U.S.S. Ramillies

**USS *Ramillies* (NCC-2115-C)** is a double-hulled, twin nacelle starship of the United Federation of Planets Starfleet. She is the fourth starship to bear the name, a *Sovereign*-class cruiser, and is currently in active commission. Commissioned in 2382, the ship has seen service in the Klingon, Borg and Iconian conflicts of the early 25th century, and throughout her 36 years of service has completed three five-year missions in the Alpha, Beta and Gamma Quadrants.

*Ramillies* was launched from the 94 Aquarii Shipyards in 2382 in the Fellebia system, under a building program directed by the SCE's 1st Aquarius Division (which operates yards in 94 Aquarii, 53 Aquarii, and Upsilon Aquarii). She was one of a series of *Sovereign*-class starships completed at the yards toward the end of an initiative by the ASDB to decentralise the Federation's shipbuilding programs during the Dominion War, where it was feared that the damage or loss of primary graving docks in Sol, Antares, and Vulcan could potentially cripple Starfleet's ability to produce and repair capital assets. Launched from 94 Aquarii Number 3 slipway in orbit of Fellebia III, the ship was moved under her own warp power to the San Francisco Fleet Yards in Sol system to complete final fit-outs.

Unlike some of her sisters, *Ramillies* has been In continuous service with Starfleet (apart from standard refit cycles) for more than 30 years. The ship's mot recent assignment was to the 26th Fleet in 2414, under Captain Amalei Neraea, who retained command until September 2415 upon her transfer to the USS *Columbia*. From Stardate 93344.5 to Stardate 94348.3, *Ramillies* was under the command of Rear Admiral T'Molina, and since has been under the command of Captain Scott McIntyre, who previously served as the ship's first officer.

*Ramillies* continued to be a principal frontline asset of Task Force Avalon as the only active *Sovereign*-class starship in the fleet following the decommissioning of sister ship USS *Destiny* in the wake of the Iconian War, and the transfer of the USS *Rodney* back to the Beta Quadrant. The USS *Roosevelt-B* joined the fleet subsequent to the *Rodney's* transfer.

The ship was severely damaged in action against the Na'khul in July 2416 when her shields failed and she was hit by a heavy torpedo barrage. The port nacelle was severed from its pylon, and significant damage was received across the port side engineering hull. A warp nacelle from decommissioned sistership USS *Destiny* was used to repair the *Ramillies*, and she was returned to service in Task Force Avalon.

*Ramillies* has previously served as flagship of Task Force Avalon for Rear Admiral Neraea and as of December 2418 remains active under the command of Captain McIntyre.

# Senior Staff

**Commanding Officer:** Captain Scott McIntyre

Captain Scott McIntyre is the Commanding Officer of the USS Ramillies, and current Flag Captain to Rear Admiral Amalei Neraea.

As straight and even-tempered as one could expect a Starfleet Captain to be, McIntyre is a pragmatic and professional officer who joined Starfleet at the behest of his father - who was, in turn, a Federation Diplomat. Considered a family tradition, McIntyre's grandfather served in Starfleet in the latter part of the 23rd century.

His current manner was not always the norm, and his early career is a colourful service jacket marred by a significant disciplinary incident at Starfleet Academy that saw his final grade seriously penalised, thereby limiting his early choice of assignments.

A skilful pilot, McIntyre is qualified to fly small strike craft, including Peregrine fighters, though he has never directly served in that capacity. He achieved recognition for his successful application of zero-G fighter dogfighting tactics to small escort starship squadrons during the Archanis campaign. The strategy often contributed to giving Starfleet a tactical edge when numerically outmatched by KDF forces.

He previously served as the Executive Officer of the *Ramillies* under then-Captain Neraea.

**First Officer:** Commander Miranda Loughane

The newest addition to the senior staff of the *Ramillies*, Commander Loughane joined the ship in January 2417 following the end of the ship's *Vizier*-class retrofit. With Scott McIntyre promoted to Captain, Loughane was selected from a lengthy list of candidates, and quickly settled in part due to a jovial, business-like attitude, and abundance of energy.

Demanding and some might say brash, Loughane is an ambitious officer with a streak for over-achievement. From 2409 to 2413 she served aboard the *Armitage*-class USS *Clannad* as its chief tactical officer before being promoted in 2414 to Second Officer aboard the same vessel. Aboard *Clannad*, Loughane saw significant action during the Iconian War throughout 2415, during which she was promoted in-field to First Officer after a ramming attack by a Baltim raider caused severe damage to the ship, killing its XO. Her promotion to Commander was confirmed in January 2416, though she took leave during a lengthy three-month period during which the *Clannad* was overhauled at Utopia Planitia.

Returning to duty, Loughane was re-assigned to San Francisco Fleet Yards to manage the huge work bill of ship repairs and refits that followed the Iconian War. It was a posting that lasted the majority of the year, and made her very proficient in logistics and resource management. The combination of this proficiency with her experience leading a crew under difficult circumstances contributed heavily to Captain McIntyre's decision to select her as the *Ramillies'* new first officer.

After two years aboard the ship, Loughane is close with McIntyre, and has been influential in helping him step into the responsibility of captaincy. She has, however, been notably vocal in her dislike of *Ramillies* being used as a 'bed and breakfast' for flag officers.

**Chief Medical Officer:** Dr. T’Saavok

Commander T’Saavok, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of the *Ramillies*, and a graduate of both the Vulcan Science Academy and Starfleet Medical College.
Despite initially specializing in Vulcanoid neuroscience, T’Saavok quickly branched into general medicine and trauma surgery during her collegiate and Academy years.

After her graduation from the Academy, Ensign T’Saavok was a medical officer assigned to the Nebula-class U.S.S. “Virginia”, which was heavily gutted behind Cardassian lines in the opening year of the Dominion War. It was there she obtained a reputation as a trauma surgeon, saving hundreds of lives between “Virginia” and the rest of her task group, and hundreds more still in the rest of the war.

After eleven years as the Chief Medical Officer on the hospital ship “Bourgeoise”, T’Saavok took a promotion to Commander and assignment as the Lead Medical Instructor at Starfleet Academy, where she would teach multiple generations of bright new medical officers between 2394 and 2420.

T’Saavok joined the crew of the “Ramillies” in February of 2420, her first field assignment in nearly twenty years. She has since more than proven the lack of rust on her skills, accomplishing a number of innovations including the adaptation of “Ramillies’” bio-neural gel packs into an interface for an An’sheran artificial intelligence, and more recently pioneering treatments for mycelial necrosis after the attack on Meraxes.

While she tends to be rather quiet and keep the personal separated from the professional, She has over the years become quite close to Captain McIntyre and her chief assistant, an Illuminate exchange officer named Priscilla Evensong.

