USS Diligent (NCC-97314)
While research and development activities typically occur on starbases and outposts within Federation territory, sometimes the greatest discoveries are made amongst the stars. This is the mission of the Polaris Squadron.
While research and development activities typically occur on starbases and outposts within Federation territory, sometimes the greatest discoveries are made amongst the stars. This is the mission of the Polaris Squadron.
The USS Diligent is an Alita-class heavy escort that augments Polaris Squadron with significant tactical capabilities to defend the research unit from threats that lurk on the frontier. Typically, the USS Diligent deploys alongside the USS Polaris to safeguard the flagship, but it may deploy as tactical support for the USS Ingenuity when the smaller research vessel breaks away to conduct independent missions.
The stories of Polaris Squadron are rated 2-2-2 for mature subject matter, including violence, language and sexual content.
Polaris Squadron is a multi-mission flag squadron under the command of Fleet Admiral Allison Reyes that supports two specialized units and three overall mission profiles:
The flagship of Polaris Squadron is the USS Polaris, an Odyssey-class heavy explorer that hosts the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity, and the headquarters of Polaris Squadron is Archanis Station, a Canopus-class starbase from whence sector operations of the Archanis Sector are managed.
Commanding Officer
Executive Officer
Chief Tactical Officer
Chief Security Officer
Chief Flight Control Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Chief Engineering Officer
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Counseling Officer
Small Craft Wing Commander
Diligent Alpha-One
Small Craft Weapons and Systems Officer
Diligent Alpha-One
27 April 2025
One Last Time Before The Storm
USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
“Shouldn’t you be flying?” Captain Jake Lewis asked as a familiar silhouette appeared at the threshold, backlit by the halogens of the corridor beyond. “Shouldn’t you be sleeping?” Ensign Elyssia Rel replied, mischief in her eyes as she stepped into his quarters. [...]
26 April 2025
Finding Peace In Turbulent Seas
USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
Her room was bathed in bright orange hues, the warm embrace of the Underspace all around them. She knew the science, the danger posed by those energetic eddies, but lying there in her bed, the chaos seemed almost peaceful. She accepted it, just like the chaos all around them. What else could she [...]
24 April 2025
USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
Dark, narrow corridors. Cold, unfinished metal. Strange, alien glyphs. Exploration and discovery were not part of its job. The Manasa class had a singular purpose: to destroy the enemy. But now they would turn it upon its makers, a trojan horse to slip past the Vaadwaur and deal a heavy blow upon [...]
23 April 2025
USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
They were the knights of her round table, or at least that’s what she wished they were. Where Arthur’s knights had gathered in fellowship and chivalry, hers had come for blood and glory, an unruly bunch that neither particularly liked each other, nor trusted her and the badge she wore. [...]