Bravo Fleet
USS Challenger (NCC-92421)
"We leave as we came...as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind." - Eugene Cernan
USS Challenger
Odyssey-class • NCC-92421 • Challenger Heavy Explorer Squadron • Fourth Fleet • Managed by RADM Maxwell Stafford
Commissioned in January 2401, the Odyssey-class USS Challenger is the flagship for Challenger Heavy Explorer Squadron, better known as Challenger Squadron. Under the command of Captain Tarven Rix, this new Challenger continues the legacy of her illustrious forebearers, most recently a Galaxy-class starship, of peaceful exploration and scientific discovery. Additionally, the Challenger is one of the preeminent diplomatic platforms Starfleet has to offer and is often dispatched to represent the Federation’s interests. For this reason, it has an enlarged diplomatic detachment under the command of Commander Matthais Bentley.
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Challenger Heavy Explorer Squadron
Squadron Commands
Ark Royal Exploratory Cruiser Division
Bastion Starbase Division
Crew Manifest
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Tarven Rix
Commanding Officer
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Matthias Bentley
Executive Officer
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Gideon Hayes
Chief of Security/Second Officer
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Alexander Mitchell
Senior Officer of the Watch
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Evelyn Bradshaw
Chief Operations Officer
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Elias Drake
Chief Flight Control Officer
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Hitesh Bakshi
Command Yeoman
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Thomas Forrester
Former Commanding Officer
Missing, Presumed Dead
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