Star Trek: Nightingale

Star Trek: Nightingale is a Star Trek fan fiction series using the expanded universe concept written by David Lowbridge and hosted at Ad Astra.

General Concept
Star Trek: Nightinale is set just after the Dominion War that featured on Deep Space Nine and features an orginal crew. The USS Nightinale is a St Bernards Class vessel that was designed during the war in order to perform Search and Rescue, Command and Control and light reconnaisance missions. The crew of the USS Nightingale are a collection of inexperienced new officers and out of favour misfits led by the reluctant commander, Captain John Wilcox.

Trial By Fire
Trial By Fire is the pilot story for the series and sets up most of the backstory for the series. Set weeks after the Dominion War the USS Nightingale is rushed into service to search for a missing ship, the USS Brave. The Brave was last heard from responding to a distress signal in Geckonian territory close to their border with the Gorn.

Main Characters
Below is a list of the main characters as they appear in the first episode.

Captain John Wilcox - Commanding Officer

Commander Dan Hawke - Executive Officer

Lieutenant Commander Rachel Burton - Chief Medical Officer

Lieutenant Commander Hans - Mission Advisor

Lieutenant V'ras - Chief Engineer

Lieutenant (JG) Shrak - Chief Tactical Officer

Lieutenant (JG) Chloe Visitor - Helmsman

Ensign Torlik - Chief Operations Officer

Ensign Paul Williams - Chief Science Officer

Supporting Characters
Admiral Jenkins

Nurse Williams

USS Nightinale
The USS NIghtingale is St Bernards Class vessel; primarily designed to serve as a search and rescue vessel but being able to act as a triage facility. However in it's construction and design it had a command and control centre built into it and with its advanced sensors it is considered to be a good scout vessel.