USS Ark Royal

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USS Ark Royal
'The USS Ark Royal'
Vessel Name	USS Ark Royal
Vessel Class	Akira
Registry	NCC-85871
Dedcation Plaque Quote	"We will not fail nor falter. We shall not weaken or tire." - Sir Winston Churchill
Construction Location	Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards, Mars, Sol System
First Voyage	January 13, 2385
Official Launch Date	April 18, 2362 (as USS Indomitable)
Commanding Officer	Captain Jyg'Lo Ahkileez
Game Manager	Available
Crew Complement	521
Era	Present
Status	Inactive
USS Ark Royal logo

1 History
2 Roster
3 Role
4 Missions

History

Eighth starship to bear the name, the USS Ark Royal NCC-85781 is the latest to hold on to a prestigious history.

The latest Ark Royal was originally launched as the USS Indomitable in the first wave of Akira Class contracts built in response to the Borg Threat. With her sister ships, Indomitable quickly distinguished herself in the fleet, escorting battleships against Borg encroachment and serving as a platform for numerous tactical operations along the Federation border.

Indomitable was the lead ship in the task group that defended Wakenda IV against Breen bombardment in 2367 and was nearly destroyed holding the line against a rogue Romulan warbird in 2369.

Of the five commanding officers she’s had, two have gone on to get flags of their own and join the Admiralty.

In a remarkable coincidence, the Indomitable actually served with the Ambassador Class Ark Royal at the Battle of the Togan Drift against the Dominion and they were two of only fourteen Starfleet vessels out of two hundred and twelve that survived the battle but did serious damage to the Dominion War effort.

After the Dominion War, Indomitable began to show the limitations of her aging systems and was relegated to more internal patrol duties and eventually relegated to the Earth Defense Fleet.

Eventually a decision had to be made on what to do with her. She was nearly 20 years old – still within her estimated service life, but severely restricted by lack of the advances in technology that had been discovered and implemented since she had come online. Deciding against mothballing her or reassigning her to a low priority sector, Logistics Command decided instead to put her into Dry-dock at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards to undergo Extended Readiness refitting.

In 2383, Indomitable’s warp core was taken offline and within two months, she was stripped down to her spaceframe.

Over the next year, Indomitable was outfitted with brand new computer systems, upgrades to her warp core and propulsion systems to help with speed and efficiency, new weapons systems, command and control equipment and various other essential parts and services to bring her back to the top of the line.

In the fourth quarter of 2384, Indomitable’s hull was closed up and she was taken out for testing and shakedown under the command of Captain Fazal’qan and put through her paces in preparation for return to active duty.

In the same month, the Ark Royal was escorting a high-value delegation of Federation diplomats that included the Vice President of the UFP when it came under attack from The Remnant, a renegade sect of ex-Maquis that had secured a Cardassian Dreadnought-type weapon of mass destruction. Ark Royal’s captain sacrificed his ship and crew to take out the weapon early and spare the delegation.

When Starfleet hinted at plans to retire the Ark Royal name in recognition of her history and final act, public outcry changed their minds and it was decided to give the name to a new ship. An adjutant in Command, familiar with the Ark Royal’s terrestrial history, hinted at the symmetry of renaming Indomitable in her honor as had been before.

Nearly four hundred years to the day, Indomitable was rechristened USS Ark Royal by the same Vice President her namesake had saved.

The new Ark Royal was once again a top of the line forward action vessel fit to be sent on faraway missions to the deepest and most dangerous areas of space. A new Ark Royal Air Wing was assembled out of units that had served on her before, as well as new ones, and she was to become the lynch pin holding together a new Operational Wing tasked with bringing peace and security to the borderlands.

Roster

Command and Navigation

NAME	POSITION	SPECIES	GENDER	PLAYER
Jyg'Lo Ahkileez	Commanding Officer	Vulcan	Male	Kurt G.
Charles O'Keefe	Executive Officer	Human	Male	Tim S.
	Chief of the Boat
Adrian Finn	Helm Officer	Human	Male	Adar N.
	Flight Group Commander
	Strategic Operations Officer

Ship Security, Operations and Maintenance

NAME	POSITION	SPECIES	GENDER	PLAYER
	Operations Manager
	Tactical Officer
Seamus Donovan	Chief Engineer	Human	Male	Keith L.

Science and Medical

RANK	NAME	POSITION	SPECIES	GENDER	PLAYER
		Science Officer
		Chief Medical Officer
		Ship's Counselor

Auxiliary Manifest

As a frontline capital ship in Starfleet, the USS Ark Royal requires many more officers and crew to operate effectively than is represented by the divisional heads listed above. More than five hundred officers and crew are listed aboard Ark Royal at any one time, augmented by additional staff for its Air Wing and additional specialists.

Several key members of the crew are listed in the Ark Royal Auxiliary Manifest.

Role

Missions

Title	Run time	Mission #
Operation: Peacemaker	Stardate 80113.1 - 80906.4	1
The USS Ark Royal, along with the USS Malcolm Reed and USS Megiddo of the 101st Operational Wing, is dispatched to the Alpha Treibol star system to make contact with the Kai to investigate a series of terrorist attacks against foreign Federation civilian technological corporations and Kai associates.
Operation: Twilight Guard	Stardate 81013.4 - 81601.6	2
After discovering and foiling a Borg plot to assimilate billions of new drones through commercial technology, the Kai request Starfleet's continued presence in the region. The newly assigned and now fully-deployed Ark Royal Task Force's first mission is the transport and protection of a critical trade mission threatened by ruthless pirates.
Operation: Sentinel	Stardate 81708.6 - Present	3
With peace and prosperity growing in the region, old allies make efforts to re-establish ties; including the critically important superpowers of Kaisan and Qwarbonarra. As the Kai and the Qwert meet in negotiations and recognition of Starfleet's victory over the Borg, a pall rests over the facilities as rumors of assassination plans loom.
Operation: Crosscurrent	Future	4
Loss of contact with one of the Task Force's ships leads to an emergency response. The Ark Royal must rush to their aid prepared for any situation. But no one can prepare for the unexpected.