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 Station
Cygnus Exploratory Cruiser Division
Crew Manifest
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Tarven Rix
Commanding Officer
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Gideon Hayes
Executive Officer
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Alexander Mitchell
Senior Officer of the Watch
Second Officer -
Elias Drake
Chief Flight Control Officer
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Sebastian Montague
Chief of Security
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Evelyn Bradshaw
Chief Operations Officer
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Beau Tanner
Deputy Chief of Security
Hazard Team Leader -
Remi Loxley
Chief Counselor
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Percival Montague
Medical Officer
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