USS Yeager, NCC-65674

STARSHIP
SS Yeager, NCC-65674


Class	Yeager-type
Registry	NAR-65674
Allegiance	United Federation of Planets
Launched	2373
Status	Active
Specifications
Type:	Patrol Cruiser
Length:	329 Meters
Beam:	150 Meters
Height:	66.2 Meters
Mass:	580,000 metric tons
Decks:	11 Deck Plans
Crew Compliment:	Standard: 20 Officers, 75 Enlisted Crew Breakdown Emergency: 300
Warp Speed:	Cruise Speed: 6 Sustainable Speed: 8.2 Emergency Speed: 9.55 (12 hour automatic shutdown)
Impulse Engines:	2 Main Impulse Engines (Type 5) Speed: .93 C
Defensive Systems:	Type 4 Main Shield Generator (MSG-4) Ablative Armor
Armament:	Phasers: 2x 100-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Dorsal); 2x 30-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Aft Dorsal); 2x 100-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Ventral); 2x Type-I Phaser Cannons (Wing Mounted - Forward) Torpedoes: 4x Torpedo Launchers (4A) Payload: 40 Quantum, 80 Photon Torpedoes
Tractor/Repulsor:	2 Main Tractor/Repulsor Beams, 2 Docking Tractors
Shuttlecraft:	Waverider Support Craft (Docked Under Saucer)
Computer System:	M-15 Isolinear Computer with Bio-Neural Processors
Sensors:	Daystrom Industries HSCS-2SC-C Starship Sensors

The SS Yeager is a starship in service in the Federation Reserve Fleet, having officially been decommissioned and struck from the Starfleet registry in the late 2380s. The 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-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 original members of the "Frankenstein Fleet", the Yeager was constructed from the primary hull of an Intrepid-class Explorer and the scaled-up hull of a Ju'Day class Courier. 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 more than compensated for by the inclusion of the Ju'Day's own aft torpedo launchers, bringing the number of aft-firing launchers to four. The unorthodox design did, however, cause problems with warp field stability, and meshing the Bio-Neural systems of the Intrepid with the Isolinear systems of the Ju'Day made for some "interesting" quirks that were never truly worked out.

With a deadline to meet, the Yeager was rushed through testing and acceptance trials to be commissioned in 2373, assigned to Deep Space Nine as a guard ship. The Yeager served honorably during the war, taking part in several key engagements as an outrider or scout, and survived until the end of hostilities. Though the remaining ships of similar construction were either cannibalised for parts to repair main-line vessels or scrapped outright and despite its quirky and unpredictable systems, the SCE kept the Yeager in commission for their own purposes. The Yeager was used to test several new tactical and propulsion systems, and was one of the first ships to be armed with the experimental Type-G Phaser. When not testing experimental weapons systems, it served as a guard ship for several key outposts during the 2380s, especially 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, 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

Rank	Name	Position	Species
Command Staff
	Jennifer Braggins	Commanding Officer	Augment
Tactical Department
	T'Lari	Tactical Officer	Vulcan
Engineering Department
	Ian Elliot {d'Tor'an}	Engineer	Human/Klingon
Science Department
		Science Officer
Medical Department
	Kal-Geal Beinn {Jadaris}	Medical Officer	Child of San-Tarah