U.S.S. Umbriel

U.S.S. Umbriel, NCC-91862, is a Bozeman-Class Starship assigned to the 26th fleet. It was commanded by Tildaen Txiv. until Stardate 100727.54, when LTCDR Sillage took command.

# Service History

Originally a Reliant-class vessel, the hull was rushed into a parallel production line for Miranda-class successor vessels at the Ledonia Prime Shipyard during the Iconian War. Concerns about the long-term structural integrity of the strut carrying the torpedo launcher arose during construction. Due to the contingencies of the war there was no time to remedy these problems. Following an ad hoc trial, the ship was commissioned anyway and declared ready for limited combat duty. In light of this uncertainty, she was relegated to service as a system patrol craft to limit the necessity of going to warp.

After the war, the vessel was scheduled to be mothballed until the success of upgrades to the U.S.S. Bozeman inspired Starfleet Command to order a full refit of the U.S.S. Umbriel and other Reliant-class vessels. Umbriel was upgraded to the Bozeman-standard at the same Ledonia Prime Shipyard where she had been built. Modifications included extending the aft superstructure to house a third shuttlebay, the addition of sensor pods and communications equipment under the saucer hull, and replacing the strut with one that holds an additional mission pod. Side mounts with variable payload launchers were added to replace weapon hardpoint capability that was originally mounted on the strut. The final addition was a cloaking device, to allow covert military and scientific ‘duck blind’ operations.

Following this initial refit, the starship was placed under the command of Lt. Commander Txiv, performing a mission in the Khitomer sector before being sent to the PTX-1138 dwarf galaxy, where the vessel and its crew would be transferred to the 26th fleet.

# Senior Staff

## Command Division

**Lt. Commander Tildaen Txiv**
*Commanding Officer*

Born: Medara, Cyndriel, Beta Zeta (2388) - Betazoid Male

Specialisations: Science Division, Xenobiology, Investigative Methodology, Nanites, Intelligence Analysis, Command Track**Lt. Commander Sillage**
*Executive Officer*

Born: Lyakstia, Sauria, Psi Serpentis (2377) - Saurian Male

Specialisations: Command Division, Advanced Leadership, Negotiations (Commercial), Second Contact Operations**Lt. J.G. Roderik Willem van Dijk**
*Second Officer, Chief of Intelligence*

Born: Nieuw Friesland, European Alliance, Earth (2395) - Human Male

Specialisations: Engineering Division, MASINT (Intelligence), TECHINT (Intelligence), Strategic Analysis
## Engineering and Operations Division

**Ensign Exe**
*Chief of Engineering*

Constructed: Daystrom Institute, Okinawa, Earth (2415) - Android Female

Specialisations: Engineering Division, Starship Design, Starship Operations, Temporal Mechanics**Ensign Jinhai Yin**
*Chief of Operations*

Born: Nanchang, China, Earth (2401) - Human Male

Specialisations: Operations Division, Early Starfleet History**Ensign Th'liz**
*Intelligence / Engineering Officer*

Born: Kobali Prime, Kotaba Sector (2496) - Kobali Female

Specialisations: Engineering Division, Cloaking Technology, Active Measures (Intelligence), Command Track

## Science and Medical Division

**Lt. J.G. Lip Rgode**
*Chief Medical Officer*

Born: Delaria, Kharazad, Beta Zeta (2393) - Betazoid Male

Specialisations: Medical Division, Biochemistry, Emergency Medicine (Combat Medic)**Lt. J.G.**
*Chief Science Officer*

Born: Spaceborn, Markonia Sector (2390) - Overlooker Male

Specialisations: Science Division, Astronomy, GEOINT/SIGINT Intelligence
## Tactical and Security Division

**Lieutenant Junior Grade Petro Marchenko**
*Chief of Security*

Born: Sevastopol, European Alliance, Earth (2392) - Human Male

Specialisations: Security Division; Internal Security (Intelligence), Earth History, Command Track**Officer Cadet (4th year) Arminaaki**
*Chief Tactical Officer*

Born: New Kentar (2400) - Kentari Male

Specialisations: Tactical Division, Space Combat
# Technical Specifications

Classified alternatively as ‘Heavy Frigate’ by the fleet, the small vessel carries an extensive sensor suite, and impressive communications and command and control facilities for its size. This allows her to function as the flagship of a small squadron orchestrating survey or defence operations for a frontier sector. In fleet combat, she is best deployed to coordinate screening elements.

Her cloaking device, relatively small size and relatively low energy output allow the U.S.S. Umbriel to move and communicate unseen, though the cloak is not calibrated to operate in combat, due to its long phasing period.

In preparation for potential combat operations in the Outback, where it is likely to face smaller and more nimble opponents, the ships’ weapons systems were specialised and refitted. While most vessels of the Bozeman class operate with pulse phaser cannon and torpedoes, the U.S.S. Umbriel mounts dual phaser banks on the forward strips and regular phaser arrays aft, sacrificing the high burst output of cannon in favour of wider arcs of fire on the fore. A type 3 Variable Payload Torpedo Launcher complements these capabilities and allows for the launching of many standard probes. The ship carries a standard complement of Quantum Torpedoes.

