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<section begin=Spotlight />Named for the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, the USS Copernicus is a [[Einstein_Class_Galactic_Science_Cruiser|Einstein Class]] Galactic Science Cruiser (GSC) assigned to the [[1st FleetPioneer Outpost]]. Equipped with conventional tactical and state of the art propulsion systems, as well as cutting-edge scientific and communication equipment, the Galactic Science Cruisers serve as the vanguard for Star Fleet’s scientific and exploration efforts.

[[Image:Fearless_Heavy_Cruiser_3.png|thumb|Einstein Class, side view]][[image:Fearless_Heavy_Cruiser_1.png|right|thumb|Einstein Class]][[image:Fearless_Heavy_Cruiser_2.png|right|thumb|Einstein Class]][[image:Fearless_Heavy_Cruiser_4.png|right|thumb|Einstein Class]]

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|[[Image:Com-cdr.jpg]] || [[RolandHawk, MickJaden|Mick RolandJaden Hawk]] || First Officer ||[[Human]]||[mailto:mikeyrollarkranger@gmailhotmail.com E-Mail]

||[[Image:Tac-lcdrlt.jpg]] || [[BriggsGreenfield, MathewSimon|Mathew BriggsSimon Greenfield]] || Chief Tactical Officer ||[[Human]]||[mailto:fedspace.tuckerarkranger@yahoohotmail.com E-Mail]

|[[Image:Tac-mid.jpg]] || [[Oza, Kahe|Kahe Oza]] || Tactical Officer ||[[Betazoid]]||[mailto:kahe.oza@gmail.com E-Mail]

| [[Image:Eng-baselcdr.gifjpg]]|| Vacant [[Ameen, Morad|Morad Ameen]] || Chief Engineer ||[[Human]]||[mailto:gabriel_archer4@hotmail.com E-Mail]

|[[Image:Sec-ltlcdr.jpg]] || [[Kurasa, Shione|Shione Kurasa]] || Chief of Security ||[[Vulcan]]/[[Betazoid]]||[mailto:bowantheblack@gmail.com E-Mail]|- |[[Image:Sec-lcdr.jpg]] || [[Vesner, Marcus|Marcus Vesner]] || Chief of Security Officer ||[[Human]]/[[Romulan]]||[mailto:conlanbesner@yahoo.ca E-Mail]|-|[[Image:Sec-mid.jpg]] || [[Starr, Simon|Simon Starr]] || Security Officer ||[[Human]]||[mailto:Simmy200@hotmail.co.uk E-Mail]

|[[Image:Sci-lcdr.jpg]] || [[OhmsfordTalion, PheralAlexander |Pheral OhmsfordAlexander Talion]] || Chief Science Officer ||[[DenobulanBetazoid]]||[mailto:prestonhurstlonewolfdagaz@gmailhotmail.com E-Mail]

|[[Image:Med-ltlcdr.jpg]] || [[Fritz, Samantha| Samantha Fritz]] || Chief Medical Officer ||[[Betazoid]]||[mailto:samantharaefritz@gmail.com E-Mail]|-|[[Image:MedMorgan-ltjg.jpg]] || [[MorganVesner, Zaira|Zaira Morgan-Vesner]] || Chief Medical Officer||[[Human]]/[[Betazoid]] ||[mailto:scullycat34@gmail.com E-Mail]

||[[Image:Med-midlcdr.jpg]] || [[SteelAktouarios, Isel Zacharias |Isel SteelZacharias Aktouarios]] || Medical Officer||[[BetazoidHuman]] ||[mailto:taylorb051z.aktouarios@gmail.com E-Mail]

