Aurora Station Ship Assignments

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The following ships are on duty assignment at Aurora Station, or are registered with the station as their base of operations:


Starships on Assignment to Aurora Station

Name Class Reg.
USS AL-BURAK AL-BURAK CLASS NCC-1520
USS ARYABHATTA ARYABHATTA CLASS NCC-1446
USS BEOWULF SIEGFRIED CLASS NCC-1591
USS CALIFORNIA VALLEY FORGE CLASS NCC-1466
USS CHANDRASEKHAR LANCASTER CLASS NCC-1246
USS COLOSSUS LANCASTER CLASS NCC-1213
USS EUROPA VALLEY FORGE CLASS NCC-1475
USS FALCON KESTREL CLASS NCC-1407
USS KORYU LANCASTER CLASS NCC-1239
USS LAGRANGE ARYABHATTA CLASS NCC-1453
USS MERLIN KESTREL CLASS NCC-1439
USS STINGRAY SWORDFISH CLASS NCC-1261
USS VERACRUZ BELLEAU WOOD CLASS NCC-1548

NOTE: USS AL-BURAK includes a complement of 12 Penguin-class fighters. USS STINGRAY includes a complement of 16 Puffin-class fighters.

Shuttlecraft Assigned to Aurora Station

The following shuttlecraft are assigned to various duties at Aurora Station.

Name Class
ARCTURUS CLASS F
CALLIPPUS CLASS F
HYPATIA CLASS F
PTOLEMY CLASS F


Aurora Station Security Patrol

The following ships will be stationed at Aurora Station and will be assigned primary responsibility for patrolling and securing the area within 500 parsecs of the starbase, known as Aurora Sector. These ships may have additional scientific missions as noted.

USS ARYHABHATTA

USS FALCON

USS STINGRAY (incl. 16 Puffin-class fighters)


Aurora Sector Assignments

The following ships are assigned to the exploration and survey of local space (regions within 1500 parsecs of Aurora sector). Their primary missions will be survey and exploration, as well as first contact and diplomatic missions. These ships may have additional dedicated scientific missions as noted. Aurora Station is their primary base of operations.

USS AL-BURAK (planetary surveys)

USS CHANDRASEKHAR (stellar surveys)

USS LAGRANGE

USS MERLIN

Deep Sapce Assignments

The following ships are assigned to deep-space penetration and exploration. They will travel at high warp and explore the most distant regions of the galactic core. Their primary missions will be exploration and some first contact. These tours of duty are scheduled to last several years. Aurora Station is their primary base of operations.

USS BEOWULF

USS CALIFORNIA

USS COLOSSUS

USS EUROPA

USS KORYU

USS VERACRUZ


Future Missions

It is anticipated that further survey and exploration of space beyond the “local area” (1500 parsecs surrounding Aurora Sector) will become necessary after stardate 3710. Additional ships may be assigned to Starbase Aurora at that time. Further, the missions of vessels assigned to local space may be extended at that time.