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They boldly went... and caused a great deal of chaos.

Here is a brief history of the ships to proudly bear the flag of our club:

 

U.S.S. Hully-Gully, Constitution class
Starfleet Registry NCC-8485

Crew complement: 430
Commissioned: Feb 2243
Decommissioned: Nov 2271

Bridge commander:

Captain Earl Woods (2243 - 2262)
Captain Anthony Longworth (2262 - 2271)

With Dr. Richard Daystrom's monumental invention of duotronics, Starfleet entered a new era of spacecraft technology, beginning with the new Constitution class vessels. Among the first of those to be commissioned was the U.S.S. Hully-Gully, placed under the command of Earl Woods, a brash upstart with a thirst for adventure.

It seems fitting that while on course to their first mission in the Archanis Sector, an unanticipated glitch in the ship's systems resulted in instrument failure, causing the ship to stray over three light-years off course. The source of the malfunction was traced to an accident-prone ensign who carelessly tipped a cup of coffee over a control console while repairing a bipolar electromagnetic converter. Not wishing to appear too autocratic in his discipline style, Captain Woods confined the ensign to quarters to contemplate his behaviour until they reached the next starbase for repairs.

Unfortunately, due to the affected instrumentation, the trip took eighteen months.

Even with this initial setback, Captain Woods still went on to lead the Hully-Gully on to many thrilling experiences in nearly twenty years of service, including:

  • First contact missions to Benzar, Brentalia, Ligos II and Xanthras III
  • Prevented an outbreak of Hranilaki brain fever in the Modean System
  • Thwarted attack by two Klingon battlecruisers during an astrological survey in the Mutara Sector
  • Attacked and boarded by Orion pirates, but able to outsmart the marauders and regain control of the ship

In 2262 Captain Woods was finally recognized for his outstanding field work with a promotion to Admiral and DIrector of Starfleet Personnel. ANthony Longworth was assigned as his replacement as captain of the Hully-Gully. Captain Longworth's accomplishments were somewhat overshadowed by another brash upstart named James Kirk, who assumed command of the U.S.S. Enterprise a few short years later. Nonetheless, he preserved the tenets of the Federation throughout his posting. In particular, the Hully-Gully was honoured in its selection as the ambassadorial escort to the Pelleus peace conference in 2266, and assigned to several missions involving defensive patrols of the Klingon Neutral Zone.

Captain Longworth's tenure aboard the Hully-Gully ended prematurely in 2271 when the ship was diverted to an emergency course to the Sol System, when Earth faced the threat from the V'Ger entity. Thankfully, the crisis was averted without severe incident, but the Hully-Gully wasn't quite as fortunate. Spacedock recalled the Constitution class vessel to perform an assessment for upgrade. While the Hully-Gully's spacefaring condition should have been more than adequate to merit a complete systems upgrade, a bureaucratic decision resulted in its decommissioning. Some speculated that the decision was driven by certain members of Starfleet who wanted to phase out the Constitution class vessels in favour of beginning development of the new Excelsior class starship design.

 

U.S.S. Oblivious, Constitution class
Starfleet Registry NCC-9091

Crew complement: 430
Commissioned: Oct 2250
Refit: Feb 2272
Decommissioned: Apr 2297

Bridge commander:

Captain Andrew 'Andy' Connelly (2272 - 2284)
Captain Jim Sandercock (2284 - 2297)

The U.S.S. Oblivious was one of the last of the original Constitution class starships to be upgraded, having completed its fourth five-year tour in 2271. With modifications completed in early 2272 the Oblivious was turned over to the command of Andrew Connelly, who proudly took on the club banner on his first mission as a starship captain.

Based on Connelly's training in the scientific disciplines, the Oblivious spent most of its time on missions of exploration, but it also participated in a number of peace-keeping endeavours. These diplomatic assignments ultimately influenced Andy's way of thinking. He began impressing the values of friendship and cooperation on to the members of his crew, who weren't always receptive to his cajoling. Dissention among the lower ranks grew as Captain Connelly instituted such unorthodox policies as weekly hug therapy, work shift buddies, "feel good" food menus and community bathing.

An ugly situation was slowly developing, but was precluded from occurring when a militant political faction on Caladan IV kidnapped the captain, intending to blackmail the Federation into supporting them in a civil dispute. The crew of the Oblivious wasted no time in sacrificing Captain Connelly, "[sending] a clear message that the Federation would not be bullied into any society's internal problems." Commander Jim Sandercock, the first officer of the Oblivious, was given the captain's chair and a promotion as reward for properly handling the incident. His first action as captain was to abolish Captain Connelly's abridged regulations, much to the crew's approval.

The role of the Oblivious as a peace keeper changed from a passive stance to a more defensive one, often assigned to patrol both the Klingon and Romulan borders. Captain Connelly was also assigned several missions of cultural observations, including the planets Sigma Draconis VI, Beta Antares IV, Gamma Trianguli VI, Ekos, and Betazed. It was based upon Captain Sandercock's recommendation that the Federation initiated first contact procedures with Betazed.

In a final footnote, the last mission of the Oblivious before its retirement from service involved monitoring the Romulan Neutral Zone, after several outposts reported increased Romulan activity in Sector 27. The Oblivious did not encounter any disturbances during their six-month patrol, but long range sensor sweeps did verify increased traffic to a nearby uninhabited star system. This could have been the first signs ever detected leading up to the Tomed Incident in 2311, although this is pure speculation.

