USS Oberon

*"Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien*
The **USS *Oberon* (NCC-80103)** was a *Luna*-class scale 5 heavy cruiser commissioned by Starfleet in the late 24th century. It was the second vessel to bear the name.

## Service history

Constructed alongside eleven other *Luna*-class vessels, the USS *Oberon* was the second to be commissioned in 2379, following the USS *Titan*. It was placed under the command of the Grazerite Captain Amsta-Iber, who had previously served as executive officer aboard the *Intrepid*-class USS *Bellerophon*.

The *Oberon's* maiden voyage involved transporting geologists and civil engineers to the Efringen colony, which had recently suffered from a massive earthquake, to assist in reconstruction efforts and to conduct a geological survey of the planet.

In 2399, the *Oberon* entered the 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards for an overdue retrofit. Command passed at this time from Draffad to Captin Kehr'lesh Pahl, and the Ta'Troshan oversaw the vessel's updates. One of these involved replacing the *Haliya*, the *Oberon's* *Selenic*-class yacht, with a newer VAR-4/C model, which Captain Pahl named the *Yue*. The retrofit was completed in 2401 and the *Oberon* was en route to Starbase 234 when it was redirected to assist in confronting the *Singularity*. The *Oberon*, and the rest of the Starfleet task force, linked with the *Singularity* and participated in halting the violent eruption of a new transwarp conduit.

The *Oberon* returned to the 40 Eridani A yards to effect repairs and remained nearby once it was determined that the Frontier Day celebration for that year would involve a massive fleet maneuver near Earth. During the event, the *Luna*-class vessel participated in a demonstration of fleet formation mode before it, and the rest of the gathered starships, was taken over by the Borg Collective. The younger crew members were also assimilated at this time and fighting ensued aboard the *Oberon* while Pahl and his staff struggled to regain control of the cruiser. Pahl was incapacitated, while his first and second officers were killed. The chief of security, the Orion Lieutenant Mashkaahne Heshaar, was able to organize surviving personnel and swept the *Oberon*, stunning all the assimilated crew. While there were several casualties, Heshaar's actions saved most of the crew and she received a citation once the dust had settled.

A month after the Frontier Day Massacre, Pahl had recovered and the minor damage to the *Oberon* had been repaired. The starship finally returned to Starbase 234 and Romulan Theater Command.

Extensive repairs and systems upgrades were performed in late 2410, after the Iconian War, under the stewardship of Commander Migallra, the *Oberon's* new commanding officer. Upon clearance for service, the vessel was assigned to Tactical Squadron 511 in the role of cyber-electromagnetic activities and long-range sensors platform.

## Technical specifications

### Auxiliary craft

The *Oberon* was assigned multiple auxiliary craft during its lifetime.

### Recreational facilities

The recreation room aboard the *Oberon*, located on Deck 5, was known as "The Elf King's Oath" after an old Earth opera starring a character named Oberon. The facility was often referred to simply as "The Oath."

### Support systems

Holographic projectors were equipped on the bridge, in the sickbay wards, and in Main Engineering of the *Oberon*. These allowed for emergency holograms to be quickly activated in a time of need. A small photonic core, located on Deck 11, near Main Engineering, stored the programs for an Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) and an Emergency Engineering Hologram (EEH).

After its overhaul in 2401, the holographic system was extended throughout the entire vessel and the photonic core was upgraded to handle three EMHs, three EEHs, and six Emergency Security Holograms.

## Crew

Over the course of its service, the *Oberon*'s crew complement was comprised of a variety of species, including some from worlds that were not part of the Federation. Some species represented were Humans, Andorians, Benzites, Caitian, Grazerites, Lendrin, Tellarites, and Vulcans.

### Senior staff

The following served as senior staff aboard the *Oberon.*

## Ship culture

### Commissioning anniversary

For the first anniversary of the *Oberon*'s commissioning, Captain Amsta-Iber, an opera aficionado, organized a performance of Carl Maria von Weber's *Oberon, or The Elf King's Oath* for the crew. This also led to the naming of the recreation room to "The Elf King's Oath."

The next year, the opera was performed once more and a rendition of William Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night's Dream* was added to the celebration. This eventually evolved into a weeklong celebration at the starship's anniversary involving a variety of performances of works involving Oberon, a character from medieval and Renaissance Earth literature.

Of special note was the presentation of an original epyllion of the starship's missions written and performed by Lieutenant Commander Aph'dugub for the *Oberon's* tenth anniversary and a rendition of "Thus Spoke Oberon" by Lucifer's Friend performed by Commander Sysary, the executive officer, and Lieutenant Ursula Falco, the chief medical officer, in 2395.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Assets:** Starbase 247-Vershina • Jatha Dilithium Mine • Noonian Soong Spire • Delta Foundry • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 39-Sierra

**Components:** Romulan Theater Command • Task Force 200 • Task Force 201 • Task Force 202 • Task Force 203 • Task Force 204

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • Security • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

### Sources consulted

* USS Oberon article at *Memory Alpha*.
* USS Oberon (NCC-80103) article at *Memory Beta*.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ *Star Trek: Picard* episodes "The Star Gazer" and "Farewell."
2. ↑ *ST: Picard* episode "Võx."