See [[USS Copernicus NPC Crew Manifest| USS Copernicus NRC Crew Manifest]] ==History== ===20304.22=== USS Copernicus GSC - 9035 was launched under automatic computer control from Starbase Alpha.On Stardate 20304.22 it detected an incoming Borg vessel, and Star Fleet designation 'wedge' was initiated. Using the sensor array, the Borg bio-neural frequency was detected and jammed. Disruption of Borg Collective on the vessel was immediate and complete. A channel was opened to USS Titan CL - 2007 and USS Agincourt CA - 1412, and orders to destroy inactive Borg ship were sent. At battle completion, automatic control returned the ship to assigned docking position and systems were placed in standby. ===20401.15=== After being upgraded at Star Base Alpha, the USS Copernicus was ordered to bring [[Linden, Jeffrey |Admiral Jeffrey Linden]] to Star Base Bravo. Then the ship under [[Lanael, Ysiadina |Captain Ysiadina Lanael]] took the ship to an unexplored sector with a registered Class O and Class Q planets. Captain Ysiandia took a team to the Class O planet while [[Syntranos, Darsyn |Commander Darsyn Syntranos]] took a team to the Class Q planet. A sentient species known as the Zshe was found on the Class Q planet. The Commander’s team also found that mining equipment had been set up on the planet by another species, the Dopterians: whom possessed familiar appearances to Ferengi, and apparently morals and interests. The Dopterians were mining latinum from the Class Q planet which was severely hurting the native Zshe.  In the mess of trying to deal with the Dopterians, an incident involving Lieutenant Tor-ith Cateil evolved into a full on battle. A Cardassian warship had entered the system and moved in to attack the Copernicus. All away teams were called back to the vessel, but Captain Ysiandia Lanael’s shuttle was destroyed on the return trip, leaving Commander Syntranos in command.  When the Copernicus engaged the Cardassian warship, the Federation vessel’s shields were nil. The crew learned that the Cardassians had somehow obtained their shield modulation frequency. Medical, led by [[Jal, Kinziri| Lieutenant Commander Kinziri Jal]], was able to treat the large amount of injured crew members effectively. The Chief Engineer, Lieutenant Rillith, indicated that the ship was dead in space, and the Cardassians began to board.  Lieutenant Karl Brackett, and Lieutenant Ferguson were able to keep the ship from falling into Cardassian hands before Commander Syntranos ejected the remaining boarding parties into space.  Able to restore some power to the ship, Commander Syntranos ordered the ship to scrape the enemies shields, which ended up furthering the Copernicus’ damage but destroying the Cardassian vessel.  ===20409.25=== Repaired and refit once more, [[Godard, Elisa|Captain Elisa Godard]] was the new Commanding Officer, and the ship sent to investigate a nebula where a Borg transwarp conduit had been located. The Copernicus entered the warp conduit but was violently ejected out of it into the Magellanic Cloud, damaged and partially disabled. At this point, [[Avark|Lieutenant Commander Avark]], Chief of Security, discovered a Cardassian saboteur aboard who was eventually captured and put into the brig. The COS relieved himself of duty after he began to feel unwell, and a parasite was eventually discovered that led to erratic behaviour. A large asteroid was than on approach to the Copernicus. Unable to avoid its path, the ship fired on it. The asteroid shell fizzled away and revealed an alien vessel which fired upon the Copernicus. The ship was not destroyed, merely drained of energy before leaving.  The Cardassian saboteur managed to escape containment and caused trouble on the ship, including the death of Lieutenant Commander Avark’s lover: Lieutenant Junior Grade Susan Caffery. [[Vinzz, Shard|Midshipman Shard Vinzz]] was able to bring the Cardassian to Security and seal him in the brig. Later, the Cardassian was somehow beamed from the brig to Holodeck 1 using Avark's codes, where he was engaged in melee combat by [[Trem, Imrix|Lieutenant Imrix Trem]], the chief Engineer. Both were wounded greatly, but the Cardassian died of his wounds.  