USS Thomas Paine

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The USS Thomas Paine
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The USS Thomas Paine (NCC-65530) was a 24th century Federation New Orleans class starship operated by Starfleet. In 2364, this frigate was commanded by Captain Rixx.

The Thomas Paine was one of the ships that met the with the USS Horatio, the USS Renegade, and the USS Enterprise-D at planet Dytallix B in 2364 shortly before the Horatio was destroyed. (TNG: "Conspiracy")

In 2367, the Thomas Paine was on a diplomatic mission to Epsilon Ashanti III. The ship was named on the chart Starfleet Operations-Sectors 21166-23079 in the USS Enterprise-D bridge. (TNG: "Brothers" okudagram)

In 2368, the Thomas Paine joined Captain Picard's fleet that blockaded the Klingon-Romulan border during the Klingon Civil War. The ship was one of twenty-three assembled for the fleet and was one of the seventeen chosen for the tachyon network. Identified by its name and registry number, the ship's position in the network was monitored from the Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Redemption II", okudagram)

In 2369, the Thomas Paine was on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan. The ship was named on the chart Starfleet Operations-Sectors 21538-23079 in the Enterprise-D observation lounge. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I", okudagram) (Source: Memory Alpha)

(The class and registry were derived from the chart in the TNG episode “Brothers”. The Thomas Paine’s registry would also appear in the okudogram depicting Picard’s tachyon detection network in th TNG episode “Redemption II”.)

(In the Star Trek: Theurgy Canon, the Horatio was destroyed by an act of sabotage committed by an agent of the Cardassian’s feared intelligence organization, the Obsidian Order.)