USS Drake (NCC-1553)

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USS Drake, NCC-1553
"A prudent question is one half of wisdom." -- Francis Bacon

Entered Service: 2258

SYSTEMS
Communications 7
Computers 9
Engines 8
Sensors 10
Structure 8
Weapons 7

DEPARTMENTS
Command 3
Conn 2
Security 2
Engineering 2
Science 4
Medicine 2

SCALE 3
RESISTANCE 3
SHIELDS 10
POWER 8
CREW SUPPORT 4 (3 + 1 from Costaluna)

WEAPONRY
Phaser Banks (Medium Range, Damage 6^, Versatile 2)
Photon Torpedoes (Long Range, Damage 5^, High Yield)
Tractor Beam (Strength 2)

TALENTS
Advanced Sensor Suites (When performing a task assisted by the ship's sensors, reduce the Difficulty of the task by 1, minimum of 0)
High Resolution Sensors (When not in combat, any successful task that is assisted by the ship's sensors gains 1 bonus Momentum)

TRAITS
Federation Starship
The Last of Her Kind

NOTES
Length/Beam/Height: 224/145/51 meters
Complement: 240
wf 6/7/8
2258 refit: +1 Computers
2268 refit: +1 Engines (introduced Antiquated Spaceframe trait)
2278 refit: +1 Sensors
2288 refit: +1 Structure (removed Antiquated Spaceframe trait)

SHIP INFO
USS Drake is the 40th Anton-class light cruiser built for Starfleet at the 40 Eridani Shipyards on Vulcan. She's typical of her fellow Antons, designed for a myriad of missions, from surveying, diplomacy and exploration to defense.

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 first Federation starship to bear the name.

The cruiser's first commander was Capt. Gabriel E. J. Drake, her namesake's great-great-grandson. A scientist in his own right, Drake led his ship on two successful multi-year missions (2260-2268), making 12 first contacts and exploring dozens of worlds, before being given a flag appointment to Starfleet's Science Branch.

The Drake's next commander was Cmdr. Saltor, a Vulcan engineer assigned to assess the ship's future. The astute engineer, after a year-long assessment cruise, recommended the cruiser undergo the Mark II (2268) refit. Saltor saw the Drake through her refit and subsequent shakedown before turning command over to veteran commander Capt. Lars Anderssen.

Anderssen guided the Drake through two five-year cruises (2273-2282), which included a brief refit between them, in 2278. During this period, Antons were being retired at high rates in favor of the new Miranda-class cruiser. By the time the ship returned in 2282, she was one of three Anton's left in service.

The ship was assigned to consecutive one-year patrol missions while her fate and the fate of her sister ships were decided. Anderssen retired from Starfleet in 2284 and the ship entered into a yard period to prepare her for decommissioning, but the loss of four Mirandas to mysterious circumstances in the early part of the year and subsequent temporary halting of Miranda production forced Starfleet to keep the Drake in active service "for just a little while longer."

While her sister ships continued to prepare for decommissioning, the Drake's equipment was refurbished, damage was repaired, and the ship was given a new lease on life as the last of her kind.

In 2288, the Drake's engineering team were able to devise a solution to resolve the ship's structural weaknesses at high warp speeds.

After receiving extensive damage in an altercation with a rogue Orion vessel in late 2288, the Drake was decommissioned. She currently sits in the reserve fleet yards over Tellar.

SHUTTLES
The Drake carries two standard Class F shuttlecraft:

Kepler II (NCC-1553/7), Class F
Tesla II (NCC-1553/9), Class F

(Note: Star Trek Adventures starship small craft capacities are significantly different from CODA's. To determine the number of Scale 1 small craft a starship can carry, subtract 1 from the ship's Scale. So, the Drake can only carry two Scale 1 shuttles. (The Extensive Shuttlebays talent doubles this number, and allows a ship to carry Scale 2 small craft, which count as 2 shuttles for the purposes of taking up space.)

ANTON-CLASS INFO
The predecessor to the successful Miranda-class cruiser, the Anton was at the forefront of the Federation expansion effort in the 2240s and 50s. Originally designed as a mid-range exploration vessel, the light cruiser performed the more mundane exploratory missions from many of the new starbases that were being built along the frontier.

In the 2260s, Starfleet engineers designed an update the spaceframe's aging torpedo system and warp drive. However, engineers underestimated the frailty of the Anton's reinforced spaceframe, and the nacelles had a tendency to literally shear themselves off the struts under high-speed and high-stress maneuvers. These defects prompted Starfleet to completely redesign the vessel, resulting in the larger Miranda-class cruiser.

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USS Drake, NCC-1553
Crew Roster
Commanding Officer
Capt. Treyva (Denobulan/male)
played by PGoodman13

Chief Engineer/First Officer
Cmdr. Sorak (Vulcan/male)
played by Dougals

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)
played by llashb

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
Ensign Katarina Schrepfermann, Human/female, shift phaser control officer (supporting character)

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, Efrosian/male (supporting character)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Terris, medic, Vulcan/female

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 (supporting character)
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)
Chief Specialist Shawn Morais, Human/male
Chief Specialist Gurwinder Dhall, Human/male
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)