USS Drake, NCC-2491

[Davy, aka GM]

USS Drake, NCC-2491
"A prudent question is one half of wisdom." -- Francis Bacon

Entered Service: 2289

SYSTEMS
Communications 8
Computers 7
Engines 9
Sensors 9
Structure 8
Weapons 9

DEPARTMENTS
Command 2
Conn 3
Security 3
Engineering 3
Science 2
Medicine 2

SCALE 4
RESISTANCE 4
SHIELDS 11
POWER 9
CREW SUPPORT 4

WEAPONRY
Phaser Banks (Medium Range, Damage 8^, Versatile 2)
Photon Torpedoes (Long Range, Damage 6^, High Yield)
Tractor Beam (Strength 3)

TALENTS
- Advanced Sensor Suites (The vessel's sensors are amongst the most sophisticated and advanced available in the fleet. Unless the ship's Sensors have suffered one or more Breaches, whenever a character performs a Task assisted by the ship's Sensors, they may reduce the Difficulty of the Task by one, to a minimum of 0.)

- Extensive Shuttlebays (The vessel's shuttlebays are large, well-supplied, and able to support a larger number of active shuttle missions simultaneously. The ship may have twice as many small craft active at any one time as it would normally allow, and it may carry up to two Scale 2 small craft.)

- Improved Warp Drive (The ship's warp drive is more efficient, capitalizing on improved field dynamics, better control of antimatter flow rates, or some other advancement that allows the ship to expend less energy when traveling at warp. Whenever the ship spends Power to go to warp, roll 1 [CD] for each Power spent; for each Effect rolled, that point of Power is not spent.)

- Rugged Design (The ship is designed with the frontier in mind, with a durable construction and easy access to critical systems that allow repairs to be made easily. Reduce the Difficulty of all Tasks to repair the ship by 1, to a minimum of 1.)

TRAITS
Federation Starship
Brand Spankin' New (for Eps 2.01-2.05)

NOTES
Length/Beam/Height: 310/140/94 meters
Complement: 350
Transporter Rooms: 4
wf 7/9/12

SHIP INFO
USS Drake is the ninth Constellation-class cruiser built for Starfleet at the Copernicus Shipyards on Luna. She is the first of her sister ships to not be fitted out specifically for perimeter patrol and interception, instead reflecting a multirole exploration mission profile.

The ship is named for 22nd Century Earth archaeologist Dr. Elias J. Drake, a member of the Earth Arctic Archaeology Team who discovered a mysterious wrecked alien spacecraft on the polar ice cap in 2153. All members of the team went missing and were presumed dead. This is the second Federation starship to bear the name, the first being the Anton-class vessel that served from 2258 to 2289.

The Drake's first and current commander is Captain Treyva of Denobula.

Crew Complement Department Assignments: Command, 28; Helm/Nav, 42; Security, 87; Engineering, 87; Science, 71; Medical 35.

SHUTTLES
The Drake carries 3 standard Class G shuttlecraft and an aquashuttle, with room for one more Scale 1 small craft (max total of 6 Scale of small craft):

Brahe (NCC-2491/1), Class G
Mercator (NCC-2491/2), Class G
Lagrange (NCC-2491/3), Class G
Dubilier (NCC-2491/5), Aquashuttle

Note: Class G shuttlecraft use the Class F small craft stats, but have been extensively refitted.

[Davy, aka GM]

USS Drake, NCC-2491
Crew Roster
Commanding Officer
Capt. Treyva (Denobulan/male)
played by Patrick Goodman

Chief Engineer/First Officer
Cmdr. Sorak (Vulcan/male)
Supporting Character; formerly played by Doug Burke

Chief Science Officer
Lt. Cmdr. Tobin Les (Trill/male)
played by Nolmir

Chief Helmsman
Lt. Maria Del Vecchio (Human/female)
Supporting Character

Chief Communications Officer
Lt. Miguel Rene Carlos Ramirez de Costaluna (Human/male)
Supporting Character

Chief Navigator
Lt. Cathy Chen (Human/female)
Supporting Character

Chief Security/Weapons Officer
Lt. Durham Cole (Human/male)
played by Renny

Chief Surgeon
Lt. Ratz Dourap, MD (Tellarite/male)
Supporting Character; formerly played by Philip

