UAV Stardancer

rough of the Stardancer shield

A feminic Paradox-class battlecruiser in the Alliance Fleet. Currently captained by Alysha Forrest.

Vital Statistics (At a Glance)

• Affiliation: Fleet
• Type: Paradox Class Battlecruiser
• Crew Capacity: 400
• Originating Tag: UAV
• Primary Purpose: Science/exploration and military, per the Fleet mission

Shield and Motto

A stylized Karaka'An woman dancing against twirling comets in the battlecruiser-class frame.

Layouts

• There is a garden adjacent to the medplex.
• Captain's Quarters are one deck down and almost directly under the bridge, and are carpeted with a deep pile carpet. It takes less than a minute to travel from captain's quarters to the second level of the bridge by elevator.
• The bridge has two levels. "Outside the sounds of the bridge enveloped her: the soft murmur of voices, the hum and musical interfaces of the computers, the sound of the lift rising between floors. She stopped at the balcony on the edge of the loft, gazing down on the activity at ground level. The ceiling-high solidigraphic display floated a three-dimensional hemisphere of the planet; its top left corner displayed the chronolog, current coordinates, and ship’s status in a reassuring cool light blue."
• The Cat's Fang Bistro was placed, "out of expedience or cruelty," within sight of the gym.

Amenities and Technology

• The solidigraphic display in Alysha Forrest's office on the Stardancer floats the Alliance sigil when at rest. When initiating a connection, it displays addresses in the lower corner as it routes the connection request. The bottom right corner turns from amber to blue when a straight holographic connection is made. It turns matte blue when the signal is lost.
• The greenspaces on the lower decks include edible apple cultivars. The resulting apples are used in food served at the officer's club. There are trees near the bistro, including willowblend.
• The computer has a cultured, androgynous tenor voice.
• The officer's club is the Cat's Fang Bistro. It serves a good beer that they brew themselves, and apple dumplings made from the apple cultivars in the the greenspaces. It is a combination restaurant, bar, and cafe, and is always open. It also hosts live entertainment, parties, and the lecture series.
• The garden adjacent to the medplex, used for helping people heal, is called the Firebird Garden, "named for the firebird trumpets Maintenance had planted at the request of the healers. The fitness division of the medplex synthesized hormone complexes for the Karaka’A in the crew from the buds, but Taylitha knew that only because hers was the second-to-last signature on the medical stores requisition. Everyone else aboard appreciated the trumpets for their brilliant scarlet hue and the icy white throats of their blossoms and remained blissfully ignorant of the paperwork they incurred."
• The medplex has a fish tank in it, to add a note of serenity.
• The gym features treadmills and other cardio machines, free weights, mats for exercise and martial arts, and gaming grids. It also includes plus a pool that has the closed-off plates that would lead to the water environment if the Stardancer had one.

Crew Culture

A feminic ship. The crew complement is currently 70/30 in terms of the felid races versus others; Taylitha thinks in Faith in the Service that the mix is moving more toward 60/40.

Alysha "found the relative homogeneity of her crew bemusing after years of working in more diversified environments."

• The party/event-organizing club is known as the Happy Houris.
• The science department has a lecture series.

History/Commissioning/Achievements

Captains prior to Alysha:

• Captain Mertricia Heartfoot, Tam-illee; left Fleet on extended maternity leave.
• Captain Leary, human male; interim captain during Heartfoot's maternity leave. Retired now. Receives mail addressed to his doppelgangers, Captains Lery and Levy, much to his irritation.

Service History

Approximately six months after Alysha Forrest was assigned to the Stardancer, the ship and crew was sent to investigate a potential civil war brewing on the planet Gledig;; the crew successfully brought the war to an end and returned the missing Lieutentant Commander Svetlana Karishenikov to the service.

After Gledig, the Stardancer was sent on a mission to resupply the forty-odd stations orbiting the Cat's Eye Nebula, including Cat's Eye Station 40.

The Stardancer was later sent on a mapping expedition, in which they mapped and scanned five barren planets and then Amity, where they stopped to investigate alien ruins. The crew found two types of sentient life: the nearly-extinct Small Ones and the aquatic Octopi, the latter of whom they convinced to welcome contact with the Alliance as visitors and friends.

• Kethy Skutterby (ensign). Asanii. Cream with faintest suggestion of grey spots around the edge of her face, soft charcoal hair, large amber eyes. (Probably Logistics)
• Chelsey Ferroe, human. Bronze hair and skin, green eyes. Rare human that came into Fleet through the Academe instead of personnel loan program. Mother has a pet fish.

Science (120 people)

• Alastar Virgil, Second Commander.
• Janny Perralta (ensign). Marine biologist. Asanii, tall, rounded. Cream, copper spots, ears and hair terra-cotta, green eyes. Husky alto. Likes to sing.
• Teva Lirette, a black Karaka'an with yellow eyes.
• A cream-furred Asanii with odd eyes, an ensign specialist but was working at navigation in an unfamiliar bridge rotation
• Tara Demier, Biology Lab
• Rashiveil, Lt. Commander. Harat-Shar. Usually has night shift.
• Rochelle InOrder (ensign), Tam-illee.

Medical (35 people)

• Laelkii Takara Lifeweave, Chief Medical Officer.
• Katlin, implied to be Laelkii's second when she is absent; in Faith in the Service, after casualties are taken when the Stardancer engages with the Scythe, Laelkii asks whether Katlin is doing all right without her.
• Jewel Thandry (lieutenant), medical. Karaka-A. Psychologist.
• Tory, medical. Likes wet navy stories. Human. Look up her last name. Has a 'bit of a bloodthirsty streak.'
• Chloe, head healer-assist
• Lisette, Healer

Engineering (100 people)

• Catlin is the senior engineering officer. I don't know her last name, or I haven't found it yet.
• Julien Steffis (lieutenant), engineer. Asanii. Striped.

Security (30 people)

• Killian Cardiff, security
• Brigid, a digitigrade Hinichi in security, built like a brick house, needs a last name
• Olivia, an Asanii from security, a tabby
• Kelsey, Ensign

Not sure?

• Mariledge (ensign), snow-pard Harat-Shar, tall.
• Sashe, Tam-ille in the Fang.
• Kharoush, deceased Harat-Shar ensign
• Killian, an ensign who answers the comm when Taylitha Basil calls in. (Doesn't seem to be Killian Cardiff, above, as it would seem to be the wrong department and in context is probably a surname, but could be?)

Characters with Existing Pages on the Wiki

Alastar Virgil

Alysha Forrest

Catlin Lindsey

Chloe Stendahl

Darya Darteriov

Felsha Rennagan

Julien Steffis

Killian Cardiff

Laelkii Takara Lifeweave

Leary

Leontina Bellwater

Nelopii Liiza

Olyssia Biserka

Penny Rogers

Peony Devere

Rashiveil

Rochelle InOrder

Taylitha Basil

Tory Paxton

UAV Stardancer Crew

Appearances

• Sword of the Alliance
• Dark Lighthouse
• Either Side of the Strand
• Faith in the Service