Occasionally, on late nights after a particularly long shift in sickbay, T’Saavok can be heard playing the grand piano in her quarters, if one should pass them on such a night. Despite being quite good, she has not yet been convinced to perform in public.

**Chief Engineer:** Commander Colm McKinley

The long-serving Chief Engineer of the *Ramillies*, Commander Colm McKinley has been aboard the vessel longer than any other member of senior staff, having joined the ship as an assistant engineer (with the rank of Lieutenant) at the start of her third five-year mission in 2396 under Captain Sovak.

McKinley has served as Chief Engineer since 2404, and has more than 35 years experience in Starfleet engine rooms since his graduation from Starfleet Academy in 2380.

Unsurprisingly, Commander McKinley is exceptionally protective of his charges, and labours to keep the ship in the finest possible working order (arguably, according to some Captains who have commanded the vessel, to the point of obsession.)

When he is not tending to the ship's engines, McKinley is fond of boxing, and has taken to running boxing classes for the ship's crew. Lieutenant Drell, the ship's tactical officer, is a common sparring partner.

As the most senior member of the ship's crew after the Captain and Commander Loughane, McKinley also acts as *Ramillies'* second-officer.

He is said to have stubbornly refused a command of his own on not less than four occasions.

**Chief of Operations:** Lieutenant Commander Melissa Jackson

Melissa Jackson's two lives have not been easy. Graduating Starfleet Academy at the end of 2408, Ensign Jackson's first posting was to the USS *Venture* under Captain Rebecca Simmons. It was a career that would nearly be over as quickly as it began, as *Venture* was assigned to deep space exploration beyond the Gamma Orionis sector, just months before the Borg Invasion of the same region.

*Venture* and almost the entirety of her one-thousand-strong crew would be declared missing, presumed lost in late 2409 when the ship was attacked and taken by the Borg during an operation in fluidic space. While Captain Simmons herself would later speak for the collective as 'Manus of Borg', the fate that awaited most of her crew was simple assimilation into the Collective's vast army of drones. Jackson was among them. Her status was changed from Missing in Action to Killed in Action on December 1st, 2409.

Jackson's life could well have ended there, but it was a twist of fortune alone - two years later - that spared her from the Collective. On Stardate 89440.92, a detachment of MACOs from Team 44 under the command of Captain Amalei Neraea raided a disabled Borg cube found adrift in the Azure Nebula. The cube, having been severely damaged by Undine forces that, had been almost completely severed from the collective, and in the course of their salvage mission the MACOs tagged, retrieved, and liberated 34 drones. One of them, designated Five of Twelve, was Ensign Melissa Jackson.

Severed from the Collective, Jackson spent the next twelve months recovering from the catastrophic ordeal and re-adjusting to her humanity. While the vast majority of her implants were removed and a clone graft replaced her severed right forearm, the trauma and scars of assimilation ran deep - and her family, from Tycho City on Luna, struggled to help her come to terms with what had happened.

Eighteen months passed before Five finally began to accept her old identity as Ensign Melissa Jackson. She resumed her service in Starfleet in June 2413, having met with Captain Neraea as the *Ramillies* returned to Earth for a major overhaul. Accepting a posting to San Francisco Fleet Yards as an Operations specialist with the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade, Jackson put herself to work with the yard engineers in overhauling the starship for the next twelve months. She elected to transfer to the vessel upon its return to active duty in September 2414, where she has remained since.

Jackson is personally defined by a deadpan sense of humour that occasionally strays into dark territory, but is otherwise thorough and analytical in her approach to Operations. She is closest to the ship's Chief Engineer, Colm McKinley, who had been aboard at the time of her rescue from the Collective and had a significant role in helping surgeons unravel her network of implants. The two officers take pride in their ability to keep the ship running with a unique combination of fastidious detail and ruthless (perhaps almost-Borg) efficiency.

**Chief Science Officer:** Lieutenant Commander Xev Grevach

The chief science officer of the USS *Ramillies*, Lieutenant Commander Grevach is a career scientist with majors in astrophysics and quantum mechanics, and a doctorate in physical sciences.

Argumentative and brusque in his manner and bearing (typical of his society), Xev is nonetheless excitable when engaged on subjects that draw his interest. He is particularly friendly with the ship's Chief Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Drell - though usually his style of expressing this fondness is met with frustration by the Klingon, who is known to react tersely to seemingly unnecessary argument. Grevach, however, merely considers this to be sport.

Grevach is an aficionado of thespian arts and poetry, and has been known to perform readings. He is responsible for a considerable number of Shakespeare holoprograms in the *Ramillies* databanks - almost all of which have been 'adapted' in various interpretive and argumentative Tellarite styles.

**Chief Tactical Officer:** Lieutenant Tajhra zh’Thane

There is perhaps no more fiery combination of senior officers aboard the *Ramillies* than the Chief Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Tajhra zh'Thane, and Chief Security Officer Lieutenant Drell. Born to a very traditional Andorian family, Tajhra bucked the family custom of joining the Imperial Guard after being strongly influenced by her aunt, Tallissinia sh'Thane.

Graduating the Academy as a fighter pilot in late 2409, Tajhra's first assignment was to the USS *Susquehanna* and the 207th Fighter Squadron. Deployed to the Archanis sector, she was shot down and severely injured in the Third Battle of Azha. Suffering severe spinal trauma and paralysed from the waist down, Tajhra was told she would never fly in combat again and spent the next sixteen months in rehabilitation where she stubbornly refused to accept the prognosis and again learned to walk with the assistance of an exo-frame. She briefly transferred to Flight Control in early 2411 and instructed zero-G combat tactics to Academy classes at Starbase 157, but found it difficult adapting to life 'on the ground'.

It was in the course of a visit by the USS *Ramillies* to the station in October that year that Tajhra's life changed when she got into a bar fight with the Chief Security Officer of the visiting starship - Lieutenant Drell. The incident marked the start of an unusual friendship between the pair, and they both stood - bruised - in front of Captain Neraea to explain the incident. When both officers took responsibility, zh'Thane was promptly discharged from her post on Starbase 157 and ordered to return to Earth for reassignment.

She never boarded the shuttle, as Drell instead suggested to his Captain that the Andorian's brief service record and stubborn character to that point had been exemplary. Neraea reluctantly agreed, and zh'Thane's orders for reassignment were re-directed to the *Ramillies*.

As the senior Tactical Officer of the *Ramillies* and with a background in exo-atmospheric fighter tactics, Tajhra is the first that Captain McIntyre will turn to when the call for battlestations is sounded. Tajhra's sparring with Drell continues, though it has since turned into a routine part of their 'courting rituals'.

