Bravo Fleet
USS Diligent (NCC-97314)
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 Diligent
Alita-class • NCC-97314 • Polaris Advanced Research Squadron • Fourth Fleet • Managed by FADM James Neidlinger
The USS Diligent is an Alita-class heavy escort that augments Polaris Squadron with significant tactical capabilities to defend the research unit from threats that lurk on the frontier. Typically, the USS Diligent deploys alongside the USS Polaris to safeguard the flagship, but it may deploy as tactical support for the USS Ingenuity when the smaller research vessel breaks away to conduct independent missions.
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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Dorian Vox
Commanding Officer
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Jordyn Kerrigan
Executive Officer
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Ryan Hunt
Chief Tactical Officer
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Kehlani Koh
Chief Security Officer
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Matthew Coleman
Chief Flight Control Officer
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Emily Essinger
Chief Operations Officer
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Vince Slade
Chief Engineering Officer
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Carolina Lacroix
Chief Medical Officer
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Zheng Enyu
Chief Counseling Officer
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Dalton McCormick
Small Craft Wing Commander
Diligent Alpha-One -
Crissy Callegari
Small Craft Weapons and Systems Officer
Diligent Alpha-One
Recent Stories
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USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity (Archive)
If he hadn’t already suspected something was wrong, he knew it the moment the doors of the briefing room opened. If it was an operational meeting, Lieutenant Commander Grace Ellander wouldn’t have been sitting there. He could feel it too, raw pain and grief slamming his Betazoid senses, [...]
9 May 2025
From One Dark Place To Another
S2E9. Nightmares When Night Falls
Archanis Station, SS Lucre, USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Lincoln, USS Polaris and USS Vesta
The cargobay was dark, and it stank with the odor of volatile organic compounds offgassing from sludge-stained barrels. “An odd place for a rendezvous,” Commander Robert Drake noted, his nostrils flaring. “Next time, we’ll meet on the promenade and preorder some apéritifs [...]
8 May 2025
S2E9. Nightmares When Night Falls
Archanis Station, SS Lucre, USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Lincoln, USS Polaris and USS Vesta
Her eyes going back and forth between the senior officers sitting at the table and the lieutenant that’d led her here, Ensign Maya Ortega was completely confused. “I… I’m not following any of this. What the hell is going on?” How had she ended up here? How had the [...]
7 May 2025
S2E9. Nightmares When Night Falls
Archanis Station, SS Lucre, USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Juno, USS Lincoln, USS Polaris and USS Vesta
As they made their way back to the upper levels, it was all Ensign Maya Ortega could do to not break down. She was shaking. She was terrified. They had killed that man. The Vaadwaur were going to find out. When they did, what would happen? Would they find her? She hadn’t been the one with the [...]