USS Dauntless (NCC-75310)

Sovereign-class starship, Starfleet Registry NCC-75310. Launched from Fleetyars, Vulcan in 2375 under the command of Fleet Captain Peter J. Koester.

The Dauntless-75310 participated in the Battle of Cardassia Prime, the final conflict of the Dominion War, after which it resumed the normal duties of exploration. In 2376, the starship became trapped within a vast magnetic void, where it encountered its predecessor, the Dauntless-74658 from a time period almost five years in the past. Both vessels managed to escape the void with the result that neither crew (many members of which served aboard both vessels) remembered the incident.

USS Dauntless was turned over to the command of Captain Virgil D. Kane in 2377. Kane was removed from command after the Dauntless collided with a neutronic fuel tanker near New Gibraltar in 2379. The Dauntless entered drydock at Utopia Planitia Shipyard for repairs, during which extensive damage inflicted during the Dominion War was discovered. The starship spent the next year in drydock to repair the damage.

The Dauntless was re-launched under the command of Captain Peter Koester once again in June of 2380. Later that year the crew encountered the Kairn, a previously unknown race which had invaded several outer sectors of Federation space. It would be two years before Starfleet would manage to drive the Kairn Empire back across their original border.

In 2381, the Dauntless was chosen to be the Starfleet Academy training vessel for six months, overseeing the training of over one hundred third year cadets. During this time, the starship made visits to the planets Gideon and Sigma Iotia II, both planets which had not been visited by Federation starships for over a century.

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