**Chief Security Officer:** Lieutenant Drell

A member of a 'forgotten generation' of Klingons who did not follow the will of Chancellor J'mpok when he dissolved the Khitomer Accords, Drell was low-born to a minor Klingon house on the fringes of the Empire in the Korvat system and grew up amid the tensions of deteriorating relations between the United Federation of Planets and Klingon Empire. As Korvat was a Federation colony world until its annexation by the Klingon Empire in 2405, Drell - a Federation citizen - applied to Starfleet Academy in 2403 when it became clear that his house (a staunch ally of the deposed Chancellor Martok) was likely facing the seizures of its assets and estates.

Graduating in 2407, Drell was assigned to security aboard the USS *Musashi* for two years until the ship's destruction in 2409 at the hands of a Klingon Bird of Prey. Surviving the disaster in an escape pod, Drell was credited with leading and protecting ten other crew members who had survived with him, having crash-landed on a nearby moon. He and his party evaded Klingon patrols for the next four days before being rescued by the USS *Athens*.

Drell was assigned to the *Ramillies* soon after, first as a junior security officer early in 2409. He was appointed Chief of Security in January 2411.

Drell has a stubborn rivalry with the *Ramillies'* embarked MACO detachment commander, Lieutenant Commander Rel Jaro which has sometimes materialised in the course of colourful boxing bouts in the ship's gymnasium. Captain McIntyre (now as Captain and previously as First Officer) tolerates the rivalry insofar as it has been beneficial to the performance ratings of both his security officers, and the members of MACO Team 32.

An ostensibly acrimonious rivalry with the ship's Chief Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Tajhra zh'Thane also continued until September 2415, when both officers presented to the infirmary duty officer with multiple fractures and contusions following an 'altercation' two days after the ship's engagement with the Heralds at the Battle of OB-241 during the Iconian War. Doctor Raleigh did not make any recommendation for disciplinary proceedings, and Drell and Tajhra now enjoy a very close friendship.

Drell is the current champion of Commander McKinley's shipboard boxing ladder, having reclaimed it from Chief Petty Officer Suvel in a charity bout in October 2418.

# Command History

Captain Geoffrey Banick, 2382 - 2388

Captain Andrea Hawkins, 2388 - 2395

Captain David Connors, November 2395 - December 2395 (Killed in command)

Captain Sovak, 2395 - 2401

Captain Eric Renshaw, 2401 - 2409

Captain Amalei Neraea, 2409-2412

Captain Valek Eleth, 2412 - 2413

Captain Amalei Neraea, January 2413 - June 2413

Commander Stuart Quinnell, June 2413 - September 2414 (Refit period)

Captain Amalei Neraea, September 2414 - September 2415

Captain T'Molina, September 2415 - September 2416

Captain Scott McIntyre, September 2416 - present

# Deck Layout - 2418

**Deck 1:** Main bridge, observation lounge / conference room 1, captain’s ready room, admiral's office.

**Deck 2:** Senior officers quarters, officers' mess, upper ODN conduit maintenance, No. 4 torpedo battery, No. 4 torpedo magazine.

**Deck 3:** Senior officers quarters, No. 1, 2, & 3 airlock access, VIP & guest quarters, conference rooms 2 & 3, flag officers quarters, No. 3 torpedo battery.

**Deck 4:** Senior officers quarters, aft observation deck, No. 3 torpedo magazine, senior officers' lounge, holosuites.

**Deck 5:** Junior officers quarters, crew storage, computer sciences, computer core auxilliary access, officers' mess, cargo hold, fusion reactor, deuterium storage, gymnasium, ODN control center.

**Deck 6:** Junior officers quarters, crew lounge, cargo bay 1 & 2, upper main computer core access, science laboratory, impulse drives, main shuttle bay control, upper shuttle bay hangar.

**Deck 7:** Junior officers quarters, enlisted crew quarters, crew mess, main phaser array maintenance access, lounge.

**Deck 8:** Junior officers quarters, enlisted crew quarters, main infirmary, chief medical officer's office, counselor's office, firing range, main impulse engines, chief tactical officer’s office, main brig, secondary weapons control, secondary armoury, upper shuttle bay flight deck, pilots briefing room, transporter rooms 1 & 2, holodecks 1 & 2, No. 1 torpedo battery, No. 1 torpedo magazine.

**Deck 9:** Antimatter generators, senior officer quarters, machine shops, captain's quarters, arboretum, main computer core access, computer sciences, fusion reactors, dorsal auxilliary power access, environmental support, transporter rooms 3 & 4.

**Deck 10:** Senior officers quarters, flight operations, dorsal warp core ejection port, cybernetics laboratory, stellar cartography access, racquet ball court & gymnasium, saucer separation interlocks, rubber duck & hamster wheel control stations.

**Deck 11:** Enlisted crew quarters, junior officers quarters, stellar cartography, astrometrics, cargo bay, shuttle maintenance access, formal reception center, lecture theater, phaser systems management, secondary navigational deflector, M/ARA deuterium injector assembly.

**Deck 12:** Primary systems support compartment, environmental support, enlisted crew quarters, weapon power management systems, aft cargo bay access, forward cargo bay access, upper shuttle bay maintenance, quartermaster's office, primary EPS conduit.

**Deck 13:** Junior officers quarters, deuterium storage, power distribution, environmental support, lower ODN conduit maintenance, No. 2 torpedo battery, No. 2 torpedo magazine.

**Deck 14:** Aft shuttle bay control, No. 7 torpedo battery (aft), No. 7 torpedo magazine, junior officer quarters, deuterium storage, cargo bay 3, primary cargo hold, lower forward torpedo control, captain’s yacht access & docking.

**Deck 15:** Aft shuttle maintenance, enlisted crew quarters, engineering computer core control, transporter rooms 3 & 4, auxilliary bridge, cybernetics lab, airlocks 4 & 5.

**Deck 16:** Aft shuttle maintenance, primary plasma distribution hub, infirmary, deputy chief medical officer's office, medical isolation compartment.

**Deck 17:** Engineering computer core, aft shuttle bay, tertiary science labs, main navigational deflector, main engineering, pylon EPS maintenance, fantail crew lounge.

**Deck 18:** Engineering computer core, primary machine shop, enlisted crew quarters, astrometrics, chief science officer’s office, microlabs, navigational deflector.

**Deck 19:** No. 8 torpedo battery (aft), No. 8 torpedo magazine, atmospheric processing, main tractor beam control, transporter rooms 5 & 6, environmental control, aft torpedo control, navigational deflector.

**Deck 20:** Brig, armoury, waste management, environmental support, astrometrics, deflector maintenance.

**Deck 21:** Aft cargo bay access, power transfer conduit control centre, environmental support, M.A.C.O. billets, firing range, briefing room, workshop, quantum mechanics laboratory.

**Deck 22:** Tertiary maintenance support centre, secondary systems support, gravimetric polaron generators, antimatter storage pods, forward tractor emitter.

**Deck 23:** Antimatter storage pods, engineering crew lounge, No. 5 torpedo battery (fore), No. 5 torpedo battery magazine.

