USS Melbourne (Archive)

Task Force 47 • Managed by FCAPT Noli Auru

In the vast expanse of space, where exploration meets discovery, the USS Melbourne has become a workhorse as she takes on a variety of mission profiles across Federation space and beyond. Even as her class ceases production after forty-years of reliable service, Melbourne‘s versatile mission pod adds to her impressive mission capabilities, making her an integral asset in Task Force 21’s mission of frontier exploration and colonial support.

Only the second vessel to proudly bear the name throughout Starfleet’s illustrious history, Melbourne was launched in late 2372, a successor to her Excelsior-class predecessor. With decommissioning looming at the end of 2402, Captain Elara Quinn and her crew set forth on their final mission to push the boundaries of scientific understanding and to explore strange new frontiers.

The stories of Columbia Explorer Division are rated 2-2-2 for mature subject matter, including some moderate violence, language and sexual content.

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18 May 2025

Part 8

Of Ice and Fire

USS Columbia (Archive), USS Melbourne (Archive) and USS Santa Fe (Archive)

A constant subsonic thrum resonated through the winter’s air that particular morning as a lone figure in the warmest of thermal garments stood several hundred feet away from the edge of the ice shelf, simply watching from beneath the leaden sky. Massive tractor emitters had been rigged just that [...]

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18 May 2025

Part 7

Of Ice and Fire

USS Columbia (Archive), USS Melbourne (Archive) and USS Santa Fe (Archive)

A biting wind snapped at the young lad’s face as he tore across Andoria’s arctic tundra. Snow violently crunched beneath his feet. Despite a growing tightness he felt in his chest, in his burning lungs, he had to keep going; he had to keep running. Even on such a clear night, the wind was [...]

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12 May 2025

Part 6

Of Ice and Fire

USS Columbia (Archive), USS Melbourne (Archive) and USS Santa Fe (Archive)

Time, ever more fleeting with each passing moment in battle, played on the minds of hundreds of Starfleet officers across the ship. Smoke plumes filled corridors. Raging infernos sealed bulkheads. Conduits collapsed while EPS relays exploded. From the depths of deck 42 to the heights of the bridge [...]

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4 May 2025

Part 5

Of Ice and Fire

USS Columbia (Archive), USS Melbourne (Archive) and USS Santa Fe (Archive)

Under siege and devastated by the massive Vaadwaur assault on the system, Andoria now resembled something of a pyre among the stars. Fire and brimstone rained as Starfleet and the Imperial Guard struggled to mount any kind of defence in the early stages of the enemy onslaught. Armageddon, if you [...]

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