Head Nurse
Lt. Casey Kiunya, RN (Human/male)
Supporting Character

Other NPC Crewmembers (rank name, species/gender, notes)
Command Branch
Helm/Navigation
Lt. j.g. Eiko T'Flar, Efrosian/male, Helm (supporting character)
Lt. j.g. Michael Clarke, Human/male, Helm
Lt. j.g. Miruku Bong, Human/female, Helm/Navigation (supporting character)
Chief Specialist Donnie Brown, Human/female, Navigation
Chief Specialist Jalal keth Athrun, Andorian/male, Navigation

Phaser Control
Lt. Maximilian Ritter, Human/male, Phaser Control Officer
Lt. j.g. Addaron, Tellarite/female, assistant phaser control officer and Armory Officer
Ensign Katarina Schrepfermann, Human/female, shift phaser control officer (supporting character)

Note: Ships built after 2270 no longer have distinct phaser control rooms, instead opting for automated control of phaser systems. On such ships, phaser control officers instead are in a cross training position in the support branch, monitoring and maintaining phaser systems alongside both engineering and security personnel and manning the phaser systems monitoring station on the bridge (relieving the helm and weapons officers of such additional responsibilities, so they can focus on combat operations). Further, phaser control officers are given responsibility over the ship's armory, and the personnel that maintain sidearms.

Sciences Branch
Science
Lt. Dan Hodgkins, Human/male, A&A Officer
Lt. Thadis keth Dra, Andorian/male, Astronomer (supporting character)
Lt. j.g. Jacob York, Human/male, Biologist
Ensign V'Las, Vulcan/female, Geologist
Chief Specialist Samuel Tostin, Human/male, Lab Technician
Petty Officer 1st Class Elinor Hughes, Human/female, Lab Technician
Petty Officer 2nd Class Campbell Levi, Human/male, Lab Technician

Medical
Lt. Peter Galt, MD, Human/male
Lt. Robin Brown, RN, Human/female
Lt. j.g. Thelma Fernandez, RN, Human/female
Chief Specialist Edrion Kalsi, senior medic, Efrosian/male (supporting character)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Terris, medic, Vulcan/female

Other medical personnel are junior nurses/orderlies, and will follow the 1943 CCB phonetic alphabet (in the spirit of M*A*S*H):
(Junior Nurses) Abel, Baker, Fox, and King.
(Orderlies) Charlie, Easy, George, Love, Nan, Peter, Queen, Roger, Tare, Victor, and William.

Support Branch
Administration
Chief Yeoman Waymire, Human/female, Captain's Yeoman (supporting character)
Yeoman Tremayne, Human/female
Yeoman Zorana, Denobulan/female (supporting character)

Communications
Lt. j.g. Qin Ming Ahze, Human/female
Lt. j.g. Vanderfels Portmain, Centauran/male
Senior Chief Specialist Nnamdi, Human/male

Engineering
Lt. Nikolai Kolesnikov, Human/male (supporting character)
Lt. Sovar, Vulcan/male
Lt. j.g. Orenthal Viktor, Human/male
Lt. j.g. Graan, Tellarite/male
Lt. j.g. Kennedy Hale, Human/female
Senior Chief Specialist Heather Martin, Human/female
Chief Specialist Ma Xue Fang, Human/female
Chief Specialist Nathan Grove, Human /male
Petty Officer 1st Class Shrantha keth Claness, Andorian/female
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Anderson, Human/male
Petty Officer 2nd Class Carole Wise, Human/female
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Achison, Human/male

Security/Weapons
Lt. David Lear, Human/male, Security/Weapons (supporting character)
Lt. j.g. Gerald Fryling, Human/male, Security/Weapons
Ensign Tann-Tyra, Deltan/female, Security/Weapons (supporting character)
Ensign Olodon Anh Sal, Edosian/male, Security/Weapons (supporting character)
Ensign Calum O'Neil, Human/male, Security/Weapons
Chief Specialist Shawn Morais, Human/male
Chief Specialist Gurwinder Dhall, Human/male (supporting character)
Petty Officer 1st Class Ed Kowalski, Human/male
Petty Officer 1st Class Domonique Mattin, Human/male
Specialist 1st Class Ally Banks, Human/female (supporting character)
Specialist 1st Class Nolar Nata
Specialist 1st Class Elia Noles
Specialist 2nd Class William Brindley
Specialist 2nd Class Ariana Tsu Ling
Specialist 2nd Class Shilov Th'qelith
Specialist 2nd Class Chipo Obi
Specialist 2nd Class Remiel Ruza
Specialist 3rd Class Yuri Prokov
Specialist 3rd Class Sabrina Morell
Specialist 3rd Class Jordan Parris
Specialist 3rd Class Julian Barrett
Specialist 3rd Class Ramak Chend
Specialist 3rd Class Joanna Gale
Specialist 3rd Class Harry Welsh
Specialist 3rd Class Hamed Atem

Names in italics have been recently added, and full species information isn't yet available.