**Deck 24:** Antimatter injector assembly, antimatter storage pods, maintenance, ventral phaser maintenance shaft.

**Deck 25:** Antimatter injector assembly, antimatter generator, ventral warp core ejection, No. 6 torpedo battery magazine, fusion reactor.

**Deck 26:** No. 6 torpedo battery (aft), aft tractor beam, maintenance access, ventral warp core ejection port.

# Armaments

## Weaponry

16x Type XII Mk. XV phaser arrays

1x Turreted Mk. XV burst-fire torpedo launcher (Forward, ventral hull)

4x Forward Mk. XV burst-fire torpedo launchers (1x Twin Mount, 2x Single Mounts)

6x Aft Mk. XV burst-fire torpedo launchers (2x Twin Mounts, 3x Single Mounts)

## Tactical Systems

2 SENTINEL Omni-Directional Targeting Arrays

Quantum phase converters

Zero-point energy modulators

Sustained radiant field generators

Proton particle stabilization systems

USS *Ramillies* has been extensively modified from her original San Francisco yard fitting in 2382. Having been refit five times in her 31 years of service, few of the ship’s original systems remain onboard, with perhaps only ornamental furnishings being original components. Mk XII phasers were first installed on the ship in 2409, and have been progressively up-rated through a series of EPS grid reinforcements, beam modulators, and most recently, feedback buffers which bleed excess directed-energy output in to the shield grid. Ramillies rated extremely highly for beam accuracy during acceptance trials in 2414, and while targeting systems remain susceptible to jamming and electronic decoys, positive remarks were made on the ship’s ability to reliably hit fast-moving targets at a broad range of navigational aspects.

Beam modulation technology provided by the Romulan Republic to Starfleet Engineers in 2409 was installed in Ramillies’ tactical suite early in 2410, and pushes the nadion beam out of its normal cohesion frequency in to a higher or lower range as required, at variable power outputs. Shield penetration is consequently improved, and weapons have marginally better performance against ablative armours when compared with standard configurations.

Torpedo armaments are above-average for a *Sovereign*-class vessel. In addition to a standardization refit in 2388 which added two torpedo launchers to the ship’s launch configuration, further upgrades were carried out on the quantum torpedo turret and main aft battery. Forward torpedo coverage was improved through the installation of wide-angle targeting systems (as found on newer *Regent*-class ships) in 2410. Induction coil improvements and the incorporation of warhead proton particle stabilizers in the ship’s photon torpedo tubes further allows for the use of non-standard gravimetric devices and other higher-yield warheads.

An in-field upgrade of the ship’s flow capacitors in 2411 coupled the main deflector’s tetryon particle accelerators with the main weapons grid. This increased energy weapons performance by approximately 22 percent against covariant and regenerative shield types favoured by the Borg (against which the ship had considerable experience). Improvements were noted against resilient-type shield arrays. These upgrades were removed in 2415 as a result of the ship receiving a new positron-type deflector array that was incompatible with the system. This upgrade was carried out in response to fit out recommendations tendered by Starfleet's Iconian Task Force.

The ship's primary weapons systems were replaced by Mk XIV iterations in the course of a minor refit at the end of 2416. Mk XV systems were fitted following its Vizier standardisation program in 2418. The weapons were tuned for higher initial outputs at the expense of sustained energy emissions, giving them better armour and hull penetration, at the expense of targeting fidelity.

# Defensive Systems

Mk. XV Hardened Resilient Deflector Shields

Mk. XV Neutronium alloy and Ablative armour hull plating w/ RCS power transfer auxiliaries

From commissioning in 2382, USS *Ramillies’* primary deflector shield grid was a regenerative array comprising 26 field generators with reactive distortion fields located at frames 5, 12, 18 and 26. This configuration was standard across Sovereign class hulls until 2400 with the introduction of Aegis covariant shield patterns. Aegis defensive systems operated on the USS *Ramillies* for the next six years until 2406, which saw the high-capacity, low-regenerative fields replaced by sturdier resilient arrays in response to improvements in disruptor technology observed within the Klingon Empire. While lower in overall power ratings, *Ramillies’* shield grid – then a standard Starfleet Mk XII resilient shield with specific modifications made to energy capacitors - put it on-par with the longevity of most covariant patterns. In practice, the ship’s tactical performance saw an improvement as the apparent effectiveness of weapons fire was noticeably degraded by hardened shield grids.

These resilient shield systems were retained in her 2413 refit, although complete replacements of the emitter array components mean that they could be tuned for specific energy resistances depending on tactical requirements. The deflector array was refitted during the Iconian War in 2415 to reinforce the field generators for higher power loads, and attach cyclic power taps to the redundant hot-standbys. While the shield grid is rated to higher outputs and hardened against a broad spectrum of E/M frequencies, it comes at the expense of narrowing its overall adaptation range. The precise range of frequencies within which the shield grid is hardened is classified.

The ship was constructed with an 'all or nothing' armour scheme that comprehensively protects vital areas, and has been progressively improved through moderate refits over time. Mk. XII neutronium plating was installed to replace older Mk. XI ablative systems in 2413, and they are coupled to energy capacitors running along the inner hull's spalling liners. These collect and divert energy from weapons impacts to the ship’s main fusion reactor systems where it is fed back into the EPS grid. A proposal to increase armour coverage during this refit was rejected due to the considerable weight it would add to the ship.

As of 2418 following her Vizier-class refit, *Ramillies* is protected by a hybrid armour scheme of ablative and neutronium alloys, covering sixth-generation composite duranium/nanomesh hull plating. Ablative armour covers most areas, while smaller allocations of neutronium alloys have been fitted to vital sections including primary engineering and command spaces.

# Propulsion and Engineering

1 Yoyodyne 44A M/ARC Mk XV-IR Hyper Injection Warp Core

2 Bozeman Propulsion Systems IR/A Mk. XV Hyper-Impulse Engines
1 Vervyn Q-3 Type 1 Mk XV Quantum Slipstream Deflector Field Inducer

Standard cruise velocity: Warp 9.97 (Sustained)

Maximum speed: Warp 9.985

Quantum Slipstream Drive (Classified)

Nothing of *Ramillies’* original warp drive remains part of the ship’s systems. New nacelles were installed in 2406, incorporating coaxial quantum slipstream stabilizers in to the warp coils, and they were further upgraded in 2409 . The *Sovereign*-class’s traditional very high cruise velocities were unaffected by these modifications, but her maximum unsustainable speed is now classified. Most analysis concurs that the ship's slipstream is limited to short duration use, and it is not capable of keeping pace with current-generation classes of QSD designed for dedicated hull-forms (such as the *Archon*, *Odyssey*, or *Brigid* classes.)