A Danube-class Runabout, U.S.S. Dnieper is housed in the third shuttle bay. The aft launch pad is fitted with gravitic plating to allow for rapid embarkation and disembarkation of personnel and certain materials, with the use of EV suits.

# Deck Layout

The layout for the U.S.S. Umbriel follows that of many Miranda-class variants, with specifics conforming to the Bozeman model.

Turbolifts and the main computer core cross multiple decks. The computer core is placed in a shaft that runs vertically through the centre of the saucer section, with the top of the shaft on deck 02 and the base at deck 09, where computer control is located.

Turbolifts serve decks 01 through 10, with horizontal turbolifts running between the saucer and the aft superstructure, accessing decks 04, 05, 06 and 07 using the horizontal turboshaft on deck 06.

Several areas of the ship are only accessible by jefferies tubes. The mission pod is accessible from the aft section of deck 02. Access to the side struts for probe and torpedo maintenance is on decks 05 and 06. Access to the sensor arrays maintenance corridors is on deck 11. The main working, living and recreational areas are listed below:

* **Deck 01 - Command Deck**: Main Bridge, Ready Room
* **Deck 02 - Executive Deck**: VIP/Officers’ Lounge (Upper), Conference Room, Executive Officers’ Office, Flight Operations Centre, Flight Crew Briefing Room, Shuttlebay 3 Control Room, Shuttlebay 3 Upper Level.
* **Deck 03 - Observation Deck**: VIP/Officers’ Lounge (Lower), Senior Officers’ Quarters, Operations Officer's Office, Social Sciences Department, Stellar Cartography, Emergency Transporter, Nondenominational Chapel, VIP Passenger Staterooms (non-humanoid atmospheres). Shuttlebay 3 Mid-Level.
* **Deck 04 - Engineering Deck**: QSD Aperture Generator, Phaser Array Control/Maintenance, Officer and Senior Crew Quarters, Officer/VIP Mess, Ship’s Galley, Arboretum (upper level), Aeronautics and Aquanautics Laboratories, Holodeck 1 and 2, Transporter Room 1 and 2, Transporter Machinery Room, Main Engineering, Engineering Offices & Modular Laboratories, Main Impulse Drive, Auxiliary Fusion Reactors, Deuterium Tanks, Impulse Engine Bay (Upper Level), Shuttlebay 3 Main Level.
* **Deck 05 - Recreation Deck**: Forward Sensor Control, Crew Quarters, Arboretum (Lower level), Swimming Pool, Jacuzzi, Gymnasium, Aquarium, Power Systems, Impulse Engine Bay (Main Level), Shuttlebays 1 and 2 Control Rooms, Shuttlebays 1 and 2 (Upper Level).
* **Deck 06 - Crew Deck**: Dual Occupant Crew Cabins, Crew Mess Hall, Docking Port and Airlocks, Material/Industrial Replicators, Fabrication Shop, Cargo Transporter Rooms (3 and 4), Shuttlebays 1 and 2 (Mid-Level).
* **Deck 07 - Main Deck**: Damage Control Operations Centre, Transporter Rooms 4 through 12, Brig, Armoury, Chief of Security’s Office, Auxiliary Control Room, Auxiliary Briefing Room, Environmental Control, Sick Bay, Chief Medical Officers’ Office, Physical and Life Science Modular Laboratories, Chief Science Officer’s Office, Manoeuvring Thruster Control, Turbolift Repair, Matter-Antimatter Reaction Core, Antimatter Storage, Shuttle bays 1 and 2 Main Level.
* **Deck 08 - Docking Deck**: Navigational Deflector, Docking Port #3 and #4, EVA Airlock, Auxiliary Fire Control, Waste Extraction, Fabrication Facility.
* **Deck 09 - Information Deck**: Computer Control, Computer Core Access, Auxiliary Computer Core, Intelligence Operations Centre, Intelligence Chief’s Office, Temperature Regulation, Raw Material Storage
* **Deck 10 - Power Control**: Circuit Breaker Control Room, Power Distribution Centre, Main Sensor Array Access, Cargo Storage
* **Deck 11 - Sensor Deck**: Main Sensor Array Monitoring Station, Navigation Dome.

# Naming

The Umbriel is named after an older ship, the Miranda-class U.S.S. Umbriel (NCC-1862). She shares her predecessors’ registry number, with the addition of the number nine, after a petition for the registry number NCC-1862-B was denied.

Like Miranda, Umbriel is a moon of the planet Uranus, in the Sol system. It was named after a character in a poem by Alexander Pope: a gnome who journeys to the Cave of Spleen and from the Queen receives a bag of "sighs, sobs, and passions, and the war of tongues" (canto 4 line 84) and a vial filled "with fainting fears, soft sorrows, melting griefs, and flowing tears". The citation on the ships’ plaque references this poem.

# Logs

* U.S.S. Umbriel Commanding Officers Log (Old Forums)
* U.S.S. Umbriel Commanding Officers' Log (New Forums)