Non-named security specialists & petty officers will be drawn from the US Colonial Marines characters from the film Aliens. They are: Vasquez, Hicks, Hudson, Apone, Drake*, Frost, Ferro, Spunkmeyer, Dietrich, Crowe, & Wierzbowski.

* Specialist Drake is a 4th-great granddaughter of the ship's namesake, and a 2nd cousin, twice removed of retired Rear Adm. Gabriel E.J. Drake, the first USS Drake's commanding officer. Her teammates jokingly call her "Namesake" or "Namesake Drake." -Ed.

[Davy, aka GM]

Aquashuttle DUBILIER, NCC-2491/5

Entered Service: 2270

SYSTEMS
Communications 6
Computers 6
Engines 5
Sensors 5
Structure 6
Weapons 5

DEPARTMENTS
Command 0
Conn 1
Security 1
Engineering 0
Science 1
Medicine 0

SCALE 2
RESISTANCE 2
SHIELDS 3
POWER 3
CREW SUPPORT 0

WEAPONRY
Phaser Cannons (Close Range, Damage 5^, Versatile 2, Escalation 2)

TRAITS
Federation Shuttlecraft
Aquashuttle

NOTES
Length/Beam/Height: 13/8/3.5 meters
Complement: 8 (2 crew, 6 passengers)

Named after 20th-21st Century marine microbiologist Dr. Nicole Dubilier.

[Davy, aka GM]

Based on the post I made when we were converting over to STA (and well before I considered the possibility that the Anton-class Drake would be retired), here's a potential 2295 command structure for the current ship.

Potential future command structure of USS Drake, NCC-2491

Commanding Officer
Captain Paula Tyler, human/female (Texas, USA, Earth)

Executive Officer
Commander Durham Cole, human/male (Australia, Earth)

Chief Navigator
Lieutenant Commander Miruku Bong, human/female (Deneva Colony)

Chief Engineer
Lieutenant Commander Nikolai Kolesnikov, human/male (Russia, Earth)

Chief Helm Officer
Lieutenant, junior grade, Miral, Denobulan/female (Denobula)

Chief Science Officer
Lieutenant Sonek, Vulcan/male (Vulcan)

Chief Communications Officer
TBD

Chief Security/Weapons Officer
Lieutenant Katarina Schrepfermann, human/female (Germany, Earth)

Chief Surgeon
TBD

Phaser Control Officer
TBD

Head Nurse
TBD

Other Notable Personnel
Lieutenant, junior grade, Ernst Schrepfermann, human/male (Starbase 11) as a junior engineer on the ship

Disposition of Other Former Senior Staff
Treyva: Will likely be promoted to Commodore and assigned as commanding officer, Starfleet Station, Vulcan.
Sorak: At the end of Ep. 2.02, he will be promoted to Captain and assigned as captain of engineering and portmaster, Eridani Shipyards, Vulcan (which will eventually make him Treyva's de facto second-in-command).
Tobin: Will likely be promoted to Commander and assigned as chief of astrosciences (and de facto commanding officer), Betreka Astrosciences Station, at the edge of the Betreka Nebula.
Maria Del Vecchio: Unknown at this time (although there are possible plans for her in a future episode).
Miguel Costaluna: Will likely be promoted to Lieutenant Commander and assigned to an Epsilon communications station as chief of operations (equivalent to first officer).
Cathy Chen: Will likely be promoted to Lieutenant Commander and assigned as first officer (or a senior department head) on a (likely smaller) Class 1 starship.
Dr. Dourap: I have plans for him later this season.
Casey Kiunya: Will likely be assigned to Starfleet Medical on Earth in an administrative role (which may be his last tour before he retires and returns to his native Alaska).

[Doug Burke]

It may just be me, but I like the idea of Nikolai being chief engineer, but could also see him taking on that role on another ship...