Strange things began to happen on the ship including delusional behaviour from several personnel. [[Lacey, Ariana|Lieutenant Commander Ariana Lacey]], CSO, shot Crewman Smith and was relieved of duty. In a chase at the Computer core, Commander Lacey injured two more crew members before attempting to shoot the Captain. The shot missed, and hit the computer core causing a catastrophic malfunction and subsequent explosion: severely injuring Captain Godard. Then Lieutenant Commander Avark was arrested, and newly appointed Lieutenant Junior Grade Shard Vinzz was left in command of Security for a short time while the parasite was removed and Avark put back into command of Security. The alien vessel managed to fire a purple beam at the Copernicus, and Lacey was abducted from the bridge. The alien vessel then retreated and the Copernicus followed it to a nearby planet, swarming with other alien ships of the same kind. However, they ignored the Copernicus, and an away team was dispatched to the planet where Lacey had been taken. The team were put through a gladiatorial 'alien Olympics.' Lacey was retrieved. Eventually the ship was able to return home thanks to Ensign Abaa who was able to engineer the conduit to bring them home.  ===20512.22=== The Copernicus, along with Titan and Yeager, was tasked to explore and catalogue a hidden system with just over 100 planets to analyze, the Copernicus was assigned the mid-system to investigate. After being given temporary command of the ship, First Officer Commander Avark’s biotic implants malfunctioned causing him to lose consciousness for several minutes. An away team led by Commander Ariana Lacey was sent to the Botticelli homeworld--an previously unregistered species. Lieutenant Commander Crowhurst was picked for the vacant CTO position, and Lieutnant Tru resigned from Medical.  Chaos struck the Copernicus and allies almost simultaneously. The Yeager was lost to sensors and communications. Commander Lacey’s away team also fell out of communication, and more shuttles were lost from sensors or comms. Commander Avark was killed by a malignant virus created by Crewman Smith. Commander Avark, however, was stored in Holographic form. The Titan suffered from minor communication problems as well as some navigational issues.  Captain Godard ordered all ships to return and a full tactical analysis of the situation. The consensus was to retreat from the system. After finding the Yeager smashed into the pieces, the survivors were rescued and the remaining ships returned to [[Starbase Alpha]]  ===20802.03===Klingon activity was detected in the [[Vigo System]]. In a rushed attempt to find answers, the Copernicus was sent to investigate. Captain Elisa Goddard departed for a personal mission and First Officer [[Jackson, Areack|Commander Areack Jackson]] was placed in command. Towards the end of the mission, newly arrived [[Dys, Gloria|Lieutenant Commander Gloria Dys] became First Officer as Godard was not to return.  A Klingon space station was found in the Vigo system. The Science department deduced that the Klingons were creating artificial wormholes, but had not harnessed the ability to effectively control them. The Klingon Base Commander made a request for the Copernicus’ help as the unstable wormhole was in danger of ripping apart their station. An away team was sent to help the Klingons, but the team and the Klingons were dragged through the wormhole unexpectedly.  The away team was transported to a desert planet--but the Klingons would not reveal any information about the wormhole terminus and were uncooperative. Firing a probe into the wormhole, the Copernicus was able to find and retrieve the away team but the CSO [[Wood, Misty| Misty Wood]] was seriously injured and left in a permanent vegetative state. En route back to Starbase Charlie, the crew was waylaid due to a photonic entity which trapped the crew in a holographic World War II Earth simulation.  ===20809.13=== While searching for a new Commanding Officer to fill the gap of the now resigned Captain Elisa Godard, [[Dys, Gloria|Commander Gloria Dys]] was installed as Acting Captain. [[Ander, Lee|Lieutenant Commander Lee Ander]] was made Acting First Officer, promoted from CMO.  The ship is sent to a newly discovered M-Class world believed to be uninhabited, lying within the borderlands between Federation and Romulan space. Of potentially strategic importance, an outpost on the planet could not only mean potential protection from future incursion, but also access to large swaths of dilithium and latinum deposits. Two away teams lead by Lieutenant Commander Lee Ander and [[Fields, Jane|Lieutenant Junior Grade Jane Fields]] are sent to individual potential-dilithium mining sites. Soon after their dispatch, the Copernicus had begun to run into targeting troubles. Unable to get a lock or sensor reading on the away team.

