Star Trek: Shepard

Star Trek: Shepard is a Star Trek-based fan fiction series that takes place in the late 24th century created by Patrick Dorris. Star Trek: Shepard involves the adventures of the captain and crew of the Oberth-class starship USS Shepard, but takes place in a much wider, linked universe including the Dark Territory stories written by DarKush, the adventures of the USS Gibraltar, the tales of the USS Independence written by Dnoth, and The Star Eagle Adventures written by CJ D, and USS Sutherland written by David Falkayn. This universe extends to the TOS era with the tales of the Constitution-class starship, USS Lexington NCC-1709, commanded by Robert Wesley, the grandfather of Elizabeth Shelby in this continuity.

The series begins almost a year after the end of the Dominion War. Although most of the crew are green and never saw action in the war, several of the senior officers did see action. Due to heavy losses during the war, the Shepard's crew is both more junior and more diverse than a typical Starfleet crew. The Captain is only a Lieutenant Commander, and the Chief Engineer is a retired Master Chief recalled to duty specifically for this assignment. Humans make up only half of the crew and command staff, with other species making up the other.

Officers and Crew:

 * Lieutenant Commander Ryan Ridgeway-Commanding Officer; Human male (US, Earth)


 * Lieutenant Beverly Townsend-First Officer; Human female (Australia, Earth)


 * Lieutenant Junior Grade T'Noor-Science Officer; Vulcan female (Vulcan)


 * Master Chief Rexar Arthrun-Chief Engineer; Andorian male (Andoria)


 * Ensign Dulak-Engineer, Technical Division; Cardassian male (Bajor)


 * Chief Anthony Marconi, Engineer, Engines Division; Human male (Rigel)


 * Captain (Marine) Shelly O'Connell-Chief Medical Officer; Human female(Ireland, Earth)


 * Lieutenant Junior Grade Arjal Brak-Operations Officer; Trill (un-joined) male (Trill)


 * Lieutenant Junior Grade Tara-Chief Tactical/Weps/Security Officer; Orion female (unknown origin)

Episodes

 * Recovery-Following his wife's death, Retired Master Chief Rexar Arthrun is recalled to active duty to assist in the recovery and recrewing of the Shepard. As the sole survivor of a ship lost for seventy-five years, many questions arise on the journey, many more when the location of the Shepard is reached. (in progress)

Canon and Continuity
The continuity of Star Trek: Sutherland includes all canon works:


 * Star Trek: Enterprise
 * Star Trek: The Original Series
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
 * Star Trek: Voyager
 * Star Trek Movies

Non-canon continuity includes the events in:


 * the fan fiction series Dark Territory
 * the fan fiction series Star Trek: Independence
 * the fan fiction series Star Trek: Gibraltar
 * the fan fiction series Star Trek: Sutherland
 * the fan fiction series The Star Eagle Adventures
 * the fan fiction series Star Trek: Civilizations
 * the fan fiction series Star Trek: Lexington
 * the fan fiction series Tales of the USS Bluefin