Bravo Fleet
USS Blackbird
Osler-class • NCC-89901 • Fourth Fleet
Small, sleek, and fast, the Blackbird stands ready for any mission requiring a subtler touch. As part of Sirius Squadron, she is dispatched on assignments where the solution can be provided by a small team of specialists acting unobtrusively. This includes tactical operations and missions of subterfuge, but also complex away missions requiring scientific or engineering expertise. Although the Blackbird’s default configuration prepares her for law enforcement, infiltration, or surveillance operations, she is capable of a range of missions, including reconnaissance ahead of first contact or courier assignments into volatile regions.
Commander Hal Cassidy commands the Blackbird and its team of specialist operators who carry out away missions. From time to time, key officers from Sirius Squadron may join the Blackbird on its assignments, providing essential expertise or acting in overall command of delicate missions. Due to her size and limited facilities, the Blackbird often operates directly out of Gateway Station or is deployed within several days’ travel of a larger ship of the squadron, such as the USS Sirius herself. When in and around Federation space, however, she may be deployed away from the squadron for weeks at a time, relying on local infrastructure for support.
Sirius Expeditionary Squadron
Sirius Expeditionary Squadron, also known as Sirius Squadron, is a squadron centered around the Odyssey-class USS Sirius under the command of Commodore Matt Rourke, based out of Gateway Station in the Midgard Sector on the Federation’s Beta Quadrant frontier. The squadron serves two missions: the secondary mission of supporting the sector-wide responsibilities of the Gateway Station, and its primary mission as a rapid deployment force beyond Federation borders.
In its expeditionary capacity, Sirius Squadron stands ready to deploy outside of Federation territory at short notice to respond to emerging situations across the galaxy. With multiple versatile and powerful ships at its disposal, the squadron is capable of operating independently and without support for extended periods, and is flexible enough to face a range of missions, including under volatile circumstances where objectives and conditions can quickly change.
Outside of such deployments, the squadron maintains readiness in case of need, and supports Gateway Station’s operations. From its HQ, its ships pursue Starfleet’s mission to maintain regional stability through diplomatic and humanitarian operations and pursue avenues of scientific research and exploration into the former territories of the Old Romulan Star Empire. Since the escalation of tensions with the Klingon Empire and their interest in the territory of the fallen Star Empire, Sirius Squadron has been a cornerstone of protecting both the Federation border, and Starfleet’s allies in the Romulan Republic.
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Crew Manifest
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Hal Cassidy
Commanding Officer
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Tiarith Ranicus
Executive Officer
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Jessa Tiran
Reconnaissance Specialist
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Nallera
Engineering Specialist
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Macalor Aryn
Science Specialist
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John Rosewood
Operations Specialist
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Falaris Maive
Operations Officer
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V'Rana Zherul
Medical Officer
Recent Stories
View All Stories21 October 2024
USS Blackbird, USS Liberty and USS Sirius
They had barely set foot outside of the medical tent before their cover was nearly blown. ‘Crewmen! Give me a hand?’ Being called for by an officer to help with what looked like loading a few supply crates onto the back of a flatbed vehicle wasn’t an immediate problem. Rosewood and Cassidy [...]
20 October 2024
USS Blackbird, USS Liberty and USS Sirius
Rosewood had set foot on a thousand dustbowls like Tau Mervana during his Starfleet career. The only thing that made this one stand out was the sheer population size, the result of the fall of the Romulan Star Empire and few tempting settlement options for peoples on the run. The Blackbird had [...]
19 October 2024
USS Blackbird, USS Liberty and USS Sirius
The Blackbird’s bridge was a cramped compartment at the fore of the ship. Like everything else aboard, it felt like the streamlined and utilitarian shadow of its counterpart on a larger, more traditional Starfleet vessel, with the pilot seated at the front, posts at the starboard and port side [...]
17 October 2024
USS Blackbird, USS Liberty and USS Sirius
A short time later, the ship was at warp and Rosewood headed for the conference room Aryn had directed him to. It looked like standard-issue Starfleet furniture had already been stripped out, low and comfortable seating set up in a circle around a central holoprojector. Four people were waiting for [...]