The Away Teams found that the planet was not uninhabited as first thought. Both away teams came into contact with two separate species: the [[Nakai]] and [[Joran]]. Both species lived on their homeworld of [[Kryn'tor]], but the Joran had little contact with their technologically naïve counterparts the Nakai. The away teams had planned to stay to initiate further communication with the natives but were forced to pull out with the presence of a Romulan warbird in the system, threatening attack.  ===20903.02===  After receiving their new Commanding Officer, [[Stewart, Stovon|CaptainStovon Stewart]], the Copernicus along with the USS Drake rushed to aid emergency evacuations and rescue operation from a colony on the planet [[Tekna]], which had erupted in devastating tectonic activity that was ripping the planet apart. The ships first made a detour to the [[Troligan Waystation]] to gather other civilian ships to aid in the evacuation of the plant's population. [[Dys, Gloria|Commander Dys]], now first officer, led an advanced party to Tekna in the runabout Pegasus. Undefended, the Pegasus was attacked by two Cardassian ships and boarded. USS Dauntless arrived on the scene, also en route to help with the Tekna situation, and picked up the Pegasus distress signal, rescuing the runabout crew but not before one Security fatality. The Dauntless now arrived to aid the Copernicus. The two sjips proceeded to help the colonists of Tekna with what could only be described as ‘fire lizards’ that were terrorizing the planet, emerging out of huge fissures in the earth. All efforts to evacuate the planet were cut short when the planet entered into a catastrophic meltdown and the surface opened up in flame and swallowed what was left of the colonies. The planet surface then returned to normal but with all traces of the colonies erased. Commander Dys requested for Star Fleet to put the planet under quarantine after the Science department theorized it to be a sentient planet, reacting to the mining operation from the colonists with the violent tectonic activity, and effectively purging itself of the alien presence. Though some colonists were evacuated from the planet, millions died and the operation was a great tragedy. ===20910.15=== The Copernicus is assigned to research an unexplored system, [[Gamma Cephei]]. The mission began well, and initial scans met with interesting results. Before any real information could be gathered, a fleetwide emergency was declared and the Copernicus was diverted to [[Tellar]]. Temporal anomalies were plaguing key Federation homeworlds, to the extent that when the Copernicus arrived on the scene they could no longer recognize them. The [[Terran Empire]] had taken place of Star Fleet and the Copernicus engaged in verbal negotiations with the Empire while two ships - the Tallahassee and Poseidon, modulated subspace beams to close the temporal anomaly and restore the situation - with all returning to normal after the rift was closed. Later is was found that the temporal anomaly was exploited by a species called the [[Grath]] from a alternate universe, and they were using this to enter our timeline with hostile intentions. The ship continued its journey to Gamma Cephei. An away team was beamed down to collect samples. Unexpectedly natives were encountered on the planet, but with no sensor readings showing sentient life. The away team discovered that the natives were humans who had put aside their advanced technology in the Federation to live a simple life from several generations earlier. The natives kidnapped [[Brooks, Daniel|Lieutenant Commander Daniel Brooks]] and [[St. Vrain, Elspeth|Lieutenant Elspeth Saint Vrain]], who were held captives for a short time before rescue. After that the crew decided to leave the planet and the humans to the lifestyle they had chosen. ===21010.04=== Captain Stewart resigned his commission, and [[Hawk, Jaden|Commander Jaden Hawk]] took command. [[Fields, Jane|Lieutenant Commander Jane Fields]] was promoted to Commander and First Officer, due to Commander Gloria Dys being kept at Star Base Alpha over temporal transgressions. The Copernicus was assigned to explore the Typhon Expanse. Upon entering the Expanse, crew members reported seeing Romulans and officers in earlier forms of uniform from decades earlier. A thirty-year old Romulan Warbird attacked the vessel with boarding parties. Captain Hawk set the ship to self-destruct, and this made the Romulans retreat.  Next a battle ensued. Looking to be on the losing side, the Copernicus ejected its auxiliary warp core. In the midst of the battle the core explosion knocked the vessel out of the expanse and out of the temporal loop in which it was stuck. Apparently the warbird and apparitions were all from the past, stuck in the temporal anomaly. ===21107.16=== The Copernicus received major upgrades and a refit at Starbase Alpha.  [[Hawk, Jaden|Commander Jaden Hawk]] and the Copernicus are sent to the Dalmatia System along with the USS Philadelphia, USS Pegasus, and USS Sheridan. Ships were deployed different sections of the Dalmatia System, the Copernicus to the Titian sub-system.  An away team is dispatched to the surface to find the surface dwelling Terrannovans. The Captain’s transporter pattern is lost during transport tot the surface to make first contact. The Terranovans deny any involvement, but the Captain was kidnapped and tortured by the Aquanoverrans, who shared the planet with the Terrannovans, and were largely displeased with the Federation’s arrival.  