Bravo Fleet
USS Swiftsure
Echelon-class • NCC-97410 • Sirius Expeditionary Squadron • Fourth Fleet • Managed by ADM Alexander Beckett
The USS Swiftsure (NCC-97410) is an Echelon-class light cruiser assigned to Sirius Squadron. Her primary duty is the support of other squadron ships and missions, providing extensive logistical and engineering capabilities with her industrial replicators and large complement of smallcraft. Swiftsure is captained by Commander Thabo Xhakaza, who, like many of his young crew, was rapidly promoted in the wake of Frontier Day. The inexperience of this crew is balanced by one of the ship’s core duties for Sirius Squadron: serving as the mobile operations centre for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers unit when needed. Under such circumstances, SCE unit leader Commander Cortez has mission and operational command.
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Sirius Expeditionary Squadron
Sirius Expeditionary Squadron is a unit centered around the Odyssey-class USS Sirius under the command of Commodore Matt Rourke. Sirius Squadron stands ready to deploy outside or on the fringes of Federation territory at short notice to respond to emerging situations across the galaxy. With multiple versatile and powerful ships at its disposal, the squadron can operate independently and without support for extended periods, and is flexible enough to face a range of missions, including under volatile circumstances where objectives and conditions can quickly change. While this profile often leads Sirius Squadron to respond to geopolitical crises, the unit’s versatility make it equally suited emergent scientific investigations.
The main unit, organised around the Sirius herself, is an element of several powerful ships each able to take the lead or act independently depending on the mission’s needs. Deployed together, they are a supremely well-rounded and capable unit. Two additional divisions provide specialist support. The first, headed by the USS Redemption, acts as an operations element to provide engineering, humanitarian, or diplomatic services. The second, headed by the USS Liberty, fulfils dedicated exploratory or scientific missions. The divisions may deploy independently or in support of one another, depending on operational needs.
To follow the main stories of Sirius Squadron, visit the USS Endeavour Command page.
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Squadron Commands
Liberty Science and Exploration Division
Redemption Operations and Outreach Division
Crew Manifest
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Thabo Xhakaza
Commanding Officer
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Isabela Cortez
SCE Unit Leader
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Livia Octavian
Executive Officer
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Sovak
Chief Flight Control Officer
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Hali Drix
Chief Operations Officer
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Aasdes Jeream
Chief of Security/Tactical
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Gwen Carrick
Chief Engineer
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Etol Vhalis
Chief Science Officer
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Lann Olver
SCE Unit Deputy
Recent Stories
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Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
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Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
The Blackout was down. But the battle for Alpha Centauri wasn’t over. The bridge of the Endeavour was a storm barely held at bay. Emergency lights glowed hostile red across consoles, some of them cracked and sparking. Bulkheads groaned under strain. Officers moved with practiced urgency, the [...]
16 May 2025
Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
The lift ascended through the narrow shaft of emergency lights and vibrating metal. Beneath their feet, the pulsing hum of the outpost’s core reverberated through the station’s spine, a thudding heartbeat of engineering that made Rosewood’s teeth itch. Beside him, Ranicus checked her weapon [...]
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Gateway Station, USS Blackbird, USS Endeavour, USS Liberty, USS Memphis, USS Mercury, USS Ranger, USS Redemption, USS Scylla, USS Sirius, USS Swiftsure and USS Tempest
Beyond the reinforced canopy of the Blackbird’s bridge, Underspace twisted and pulsed, a copper maelstrom of compressed subspace and rippling distortions. They had traded one form of chaos for another, the dazzling spectacle of starships ablaze in the name of Alpha Centauri swapped for this. That [...]