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TBAThe USS Apparition first entered service in 2408 as part of a design for the Special Intelligence Services (SFSIS), a former black ops division of Star Fleet. Drawing heavily on research generated by Defiant class engineers as well as research from the Pathfinder project, the Apparition class was created as a high speed, low sensor profile vessel. It is only lightly armed and designed to rely more on its high maximum speed to escape from potentially hostile situations. This design feature was originally negated somewhat on the only ship of the class that has entered service. At the tail end of the construction phase of the Apparition, an experimental, highly illegal, and extremely expensive phase cloaking device was added to aid in the ship’s ability to complete its clandestine mission profile. This phase cloak was derived from a continuation of the research conducted by the USS Pegasus. The Apparition was originally carried aboard the [[USS Gettysburg]] in a specially constructed bay and functioned as a semi-independent starship. In 2409, the vessel was seized by rogue elements of SFSIS, led by the former Lieutenant Commander [[T'Kir]], and became linked to unusual phenomena that threatened to destroy the planet [[Vulcan]]. Discovered by the [[USS Dauntless]], which entered pursuit, the Apparition was reported destroyed in late 2409 near the planet [[Risa]] with all hands originally thought lost. Later intelligence found that the ship had been set to self-destruct, with the rogue crew transporting away at the last moment. In late 2417, an emergency beacon bearing the Apparition's signature was heard near the same location as the vessel's destruction. The relatively intact wreckage of the ship was discovered and towed to a SOCOM ship facility for examination. An analysis showed that, though its interior was burned, the ship's structural integrity was relatively sound. Its engines however were missing. The original powerplant of the Apparition-class was a triple core, comprised of a standard warp core, mated to a quantum singularity similar to that used in [[Romulan]] vessels, mated to an intertemporal generator which generated power by tapping into the space-time continuum directly. It was determined that the vessel's computer system must have triggered a safety procotol, detaching its engines near the end of a self-destruct sequence and using the force of the explosion and the resulting brief rift in space-time to send itself into the future, thus escaping greater harm. With much of the vessel still intact, SOCOM decided to refit the ship for special service within its own branch of Star Fleet. Ditching much of the original technology in favor of safer and more updated alternatives, the Apparition was fitted with experimental engine technology designed to give it even greater speeds with less danger. The phase cloak was dropped in favor of the same stealth system used aboard the [[USS Columbia]]. Stripped of much of the bulk and power draining systems of other starships, speed was considered the primary design factor in the ship's rebuild. Dark hull plating, sensor scrambling technology and holographic emitters were also installed, allowing the vessel to hide in the open rather than rely on cloaking to achieve its objectives. The newly rebuilt Apparition entered service in early 2418, with many of the officers of the [[USS Columbia]] as its crew.
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== Lineage ==
'''Current:''' USS Apparition<br />
