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| ship name = USS SS Yeager, NCC-65674

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| class = Yeager-type Cruiser| registry = NAR-65674| CO = | fleet = | posting = | launched = 2373| status = Active| date status =

The USS SS ''Yeager'' is a starship in service in the Starfleet Federation Reserve Fleet, having officially been decommissioned and struck from the Starfleet registry in the late 2380s. The USS ''Yeager'' is named for Chuck Yeager, the first Human to break the sound barrier in level flight.

Construction of the ''Yeager'' began in the early 2370s in the prelude to the [[Dominion War]]; with the breakdown of the [[Khitomer Accords]], Star Fleet needed new combat====2373-capable ships, and fast. With shipyards already constructing ships at a increased rate, primary hull construction for the Intrepid-class vessel soon outstripped supply of secondary hulls. As war loomed, the [[Star Fleet Corps of Engineers]] decided to utilise the surplus primary hulls to cobble together a class of ship designed to bolster the fleet quickly. As one of the first members of the "Frankenstein Fleet", the ''Yeager'' was commissioned in 2374 and assigned to [[Deep Space Nine]] as a guard ship.2403====

The Construction of the ''Yeager'' served honorably during began in the early 2370s in the prelude to the [[Dominion War]]; with the breakdown of the war[[Khitomer Accords]], Star Fleet needed new combat-capable ships, and survived until fast. With shipyards already constructing ships at a increased rate, primary hull construction for the end Intrepid-class vessel soon outstripped supply of hostilitiessecondary hulls. Though As war loomed, the [[Star Fleet Corps of Engineers]] decided to utilise the remaining ships surplus primary hulls to cobble together a class of similar construction were either cannibalised for parts ship designed to repair main-line vesselsbolster the fleet quickly. As one of the original members of the "Frankenstein Fleet", the SCE kept ''Yeager'' was constructed from the Yeager for their own purposesprimary hull of an Intrepid-class Explorer and the scaled-up hull of a Ju'Day class Courier. The This design gave the ''Yeager'' substantial forward firepower when combining the Ju'Day's phaser cannons with the Intrepid's own phaser arrays; the lack of aft-firing phasers was used more than compensated for by the inclusion of the Ju'Day's own aft torpedo launchers, bringing the number of aft-firing launchers to test several new tactical four. The unorthodox design did, however, cause problems with warp field stability, and propulsion meshing the Bio-Neural systems, and was one of the first ships to be armed Intrepid with the experimental Type-G Phaser. When not testing experimental weapons Isolinear systems, it served as a guard ship of the Ju'Day made for several key outposts during the 2380ssome "interesting" quirks that were never truly worked out.

As With a deadline to meet, the 25th century approached''Yeager'' was rushed through testing and acceptance trials to be commissioned in 2373, the assigned to [[Deep Space Nine]] as a guard ship. The ''Yeager'' remained served honorably during the war, taking part in service despite her age several key engagements as an outrider or scout, and unorthodox survived until the end of hostilities. Though the remaining ships of similar construction; relegated were either cannibalised for parts to rear area duties repair main-line vessels or scrapped outright and all-but forgotten even by despite its quirky and unpredictable systems, the SCE personnel who had kept her operational well beyond her expected service life the ''Yeager'' in commission for their own purposes. The ''Yeager'' was overused to test several new tactical and propulsion systems, she soon found herself crewed by reservists guarding and was one of the first ships to be armed with the Federation Surplus Depot at [[Qualor II]]experimental Type-G Phaser. Her fateWhen not testing experimental weapons systems, however, would soon be changed it served as a new crew were placed aboardguard ship for several key outposts during the 2380s, and a new mission assignedespecially as the fleet was reshuffled following the synth attack on Mars.

''Yeager'' was eventually relegated to rear area duties and all-but forgotten even by the SCE personnel who had kept her operational well beyond her expected service life was over. Officially struck from the register and placed in mothballs, with the name reassigned to more modern starships, the ''Yeager'' soon found herself crewed by volunteers guarding the Federation Surplus Depot at [[Qualor II]] as the dawn of the 25th Century approached. ====2403 - Present==== The ''Yeager'' was hastily reactivated, although not recommissioned, in 2403 in order to conduct what was alleged to be an important medical supply run to a beleaguered world in what was once the Romulan Neutral Zone; assigned to Captain [[Braggins, Jennifer|Braggins]], who had found herself out of favour following the events of the Philadelphia's mission to [[Jateran]], the mission was soon discovered to be a set-up. Not only were the crew made up of the dregs of Starfleet, those officers and crew that no Captain in their right mind would want on their ship, illegal weapons had been stored on board, bound for separatist movements on the border. The ship had also been sabotaged so that it would drop out of warp and conveniently be discovered by Starfleet patrols in the area. With the deception discovered, the Yeager was repaired before it could be apprehended and the weapons were instead diverted to a local group of Fenris Rangers where Braggins had contacts. For the next six weeks, the ''Yeager'' operated in the territories along the Romulan and Cardassian borders; escorting convoys, conducting anti-piracy patrols, and responding to emergency situations both large and small. Eventually the worst of the misfit crew were rotated off the ''Yeager'', and the crew readied themselves for more important missions along the border area. These more important missions never materialised, however, and the Yeager crew was slowly siphoned away to other assignments while the ship continued to conduct nonessential rear-area duties. =====Theft===== On Stardate 202311.25, the ''Yeager'' was undergoing standard maintenance at Outpost Gamma-7. With the majority of the crew on leave, the ship was commandeered by Braggins and a handful of crew from both the ''Philadelphia'' and the ''Yeager''. This was done as part of [[Operation Ursa Major]], and when the ''Yeager's'' part of the operation was complete, it was returned to normal duties. ===Last Known Crew Manifest=== {| class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="width:55%;"! Rank !! Name !! Position !! Species |-! colspan="7" | Command Staff|-| style="width:20%;"| [[Image:Com-blank.jpg]] || [[Braggins, Jennifer|Jennifer Braggins]] || Commanding Officer || [[Augment]] |-! colspan="7" | Tactical Department|-| style="width:20%;"| [[Image:Tac-blank.jpg]] || T'Lari || Tactical Officer || [[Vulcan]]|-|-! colspan="7" | Engineering Department|-| style="width:20%;"|[[Image:Eng-blank.jpg]] || [[Elliot, Ian|Ian Elliot]] {[[D'Tor'an, Artemis|d'Tor'an]]} || Engineer || [[Human]]/[[Klingon]]|-! colspan="7" | Science Department|-| style="width:20%;"|[[Image:sci-blank.jpg]] || || Science Officer || |-! colspan="7" | Medical Department|-| style="width:20%;"|[[Image:Med-blank.jpg]] || [[Beinn, Kal-Geal|Kal-Geal Beinn]] {[[Jadaris]]} || Medical Officer || [[Children of San-Tarah|Child of San-Tarah]]|-|}