USS Muroc

*"We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep." ― William James*
**USS *Muroc* (NCC-1212)**, named for a Vulcan Defense Force officer, was a *Walker*-class scale 5 light cruiser in service to Starfleet in the 23rd century.

## Service history

The sixth vessel of its class to leave the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, USS *Muroc* was commissioned in February 2223 with Captain Eskren, a Vulcan, as commanding officer. Its first mission was a two year stint cataloging stellar anomalies near Sauria.

In 2230, the starship served as escort for a caravan sent to establish an outpost in the Breshar System. A few years later, the *Muroc* was stationed along the Federation border with the Ferasan Clans. In the early 2250s, the *Muroc* was part of a task force sent to respond to a Tholian attack on the planet Berellium.

At the end of 2255 the *Muroc* was decommissioned and stored at Surplus Depot B13. When war with the Klingon Empire erupted in May 2256, Starfleet Command ordered the rapid mobilization of all serviceable vessels. The *Muroc* was recommissioned and once again placed under the command of Captain Vaal'ol, who returned from retirement to serve in the war.

The first involvement of the starship in the war was Operation Riposte, which involved the retaking of Priors World and was the first Starfleet victory of the war. Several months later, the *Muroc* was on patrol duty in the same sector as USS *Gagarin* and USS *Hoover* when the three vessels were attacked by Klingon warships employing cloaking technology. The *Muroc* was destroyed in the engagement, with all lives lost.

## Technical specifications

### Auxiliary craft

The *Muroc* had space for four Class C shuttlecraft. Unlike with the later Class F shuttlecraft, names were not given to Class C and the shuttlecraft assigned to the *Muroc* only bore the letters MUR followed by the shuttle number. The starship also carried four workpods.

## Crew

### Senior staff

The following served as senior staff of the *Muroc.*

## Appendices

### Connections

**Klingon Empire:** *Hegh'Duj* • *luqara'*

**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 Muroc article at *Memory Alpha*.
* USS Muroc article at *Memory Beta*.