Due to the complexity of the ship’s specifications, many of the *Ramillies'* engineering systems have been overhauled in a series of staged refits, all of which were generally carried out to support secondary systems improvements as power requirements changed and new technologies were adapted. The installation of a new hyper-injection matter/antimatter warp core was the most recent improvement to the ship’s engineering systems in 2416, providing greater power efficiency and distribution between systems, and better managing the ship’s warp field. Despite these improvements, the lack of comprehensive program integration between the various sub-systems of *Ramillies’* engineering sections means that maintenance demands are considerably higher than typically expected for current Starfleet designs. While this is a reflection of the ship’s age, the systems are nonetheless robust.

A complete overhaul and standardization of the ship's engine spaces was conducted as part of her Vizier refit program update in 2417, which reduced some of these maintenance overheads and reduced ongoing wear-and-tear issues.

# Science and Sensors

Mk. XV Positron Deflector Dish with Dark Matter Navigational Package (Classified)

6 DYN-75 Lateral Sensor Suites

2 Astrometrics laboratories

2 Xenobiology laboratories

4 General science laboratories

1 Stellar cartography laboratory

1 Quantum mechanics laboratory

2 Cybernetics laboratory

2 Arboretums

The *Sovereign*-class line of starships were conceived out of Starfleet’s need to find an adequate counter to the threat of the Borg, and may be regarded as the last-word in over a decade of R&D intended to breed a leaner, more tactically-capable vessel with long-term mission capabilities not seen since the *Excelsior*-class project over a century before. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this means that the *Sovereign*-class’s science systems, while formidable in the context of the major Alpha Quadrant powers, were eclipsed by other, more dedicated Starfleet exploration vessels of their peerage such as the *Luna* and *Vesta* classes. In the years since, substantial work has been done to retrofit and adapt the *Ramillies’* systems for multi-mission work, the culmination of which has almost doubled the capacity of the ship’s original launch-specification science facilities.

The removal or reconfiguration of tactical and engineering spaces throughout the ship has seen significant improvements in the *Ramillies’* ability to perform broader scientific and exploratory duties. One specific example was the removal of the ship’s seventh torpedo magazine, previously used for transphasic warheads and then later as cargo, for conversion in to a Strategic Operations Center capable of fleet command and coordination tasks, as well as long-range survey planning. Supported by physical science labs added during refits in 2409 and 2413, and combined with modular bridge stations and reconfigurable long-range tactical sensors (now capable of multi-spectral imaging), the *Ramillies* is able to operate as a deep-space observatory, with sensor capabilities close to those of some dedicated science vessels.

A major refit of the ship’s main deflector array in 2413 further contributed to the ship’s science suites. Built by the Omega Taskforce and assembled at Starfleet’s Copernicus shipyards, the Mk XII tachyon deflector dish was an unexpected departure from the previous Aegis-pattern graviton deflector first fitted at San Francisco Fleet Yards in 2400 and was viewed as an unorthodox selection for a ship principally designed for combat operations. The advantages, however, were two-fold, and gave *Ramillies* a clever edge in benefiting not only her science suites, but also her tactical armaments. Arguably the core of the ship’s tactical, engineering and science systems, the deflector array provided for accurate, long-range fourier analysis routines useful in the detection of cloaked vessels, pin-point firing solutions, and penetrative scanner resolution, while directly boosting the ship’s phasers through a wholly integrated tetryon glider assembly.

This deflector was eventually replaced in 2415 by a Mk XII positron deflector array that was better suited for combat operations against the Heralds during the Iconian War. The replacement included a prototype dark matter navigational package suitable for operations in the Outback. It is not clear how much this new deflector altered or affected the ship's performance, and its specifications remain classified. A general systems upgrade carried out as part of her 2417 rebuild replaced this deflector with the Mk XV iteration.

# Service History

**Stardate 59110.9** (10 February 2382): Special dispensation is received by Captain Geoffrey Banick to re-register *Sovereign*-class naval construction contract NCC-91108 as NCC-2115-C after loss of *Galaxy*-class USS *Ramillies* NCC-2115-B.

**Stardate 59421.3** (3 June 2382): USS *Ramillies* NCC-2115-C is launched from the Aquarius shipyards at Starbase 187 in Eta Eridani under the command of Captain Geoffrey Banick.

**Stardate 60338.3** (4 May 2383): USS *Ramillies* completes shakedown and begins a five-year mission at the edge of Federation space in Zeta Andromeda.

**Stardate 61687.1** (September 2384): USS *Ramillies* completes her first official diplomatic duties for the Federation, visiting Bajor with a delegation of diplomats to mark the entrance of the planet in to the Federation.

**Stardate 644488.1** (28 June 2387): USS *Ramillies* receives request for a mission update from Starfleet Command, along with estimated flight time to Romulus. *Ramillies* advises Starfleet headquarters that she is a minimum of 8 weeks from Romulan space, and is unable to respond quickly to the aftermath of the Hobus crisis. *Ramillies* continues her mission, well beyond the Zenas Expanse.

**Stardate 65101.1** (7 February 2388): USS *Ramillies* arrives at San Francisco Fleet Yards, Sol System, having completed her first five-year mission. Fourteen sectors were charted, three hundred and twenty five stellar anomalies catalogued and studied, and first contact was made with four different races. Captain Banick is promoted to Rear Admiral, and stands down. The ship is refitted over the course of the next three months.

**Stardate 65422.0** (June 2388): Captain Andrea Hawkins assumes command of the USS *Ramillies*, and the ship is ordered to Romulan space to assist with humanitarian operations in Psi Velorum, in which vast numbers of survivors from the Hobus disaster are attempting to resettle following the loss of their homeworlds.

**Stardate 65851.0** (November 2388): Escorting a Romulan vessel carrying supplies to to the Naquencia system, USS *Ramillies* engages a pair of Klingon *Vor’cha*-class attack cruisers. One cruiser is disabled before the second withdraws under cloak.

**Stardate 66497.2** (July 2389): Captain Hawkins negotiates a settlement between colonists in the Jouret system and the Romulan Star Empire over the course of six days. The agreement sees the removal of military hardware from Jouret IV, and opens a supply line for Federation medical ships from Starbase 24. USS *Ramillies* monitors the situation in the sector for the next four weeks until she is relieved by sistership USS *Reprisal*.

**Stardate 67195.8** (February 2390): Still under the command of Captain Hawkins, USS *Ramillies* begins a second five-year mission through the Bajoran wormhole, exploring vast expanses of the largely-unknown Gamma Quadrant.

**Stardate 71261.5** (April 2394): *Ramillies* discovers the wreck of a Borg cube on a planet designated PX-7118-Gamma, and then rendezvous with a ship carrying Annika Hansen from the Daystrom Institute. Early investigation determines the cube has been there for over twenty years, and *Ramillies* assists in the establishment of research facility to study the wreckage.

