USS Poseidon

Vessel Name:	USS Poseidon
Registry:	NCC-75781
Starship Class:	Sovereign-class
Starship Type:	Heavy Cruiser / Assault Cruiser
Status:	Destroyed / Scrapped
Purpose:	Exploration
Constructed:	San Francisco Fleet Yards
Commissioned:	December 8th, 2372
Dedication:	”We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act."
Dimensions:	Length: 685 m Height: 88 m Width: 250 m
Mass:	3,205,000 metric tons
Decks:	29
Standard Crew Complement	855
Maximum Cruising Speed	Warp Factor 8.7 Warp Factor 9.975 for 12hrs
Standard Cruising Speed	Warp Factor 6.0
Armaments:	(x12)Type XII Phaser Beam Arrays (x5) Torpedo Launchers (2 front & 3 aft) (x1) Quantum Torpedo Launchers (1 front)
Defences:	Standard Deflector Shield Duranium microfoam and Tritanium Hull composite
Auxiliary Craft	Type 9 Shuttles: 6 Type 9A Cargo Shuttles: 2 Type 11 Shuttles: 4 Runabouts: 1 Argo Shuttles: 1 Workbees: 8 Captain's Yacht "Pegasus"
Design:	John Eaves
3D Model:	Industrial Light & Magic

The USS Poseidon (NCC-75781) was a sovereign-class starship, commissioned in late 2372, showcasing some of Starfleet's most recent technological advances. Serving only a short tenure during the height of the Dominion War, the ship's secondary hull was ultimately destroyed during the Battle of Cardassia in 2375. The damaged primary hull was later scrapped.

Construction & Testing

After the successful tests on the line’s prototype vessel USS Sovereign, the USS Poseidon was the third sovereign class vessel to be laid down at San Francisco Fleet Yards in 2369 and was built alongside its sister-vessel, the eventual USS Enterprise-E. Originally construction on both, then unnamed ships, started at about the same time (with a mere 2 week gap) the effort for what would become the Enterprise-E was later increased when the Enterprise-D was destroyed at Veridian III in 2371. Thus, the USS Poseidon launched 2 months after its sister ship.

Piloted by a test-crew of the San Francisco Fleet Yards for the first trials around the solar system the Poseidon was handed over to the command of Captain Isaac Reeves and his crew by February 7th, 2373. Following was a planned 6 months shakedown cruise to Regulus, along the Borderlands to Deep Space K-7, then onwards to Starbase 214 before visiting the border of the Tholian Assembly, Ceti Alpha, Starbase 82 and past the Midas Array home to Sol.

However, the cruise was cut short a few months in with the invasion of the Dominion into the Alpha Quadrant, and the Poseidon – then berthed at Starbase 214 – was recalled to Starbase 211 where the fleet regrouped. Arriving on the Cardassian border the ship was officially enlisted into Starfleet active duty by Admiral Ross despite not having completed its shakedown cruise. Starfleet protocol was formally suspended to facilitate wartime efforts.

Active Service History

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--//> Incoming Communication <| [52901.0-15:32:12] > Vice Admiral William Ross // Ext. // USS Faraday < “Fleet Command to Poseidon. Your weapons are overpowering the Jem’Hadar fighters’ offensive systems. Separate to engage more targets!” > Ext. COM // Terminated <|
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[52901.0-15:32:23] > Captain Isaac Reeves – CO // Bridge < “What the hell are they thinking, we’re already stretched thin as is! – Commander, relay to the battle bridge.” <|
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[52901.0-15:32:30] > Commander Brody Moretti – XO // Bridge < “Aye, sir. Commander you’re with me.”<|
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[52901.0-15:32:33] > Lieutnenant J.G. Samantha Morreti – Diplomatic Advisor // Bridge < “Aye.”<|
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[52901.0-15:32:34] > Captain Isaac Reeves - CO // Bridge < “Lieutenant Maddox, prepare saucer separation. Hold on Commander Morreti’s command.”<|
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[52901.0-15:32:37] > Lieutenant Bruce Maddox – Chief Operations Officer // Bridge < “Acknowledged.”<|
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[52901.0-15:32:38] > Turbolift Access – Query: Deck 12 / Battle Bridge / 2 People <|<|
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[52901.0-15:32:44] > Commander Brody Moretti – XO // Turbolift Cart 7-B < “This is madness …”<|
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[52901.0-15:32:46] > Lieutnenant J.G. Samantha Morreti – Diplomatic Advisor // Turbolift Cart 7-B < “It’ll be alright. – We’ll be alright.”<|
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[52901.0-15:32:50] > Continuous Energy Discharge Impact Detected / Saucer Section / Quarter 27-Delta --> No Hull Damage <|<|
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[52901.0-15:32:53] > Course Vector Correction / Old Heading 212.35.172 --> New Heading 213.94.172 <|<|

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