USS Berlin

The original configuration

After refit and recommission

*“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."* - Martin Luther King Jr.
The **USS *Berlin*** (**NCC-2004**, later **NCC-14232**) was an *Excelsior*-class scale 5 heavy cruiser with a long history of service in Starfleet. It was the second vessel to bear the name.

## Service history

Originally commissioned under the registry NCC-2004 in 2290, the *Berlin* was the fifth *Excelsior*-class vessel to leave the shipyard.

In late 2343, the cruiser completed a long range cometary survey of the Minos Korva system. The *Berlin* was crippled three years later while investigating a stellar anomoly and had to be towed to spacedock. Due to the age of the vessel and the extensive damage, it was decided to decommission the old *Excelsior*-class.

A year later, when war erupted between the United Federation of Planets and the Cardassian Union, Starfleet Command ordered the *Berlin* to be refit and recommissioned. The starship underwent an overhaul and upgrade and returned to service in early 2348 under a new registry, NCC-14232.

The various technological upgrades also allowed the vessel to operate far under the original standard crew complement of the *Excelsior*-class. While the Berlin had run for many years with a crew of around 750, after the refit she was at peak efficiency with only 450 personnel.

After a Tholian attack on Starbase 311 in 2353, the *Berlin* was the first starship to respond to the station's distress call. Kyle Riker was the only survivor found by the *Berlin's* crew. The starship took him to Starbase 84 for proper medical care.

In 2363, the *Berlin* was assigned to patrol duties along the Romulan Neutral Zone. A year into their mission, the starship received a distress call from a border outpost that seven Romulan warbirds had entered the neutral zone. The *Berlin* responded at high-warp and was able to deter an attack until the USS *Enterprise*-D arrived to force a Romulan retreat.

When the Cardassians threatened to invade Minos Korva in 2369, the *Berlin*, along with the USS *Aries* and USS *Sutherland*, was dispatched to provide assistance to the *Enterprise*. Due to the three starships being three days away, the *Enterprise* was forced to find an alternative means of preventing the invasion and the situation was resolved before the *Berlin* arrived.

The *Berlin* served in various battles of the Dominion War as the flagship of the Berlin Cruiser Group (GP-187) within Galaxy Wing 94, before being destroyed during the final engagement that brought an end to the war.

## Crew

### Senior staff

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

## Ship culture

### Old Bear Pentathlon

Begun by Lieutenant Commander Soha Aurox when she arrived as tactical officer and security chief, the "Old Bear Pentathlon" was a weekly event where the crew of the *Berlin* would compete in various activities. Though originally limited to security personnel, the event eventually expanded to allow any member of the crew to participate. The intention was to foster friendly competition amongst personnel as they worked to maintain their skills and physical condition. Each week's winner would be awarded a certificate stating their acceptance into the "Bear Cub Club" and those who won more than twelve events were known as "Bear Wranglers." Though Aurox was transferred in 2367, the competition continued until the destruction of the *Berlin* in 2375.

## Appendices

### Connections

**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 Berlin article at *Memory Alpha*.
* USS Berlin (NCC-14232) article at *Memory Beta*.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ *Star Trek: The Next Generation* episode: "Chain of Command, Part II" (remastered).
2. ↑ *Star Trek: The Lost Era* novel - *Deny Thy Father*.
3. ↑ *Star Trek: The Next Generation* episode - "Angel One."
4. ↑ *Star Trek: The Next Generation* episode script - "Chain of Command, Part II."