A new Duderstadt-class light cruiser, the Apollo is a forward reconnaissance vessel assigned to the Fourth Fleet’s Arcturus Squadron. Succeeding an earlier Rhode Island-class starship in 2401, this vessel brings advanced sensors and stalwart tactical capabilities to the edge of Federation space.
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Arcturus Wayfinding Squadron is an elite exploratory unit that specializes in finding new ways forward for Starfleet. Distinct from navigation, which is plotting a course based on the precise knowledge of exactly where one is in the universe, wayfinding is a more general word that refers to the process of orienting oneself in regard to space, place, objects, and peoples. Wayfinding was practiced by the Polynesian and Norse voyagers of Earth in the ancient past, as they used landmarks, the stars, and their relationships with other beings to find their way across the seas. While Arcturus Squadron engages in traditional surveying and charting missions, its mandate is also to use whatever tools it can to find the way forward, whether through diplomacy, acquiring or developing new propulsion methods, or, when necessary, mitigating threats to Starfleet’s exploratory mission.
Currently, Arcturus Squadron is based out of Olympia Station at the rimward trailing edge of Federation space in the Alpha Quadrant.
Commanding Officer
Executive Officer
Chief Tactical Officer
Second Officer
Chief Flight Control Officer
First Contact Specialist
Intelligence Officer
Chief Science Officer
Navigator
Chief Communications Officer
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Counselor
Chief Operations Officer
Chief Security Officer
Chief Engineering Officer
Medical Officer
Communications Officer
Deck Officer
Hazard Team Member
Nurse
Hazard Team Medic
Science Officer
Hazard Team Science Specialist
Security Officer
Hazard Team Security Specialist
15 September 2024
1. The Roots of a Strange New World
Olympia Station, USS Achilles, USS Antares, USS Apollo, USS Arcturus, USS Arondight, USS Buran, USS Nellie Bly, USS Pallas, USS Renown, USS Saturn, USS Theseus and USS Thomas Paine
Captain’s Log, Stardate 2401.11 Following over two months of work, today is the day that I will be able to certify Zeta Olympiae IV—what we’re calling Mytikas, after the highest peak on Mount Olympus—as suitable for habitation. All of the crews across Arcturus Squadron have been [...]
3 January 2024
If You Give The Borg A Warp Core
USS Apollo
Captain’s Log, Stardate 2401.6 The Apollo is a day away from Olympia Station, where we are scheduled for a week of maintenance and shore leave. We’ll also be making our final crew changes—including the unfortunate departure of Lieutenant Erik Schaeffer to take on a new posting at the [...]
2 June 2023
USS Apollo
Just before it was time to depart, Captain Gaudain emerged from his ready room and entered the bridge. Stanton and the rest of the bridge officers were already at their stations while Commander Rhodes oversaw their final systems checks from his seat at the science station. The bosun’s whistle [...]
2 June 2023
USS Apollo
Taking the turbolift down to deck four, Gaudain led Stanton through the empty corridors towards the Waverider Bay. With such cramped facilities, Rhode Island-class ships couldn’t carry standard runabouts, but the designers had managed to cram a high-speed survey craft in between the computer core [...]