**Stardate 72371.1** (May 2395): Concluding her five-year mission in the Gamma Quadrant, USS *Ramillies* returns to Deep Space Nine, and is ordered to report to Utopia Planitia for refitting. Overhaul of the ship takes six months, including a full work up of the warp drive, tactical systems, and sensors. Captain Hawkins oversees the refit work before being reassigned to Starfleet Headquarters.

**Stardate 72894.4** (November 2395): *Ramillies* launches from Utopia Planitia under the command of Captain David Connors

**Stardate 72916.3** (December 2395): The departure of the USS *Ramillies* for a third five-year deployment is delayed after an explosive device destroys the ship’s umbilical docking bridge at Earth Spacedock. 27 crew members are killed in the explosion and subsequent decompression before the damage can be sealed. Captain Connors is among the dead.

**Stardate 73017.7** (January 2396): Repairs to the lower decks of the *Ramillies* are completed in Earth Spacedock, and Captain Sovak, a Vulcan and a veteran of the Dominion War, assumes command. An investigation into the bombing of the ship is conducted by Starfleet Intelligence, but findings of the belief that a member of Species 8472 may have been responsible are not publicly disclosed.

**Stardate 73086.0** (February 2396): En-route to the Eridan Belt and her expected commencement of another five-year mission, *Ramillies* is ordered to the Kevratas system to assist in humanitarian efforts following an outbreak of Bloodfire.

**Stardate 73275.3** (April 2396): *Ramillies* leaves Romulan space and passes the Eridan Belt, exploring the core-ward regions of the Beta Quadrant.

**Stardate 78174.7** (March 2401): *Ramillies* returns to Earth, concluding five years in the Beta Quadrant. Her voyage took her more than 400 light-years beyond the old borders of the Romulan empire. Of particular note in the ship’s exploration of over twelve unexplored sectors was a three-week study of a class nine supernova - one of only three observed in Starfleet’s history of exploration, and the most detailed completed by a starship. Captain Sovak relinquishes command of the *Ramillies* at the end of this tour.

**Stardate 78251.4** (April 2401): *Ramillies* undergoes a ten-week refit at San Francisco yards. Computer cores are updated, tactical systems overhauled, and her deflector shield grid is re-tuned and reinforced.

**Stardate 78435.0** (June 2401): Captain Eric Renshaw assumes command of the USS *Ramillies*, and the ship is ordered to Gorn space to monitor the unfolding dispute between the Klingon Empire and the Gorn Hegemony.

**Stardate 79602.1** (August 2402): *Ramillies* is repositioned at Starbase 24 in response to instability on the Romulan capital of Rator III.

**Stardate 80092.5** (February 2403): *Ramillies* uses her quantum slipstream drive to set up a line of transwarp navigational beacons necessary for the deployment of the Federation’s ‘northern’ transwarp network, from Sector 001 to the Rolor Nebula, reaching up to Bolarus and the Z6 sector.

**Stardate 81827.2** (October 2404): USS *Ramillies* joins a task force of ships, including sisterships USS *Reprisal* and USS *Endeavour* to deploy to the Hromi cluster following Klingon demands for the Federation to evacuate its citizens.

**Stardate 82010.3** (January 2405): *Ramillies* engages a Klingon taskforce above the Korvat colony, destroying two *Vor’cha*-class cruisers and heavily damaging a *Negh’var* battlecruiser. The skirmish is sparked after the Klingon Empire attempted to beam down units to remove Federation citizens by force. Following the battle, *Ramillies* is forced to tow the heavily-damaged USS *Montgomery Scott* back to Starbase 181. 4,321 refugees are transported by the *Ramillies* in the process.

**Stardate 82351.5** (May 2405): *Ramillies* charts several regions of unexplored space in the Hromi cluster. The mission results in several significant archaeological finds linked to ancient Vulcan culture, pre-dating the Sundering.

**Stardate 82628.2** (August 2405): *Ramillies* is recalled to Deep Space K-7 following an attempt by the Gorn to invade Sherman’s planet. The attack is easily repelled by the starbase’s defences and nearby ships, and *Ramillies’* medical staff assist in the treatment of wounded.

**Stardate 83003.5** (January 2406): USS *Ramillies* reports to Utopia Planitia for a three-month refit and refurbishment. Significant improvements are made to engineering systems. The ship’s nacelles are replaced with newer variants incorporating integrated quantum slipstream and transwarp systems, and her covariant shields are re-tuned and reconfigured as resilient arrays.

**Stardate 83165.2** (March 2406): *Ramillies* is assigned to Battlegroup Hawkins, part of the 9th Fleet, and is ordered to assist in the protection of Starfleet medical ships responding to the outbreak of a plague in the Carnegie system.

**Stardate 83784.3** (October 2406): *Ramillies* joins with USS *Agincourt*, USS *Saracen*, USS *Commonwealth*, and USS *Reprisal* in engaging a Klingon taskforce in the Ajilon system. The Klingon taskforce is repulsed, at the cost of the USS *Commonwealth*. *Ramillies* assists in the recovery of survivors, returning them to the Deep Space K-7.

**Stardate 84274.7** (April 2407): *Ramillies* is attacked by a squadron of heavy Klingon Birds of Prey while patrolling the Alhena system. The ship takes significant damage before assistance arrives in the form of the USS *Noble*. 16 crew members are killed, including the second officer, Lieutenant Commander sh’Jhen. *Ramillies* returns to K-7 under her own power for repairs.

**Stardate 85208.4** (March 2408): Starfleet masses forces in the Cestus system following a combined attack by the Gorn and Klingon Defence Force. *Ramillies* serves as the rearguard flagship of Vice Admiral James Hawkins for the duration of the engagement.

**Stardate 86728.42** (February 2409): Captain Amalei Neraea assumes command of USS *Ramillies*, and the ship is assigned to the Cestus sector in response to the invasion of the Borg collective.

**Stardate 86944.74** (May 2409): Along with the USS *Fort Elizabeth*, USS *Relentless*, USS *Resolution*, and USS *Fearless*, the USS *Ramillies* responds to loss of contact from Starbase 82 in the Sibiran system. Several Borg vessels are destroyed as the starbase is assaulted and cleared by M.A.C.O. units.

**Stardate 87547.6** (December 2409): *Ramillies* participates in Operation Whitechapel at Starbase 108, providing orbital support to M.A.C.O. forces on the planet’s surface. She engages and destroys five Borg pickets in the operation.

**Stardate 87679.1** (January 2410): *Ramillies* is ordered to Tau Dewa sector block to assist in operations supporting the Romulan Republic government.

**Stardate 88575.3** (December 2410): *Ramillies* is sent to the Eridon Nebula to commence a three-month deep space survey of the region.

**Stardate 88857.19** (April 2411): *Ramillies* arrives at San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth for First Contact Day celebrations

**Stardate 89040.63** (June 2411): The Omega directive is enacted, and *Ramillies* is assigned to duties in the Solonae Dyson Sphere following an assault by Voth forces.

