Nebula-Class  NCC-72016

 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS.

            VESSEL NAME: United Space Ship Maximillian (Formerly United Space Ship Pharaoh from 18 July 2361 through 13 December 2363)

            VESSEL CLASS:  Nebula-Class

            VESSEL REGISTRY:  NCC-72016

            CATEGORY: Science Starship

            BUILDER:  Helium Ship Yards, Mars, Sol System

            LAID DOWN:  18 July 2361

            LAUNCHED:  20 February 2367

            COMMISSIONED:  20 May 2368 (Stardate 45382.5)

            DEDICATION MOTTO:  "Reach for the Stars, and Grab the future."

            BRIEF COMMENTS:  Fourth Federation Starship to bear the name.

STARSHIP HISTORY

2361, (18 JUL): Construction begins on Federation Nebula-Class starship Pharaoh (NCC-72016) at the Helium ship yards at Mars.

2363, (13 DEC): In Honor of the Beta Rendala Incident, and the actions of the officers and crew of Federation Excelsior-Class starship U.S.S. Maximillian (NCC-14238), Starfleet Command, responding to the petitions of the colonists of Beta Rendala II, III, and V, the Federation Nebula-Class starship U.S.S. Pharaoh (NCC-72016), under construction at Helium ship yards, is renamed U.S.S. Maximillian.  The commanding officer of her namesake, Captain Robert Lyon, is assigned as director of construction for the new starship Maximillian.  Lieutenant Commander Blobbin volunteers as his co-director.

2367, (20 FEB): Nebula-Class Starship NCC-72016 is declared spaceworthy and is launched for trial tests on propulsion and SIF/IDF systems under the direction of construction director Captain Robert Lyon.

2367, (05 Dec): Nebula-Class Starship NCC-72016 is named U.S.S. Maximillian in honor of the lost Excelsior-Class starship Maximillian (NCC-14238), making her the fourth Federation starship to bear the name.

2368, SD-45382.5 (20 MAY): Starship Maximillian is commissioned by Starfleet Command.  Captain Robert Lyon, the officer who oversaw the final stages of her construction, assumes command.  Lieutenant Commander Blobbin accepts a promotion to the rank of commander, serving as Lyon's first officer.  During her first year, Maximillian patrolled the Federation/Cardassian border while conducting tests on weapons and tactical systems intended for use against a potential second Borg invasion.

2368, SD-45554.5 (18 JUL): While on routine patrol near the Cardassian border, Starship Maximillian visits planet Sigma Taurus II.  Shortly after this mission, Commander Blobbin throws a suprise birthday party for Captain Lyon on the main bridge. Days later, Lyon was verbally repimanded by Admiral Masters for going against Starfleet bridge protocol. (2)

2368: Starship Maximillian conducts a cultural surveillance update on planet Neural.  While on the surface, Commander Blobbin shapeshifts into a mugato, frightening Communications Officer Vaughn.

2368: Starship Maximillian on layover at the Marcon Outpost.  Ensign Wilcox was cornered by a vampire-like woman, and couldn't find a way to lose her until the ship left orbit. (2)

2368: Starship Maximillian on layover at the Akaria Base.  Captain Lyon, Maximillian operations manager Brian Monk, and Captain Andrew Motter (commanding Federation Excelsior-Class starship U.S.S. Inchon (NCC-44820) got lost on the local horse trails on the planet surface.(2)

2368: Starship Maximillian visits the Aldebaran colony.  Captain Lyon and Commander Blobbin visit a cafe while on liberty planetside.  Upon leaving this cafe, Blobbin forgot to pay for his Talarian chocolate malt. Later he cracks a joke and Captain Lyon ended up spilling his all over his uniform. (2)

2368: Starship Maximillian responds to a distress signal from planet Tulgaris, arriving two days after the attack.  Maximillian, under the command of Captain Robert Lyon, was the closest starship to Tulgaris when the Tulgarian government sent the distress signal.  The starship's arrival was too late, as there is no practical antidote for exposure to high concentrations of Berthold radiation.  Captain Lyon and his crew, however, were able to aid the survivors by tending to other medical needs, and dispatching supplies necessary for rebuilding Tulgari civilization in the aftermath of the Churgonian attack.

