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| Name: | USS Crucial |
| Class: | Intrepid |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Status: | Active (2390) Crippled (2410) |
The USS Crucial was a Federation starship in the late 24th and early 25th century. It was part of Task Force Epsilon, under the command of Starbase 55. After near-destruction, the Crucial was miraculously refitted into an Intrepid-class by way of space-time influences through Traveler-swayed refit teams. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X)
History[]
During the Dominion War, the Crucial was one of seven ships in a task force (at the time called Flame Squad) assigned to patrol the Flortarios sector. In 2375, all the captain's from the task force were temporarily taken hostage at a welcoming reception by terrorists on Flortarios III. Shortly after the war, the ship was transferred to deep space assignments. ("The Bajoran Trove")
In 2377, the Crucial made first contact with the Ceavon. Three weeks later, the Crucial and its task force tried to stop the USS Phoenix-X when the crew of the Phoenix-X was taken over by alien influence. ("Loyalties, Part I")
In 2380, the Crucial assisted the USS Hijinx in dealing with the Gordarion threat at Saturn. ("Hijinx")
In late 2382, on stardate 59871.9, the Crucial came under constant attacks by the Orion Syndicate. These attacks were brought on after the Crucial attempting to assist the USS Stilo repay their debts. The ship was in critical condition. ("Crucial")
In 2384, the Crucial was sent on a mission to escort a Vendoth Ambassador to Rochani III, when they were attacked by Arkarians on their way there. Commander Seifer and Doctor Lox responded to the Crucial's distress call while in the runabout Iroh at the time, helping to disable the Arkarian ship. The Crucial eventually made it to Rochani III, where a pre-knowledge of its existence was confirmed: that it was inhabited by Vendoth and the survivors of the thought-lost USS Dark Glory. The Ambassador and the Vendoth soon turned against the Federation, with a boarding party beaming onto the Crucial to take it over. Fortunately, the Vendoth battle cruiser, Th'ter'dek, dropped out of a vortex nearby and took on the Crucial's boarding party and all the other Vendoth, before escaping into deep space. The Crucial was left to escort the survivors of the Dark Glory back to Starbase 12. ("Remnants")
In 2390, the Crucial was thought destroyed at Starbase 78 when it came under surprise attack by divergent-Hirogen. Included among the casualties was Captain Harley Menrow. ("Into Harshness") The ship itself, near destruction, was salvaged and put into an astonishing refit phase under Captain Yelg, his engineering partner, a Traveler named Wayfar, and a time-and-space-altered repair crew. The ship was miraculously refitted into an Intrepid-class. ("For the World is Worldly and Such")
Intrepid-class[]
The Crucial was re-launched as an Intrepid-class starship. Part of the new launch included the promotion of Sen Hatcha, who became a temporary commanding officer. After some convincing, Hatcha and the Crucial joined Task Force Epsilon in taking down the Hirogen threat. ("Into Harshness")
While at an attempt at visiting Menrow's body, the senior staff became aware of a Traveler, named Wayfar, who was tampering with Menrow in some way. The action and move to stop Wayfar caused the senior staff and Menrow to be transported to the 28th century, in completely new lives. Wayfar went into the future to explain that he was trying to save Menrow's life. As penance, Wayfar transferred everyone back to 2390, but it wasn't until 2410 that everyone's duplicated, and second, consciousness reintegrated into their already conscious bodies. ("Second Life")
In 2393, Lieutenant Commander Armond was on-loan to the Crucial to assist in developing transphasic torpedo technology, but ended up creating chaotic space. ("Wooo")
- Following into the 25th century, the Crucial presumably encountered the same molecular reversion field that Andrea Reynolds and several others did, in "Delta Recruit," sometime before 2409, the crew lost their memories and re-took Starfleet Academy as to explain why they are still active in the 25th century. This event also syncs the ship up with the gameplay of Star Trek Online. After the Academy, and several events, the ship was re-launched under the command of a re-ranked Captain Menrow.
