Bravo Fleet
USS Tempest
Rhode Island-class • NCC-84705 • Redemption Operations and Outreach Division • Sirius Expeditionary Squadron • Fourth Fleet
The USS Tempest NCC-84705 is a Rhode Island-class scout assigned to Sirius Squadron. Fast and versatile, the Tempest works alongside other squadron ships and missions, fulfilling scouting and reconnaissance duties for both tactical and scientific operations. She is often assigned directly in support of the USS Sirius, acting as escort, courier, or patrol ship as necessary. These duties do not necessarily entail constantly accompanying other vessels, as she is highly adept at long-range scouting, and may act in conjunction with another ship from several days’ travel away. This necessitates a flexible and pragmatic approach by her crew, who are dispatched to support all manner of operations in all manner of places.
When not supporting other craft, the Tempest is usually found on survey operations, often identifying points of scientific interest that the USS Ranger may later follow up in more depth, or participating in general patrol and pirate-hunting activities in the Midgard Sector.
Sirius Expeditionary Squadron
Sirius Expeditionary Squadron is a unit centered around the Odyssey-class USS Sirius under the command of Commodore Matt Rourke. Sirius Squadron stands ready to deploy outside or on the fringes of Federation territory at short notice to respond to emerging situations across the galaxy. With multiple versatile and powerful ships at its disposal, the squadron can operate independently and without support for extended periods, and is flexible enough to face a range of missions, including under volatile circumstances where objectives and conditions can quickly change. While this profile often leads Sirius Squadron to respond to geopolitical crises, the unit’s versatility make it equally suited emergent scientific investigations.
The main unit, organised around the Sirius herself, is an element of several powerful ships each able to take the lead or act independently depending on the mission’s needs. Deployed together, they are a supremely well-rounded and capable unit. Two additional divisions provide specialist support. The first, headed by the USS Redemption, acts as an operations element to provide engineering, humanitarian, or diplomatic services. The second, headed by the USS Liberty, fulfils dedicated exploratory or scientific missions. The divisions may deploy independently or in support of one another, depending on operational needs.
To follow the main stories of Sirius Squadron, visit the USS Endeavour Command page.
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Squadron Commands
Liberty Science and Exploration Division
Redemption Operations and Outreach Division
Crew Manifest
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Augustus Tycho
Commanding Officer
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Abigail Fox
Chief Flight Control Officer
Recent Stories
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Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
Proxima V was fire ringed with metal. The planet itself was hydrogen turned fluid through some of the fiercest pressure in the universe, gaseous hydrogen and helium floating atop for clouds of orange-yellow flecked with fierce gold that gleamed like flame. The ring, however, was metal and man-made, [...]
13 April 2025
Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
Across boundless stars they’d sprung, sprinting the length of the Federation in what felt like the blink of an eye. As if from nowhere, the ten starships of Sirius Squadron dropped to impulse speed, sliding into the space between the stars of Alpha Centauri. Into the eye of the storm. Matt Rourke [...]
12 April 2025
Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
The square unfolded before them like a stage set for nightmare. Pale dawn light dragged itself between Innes’s grand civic buildings, casting long shadows across the flagstones where hundreds of civilians had gathered – silent, tight-packed, cowed. The crowd’s stillness was not peace but [...]
11 April 2025
Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
The Rooks beamed into Innes just before dawn. For a moment, they could stand in the blue-grey light of a world holding its breath. The city stretched out before them like it was painted from both nightmare and dream, beautiful and broken. Innes had always stood apart from the massive cities of the [...]