USS Orcus

Vessel Name:	USS Orcus
Registry:	NX-88770
Starship Class:	Vesta-class (Orcus-class Carrier Version)
Starship Type:	Tactical Strike Carrier
Status:	Destroyed
Purpose:	Multimission
Constructed:	Njord Shipyards
Commissioned:	November 5th, 2380
Dedication:	"I purpose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer" -Ulysses S. Grant
Dimensions:	Length: 672 m Height: 195 m Width: 316 m
Mass:	3,500,000 tonnes
Decks:	21
Standard Crew Complement	750
Maximum Cruising Speed	Warp Factor 8.5 Warp Factor 9.98 for 12hr Duration
Standard Cruising Speed	Warp Factor 7.5
Armaments:	Type XII Phaser Arrays (8) Type U Phaser Cannons (2) Forward Torpedo Launchers (4) Rear Torpedo Launchers (4)
Defences:	Regenerative Shielding Adaptive Metaphasic Shielding Emergency Structural Integrity Field Ablative Generator Heavy Duranium/Tritanium Alloy Tetraburnium Ablative Armor
Auxiliary Craft	Type 9 Shuttles: 4 Type 11 Shuttles: 6 Delta Flyer Type: 2 Workbees: 8 AC-477 MK I VALRAVN Federation Warp Fighters: 20

The USS Orcus (NX-88770) was a Federation starship of the Vesta-class line that was active in the latter years of the 24^th century. It was destroyed at the Battle of Starbase 84.

Before its destruction, the Orcus was the first ship in a sub-variant carrier of the Vesta-class, the Orcus-class, with twenty prototype Valravn-fighters aboard. The vessel and its crew served Starfleet Command during the events of the parasite invasion and it was under the command of Captain Marcus Alexander Slayton.

Before it was destroyed, the USS Orcus was supposed to join Task Force Archeron and hunt down the USS Theurgy. In late February of 2381, the USS Orcus found the task force adrift, orbiting Theta Eridani IV without means of communication or propulsion. They had been affected by a computer virus, and it was only with the help of the USS Orcus "clean" software that the entire task force could exit orbit and take up the hunt again. Task Force Archeron immediately set a course towards Starbase 84 - meaning to intercept the USS Theurgy if Captain Jien Ives had decided to put the advanced Theurgy-class starship of in his supposed Romulan masters' hands.

During the Battle of Starbase 84, the warp core of the USS Resolve was deployed to explode against the Orcus´s shields, and with the added barrage of quantum torpedoes from the USS Theurgy, the Orcus was destroyed almost beyond all possible repair.

Physical Arrangement

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  Orcus-class Starship (Dorsal & Starboard View)

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  Orcus-class Starship (Ventral, Aft & Front View)

Production History

The Vesta-class was type of Federation Starfleet starship in service from the year 2380. The class was designated as a multi-mission explorer and was a test-bed for a number of experimental technologies. As of March 2381 there were eight vessels of the class in service, and a ninth one being the carrier version named the Orcus-class.

In addition to the experimental systems the class was otherwise top of the line, just like the Vesta-class, and able to achieve a maximum warp factor of nine-point-nine-eight. The class had the same top-of-the-line sensors as the Luna-class. The Vesta-class held a crew of seven-hundred-and-fifty, with an emergency capacity of three-and-a-half-thousand. The class could also hold up to twenty-four-thousand metric tons of cargo. The class' weapons systems included two experimental Mk XII phaser cannons and a complement of quantum torpedoes.

Ships of the class had twenty available transporter sites, including four cargo transporters and six emergency evacuation transporters. The ships' main shuttle bay was located on deck twelve. Behind the shuttle bay was a large Fighter Assault Bay. The first 20 AC-477 Mk I Valravn fighters were commissioned to the USS Orcus for field testing, denominated the White Wolves Squadron.