In 2410, during a mission to escort the President of the United Federation of Planets Annek Okeg home from Casperia Prime, the Crucial was crippled by an attack from a Crystalline Shard, forcing the crew to evacuate on escape pods. The IKS Masamune found Menrow and Okeg and assisted them in returning to the Crucial and hunting down the shards. Unfortunately, the ship was too badly ruined from the encounter. ("Election Year")
Command crew[]
Crew of the Crucial in 2386.
- Commanding Officer
- Captain Harley Menrow (-2390-, -2410-)
- Sen Hatcha (2390, briefly)
- Science Officer and Operations Manager
- Sen Hatcha (-2390-)
- Tactical Officer and Security Chief
- Chief Engineer
- Lieutenant Commander Grunley
- Engineer
- Lieutenant Sam Ferona
- Counselor
Other crew[]
- Astrometrics
- Lieutenant Commander Jenny
- Unknown
Appendices[]
See also[]
| Task Force Epsilon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Phoenix (NCC-65420-X) Cell (2374-2391) / Night Seifer (2391-2397) / Night Seifer (clone) (2397-2404) / Oroku Seifer (-2410) | |||||
| USS Dropzone Yuffie Samya |
USS Hijinx Andrea Reynolds |
USS Jenova Iviok |
USS Tsunami Michael McCary |
USS Crucial Menrow / Hatcha |
USS Ixion (2374-2380) Aries Wasyati |
| Intrepid-class starships |
|---|
| Prototype (2370): USS Intrepid |
| Block I: USS Intrepid - USS Pathfinder - USS Stargazer - USS Voyager |
| USS Bellerophon - USS Destiny - USS Magellan - USS Mercutio |
| Last Unicorn Games: USS Audacious - USS Goliath - USS Nelson - USS Theseus - USS Trailblazer - USS Trier - USS Vor'kann |
| Decipher: USS Blackthorne - USS Gallant - USS Nelson - USS Vanguard - USS Zealous |
| Starfleet Command's Seventh Fleet: USS Ticonderoga |
| Starfleet International: USS Bellerophon - USS Haise - USS Horangi - USS Horizon-B - USS Marie Curie - USS Neptune - USS Panda - USS Pioneer-D - USS Roger Williams - USS Seawolf - USS Serling - USS Shiloh - USS Starfire - USS Thermopylae - USS Tiger - USS Transcendence - USS Valiant |
| Into the Black: USS Sacagawea - RIS Bouteina: USS Vortex - USS Voyeur - Shield of Tomorrow: USS Sally Ride - Star Trek: Arcadia: UFS Arcadia - Star Trek: Black Hawk: USS Shiloh - Star Trek: Clear Skies: USS Johnson - Star Trek: Dauntless: USS Dauntless (I) - USS Dauntless (III) - Star Trek: Distant Horizons: USS Adventurer - USS Archer - Star Trek: False Vacuum: USS Mercutio - Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: USS Antietam - USS Devonshire - Star Trek: Messenger (Legendary Universe): USS Messenger - Star Trek: Pendragon: USS Dauntless (II) - USS Westphalen - Star Trek: Phoenix-X: USS Crucial - Star Trek: Pioneer: USS Sarajevo-B - Star Trek: Pirates Cove: USS Anzio - Star Trek: Prometheus: USS Bellerophon - Star Trek: The Adventures of Argus: USS Destiny - Star Trek: The Quarterdeck Breed: USS Bellerophon - USS Exeter - Star Trek: The Stoneship Files: USS Mercutio - Star Trek: Unity: USS Balaclava - To Boldly Go: USS Providence - UFOP: StarBase 118: USS Victory |
Background information[]
Insignia-class starship
- The Crucial was described as an Insignia-class starship through the use of photos and description in its bio on previous incarnations of the Star Trek: Phoenix-X website and the Star Trek: Crucial blog (both sites are now removed, with the former being updated). The ship as an Insignia-class was never mentioned in-story. The Insignia-class design was shared publicly by its creator, Mark Kingsnorth.