USS Quirinal

The **USS *Quirinal*** (**NCC-82610**) was a 24th century Federation starship, a *Vesta*-classmulti-mission explorer in Starfleet service in the 2380s decade. Initially, the *Quirinal* was one of the few Starfleet starships equipped with a quantum slipstream drive. Its commanding officer was Captain Regina Farkas. (*VOY*  novel: *Children of the Storm*)

## Service history and disposition

The *Vesta*-class was first launched in the year 2379. All *Vesta*-class multi-mission explorers were equipped with quantum slipstream drive, a technology brought back from the Delta Quadrant by the USS *Voyager*, which accommodated a top speed of warp 9.9999+. The initial fleet consisted of seven ships. After the USS *Vesta* (NCC-82601), the first ships were named after the seven hills of Rome, including the USS *Quirinal*. (*TOSC*Issue Bonus Edition 6: "USS *Aventine*")

Around 2381, the *Quirinal* was fitted with a quantum slipstream drive and assigned to Project Full Circle, under the command of Captain Regina Farkas, as part of the fleet tasked with exploration of the Delta Quadrant. The crew complement at the time was 681. (*VOY*  novel: *Full Circle*)

Following the Undine attack on the Sol system in 2410, the *Quirinal* was docked inside Earth Spacedock. It later left, and its docking slot was taken up by the USS *Tempest*. (*STO* -  *A New Accord* mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

###### First Splinter timeline

In the First Splinter timeline, the *Quirinal*, along with the USS *Planck* and USS *Demeter* were a part of a fleet to make contact with the Children of the Storm. During the battle that ensued, *Quirinal* attempted a slipstream jump to escape, resulting in a crash landing on another planet. The 618 survivors were located by the USS *Voyager* nearly two weeks later. The USS *Achilles* was sent to repair *Quirinal* while the USS *Galen* took on the survivors of the crew. The *Quirinal* was able to capture 10 of the Children in a cargo bay before they escaped the battle; they were enclosed in an undamaged cargo bay and given the highest priority for power reserves by the surviving crew, as their detonation would have destroyed the shipwreck and killed the crew.

B'Elanna Torres indicated that the *Achilles* had the capabilities to produce the parts and manpower to repair and relaunch the ship, but she doubted that they would be successful in restoring the ship to flight, let alone restoring it to slipstream capability. Despite her objections, Fleet Commander Afsarah Eden instructed Torres that the ship would be repaired no matter the cost. The *Quirinal* was successfully repaired and relaunched after an aggressive and highly coordinated repair effort by B'Elanna Torres and the crew of the *Achilles*. (*VOY*  novel: *Children of the Storm*)

In September 2381, the *Quirinal*, along with the USS *Curie*, USS *Esquiline* and USS *Hawking*, became partially embedded in a fragment of the Omega Continuum. The crew on the normal-space side of the fracture were beamed to safety aboard the *Achilles* and returned to the Alpha Quadrant. Those crew on the Omega Continuum side of the vessel, under the command of Ensign Sadie Johns, destroyed the ship and themselves in the hopes of restoring space to its normal state. (*VOY*  novel: *The Eternal Tide*)

## Personnel

* Commanding officer
	+ Captain Regina Farkas
* First officer
	+ Commander Malcolm Roach
* Chief medical officer
	+ Doctor El'nor Sal
* Security chief
	+ Lieutenant Commander Gregor Denisov
* Third officer
	+ Lieutenant Commander Julian Psilakis
* Chief engineer
	+ Lieutenant Preston Ganley (until July 2381)
	+ Lieutenant Phinnegan Bryce (from July 2381)
* Chief science officer
	+ Lieutenant Tonil Hornung
* Tactical officer
	+ Lieutenant Sienna Kar
* Operations officer
	+ Ensign Jepel Omar
* Helmsman
	+ Ensign Krim Hoch.

## Appendices

### Connections

(primary universe)
(mirror universe)

#### Appearances

* *VOY*  novel: *Children of the Storm* (first appearance)
* *VOY*  novel: *The Eternal Tide*
* *STO* -  *A New Accord* mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock"

### Background

* In *Star Trek Online* the *Quirinal* was present at Earth Spacedock from the Season 9 launch date, 22 April 2014, until the release of the *Tempest*-class Patrol Escort Refit on 8 May, whereupon the USS *Tempest* replaced it in ESD to advertise the new ship. The *Quirinal*'s name and registry number were not present on its model, but were provided by a graphic in Fleet Admiral Jorel Quinn's office, which was likewise updated.
* Some *Vesta*-class starships beyond the prototype USS *Vesta* are named after the Seven HillsWP of Rome. The USS *Quirinal*was named for the Quirinal HillWP.