With the exception of the class' namesake and the Orcus sub-variant, Vesta-class ships were each named for one of the seven hills of Rome, located east of the river Tiber, and which form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the ancient city. (Five of the hills have had their names assigned to starships; only Caelian and Palatine have yet to be used.) The USS Vesta itself is named after the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. Partial Source: Memory Beta

Commissioned Vesta-class Starships (January 2381):

• USS Vesta NX-82601 (Prototype)
• USS Aventine NCC-82602
• USS Caelian NCC-82611
• USS Capitoline NCC-82617
• USS Esquiline NCC-82614
• USS Palatine NCC-60067
• USS Quirinal NCC-82610
• USS Viminal NCC-82626
• USS Orcus NX-88770 (Prototype Orcus-class Carrier Version)

Deck Layout

(MSD Under construction, this shows the regular Vesta-class variant)

Deck	Location
01	Bridge (Sovereign-Class Module) Ready Room Observation Lounge Captain's Quarters Senior Officer Quarters Subspace Systems Escape Pods
02	Officer Quarters Security Center Tactical Laboratory Escape Pods
03	Suites / Guest Rooms / VIP Quarters Library Escape Pods Shuttlebay Observation Lounge
04	Officer's Mess Crew Quarters Lateral Ship's Lounges 1 & 2 Escape Pods Upper Main Shuttlebay - Shuttlebay Observation Deck
05	Upper Gymnasiums 1 - 4 Transporter Rooms 1 & 2 Upper Holodecks 1 & 2 Auxiliary Control Crew Quarters Upper Computer Core Upper Arboretum / Hydroponics / Botanical Bay Main Shuttlebay
06	Upper Auxiliary Deflector Dish Lower Gymnasiums 1 - 4 Lower Holodecks 1 & 2 Arboretum / Hydroponics / Botanical Bay Crew Quarters Escape Pods Computer Labs Computer Core Main Shuttlebay
07	Lower Auxiliary Deflector Dish Holosuites 1 - 4 Lower Arboretum / Hydroponics / Botanical Bay Brig Upper Cargo Bays 1 - 4 Crew Quarters Computer Core Lower Main Shuttlebay
08	Upper Holodecks 3 & 4 Primary Sensor Arrays Sensor Maintenance Crew Quarters Computer Core Lower Cargo Bays 1 - 4 Escape Pods Transporter Rooms 7 & 8 Upper Runabout Bay
09	EVA Airlocks / Docking Ports 1 - 4 Lower Holodecks 3 & 4 Crew Quarters Computer Core Lateral Mess Halls 1 & 2 Secondary Sensor Arrays Sensor Maintenance Upper Deuterium Fuel Tanking Runabout Bay
10	Transporter Rooms 3 - 6 Crew Quarters & Civilian Quarters Educational Facilities Armory Lower Deuterium Fuel Tanking Lower Computer Core Lower Runabout Bay
11	Upper Forward Lounge Stellar Cartography & Science Labs 1 - 20 Main Sickbay & Medical Labs Civilian Quarters Auditoriums 1 & 2 Escape Pods Upper Main Engineering Tractor Beam Emitter
12	Lower Forward Lounge Crew Quarters & Civilian Quarters Replicating Center Forward Torpedo Bays 1 & 2 Mk XII Phaser Cannons 1 & 2 Escape Pods Lower Main Engineering & Dilithium Chamber Engineering Labs
13	Forward Torpedo Launchers 1 & 2 Escape Pods
14	Life Support Systems Holographic Systems Control Auxiliary Power
15	Atmospheric Reprocessing Systems Secondary Sickbay
16	Astrometrics Lab Science Labs
17	Warp Core Deflector Control Upper Antimatter Storage Pods Aft Torpedo Launchers 1 & 2 Aft Torpedo Bays 1 & 2
18	Upper Deflector Dish Transporter Rooms 9 & 10 Escape Pods Lower Antimatter Storage Pods
19	Deflector Dish Escape Pods Antimatter Fill Port & Injector Subsystems
20	Lower Deflector Dish Escape Pods Warp Core Ejection Systems
21	Tractor Beam Emitter

Crew

Image: Captain Slayton, Commanding Officer

Commanding Officers

• Captain Marcus Alexander Slayton (2380 – present)

Command Crew

• Executive Officer
  • Unknown

• Chief Tactical Officer
  • Unknown

• Chief CONN Officer
  • Unknown

• Squadron Commanding Officer
  • Lieutenant Talidenai zh'Idenna

• Chief Engineer
  • Unknown

• Chief Medical Officer
  • Unknown

• Chief Counsellor
  • Unknown

• Chief of Operations
  • Unknown

• Chief Science Officer
  • Unknown

Disclaimer Notice

Images of the Vesta-class starship on this page were made by the creator of the ship, Mark Rademaker.
Vesta patch used with permission of Unusualsuspex - granted Dec 8, 2016