**Stardate 89440.63** (November 2411): Acting on information provided by Starfleet Intelligence, USS *Ramillies* leads the salvage effort of a badly damaged Borg cube deep within the Azure Nebula.

**Stardate 89670.71** (January 2412): Captain Valek Eleth assumes command of the USS *Ramillies*.

**Stardate 89984.8** (May 2412): *Ramillies* patrols the border of Tholian space, conducting planetary surveys and assessments on Federation defence installations amid a rise in Tholian fleet movements.

**Stardate 90446.55** (November 2412): *Ramillies* conveys the Tholian ambassador from the border of Federation space to negotiations between the Federation, Romulan Republic and Tholian Assembly on New Romulus.

**Stardate 90624.31** (January 2413): Captain Amalei Neraea resumes command of the USS *Ramillies*. The ship reports to Utopia Planitia for inspections and propulsion systems work.

**Stardate 91035.16** (June 2413): *Ramillies* is moved to San Francisco Fleet Yards for rebuilding and refitting. San Francisco yard commanding officer Commander Stuart Quinnell assumes command of the ship for the duration of the work.

**Stardate 91939.26** (April 2414): A serious navigational failure aboard the *Galaxy*-class starship USS *Trafalgar* sees the ship collide with San Francisco Yard 14A where USS *Ramillies* is undergoing refits. Damage to both vessels and the yard itself is extensive, and 12 people - three aboard the shipyard, 1 aboard the *Ramillies*, and 8 aboard the *Trafalgar* - are killed. Repairs to the shipyard take eight weeks, and the planned June re-launch of the *Ramillies* is delayed until September.

**Stardate 92317.35** (September 2414): Captain Amalei Neraea resumes command of the USS *Ramillies*, and the ship reports for duty with The 26th Fleet at Starbase 381 *"Praetorian"*.

**Stardate 92542.12** (December 2414): USS *Ramillies* completes shakedown and joins ships from Task Force Avalon for Operation Outreach in the Dwarf Galaxy PTX-1138. The Operation is commanded by Captain Jennifer Hunter.

**Stardate 92580.47** (December 2414): USS *Ramillies* receives orders from Vice Admiral Collu Zekell to proceed to the Delta Quadrant to investigate the loss of the USS *Tualatin* and RRW *Vylius*. The ship is rotated out of Operation Outreach.

**Stardate 92635.27** (January 2415): Operating near the Legira system, contact with Starbase 381 *"Praetorian"* is lost for 57 hours and thirty six minutes. Captain Neraea issues fleet-wide orders to return to *Praetorian*, receiving acknowledgements from USS *Vendetta* and RRW *Ecurai*, and assumes immediate command of Task Force Avalon pending discovery of the reason for loss of communications. The ship arrives at *Praetorian* two days later, and Captain Neraea returns task force command to Rear Admiral Rhys Llywarch.

**Stardate 92999.54** (25 May 2415): *Ramillies* evacuates the OL-272 system in the Outback, after it is invaded and occupied by Herald forces loyal to the Iconian, L'Val. [Captain's Log - USS *Ramillies*]

**Stardate 93043.37** (9 June 2415): USS *Ramillies* undergoes one week of maintenance at *Praetorian*, and most of her senior staff take leave on Risa.

**Stardate 93103.65** (1 July 2415): - Commander Scott McIntyre assumes temporary command of the ship after Captain Neraea is regressed to approximately 14 years of age in an incident caused by unusual radiation from a passing stellar fragment. Captain Neraea resumes command approximately four days later, having been returned to her biological age. [AAR]

**Stardate 93213.24** (10 August 2415): *Ramillies* assists in investigating the loss of communications with the OB-200 Dyson Sphere at the outset of the Herald invasion of the Outback. The vessel becomes temporary Flagship of Task Force Avalon after Captain T'Molina and the USS *Destiny* are separated from the fleet, and *Ramillies* orders a general withdrawal to *Praetorian*. [AAR]

**Stardate 93215.98** (11 August 2415): *Ramillies* becomes the flagship of Battlegroup Ramillies - one of three Task Groups formed within Task Force Avalon in response to the Iconian invasion of the Outback. [Orders]

**Stardate 93265.29** (29 August 2415): *Ramillies* leads Task Force Avalon through Herald lines at the OB-241 system to relieve the USS *Barclay from surrounding Herald forces following an Iconian counter-attack against 26th Fleet. The system is secured, blunting the Iconian advance. [AAR]*

**Stardate 93318.92** (19 September 2415): Commander Scott McIntyre once again assumes temporary command of the *Ramillies* during Operation: Hallowed Sabre, after Captain Neraea volunteers to lead an assault team aboard a captured Herald cruiser. It is the last time Captain Neraea disembarks *Ramillies* as her captain. [AAR]

**Stardate 93344.02** (27 September 2415): Captain Neraea formally steps down as commanding officer of the USS *Ramillies*, transferring command to Captain T'Molina, due to injuries sustained at Operation: Hallowed Sabre. [Captain's Log - USS *Ramillies**]*

**Stardate 93580.46** (23 December 2415): Having undergone a refit to her primary navigational deflector, USS *Ramillies* begins a series of survey missions within the Dark Expanse. Engaged by a Scourge warship, the Ramillies retreats and is briefly trapped by a nexus ribbon. Responding vessels from Task Force Avalon escort the ship back to Outpost 42. [Mission Report]

**Stardate 93807.1** (15 March 2416): USS *Ramillies* intercepts a Futara Union factory ship at the edge of Federation space, beginning a period of tense negotiations between Captain T'Molina and representatives of the Union. The two vessels part company without incident. [USS *Ramillies* - Captain's Log]

**Stardate 93841.48** (27 March 2416): *Ramillies* scrambles to reinforce the USS *Roosevelt* and Task Group Amundsen is attacked by a Herald Dreadnought. She assists in escorting the task group home to 381. The ship burns out several quantum slipstream drive coils in the effor, but damage is superficial and quickly repaired. [AAR]

**Stardate 93851.21** (30 March 2416): Captain T'Molina leads a group of starships to recover the freighter SS *Nightstalker*, and encounters an advanced form of flora that has extensively overrun the ship. *Ramillies* escorts the Nightstalker to a nearby, uninhabited planet where the lifeform can be studied further. [AAR]

**Stardate 93881.05** (12 April 2416): USS *Ramillies* becomes the flagship for Task Group Discens, with Captain T'Molina appointed as Group Commander. [Orders]

**Stardate 93932.1** (30 April 2416): USS *Ramillies* encounters a temporal anomaly while investigating the '600' debris fields in the far reaches of the Outback. Trapped and time-locked in the accretion disk of the anomaly, the ship is suspected to fall into a causality loop begun more than 30 years prior when the ship first encountered the same anomaly in the Zenas Expanse. [AAR]

