USS Pangolin

"*Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."* – Harriet Beecher Stowe
The **USS** ***Pangolin* (NCC-80708)**, named after an Earth animal, was a *Hermes*-class scale 4 destroyer in Starfleet service from 2380 to 2409.

## Service history

Construction on the USS *Pangolin* began at the Beta Antares Ship Yards eight months before the launch of the lead vessel of the *Hermes*-class. The process was uneventful and without delay. The starship launched in mid March 2380 under the command of Captain Dol Paxx, a Bolian with almost 20 years in the captain's chair.

After a series of trials and its shakedown cruise, the *Pangolin* was commissioned on stardate 57294.64 (17 April 2380) and assigned to Ktarn Fleet. Captain Paxx spent almost a year in command of the starship before transferring to teach at Starfleet Academy. He was succeeded by Captain Sysary, a newly promoted Benzite officer.

Almost three years later, Sysary was assigned as a squadron commander and the *Pangolin* became lead ship of the unit. The other starships in the squadron were the USS *Atlirith* and the USS *Mongoose*, earning the unit the nickname "Beast Pack" due to all the vessels bearing names of animals. Together they patrolled the Federation's border with the Romulan Star Empire.

As tentions rose between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets in the early 2400s, the *Pangolin* began to see an increased amount of combat under its new assignment as part of Ktarn Fleet. In March 2409, the *Pangolin* was critically damaged while defending the crippled USS *al-Idrisi* from Gorn and Nausicaan forces. Most of the crew survived, but the starship was not salvageable. Its remains were tractored to Starbase 234 and the *Pangolin* was formally decommissioned on Stardate 86212.235 (19 March 2409).

## Crew

### Senior staff

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

## 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