 

U.S.S. Incontinent, Galaxy class
Starfleet Registry NCC-19945

Crew complement: 1014
Commissioned: Sep 2365
Decommissioned: Jan 2367

Bridge commander:

Captain George Skinner

The U.S.S. Incontinent has the dubious distinction of owning the shortest term as the club's flagship, though it certainly isn't the fault of Captain Skinner or his crew. The Incontinent was just barely broken in before it was called in to defend Earth from the Borg at Wolf 395. Captain Skinner was overheard screaming "Run away! Run away!" as all hands abandoned ship moments before it was completely destroyed.

Captain Skinner promptly retired from starship service, thereby setting the record as the shortest career as a starship captain in Starfleet history. Preferring to re-immerse himself in the engineering environments where he spent most of his career, Captain Skinner contented himself with a head position at Starfleet Research and Development. As an Admiral, he then went on to reside over the Engineering division of Starfleet Academy, before finally being promoted to Director of R&D.

 

U.S.S. Inconceivable, Intrepid class
Starfleet Registry NCC-99596

Crew complement: 141
Commissioned: Sep 2370
Active status

Bridge commander:

Captain Malmot (2370 - 2373)
Captain Robert L. Leddy (2373)

When Starfleet assigned the Inconceivable, one of the new generation of starships to be recently commissioned, to COmmander Malmot, they beleived they were continuing the long-standing trend of great Vulcan starship captains. Naturally, the Inconceivable's primary mission involved scientific study of interstellar phenomena.

In the late months of 2372 Starfleet Intelligence began receiving reports that the Romulan Star Empire was somehow receiving classified tactical and technological information regarding preparations to defend the Federation from a Gamma Quadrant invasion by the Dominion. SI immediately suspected infiltration by the founders. They thought they might have a suspect when Starfleet Headquarters received a Level 3 encrypted message hidden within a standard log report from the Inconceivable. In it, Commander Robert Leddy alluded to Captain Malmot's suspect behaviour, noting several questionable command decisions over the past several months. The report prompted headquarters (under the advisement of SI) to recall the Inconceivable to the nearest available starbase under the guise of a maintenance review in order to apprehend Captain Malmot for questioning. Unfortunately, Malmot somehow discovered the true motive for the ship's recall and managed to evade capture with the help of a cloaked Romulan Bird-of-Prey. With the Inconceivable completely disable, Malmot revealed himself to be an agent of the Star Empire (not a Founder as SI had expected). However, as the Romulan ship made its escape, Malmot vowed to bestow his revenge upon Commander Leddy for blowing his cover, however misguided the reason.

 

USS Costanza, Promethius Class
Starfleet Registry NCC-200304

Captain Amanda Blunt (2373 - 2379)**
though she only had it for the last two years of her service as Capt.

The Costanza fought valiantly in the Tuition Wars in 2004 and 2005. In 2005 however there was finally a minor victory in what has now been dubbed the War on Tuition. Unfortunetly it was heavily damaged in this fight and the Captain finally decided to move on to more silly things.

U.S.S. Irregardless, Defiant Class
Starfleet Registry NCC-200506

Captain Beth (2379 - ????)

Check out Capt. Beth's Bio!

 

SubSpace 6-20, Federation orbital station
Starfleet Registry SB-19978-620

Crew complement: 65, with additional 112 officers stand-by for flight missions
Constructed: Mar 2373
Operational: May 2373

Station commander:

Captain Robert L. Leddy (2373)
Captain Amanda Blunt (2373 - 2379)
Captain Beth (2379- Present)

Starfleet was rather hesitant to give Commander Leddy immediate command of the Inconceivable, perhaps because he had not earned enough command experience. However, given that Starfleet was still suffering from a shortage of command-rank officers following the Borg attack at Wolf 359, they had little choice but to promote Leddy to Captain. But to avoid risking further incident with the Inconceivable, Starfleet reassigned Captain Leddy to a communications base located in the Univas Albertus system that had just recently finished construction. The only current complexity was the remote location of the orbital station: most of the ship's crew would be literally stranded there until such time that another command staff could be transported to SubSpace 6-20 to retrieve the Inconceivable and the rest of the crew.

When the Inconceivable finally docked at the communications station, Captain Leddy debriefed the crew on their assignment: top priority was given to getting SubSpace 6-20 up to full operation, sending word of completion to Starfleet Command as confirmation. The crew was then instructed to await further orders from Command, most likely involving the retrieval of the Inconceivable and its crew.

After two months of honest effort, SubSpace 6-20 was brought on-line, and the command staff waited with anticipation as the confirmation signal was broadcast back to command headquarters. And waited.

And waited....

Are you sure this thing's working? 

Captain Blunt was pressed into the command chair and subsequently lost the ship U.S.S. Inconceivable to the a faction of dissidents. Finally an answer from Command was received 4 years into Capt. Blunt's service, and the station received a support ship the USS Costanza.

October 2006

Captain Beth is now into the second year of her presidency, Captain Blunt has been promoted to Fleet Admiral and givin her own ship to honour her work with the station for so long. Under Lt. Ang's persuasion, many new recruits have joined the station this year.

July 2007

The newly and aptly named USS Blunt and a small crew brave the stars and travel to the Seattle Planet. There they toured numerous shops, and the female staff bought new shoes for their duty uniforms since on the way there Vice Admiral Chris threw out all the pairs of shoes before leaving planet Edmonton. The trip was a rousing success and hopfully many will join us for a trip to Vulcan in the near future!

The next chapter is soon to come... stay tuned...

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