Bravo Fleet
USS Astute (NCC-97407)
Share in the adventures of Captain Monique McDowell & the crew USS Astute as the rapid response vessel, tasked with providing humanitarian relief missions and high priority engineering assignments, aids reconstruction efforts following the devastating Nightfall Incursion by the Vaadwaur Supremacy.
USS Astute
Echelon-class • NCC-97407 • Vega Long-Range Explorer Division • Task Force 72 • Managed by CAPT Trevenan Williams
The price of conflict is peace.
Tasked with assisting the survivors of the Nightfall Incursion rebuild what was taken by the Vaadwaur, Task Force 72 has assigned the USS Astute to pioneer reconstruction and relief operations throughout the former Demilitarized Zone.
The assignment of an Echelon – class vessel to lead the Astute Light – Cruiser Division speaks volumes about the instability inherent to the region since the Vaadwaur withdrawal. Not only did the incursion come at a time when Starfleet was at its lowest ebb and tenuous allies such as the Cardassian Union already much weakened, the resultant power – vacuum requires a ship equally at ease in patrolling the frontier as it is providing humanitarian aid.
Never has the motto of the USS Astute been more pressing or relevant;
“Consilium et Prudentia”
(By Council and Prudence).
Vega Long-Range Explorer Division
With the United Federation of Planets facing its darkest days in the aftermath of the devastating events of Frontier Day and the Blackout, Starfleet is forced to reconsider it’s isolationist policies of the late 2390’s and once again turn it’s gaze to beyond the borders of Federated – space and seek out new worlds and opportunities to forge alliances to further stability and peace.
Dispatched to the Gamma Quadrant to re-open tentative links with the species and polities abandoned by the withdrawal of the Dominion, the Lamarr – class Long – range explorer, USS Vega, transits through the Bajoran Wormhole to New Bajor, fully aware that the line between soft diplomacy and resumption of hostilities is always one decision away.
Meanwhile, the Echelon – class USS Astute continues its ongoing mission to render humanitarian aid and provide security to the former DMZ, as it strives to hold the thin – red – line for a UFP that may have seen the setting of its golden – age.
Content on this division is rated at 222 on the RPG Ratings Scale, per the Bravo Fleet Content Policy. Mild swearing, contextual violence, and limited/romantic sexual interaction may be present. It is intended for audiences (16+).
(Some images used have been created using getimg.ai from open-source content)
Division Commands
Crew Manifest
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Monique McDowell
Commanding Officer
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Kottu
Executive Officer
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Bob Aldridge
Chief Engineering Officer
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Vorik
Chief Medical Officer
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Jin Motonobu
Chief Science Officer
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Natalie Søgaard
Chief Security Officer
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Alannah Boseman
Chief Tactical Officer
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Zhelu
Chief Operations Officer
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Aslaine
Chief Flight Control Officer
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