Once the pride of Starfleet, the ageing Galaxy-class Columbia has seen better days. One of the original six ships of her type that were ordered but remained incomplete, Columbia finally entered service over a decade late, in time to play a significant role in the Dominion War. With her 30th birthday rapidly approaching, Columbia remains a highly sought-after posting, with personnel often waiting years to be granted a place aboard ship, and having undergone a series of refits over the years she remains one of the fleet’s largest and most sophisticated exploration platforms.
Assigned to Task Force 17 of the Fourth Fleet, Columbia plays a preeminent role in exploring new frontiers and establishing new colonies and settlements for the Federation’s ever-growing populace. A new threat from the Klingon Empire will soon bring the mighty behemoth face to face with a hostile former ally.
The stories of Columbia Explorer Division are rated 2-2-2 for mature subject matter, including some moderate violence, language and sexual content.
Commanding Officer
Executive Officer
Strategic Operations Officer
Second Officer
Chief Flight Operations Officer
Assistant Flight Operations Officer
Flight Operations Officer
Auxiliary Craft Pilot
Chief Engineering Officer
Assistant Engineering Officer
Engineering Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Assistant Operations Officer
Chief Tactical Operations Officer
Assistant Tactical Operations Officer
Tactical Operations Officer
Tactical Operations Officer
Chief Medical Officer
Assistant Medical Officer
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Chief Counsellor
Chief Science Officer
Assistant Science Officer
Chief of Stellar Sciences
Xenoanthropologist
Biologist
18 April 2025
USS Columbia, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Medea, USS Melbourne, USS Nova and USS Santa Fe
Hunger. Capable of turning the sweetest of individuals into a vitriolic, hate-filled mess, hunger had the power to destroy friendships. Okay, maybe that last part was an exaggeration, for most anyway, but for Prida, it was a very real possibility. She’d not eaten in, well, she was so hungry she [...]
18 April 2025
USS Columbia, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Medea, USS Melbourne, USS Nova and USS Santa Fe
Stunning blue hues converged into one pattern from the transporter buffer, forming a petite humanoid on the platform at the back of Ops. As the figure emerged from the swirling particles, Giarvar’s heart leapt and he gave the broadest smile possible. “Damn glad to see you,” he offered his [...]
11 April 2025
USS Columbia, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Medea, USS Melbourne, USS Nova and USS Santa Fe
Several Hours Earlier… “All hands, this is the Commander…” Stood at the heart of the Columbia bridge, hands on her hips and glaring at the ominous sight before them, Noli Auru pondered her next words carefully. Around her, the bridge crew and their able deputies beavered away, already [...]
6 April 2025
USS Columbia, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Medea, USS Melbourne, USS Nova and USS Santa Fe
A cold, fridged planet, where darkness often ruled and daylight hours somehow brought even colder temperatures. Even as vastly developed as the planet had become in recent centuries, no one could escape the fact that large parts of Andoria remained a barren wasteland. Those areas that had been [...]