Bravo Fleet
USS Arondight (NCC-86407)
USS Arondight
Reliant-class • NCC-86407 • Fourth Fleet
The Federation starship Arondight, named for Sir Lancelot’s sword of Arthurian legend, is a well-equipped, modern frigate assigned to operations under the aegis of Arcturus Wayfinding Squadron in the Olympia Sector. Along with her counterpart, the USS Buran, the Arondight typically operates within a few hours warp of Olympia Station, patrolling the sector while performing mapping and exploration duties along the way. Fresh off her first major refit, the Arondight has a new command crew of young, eager officers ready to make a difference in a post-Frontier Day galaxy.
Stories on this command are rated 2-2-2, with reader discretion advised.
Arcturus Wayfinding Squadron
Arcturus Wayfinding Squadron is an elite exploratory unit that specializes in finding new ways forward for Starfleet. Distinct from navigation, which is plotting a course based on the precise knowledge of exactly where one is in the universe, wayfinding is a more general word that refers to the process of orienting oneself in regard to space, place, objects, and peoples. Wayfinding was practiced by the Polynesian and Norse voyagers of Earth in the ancient past, as they used landmarks, the stars, and their relationships with other beings to find their way across the seas. While Arcturus Squadron engages in traditional surveying and charting missions, its mandate is also to use whatever tools it can to find the way forward, whether through diplomacy, acquiring or developing new propulsion methods, or, when necessary, mitigating threats to Starfleet’s exploratory mission.
Currently, Arcturus Squadron is based out of Olympia Station at the rimward trailing edge of Federation space in the Alpha Quadrant.
Crew Manifest
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Blake Bennett
Commanding Officer
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Paulo Costa
Executive Officer
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Tristan Hawthorne
Chief Science Officer
Second Officer -
Shadi Oxel
Chief Engineering Officer
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Cooper Robinson
Chief Operations Officer
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Garun Sadir
Chief Security Officer
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Sarama
Chief Medical Officer
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Hiro Lassus
Chief Flight Control Officer
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Alessia Wilders
Ship's Counselor
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Michael Lancaster
Commander, Arcturus Squadron
Recent Stories
View All Stories15 September 2024
1. The Roots of a Strange New World
Olympia Station, USS Achilles, USS Antares, USS Apollo, USS Arcturus, USS Arondight, USS Buran, USS Nellie Bly, USS Pallas, USS Renown, USS Saturn, USS Theseus and USS Thomas Paine
Captain’s Log, Stardate 2401.11 Following over two months of work, today is the day that I will be able to certify Zeta Olympiae IV—what we’re calling Mytikas, after the highest peak on Mount Olympus—as suitable for habitation. All of the crews across Arcturus Squadron have been [...]
22 July 2024
One of Our Starbases is Missing
USS Arondight
Though a naturally optimistic person, Paulo Costa had a hard time coming up with an explanation for the explosion Hawthorne had detected that didn’t stem from the violent destruction of the Buran. He kept glancing over to check the other man’s progress at the aft science station. Still, he knew [...]
7 July 2024
One of Our Starbases is Missing
USS Arondight
On a Reliant-class starship, the atmosphere in every compartment was fully cycled through the ship’s filters every sixty seconds, whether it was the most miniature computer network trunk or the main shuttlebay. It wasn’t quite as aggressive as the filtration systems aboard a hospital ship, but, [...]
22 June 2024
One of Our Starbases is Missing
USS Arondight
As the shuttle raced along at warp seven—a phenomenal rate of speed for anything that small—Paulo Costa locked in the autopilot while Tristan Hawthorne continued to calibrate the recon sensor pallet Olympia Station had lent them for the journey. The sensors on a type-12 shuttle were already [...]