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| Name: | USS Black Hawk |
| Registry: | NCC-75004-A |
| Class: | Sovereign |
| Type: | explorer |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Status: | active (2398) |
The USS Black Hawk NCC-75004-A was a Black Hawk-subclass starship of the Sovereign-class assigned as the flagship to Admiral Jeffery Higdon, Starbase Commander, Starbase Rockford, which is located on the Cha'ouw/Federation border. The Black Hawk-A is the sixth Starfleet ship to carry the name Black Hawk and the second to carry the registry number "75004".
Nomenclature[]
The ship was named after Black Hawk (Sauk leader) (1767-1838), of the Sauk Native American tribe in what later would be known as the Midwest United States of America, on Earth; the Black Hawk War of April-August 1832; and sea vessels and starships named Black Hawk.
Overview[]
USS Black Hawk (NCC-75004-A) mission patch.
The Black Hawk-A was delivered to Starbase 12 prior to stardate 66765.83 where she was officially commissioned and Admiral Higdon took official command. The Black Hawk-A serves as Higdon's primary flagship even after Higdon relinquished command of the 12th Fleet.
The major difference between a standard Sovereign-class and the Black Hawk variant is that the latter is 20-25% larger. It means more room for more crew and equipment and more systems, including a larger and more powerful warp drive which also includes the TransWarp Quantum Slipstream Systems built into it.
The Black Hawk-A also has upgraded and updated computer systems, more powerful defensive and offensive systems, including the Revolutionary Navigation System (RNS), which allows the Navigational Shields to act as the defensive shields in case the main shields fail.
While the Black Hawk-A is 25% larger than a normal Sovereign-class, her profile cannot be distinguished from the profile of the newer variants of the Sovereign-class (as shown below).
USS Black Hawk, NCC-75004-A
Most of the crew of the Black Hawk have been brought back to the Black Hawk-A with a few exceptions. First, Fleet Captain Tom Moore, although assigned to the Black Hawk-A as Second Officer, will command the new Cha'ouwian Flagship for the Admiral, the CIV K'HIg'Den's Lair. Second, Commodore Karen Higdon retired, having been promoted to Rear Admiral after she suffered several medical episodes that causes her to fall into a coma. In fact, the first mission of the Black Hawk-A is to transport the newly-minted Admiral into her retirement at the K'HIg'Den "Compound," the Higdon's home on Chal.
Cloaking Device[]
The Black Hawk is equipped with the new Type XX (20) phase cloak, allowed when the Cha'ouw government negotiated a special amendment to the Treaty of Algeron with the Romulan Empire during the Dominion War to "allow any starship, vessel or spacecraft listed under the operational command of Khon of the Special Cha'ouwian Imperial House K'HIg'Den, to be equipped with cloaking device/devices supplied by the Cha'ouw". The Type XX is was until recently a secretly joint Federation/Cha'ouw operation after Cha'ouw operatives "acquired" covertly before the phased cloak was revealed to the Romulans by the USS Enterprise-D. This amendment was deemed outdated when the Romulan Empire recognized that there was no way to enforce this part of the treaty and renegotiated it to allow the Federation to have cloaking devices on Starfleet Vessels.
Command Crew[]
- Commanding Officer: Admiral Jeffery Higdon - Twelfth Fleet Commander & Starbase 12 Base Commander
- Executive Officer: Brigadier William "Junior" Hof - Also called "Number One" by Admiral Higdon; Acts as the Commanding Officer of the Black Hawk-A when the admiral is not aboard. Hof is a member of the Starfleet Marine Corps, thus is also the Officer-in-Charge of the 263rd Marine Strike Group, as well as a decorated starfighter pilot.
- Chief Engineering Officer: Commander James Craig - Served as Chief of Security until transferred over to the Engineering Department; Became Chief Engineer of the Black Hawk after the departure of the Captain of Engineering Robert Baker; Continues as the Chief Engineer of the Black Hawk-A with the added duties as Second Officer.
- Chief Medical Officer: Fleet Captain Steven Gordon, MD - New Medical Officer aboard the Black Hawk.
