USS Robinson (NCC-71842)

The **USS *Robinson* (NCC-71842)** was a 24th century Federation starship, a *Galaxy*-classexplorer in Starfleet service in the 2380s decade. Benjamin Sisko assumed command of the *Robinson* in the year 2381. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Rough Beasts of Empire*, *DS9*novel: *Sacraments of Fire*)

### Status

active

In 2385, the crew of the *Robinson* began a two-year mission exploring the Gamma Quadrant. The vessel had earlier undertaken an exploratory mission to the Gamma Quadrant in 2383.

## Service history and disposition

###### 2381

During the Borg invasion, the captain and the first officer of the *Robinson* were among the crewmembers killed. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Plagues of Night*)

Following the Borg Invasion, Benjamin Sisko was appointed as captain of the *Robinson*, along with other crewmen from his former command, the *New York*, including its chief engineer, Relkdahz. Other replacements came from the *James T. Kirk*, including the *Robinson'*s new first officer, Anxo Rogeiro. Thereafter, the restaffed *Robinson* was assigned to the Sierra sector on a patrol of the Federation's borders with the Imperial Romulan State and the Romulan Star Empire.

When the Federation required a meeting with the Empress of the Imperial Romulan State, Donatra, the *Robinson* was sent to Achernar Prime, where Sisko met with Donatra. Captain Sisko had served at the Federation Embassy on Romulus during his youth, and had helped to bring the Romulans into the Dominion War, making him a suitable envoy. The *Robinson'*s captain's brief was to discuss Donatra's Imperial State's relationship with the Star Empire, and an attempted assassination on former Federation Ambassador and Unification movement leader Spock of Vulcan on Romulus early in 2381. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Rough Beasts of Empire*)

###### 2382

In January 2382, the *Robinson* was relieved of her patrol of the Sierra sector by the USS *Fortitude* for a week and traveled to Starbase 39-Sierra, where the crew enjoyed leave while Captain Sisko was debriefed by Admiral Philip Herthum. The *Robinson*resumed her patrol after this time. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Rough Beasts of Empire*)

Shortly after elements of the Typhon Pact stole schematics for Starfleet's quantum slipstream drive technology, Admiral Nechayev assigned Captain Sisko and the *Robinson* crew to attempt to locate the Romulan warbird involved and stop it crossing into Typhon Pact space. The *Robinson* was unable to detect the Romulan ship due a new type of Romulan cloaking device being used, but Commander Relkdahz's attempts to locate the vessel were passed onto Starfleet. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*novel: *Plagues of Night*)

###### 2383

In 2383, the *Robinson* was reassigned to a six month mission of discovery in the Gamma Quadrant. During this time, she visited several worlds previously contacted by the crew of the USS *Defiant* during the exploration mission of 2376. While returning home, however, the *Robinson* received an urgent transmission from USS *Enterprise* Captain Jean-Luc Picard, asking her crew to investigate the loss of contact with Starfleet Command in the Alpha Quadrant. Upon her return through the Bajoran wormhole, the *Robinson* discovered Starbase Deep Space 9 under attack by rogue forces of the Typhon Pact. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*novel: *Plagues of Night*)

The *Robinson* soon engaged a Tzenkethi warship and was badly damaged, with some personnel being killed. With Sisko temporarily assigned to a mission in the Gamma Quadrant, Commander Rogeiro took the *Robinson* to Starbase 310 for repairs. There, Sisko later rejoined the crew and resumed command. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Raise the Dawn*)

###### 2385

By 2385, the *Robinson* had spent two years in the Bajoran system to bolster Starfleet's position there following the destruction of Deep Space 9. With the completion of the new Deep Space 9 station in August 2385, the *Robinson* was due to be assigned to an exploration mission into uncharted territory. (*ST* -  *The Fall*  novel: *Revelation and Dust*)

However, the exploration mission was delayed following the assassination of President of the United Federation of Planets Nanietta Bacco on DS9. Due to evidence implicating the Tzenkethi, the *Robinson* was assigned to patrol the Federation-Tzenkethi Coalition border in the Helaspont sector, beginning in early September. One of its first objectives was to locate the missing Starfleet scout, USS *Argus*. Having tracked the *Argus* out of Federation space and into unclaimed territory, the *Robinson* faced three Tzenkethi harriers. Captain Sisko was successful in preventing the situation from devolving into a firefight, and rescued the *Argus* from the Helaspont Nebula where it had taken refuge from the Tzenkethi. The remainder of the three month patrol was relatively uneventful. (*DS9*novel: *Sacraments of Fire*)

Admiral Leonard James Akaar then assigned the *Robinson* to explore the Gamma Quadrant. (*ST* -  *The Fall*  novel: *Peaceable Kingdoms*)

The mission to the Gamma Quadrant was expected to last for two years. (*DS9*  novel: *Ascendance*)

###### 2386

In 2386, the crew made first contact with the Glant. The children of the vessel were kidnapped by the Glant but Sisko and his crew successfully rescued them. (*DS9*  novel: *Original Sin*)

Sisko and the *Robinson* crew sent their findings back to Deep Space 9, where Keiko O'Brien was among the people who analysed the data. (*DS9*  novel: *The Long Mirage*)

## Other details

The *Robinson* had a crew lounge on deck eleven called the Tavern on the Black, which was tended by Lejuris. (*ST* -  *Typhon Pact*novel: *Plagues of Night*)

## Embarked craft

* USS *Acheron* (*Danube*-class runabout)
* *Comet*
* Captain's yacht
* *Eclipse*
* USS *Styx* (*Danube*-class runabout)
* *Transit*

## Appendices

###### Background

Given Captain Sisko's love of baseball, it is possible that the *Robinson* is named for Jackie Robinson, the baseball player who was the first African-American to play in major league baseball. The *Robinson* has the registry number NCC-71842 - 718 is the area code for Brooklyn, where Robinson played (as a member of the Dodgers), and 42 was his jersey number. Author David R. George III had also previously mentioned Sisko having a holosuite program of a game Robinson played in in the novel *The 34th Rule*. Additionally, 718 happens to be the first 3 digits of several other ships of the *Galaxy* class line, such as the USS *Dauntless*, the USS *Magellan*, the USS *Odyssey*, the USS *Trinculo*, the USS *Venture* and the USS *Yamato*.

###### Appearances and references

* *ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Rough Beasts of Empire*
* *DS9*  novel: *Sacraments of Fire*
* *ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Plagues of Night*
* *ST* -  *Typhon Pact*  novel: *Raise the Dawn*
* *ST* -  *The Fall*  novel: *Revelation and Dust*
* *DS9*  novel: *Sacraments of Fire*
* *ST* -  *The Fall*  novel: *Peaceable Kingdoms*
* *DS9*  novel: *Ascendance*
* *DS9*  novel: *Original Sin*
* *DS9*  novel: *The Long Mirage*
* *PIC*  novel: *The Dark Veil*