USS Achilles (NCC-97409)

“I conjure the boy I knew. Achilles, grinning as the figs blur in his hands. His green eyes laughing into mine. Catch, he says. Achilles, outlined against the sky, hanging from a branch over the river.” — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

USS Achilles

Echelon-class • NCC-97409 • Fourth Fleet

The most recent in a long line of Federation starships to bear the name, the Achilles is a lean and swift Echelon-class light cruiser, well-equipped to support Arcturus Squadron with logistics and engineering assignments. Under the command of renowned engineer Akintoye Okusanya, the bridge crew of this new vessel are all women with decades of experience in Starfleet between them. Together, they will bring a torch into the darkness.

Stories associated with this command may include up to the equivalent of a 222 on the RPG ratings scale, and are intended for mature audiences.

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Arcturus Wayfinding Squadron

Arcturus Wayfinding Squadron is an elite exploratory unit that specializes in finding new ways forward for Starfleet. Distinct from navigation, which is plotting a course based on the precise knowledge of exactly where one is in the universe, wayfinding is a more general word that refers to the process of orienting oneself in regard to space, place, objects, and peoples. Wayfinding was practiced by the Polynesian and Norse voyagers of Earth in the ancient past, as they used landmarks, the stars, and their relationships with other beings to find their way across the seas. While Arcturus Squadron engages in traditional surveying and charting missions, its mandate is also to use whatever tools it can to find the way forward, whether through diplomacy, acquiring or developing new propulsion methods, or, when necessary, mitigating threats to Starfleet’s exploratory mission.

Currently, Arcturus Squadron is based out of Olympia Station at the rimward trailing edge of Federation space in the Alpha Quadrant.

USS Arcturus

Odyssey-class Heavy Explorer
NCC-84000

USS Achilles

Echelon-class Light Cruiser
NCC-97409

USS Antares

Intrepid-class Light Explorer
NCC-74601

USS Apollo

Duderstadt-class Fast Cruiser
NCC-90769

USS Arondight

Reliant-class Frigate
NCC-86407

USS Buran

Rhode Island-class Scout
NCC-81711

USS Hokule’a

Aquarius-class Escort
NCC-84000-/1

USS Nellie Bly

Challenger-class Light Cruiser
NCC-57588

Olympia Station

Spacedock-class Station
DS-20

USS Pallas

Vesta-class Explorer
NCC-83723

USS Renown

Akira-class Heavy Cruiser
NCC-79655

USS Saturn

Sutherland-class Research Cruiser
NCC-91807

USS Theseus

Gagarin-class Heavy Escort
NCC-97931

USS Thomas Paine

New Orleans-class Frigate
NCC-65530

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