upper Antimatter Storage Pods.

**Deck 18:** Navigational Deflector, Lower Antimatter Storage Pods, Escape Pod Access.

**Deck 19:** Navigational Deflector, Antimatter Fill Port, Antimatter Injector Subsystems, Antimatter Injector.

**Deck 20:** Lower Navigational Deflector, Escape Pod Access, Secondary Warp Core Ejection Systems, Secondary Warp Core Ejection Subsystems.

**Deck 21:** Escape Pods, Warp Core Ejection System, Warp Core Ejection Subsystems.

**Deck 22:** Tractor Beam Emitter Fore, Tractor Beam Emitter Aft, Inaccessible.

**Deck 23:** Inaccessible

# Technical Specification

## Offensive Systems

###  Phasers

**Types of Phasers in-use:** Mk. XV

**Number of Arrays:** Nine

**Number of Cannon Emitters:** Two

**Phaser Array Output:** 2.75 MW

**Phaser Array Range:** Maximum effective range: 300,000 kilometers

###  Torpedoes

**Number of Launchers:** Eight (Six Fore, Two Aft)

**Type of Launchers:** Mk. XV Type-II Multi-Munition Programmable Launcher System Assemblies

**Munitions Type:** Quantum (Primary), Photon (Secondary)

**Quantum Torpedo Information:** Qup-T Mk. VI

**Photon Torpedo Information:** PhP-T Mk.  XXIX

## Defensive Systems

###  Shields

**Shield System:** Mk. XV Zeta 5/D Pattern Regenerative Shielding Array

**Number of Emitters:** 14 (12 Primary, Six Secondary)

**Special Modification:** Currently utilizing Metaphasic Shield Array modifications

###  Navigation Deflector Array

**Deflector Array:** Molybdenum/duranium mesh panels over a tritanium framework (beneath the Duranium-Tritanium hull reinforced with Ablative Hull panels).

**Output:** 128 MW, which can be fed into two 480 millicochrane subspace field distortion generators.

**Position:** A Vesta-class main deflector dish is located along the fore portion of the secondary hull, and is located just forward of the primary engineering spaces. The dish cannot manually be moved in any direction off the ship's Z-axis.

## Power Plant and Propulsion Systems

###  Warp Drive

**Warp Core:** Plasma Integrated, Hyper-injection warp core capable of producing up to 200,000 MW of power feeding into two nacelles.

**Output:** 1,800+ Cochranes

**Normal Cruising Speed:** 7.1

**Maximum Speed:** 9.99 for 12 hours (Emergency only)

###  Impulse Drive

**Type:** Adapted Scarbak Mk. VIII Vesta Class Mass Drive.

**Output:** Six Primary Impulse drives capable of propelling the Vesta-class up to .75*c* but limited to .24*c* As per standard impulse cruising mode.

**Number of Assemblies:** Six

**Cruise Speed:** .25*c*

**Maximum Speed:** .80*c*

###  Quantum Slipstream Drive

**Type:** Jenolan Fabrications Model III Quantum Slipstream Drive

###  Reaction Control Systems (R.C.S.)

**Type:** HighMPact Propulsion Type 92 ARCS thruster array

**Number of Assemblies:** 32

**Output:** Each thruster quad can produce 4.4 million Newtons of exhaust.

## Utilities and Auxiliary Systems

###  Tractor Beam

**Type:** Mk. X Reinforced Multiphase subspace graviton beam.

**Output:** Two multiphase 15 MW graviton polarity sources, feeding two, 480 millicochrane subspace field amplifiers.

**Range:** 30,000 kilometers (Size of payload can effect emitter ranges)

###  Transporter Systems

**Number of Transporter Pads:** 20

**Personnel Transporters:** Ten

* **Max Payload Mass:** 900kg (1,763 lbs)

* **Max Range:** 40,000 km

* **Max Beam Up/Out Rate:** Approx. 100 persons per hour per Transporter

**Cargo Transporters:** Four

* **Max Payload Mass:** 800 metric tons. Standard operation is molecular resolution (Non-Lifeform).

* **Set for quantum (lifeform) resolution:** 1 metric ton

* **Max Beam Up/Out Rate (Quantum Setting):** Approx. 100 persons

**Emergency Transporters:** Six

* **Max Range:** 15,000 km (send only) [range depends on available power]

* **Max Beam Out Rate:** 100 persons per hour per Transporter (300 persons per hour with four Emergency Transports))

###  Communication Systems

**Standard Communication Range:** 42,000 - 150,000 kilometers

**Standard Data Transmission Speed:** 19.3 kiloquads per second

**Subspace Communications Speed:** Warp 9.9997

## Science and Remote Sensing Systems

###  Sensor Systems

**Total Sensor Pallets:** 15

**Able to detect:**

* Astronomical phenomena

* Planetary analysis

* Remote life-form analysis

* EM scanning

* Passive neutrino scanning

* Parametric subspace field stress

* Thermal variances

* Quasi-stellar material

**Warp Current Sensor:** An independent subspace graviton field-current scanner, allowing the starship to track ships at high warp by locking onto the eddy currents from the ship's warp field, then follow the currents by using multi-model image mapping.

###  Stellar Cartography

**Location:** One stellar cartography bay is located on deck 8, with direct EPS power feed from engineering. All information is directed to the bridge and can be displayed on any console or the main viewscreen.

###  Science Labs

**Location:** There are fifteen science labs on an *Vesta*-class starship; eight of the labs on deck 8 are non-specific labs. The Chief Science Officer’s office is attached to this bank of labs. Astrometrics is located on Deck 8 amidships. Four labs are Planetary Development, Geologic Studies, Languages/Archaeology, and Biologic Laboratories. The remaining 3 labs, serve as more expansive and specialized labs that conduct Atmospheric Physics experiments, as well as the more dangerous High-Energy Physics experiments.

## Auxiliary Space Craft and Systems

###  Auxiliary Craft

**Total Auxiliary Craft:** 23

**Type:**

* 10 x Sphinx-class Workbees

* 10 x Type-10 Shuttlecraft

* 2 x "Yellowstone"-class Runabout

* 1 x Atlantic-class Captain's Yacht