USS Ingenuity (NCC-97603)

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 Ingenuity

Pathfinder-class • NCC-97603 • Fourth Fleet

The USS Ingenuity is a Pathfinder-class science vessel that provides the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity with small, flexible and nimble vessel for research. While often working alongside the full squadron, the USS Ingenuity may operate independently when the Polaris is otherwise engaged or when the large size of the flagship is a limiting factor.

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 mission unit under the command of Fleet Admiral Allison Reyes, Director of the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity, and Rear Admiral Alex Grayson, Commander of Archanis Sector Operations, that operates under the dual mandate:

  1. Through the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity (ASTRA),
    fuel Starfleet’s innovation engine through discovery, investigations and interactions on the frontier.
  2. Under the Archanis Sector Operations Command,
    revitalize the Archanis Sector through infrastructure investments and regional diplomacy.

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.

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24 December 2024

Navigating the Unknown

S2E5. Machinations on Montana

Montana Station, USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

He was no captain. He was only here because some aged admiral had too much faith in him. In the hour of the wolf, he couldn’t sleep. Instead, he found himself standing by the window, watching the stars whiz by at high warp. It was a familiar sight, but these were not familiar stars. They were the [...]

13 October 2024

Passing Stars and Passing Thoughts

S2E2. Alone in the Night (Interlude)

USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

It’d been two weeks since they stole away from the Polaris in the dead of night, and two days since anyone said a word. For the three tucked aboard the runabout Calvera, the silence was comfortable. It was normal. It was the thing that filled the moments in-between, whether racing the vastness of [...]

6 October 2024

Away into the Night

S2E2. Alone in the Night (Interlude)

USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

Wispy clouds whirled and blue seas sparkled, lit by the cool blue gleam of the young Herbig Ae/Be star flickering 6.7 AU away. By the wall clock, it was the dead of the night, but space was a curious thing. It was always bright, if you had the right frame of reference. Standing center on the wide [...]

4 October 2024

And Then She Was Gone

S2E2. Alone in the Night (Interlude)

USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

“You never did tell me… Why a Klingon opera?” That’d been what originally brought Lieutenant Balan to the holodeck, the original reason for her intrusion on the Arabian night. “You don’t exactly come off as a Bat’leths and bloodwine chick.” Not that [...]