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.

USS Ingenuity

Pathfinder-class • NCC-97603 • Polaris Advanced Research Squadron • Fourth Fleet

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.

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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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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 [...]

9 March 2025

Tense Negotiations and Dangerous Games

S2E7. Blackout

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

“To the victor go the spoils,” the massive hulk of a man, large even for a Klingon, insisted as he leaned across the table, his face drawing so close that the ambassador could smell the gagh from lunch on his counterpart’s breath. “I don’t see the problem.” “The problem, my friend, is [...]