USS Ingenuity (NCC-97603)
While research and development activities typically occur on starbases and outposts within Federation territory, sometimes the greatest discoveries are made amongst the stars. This is the mission of the Polaris Squadron.
While research and development activities typically occur on starbases and outposts within Federation territory, sometimes the greatest discoveries are made amongst the stars. This is the mission of the Polaris Squadron.
The USS Ingenuity is a Pathfinder-class science vessel that provides the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity with small, flexible and nimble vessel for research. While often working alongside the full squadron, the USS Ingenuity may operate independently when the Polaris is otherwise engaged or when the large size of the flagship is a limiting factor.
The stories of Polaris Squadron are rated 2-2-2 for mature subject matter, including violence, language and sexual content.
Polaris Squadron is a mission unit under the command of Fleet Admiral Allison Reyes, Director of the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity, and Rear Admiral Alex Grayson, Commander of Archanis Sector Operations, that operates under the dual mandate:
The flagship of Polaris Squadron is the USS Polaris, an Odyssey-class heavy explorer that hosts the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity, and the headquarters of Polaris Squadron is Archanis Station, a Canopus-class starbase from whence sector operations of the Archanis Sector are managed.
Commanding Officer
Executive Officer
Chief Engineering Officer
Chief Security & Tactical Officer
Chief Flight Control Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Squadron Commanding Officer
ASTRA Director
Squadron Deputy Commander (Mobile Element)
4 January 2025
Montana Station, USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
The docking agent had taken a long time to clear her, asking more than the usual questions. She’d smiled tersely throughout the conversation, accepting her boarding clearance with barely concealed annoyance. She walked through the new station’s larger and more secure upper decks. Her [...]
4 January 2025
Montana Station, USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
“Welcome to the Rital system, runabout Calvera,” came the voice of a busy controller from the flight deck of Montana Station. He had a dozen small craft on his scopes, but this one was new. He pulled up its arrival paperwork. “I see we have you out of the Archanis Sector…” He did [...]
24 December 2024
Montana Station, USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
He was no captain. He was only here because some aged admiral had too much faith in him. In the hour of the wolf, he couldn’t sleep. Instead, he found himself standing by the window, watching the stars whiz by at high warp. It was a familiar sight, but these were not familiar stars. They were the [...]
13 October 2024
Passing Stars and Passing Thoughts
S2E2. Alone in the Night (Interlude)
USS Ingenuity, USS Polaris and USS Serenity
It’d been two weeks since they stole away from the Polaris in the dead of night, and two days since anyone said a word. For the three tucked aboard the runabout Calvera, the silence was comfortable. It was normal. It was the thing that filled the moments in-between, whether racing the vastness of [...]