     At the recommendation of Captain Lyon, heavy sanctions had been placed on the Churgonian people, and their home system was encompassed by a Neutral Zone, the crossing of which would be considered an act of war against not only the Tulgaris, but against the Federation as well.  Any non-Starfleet vessel entering the Churgonian system would be boarded, and the crew detained.

     Maximillian recovered the sensitive projects at the Cochrane institute, and the personnel working on them (as a safeguard for Federation interests against a possible second Churgonian attack).  Captain Lyon requested Starfleet to dispatch more starships to further aid the Tulgari in their recovery.

2369 (01 JUN): Starship Maximillian returns to Earth.  Captain Robert Lyon is promoted to the rank of two-star admiral for posting as co-director, Bureau of ships at Starfleet Command.  Captain Turok T'Kill assumes command, and for the next three years, Maximillian patrols the Federation/Cardassian disputed territories.  This mission remained relatively uneventful, outside of a few skirmishes with the Cardassians.

2371: Commander Blobbin steps down as First Officer of starship Maximillian to accept assignment to Starfleet Special Intelligence.  Though he is no longer first officer, Blobbin still remained attached to Maximillian as a base of Operations, using his runabout Trevere for his covert missions.  Captain Turok T'Kill assigns Lieutenant Commander Teela Amor as Blobbin's successor to the first officer posting.

2371: Commander Blobbin conducts an intelligence mission on planet Argent Prime.  The information he collected served in aiding the mission of Starship Maximillian when she arrived.

2372, (04 FEB): Starship Maximillian assigned to reconnaissance mission in the Gamma Quadrant. (1)

2372, (12 JUN): Starship Maximillian on a recon mission in the Gamma Quadrant when she was attacked by two Jem'Hadar warships.  Though badly damaged, and taking considerable casualties, Maximillian was able to defeat and neutralize their attackers with the weapons and defense systems designed to fight the Borg.  Captain T'Kill managed to bring the vessel through the Bajoran Wormhole before Jem'Hadar reinforcements could arrive.

2372, (15 JUN): Upon arrival in the Alpha Quadrant, starship Maximillian docked at Starbase Deep Space Nine to stabilize some of the more critical systems before moving on to a nearby repair facility.  While at DS9, Maximillian's Captain T'Kill recieved orders to proceed to Starbase 161 for mission debriefing and crew rotation.

2372, (20 JUL): Minor systems upgrade and structural repair to the hull of Starship Maximillian completed.  Captain Turok T'Kill, currently in command of Maximillian, recieves a promotion to one-star admiral.  Maximillian is assigned to TacFleet, Starship Group 3, and serves as flagship to Fleet Admiral Robert Lyon. Commander Blobbin recieves promotion to the rank of captain, and begins preparation for an upcoming covert mission.

2372: Captain Blobbin recieves orders to undertake an extended top secret intelligence mission.

2372, SD-49947.5 (12 DEC): Starship Maximillian on routine patrol and escort duty in the Gamma Quadrant as flagship of Task Force Gamma-Two, with Federation Starships Chicago, Mariner, and Atlantis, when starship Atlantis detected seven Jem'Hadar warships on attack approach for planet Semtar III, a previously uncharted world which had an indigenous civilization with a socio-technological equivilant of Earth during the late twentieth century.  Due to Jem'Hadar's proximity to the Bajoran Wormhole, and due to the nature of the situation, Task Force Commander Robert Lyon felt the prime directive did not apply, as another advanced, spacefaring race was making an unprovoked attack on a primitive society.  Lyon ordered Task Force Gamma Two into battle.  The battle resulted in stopping the Jem'Hadar attack, but at the cost of over a thousand Starfleet lives and two starships, the Maximillian and the Chicago.  Of the crew of 645 aboard Maximillian, only 327 survive.  Most of the survivors, however, suffered various injuries. (1)