To avoid breaking the Prime Directive, the away teams were recalled after rescuing the Captain, and the Copernicus sent to Starbase Charlie.  ===21210.04=== [[Hawk, Jaden|Captain Jaden Hawk]], was given a secret assignment by Admiral Wueste, the Admiral serveed as a VIP onboard the ship, as well as mission consultant.  Under the guise of a scientific mission to Nimbus III, the mission aimed to track and detain a terrorist cell lead by former Star Fleet Officer Thomas Shaw/Paul Vice.  The Copernicus approached the planet, hiding in a nearby nebula to mask their approach. Captain Hawk and Admiral Wueste beamed to the planet without security (much to the objection of the First Officer and other department heads) in order to infiltrate the terrorist lab. There they found a bioweapon that the terrorists were working on. Concurrent to this, the Copernicus came under attack by the terrorists. [[Fields, Jane|Commander Jane Fields]] commanded the vessel and its defence. Suffering only moderate damage, the ship was able to defeat the terrorists. On the planet. Wueste and Hawk obtained the bioweapon, but Vice escaped. ===21212.17=== The USS Copernicus was sent to find the USS Wright, which was long overdue for check in with Star Fleet Command. The ship found the USS Wright caught in a dense asteroid field with no possible way of escaping under its own systems. Commander Hawk ordered a complete evacuation of the Wright after finally coming into contact with the ship's CO, Captain McDowell. During the evacuation, the Copernicus science team discovered several asteroids around them were holographically disguised [[Krynar_Confederation|Krynar]] shard ships. Hawk ordered self-destruct to be set on the Engineering section of the Wright to destroy the shards, while the rest of the Wright crew escaped on the ship’s saucer section. First Officer, Commander Fields, strongly objected to this hostile action against the shards, as they had not initiated any aggression and were apparently simply observing. Hawk ignored the objection and went ahead, but the self-destruct did not destroy the shard ships and they simply retreated. The Copernicus was able to tow the Wright’s saucer section back to Starbase Alpha.  ===21407.25=== Under [[Fields, Jane|Captain Jane Fields]] as the Commanding Officer, after a two-month long journey, the ship arrived at the unexplored Zaniah system. The third planet contained an advanced civilization, and inexplicably the planet contacted them using Federation protocols. The President of the planet knew the name and class of the Copernicus as well as her Captain’s name, and claimed that their ancient prophecies had predicted their arrival. Scans found Federation power signatures across the planet and it seemed as if there had been extensive influence by the Federation on their society and technology. The Captain led a team to the planet to uncover the mystery. A state banquet was laid on for their arrival, although protected by armed guards. The away team found that not all of the planet’s populace was as welcoming as the planetary President, and some military personnel seemed openly hostile and sceptical about the 'prophecy' coming true. The crew had indeed landed amid a political situation and one of the generals initiated a coup on the president at the banquet. The team were forced to flee with the President, not before an officer was killed. A bright flash engulfed the planet, and the natives continued as if nothing was unusual, but the Away Team could not contact the USS Copernicus and indeed it was no longer reading as in orbit. The away team deduced that the planet was facing some sort of temporal displacement. In orbit, the Copernicus now saw a much earlier version of the planet, with the technological advancements of around 20th Century Earth. In an effort to establish communication with the away team, the FO, [[Roland, Mick|Commander Mick Rolland]] sent the shuttle Xenon to investigate. The shuttle came under attack by Zaniah fighters, but the crew was transported back to the Copernicus letting the shuttle descend into the atmosphere.  On Zaniah, the away team investigated the ‘prophecy’ of their occurrence and found their own shuttle Xenon in one of the historical museums - being the lost shuttle the Copernicus had sent to actually rescue the team. It was evidently aged by time but still functional, and they used the sensors on the shuttle to locate a temporal device below them inside the planet. The Copernicus had picked up the same power signature and chroniton emissions, and sent another team to investigate the device. It was not of native construction, but matched Devidian designs, and in a state of disrepair and malfunctioning, causing the temporal jumps through an unfortunate interaction between it and unusual emissions from the local star. The team were able to repair the machine. This caused another temporal flash, but one that restored the timeline on the planet so that the Copernicus was able to beam everyone out including the planetary President who was now in need of protection. Captain Fields negotiated a settlement between the rebels and the President, and was able to convince the former by beaming the rebels to the ship - showing that the crew were in fact who they claimed to be, from the Federation and not some 'actors' working for the President. The time machine was now reading as dormant and had clearly now broken permanently, so the planetary time shifting was at an end. <br/> == Crew Logs ==

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