**Stardate 93985.6** (11 May 2416): *Ramillies* escorts the USS *Nautilus* to carry out a reconnaisance of the OL-272 system in pursuit of the Na'khul responsible for the assassination attempt on Admiral Kenzi Alenis. Embarked aboard are MACOs from Teams 30 and 33 of MACO Group 9. An abandoned facility was discovered and neutralised without incident or casualties. [AAR]

**Stardate 94108.6** (3 July 2416): Under the command of Captain T'Molina, the USS *Ramillies* provides heavy fire support during Task Force Avalon's assault against Na'khul insurgents in the Tetrahedron Expanse. In the course of the engagement, the ship's shields fail and it is hit heavily by Na'khul torpedoes, causing severe damage to the engineering hull and sheering the port nacelle from its pylon. The ship's withdrawal from the engagement is covered by vessels of Task Forces Avalon and Theirr. [AAR]

**Stardate 94132.50** (11 July 2416): A nacelle salvaged from the decommissioned USS *Destiny* is repaired, refitted and used to replace the one lost from *Ramillies.* Repair work takes almost two weeks. [Damage Report]

**Stardate 94211** (8 August 2416): *Ramillies* deploys to investigate the chroniton signatures detected in the Dark Expanse at the direct order of Starfleet Command.

**Stardate 94258** (26 August 2416): After several days of uneventful searching, *Ramillies* finds an abandoned Iconian research station. An investigation leads to the discovery of temporal anomalies and combat with the Na'kuhl. After securing the data and rescuing a Starfleet officer, *Ramillies* returns to Outpost 42 *"Discens Station"*.

**Stardate 94278** (2 September 2416): Acting as Rear Admiral Neraea's flagship while T'Molina commands USS *Destiny*, *Ramillies* escorts *Destiny* to the source of the chroniton particles and in so doing participates in the Battle of Revelations. After leading the fleet to victory, *Ramillies* oversees the evacuation of *Destiny's* crew before escaping the Revelations weapon blast radius at warp and returning to Starbase 381 *"Praetorian"*.

**Stardate 94315.86** (16 September 2416): The USS *Ramilies*, under temporary command of Captain Jyana Kai to visit the Purrgil pod to obtain ambergris from an adult male purrgil for the anti-venom to cure Admiral Neraea. In the process, numerous ships of Task Force Avalon, including the *Ramillies* are covered in the ambergris and return to *Praetorian* requiring heavy cleaning. [Orders] [AAR] [Report]

**Stardate 94348.3** (28 September 2416): Newly-promoted Captain Scott McIntyre, the ship's outgoing Executive Officer, assumes command of the USS *Ramillies*, relieving Rear Admiral T'Molina. The Admiral keeps her flag on *Ramillies*.

## Major Fitting Dates

Commissioned 2382 in to Starfleet 12th Fleet

Refits: 2388, 2395, 2401, 2406

Major retrofitting: 2413 (30 year overhaul), 2417 (Vizier-type modernization)

# History

***This is a summary. For the complete history of the Starship Ramillies, see the main article on this topic.***

## Legacy

### HMS *Ramillies*

British Royal Navy – *Revenge* class battleship

Launched June 12, 1916

Dalmuir, Scotland

*Fidelis per res adversas: ‘Faithful through Adversity’*

In Earth history, there were five ships to have been named "*Ramillies*", and all were operated by the nation of Great Britain and her predecessor states.

The first ship recorded to bear the name *Ramillies* was an 82-gun ship of the line originally launched in 1664 as HMS *Royal Katherine*. The ship was renamed HMS *Ramillies* in 1706 to mark the nation's victory in the Battle of Ramillies of the same year – a pivotal engagement in the War of Spanish Succession between the armies of England, Scotland and Dutch Republic against those of France, Bourbon Spain and Bavaria.

The second HMS *Ramillies* was launched in 1763, the third in 1785, and the fourth – a pre-dreadnought battleship made of steel, in 1913.

The fifth HMS *Ramillies*, to which the current line of Starfleet vessels owe their name and historic lineage, was one of five Revenge-class battleships, and launched in 1916 prior to commissioning one year later.

This HMS *Ramillies* saw no combat during Earth's First World War, but did see extensive action during the Second World War in spite of her age. By that time, *Ramillies* had been superceded by newer classes of warship, and her requirement stemmed from the simple need to maintain as many capital ships as possible.

*Ramillies'* most notable actions during the Second World War included the pursuit of the German 'pocket battleship' Admiral Graf Spee, shore bombardment in North Africa and a rare battleship-against-battleship surface action against the Italian warships Vittorio Veneto and Giulio Cesare in the Battle of Cape Spartivento.

During her service in the North Atlantic, *Ramillies* proved an invaluable escort for many Allied convoys, and on several occasions – one notably involving the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau – her presence in the convoy alone successfully deterred against attacks.

In 1942, *Ramillies* covered the Allied invasion of Madagascar, and was struck and severely damaged by torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine. Initially reported sunk, the Royal Navy's senior constructor noted in his report that despite her age, *Ramillies* had endured damage that would likely have sunk newer vessels, and her survival was a testament to her sound construction and design. A subsequent refit of the ship saw added protection reflecting lessons learned from the sinking of the famed battlecruiser HMS *Hood*, and the actions of dive bombers at the Battle of Midway.

In 1944, *Ramillies* contributed to the Allied invasion of Normandy – the D-Day Landings – and fired over 1,000 15-inch rounds from her main guns in a bombardment that is considered one of the greatest ever bombardments made by a warship.

HMS *Ramillies* – the last Earth ship to carry the name – was made inactive in 1945 and was scrapped in 1949. One of her eight 15-inch guns is preserved to this day at the historic Imperial War Museum in London, alongside an identical weapon from sistership HMS *Resolution*.

It was in the spirit of her tenacity and in honour of her long and faithful service that Starfleet chose to name the 2,115th construction contract after the HMS *Ramillies* and her forebears. It is a tradition that has continued across four starships, 18 captains and 120 years of Starfleet service.

The first USS *Ramillies* (NCC-2115) was an *Excelsior*-class starship that served between 2295 and 2230. The second USS *Ramillies* (NCC-2115-A) was an *Ambassador*-class starship hat served between 2335 and 2357. The third USS *Ramillies* (NCC-2115-B) was a *Galaxy*-class starship that served between 2366 and 3281, and the final, currently-active ship to bear the name is the *Sovereign*-class USS *Ramillies* NCC-2115-C, commanded by Captain T'Molina.

In honouring the HMS *Ramillies*, the lion crest and motto of the old battleship have been faithfully and appropriately preserved in Starfleet service in a new way, recognising the challenges and spirit that comes with the exploration of the final frontier – *"Faithful through Adversity."*