USS Diligent (NCC-97314)

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.

USS Diligent

Alita-class • NCC-97314 • Polaris Advanced Research Squadron • Fourth Fleet

The USS Diligent is an Alita-class heavy escort that augments Polaris Squadron with significant tactical capabilities to defend the research unit from threats that lurk on the frontier. Typically, the USS Diligent deploys alongside the USS Polaris to safeguard the flagship, but it may deploy as tactical support for the USS Ingenuity when the smaller research vessel breaks away to conduct independent missions.

The stories of Polaris Squadron are rated 2-2-2 for mature subject matter, including violence, language and sexual content.

Polaris Advanced Research Squadron

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:

  1. Through the Advanced Science, Technology and Research Activity (ASTRA),
    fuel Starfleet’s innovation engine through discovery, investigations and interactions on the frontier.
  2. Under the Archanis Sector Operations Command,
    revitalize the Archanis Sector through infrastructure investments and regional diplomacy.

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.

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17 March 2025

Testing Boundaries

S2E7. Blackout

USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

“Was this really the best you could come up with, ma’am?” Lieutenant Commander Keaton Ryder asked skeptically as his eyes scanned the bridge of the IKS Korevoth. This was certainly less than ideal. Their Klingon hosts were angry over how Reyes had cornered them on [...]

16 March 2025

Bikinis and Boardshorts

S2E7. Blackout

USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

A light wind whistled across the emerald sea, and the bright sun warmed the ivory white sand between their toes. Pips and uniforms abandoned, today was a day for bikinis and boardshorts, a brief reprieve from their long, lonely journey home. “I could stay here forever,” Elyssia Rel smiled as [...]

12 March 2025

Never A Dull Day

S2E7. Blackout

USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

“Never a dull day on Polaris, is it ma’am?” asked Captain Bishop as the turbolift raced towards the bridge. He’d come aboard with the new year, and it’d been non-stop ever since. “I promised you adventure, didn’t I, Titus?” Admiral Reyes smiled. “I swear I don’t seek this shit [...]

11 March 2025

Something’s Awry

S2E7. Blackout

USS Diligent, USS Ingenuity, USS Kennedy, USS Polaris and USS Serenity

Before the struts had even settled on the duranium deck, Admiral Reyes knew something was wrong. Why else would Commodore Olivia Larsen, Captain Titus Bishop and Dr. Tom Brooks be standing there in the middle of the shuttlebay waiting for them? She could see it on their faces too. Well, on the [...]