- Chief Tactical/Security Officer:
- Chief Science Officer: Lieutenant Commander David Bastian
- Chief Communications Officer: Lieutenant Commander Steve Tweed
- Conn: Commander Christopher Higdon - Admiral Higdon's son.
| Starships named Black Hawk |
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| USS Black Hawk (Daedalus class) - USS Black Hawk (Baton Rouge class) - USS Black Hawk (Miranda class) - USS Black Hawk (NCC-50495) - USS Black Hawk (NCC-75004) - USS Black Hawk (NCC-75004-A) |
| Sovereign-class starships |
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| Prototype (2370): USS Sovereign - Block I (2372): USS Black Hawk - USS Enterprise-E - USS Honorius - USS Independence - Unrevealed (after 2372): USS Arsinoe - USS Atlas - USS Bozeman-A - USS Chancellor - USS Constellation - USS Erebus - USS Gibraltar - USS Gilgamesh - USS Hrothgar - USS Hutchinson - USS Igraine - USS Musashi - USS Okuda - USS Pachacuti - USS Roosevelt - USS Tempest - USS Tirpitz - USS Valkyrie - USS Venture - USS Warpite - USS Yorktown |
| Black Hawk subclass: USS Black Hawk-A |
| Mirror universe: Enterprise |
| Beverly Crusher Investigates: USS Grissom - The Devastating Discoveries: USS Anne Frank - USS Beast - USS Behemoth - USS Ravana - USS Sathanas - USS Violet Baudelaire - Fleet 31: USS Cebu |
| Starfleet International: USS Alba - USS Andromeda - USS Antares - USS Appomattox - USS Archangel - USS Aries-B - USS Asclepios - USS Atlantis - USS Black Hawk - USS Black Hawk-A - USS Caledonia - USS Chicago - USS Columbia - USS Constellation - USS Constitution - USS Hadfield - USS Judgord - USS Liberator - USS Liberty - USS Liberty Belle - USS Narragansett - USS Neptune - USS Ohio - USS Olympus - USS Protector - USS Reginald Mitchell - USS Reprisal - USS Reuben James - USS Russell Camp III - USS Silver Moon - USS Sovereign - USS Theresa Sylvester - USS Tiberius - USS Vandalia - USS Veritas - USS Versailles - USS Victorious - USS Vimy Ridge - USS Wildhorse |
| Star Trek: Black Hawk: USS Black Hawk - USS Black Hawk-A - Star Trek: Constance: USS Khitomer - Star Trek: Crusader: USS Federation - Star Trek: Dauntless: USS Dauntless - Star Trek: Distant Horizons: USS Pir - Star Trek: Excelsior: USS Excelsior-C - Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: USS Independence - USS Saratoga - Star Trek: Independence: USS Independence - Star Trek: Liberty: USS Excelsior-B - USS Freedom - USS Liberty - Star Trek: New Order: USS Prince of Wales - Star Trek: Omega Force: USS Yagami - Star Trek: Pendragon: USS Advantage - USS Alhambra - Star Trek: Phoenix-X: USS Zephyra - Star Trek: Remington: USS Kyle Fitzgerald - Star Trek: The Adventures of Argus: USS Argus - USS Challenger - USS Excelsior - USS Freedom - USS Independence - Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: USS Advantage - Star Trek: The Helena Chronicles: USS Gibraltar - Star Trek: Unity: USS America - USS Hawk-A - USS Incipiens - To Boldly Go: USS Monarch - Trekmania: USS Excelsior - USS Baldwin: USS Edmund Fitzgerald |
Background information[]
The USS Black Hawk, NCC-75004-A (also known as the Black Hawk-A), is a Star Trek fan club home ported out of Rockford, Illinois. Formerly the USS Shiloh out of Henderson, Tennessee, the Black Hawk-A is a Starship-of-the-Line as a chapter of Starfleet International and was the flagship of the Twelfth Fleet from 2009-2015.
The members of the chapter successfully staged the 2014 International Conference at the Clock Tower Resort in Rockford. The Black Hawk-A is also affiliated with the Cha'ouw Empire, as pseudo-Klingon/Romulan Star Trek Fan Association, the Federated Alliance and is the home of the 263rd Marine Strike Group, SFMC, also known as “The Hawk's Talons”. In 2015 the Black Hawk-A celebrated their 20th Anniversary since the establishment of the Shuttle Shiloh on February 28th of that year.
The Black Hawk-A was created on February 28, 1995 in Henderson, Tennessee as the Shuttle Shiloh. The chapter was commissioned on March 23, 1996 at MidSouthCon 15 in Memphis, Tennessee as the USS Shiloh (NCC-74683). The chapter moved from their homeport of Henderson to Rockford, Illinois on August 15, 1997. The Shiloh changed it's name to Black Hawk in December 1999 and changed its class from Intrepid class to Sovereign class, necessitating a change in their NCC number in January 2001.
To celebrate their 20th Anniversary in 2015 an "A" was added to the registry.
The Officers and Crew of the USS Black Hawk-A will celebrate it's 25th Anniversary as a Starship-of-the-Line of STARFLEET in 2021.
The commanding officer of the USS Black Hawk, NCC-75004-A is Admiral Jeffery Higdon.