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USS Angel


Fusion Project

This is a history for a fictional class of starship
created OOC by the CO Emily Sullivan.

Origins

The Fusion project was started in the year 2382 the aim was simple to design a starship capable of taking on and defeating the borg in ship to ship combat more importantly the ship had to be capable of doing the job on its own something which only the greatest tacticians in the history of the civilisations in the Alpha and Beta quadrants had accomplished.

Development

The designers rapidly came to the conclusion that the ship they were trying to create would have to be made from parts of different ships from different races the technology would have to work along the same principle. However the designers and engineers did decide making the more crucial parts such as the power couplings unique to the class thus safeguarding the ship. A major diplomatic operation was undertaken to secure the vital agreements that would allow the Fusion class to become a reality. These included treaties with the Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire and the Cardassian Union each treaty stated that the fusion class could be requested for by any of them for assistance provided of course that the fusion class was available to be used in exchange the parties would give their technology to the fusion project. The Klingons gave disruptor technology, the Cardassians gave compressor technology and the Romulans gave a Reman cloak. The last of these was installed but has never been fully tested.

Purpose

The biggest problem that the fusion project faced was the argument over it's purpose and deployment. It was decided in 2385 that the purpose of the Fusion would be as a fast response defensive ship. It is a battleship none the less and eventually the argument over its purpose died down after assurances were given to all parties concerned with it's development that the fusion class would not be secretly deployed in Romulan, Klingon or Cardassian space without the full knowledge of the relevant authorities. While this does limit the scouting effectiveness and lose the edge of a surprise attack if the operation called for a lightning strike it was the only way of calming down the othe delegates. Lastly came the question of command such a powerful starship would be a powerful weapon to wield whichever faction controlled it. To solve this the question of commanding officer was addressed.

Command

To find the Commanding Officer the people behind the fusion project put together a list of qualities that they believed the Commanding Officer should have the most notable ones were unquestionable loyalty and friendship with as many of the party factions as possible. Eventually the name of the then self exiled Lt Colonel Emily Sullivan was mentioned as she had links with the Romulan Star Empire. The Romulans agreed to her being given command once the fusion class was ready to be comissioned, The Cardassians seconded the Romulan agreement and the Klingons though they needed more persuading eventually did agree. After the Fusion class was completed and then liberated from Cardassia Prime and following the destruction of the USS Firebreather-A, the first of two fusion class ships was comissioned as the USS Firebreather-B while the second under the codename Chimera was sent to the planet Ixion and stored in a derelict starbase there. The following year the Ixion planet would be turned into the fusion projects research base.