Bravo Fleet
USS Polaris (NCC-80001)
While research and development activities typically occur on starbases and outposts within Federation territory, sometimes the greatest discoveries are made amongst the stars. This is the mission of the Polaris Squadron.
USS Polaris
Odyssey-class • NCC-80001 • Polaris Advanced Research Squadron • Fourth Fleet • Managed by FADM James Neidlinger
The USS Polaris is an Odyssey-class heavy explorer that serves as the flagship of Polaris Squadron and home of the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity. The Polaris is equipped with cutting edge laboratories, sensor suites, and analysis cores that give it near-parity with top-of-the-line R&D facilities, while having a degree of mobility such facilities do not have. It is also well appointed for frontier diplomatic duties, but it has some tactical drawbacks due to its size and purpose that are augmented by Polaris Squadron’s other vessels.
The stories of Polaris Squadron are rated 2-2-2 for mature subject matter, including violence, language and sexual content.
Polaris Advanced Research Squadron
Polaris Squadron is a multi-mission flag squadron under the command of Fleet Admiral Allison Reyes that supports two specialized units and three overall mission profiles:
- The Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity (ASTRA), a specialized cross-functional research unit that exists to fuel Starfleet’s innovation engine through discovery, investigations and interactions on the frontier.
- The Advanced Unit for Reconnaissance, Operations and Response Activities (AURORA), a special operations unit that exists to collect intelligence and conduct clandestine operations within the borderlands and wherever else the mission leads.
- Archanis Sector Operations, including engineering, diplomatic and security functions as the Fourth Fleet seeks to rehabilitate aging infrastructure, strengthen relationships with borderlands colonies and neighboring powers, and strengthen its security posture within the sector.
The flagship of Polaris Squadron is the USS Polaris, an Odyssey-class heavy explorer that hosts the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity, and the headquarters of Polaris Squadron is Archanis Station, a Canopus-class starbase from whence sector operations of the Archanis Sector are managed.
Squadron Commands
Crew Manifest
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Allison Reyes
Commander, Polaris Squadron
Executive Director, ASTRA -
Gérard Devreux
Commanding Officer
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Olivia Larsen
ASTRA Managing Director
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Titus Bishop
Chief Tatical & Strategic Operations Officer
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Lars Bauer
Chief Engineering Officer
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Omar Reza
Chief Flight Control Officer
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James Henderson, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
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Elena Mattson
Chief Operations Officer
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Keaton Ryder
Chief Security Officer
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Grace Ellander
Chief Counseling OFficer
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Tom Brooks, PhD
ASTRA Research Lead, Astrophysics & Exotic Sciences Unit
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Syleth Sh'vot, PhD
ASTRA Research Lead, Geophysics & Planetary Sciences Unit
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James Henderson, MD, MPH
ASTRA Research Lead, Medical & Biological Sciences Unit
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Sally Stirling, PhD
ASTRA Research Lead, Cultural & Sociological Unit
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Linus Rhodes
ASTRA Research Lead, Digital Systems Unit
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Sena t'Velir
ASTRA Research Lead, Xenotechnology
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Karl Verhoeven, PhD
ASTRA Research Fellow, Microbiology
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Lisa Hall, PhD
ASTRA Research Fellow, Psychiatry
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Grace Ellander
ASTRA Research Fellow, Psychology
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Sebastian Taylor
ASTRA Research Fellow, Xenoarchaeology
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Akil al-Qadir
ASTRA Staff Researcher, Particle Physics
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Emilia Balan
ASTRA Staff Researcher, Cultural Affairs
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Chim Dos
ASTRA Staff Researcher, Environmental Engineering
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Deela
ASTRA Staff Researcher, Genetics
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Ayala Shafir
ASTRA Staff Researcher, Computational Systems
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Voragh
Visiting Researcher, Astrophysics
Science Institute of Mempa V -
Ekkomas Eidran
AURORA Commander
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Lisa Hall, PhD
AURORA Deputy Commander
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Delaney Brewster
AURORA Operator
Engineering Officer -
John Park
AURORA Operator
Intelligence Officer -
Evelyn Luna
AURORA Operator
Logistics Officer -
Kevin Abedayo
AURORA Operator
Weapons & Tactics Specialist -
Samira Sasori
AURORA Operator
Xenoanthropic Intelligence Specialist -
Davi Almeida
AURORA Operator
Science & Medical Specialist -
Priyanka Dhawan
AURORA Operator
Flight Control Specialist -
Ollie Blackwood
Watch Officer
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Emilia Balan
Diplomatic Affairs Officer
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Nikolai Rockov
Tactical Officer
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Claire Delecour
Medical Officer
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Jake Lewis
Deceased
Former Squadron Intelligence Officer -
Luke Lockwood, Ph.D.
Deceased
Former ASTRA Research Lead, Physical Sciences Unit
Recent Stories
View All Stories19 October 2025
USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy and USS Polaris
“She breathes again,” Captain Cora Lee offered as they stood together at the front of the Kennedy‘s bridge, looking at the planet below. The blight was in full remission, and the planet’s natural ecology was well on its way to recovery. “And they live again too,” [...]
18 October 2025
USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy and USS Polaris
As they crossed the plaza, a shuttle flew overhead, one of a half dozen tracing wide arcs over Lepia IV on a mission to disburse the payload that would free this world from its blight. The irony was not lost on Ambassador Drake that the solution had not come from futuretech and technobabble, but [...]
18 October 2025
USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy and USS Polaris
Their world would die. That’s how Ensign Lunaire had put it. A bit melodramatic for his tastes, but not wholly inaccurate. Slumped at his desk, Dr. Karl Verhoeven stared blankly at his terminal. There had to be a way. There always was. But how? And then it dawned on him. There was something [...]
17 October 2025
USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy and USS Polaris
“We certainly cooked it,” Lieutenant Josh Brunell grumbled as brittle stalks crunched beneath his boots. “Too bad the crops went with it.” Just like the other four test plots, by the time the soil reached temperatures high enough to kill the mycopathogen, the natural flora [...]