USS Bonhomme Richard (NCC-61779)

	USS Bonhomme Richard (NCC-61779)
	USS Bonhomme Richard (NCC-61779)
Information
Class:	Steamrunner Class Starship
Affiliation:	Solas Tempus
Commanding Officer:	Tal Ravis
Executive Officer:	Commander Karel Durand
Quote:	"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." - John Paul Jones, Letter to Le Ray de Chaumont (16 November 1778), as quoted in The Naval History of the United States (1890) by Willis John Abbot, p. 82.

Designed for combat and bearing the namesake of John Paul Jones' famous frigate, the USS Bonhomme Richard was originally commissioned as a vessel of the line for the ongoing Dominion War, however she never saw service in that capacity. Equipped as an assault frigate, the ship had little to do by the time her construction was finished in 2377, as the war had ended in 2375. As such, the ship was transferred to Solas Tempus under the Kappa Protocol.

Now reentering Solas Tempus service in lieu of new threats, the Bonhomme Richard is captained by Tal Ravis and carries a wide variety of auxiliary craft in order to effectively project force and conduct planetary assaults and landings.

General Statistics

Dimensions: 303 x 224.2 x 48 meters
Crew Compliment: 200+ (36 Officers, 164 Enlisted, over 234 Marines temporarily in 47 shuttles)
Power Source: Matter/Antimatter Reactor
Fusion Reactors
Propulsion: Warp Drive
Impulse Drive
Cruising Speed: Warp 7 / Fold 7.12
Flank Speed: Warp 9.991 / Fold 8(For 12 Hours)
War Emergency Speed: Warp 9.999 / Fold 8.5 (For 1 Hour)
Deck Plans: Steam Runner Deck Plans

Offensive Systems

8 Type XII Phaser Arrays
6 Torpedo Launchers (4 Fore, 2 Aft)

Defensive Systems

4 Phalanx Phaser Point Defense System (2 below, 2 above on saucer)
2 Ram Micro Torpedo Point Defense System (1 below, 1 above on saucer)
Deflector Shields
Ablative Armor
Phasing Cloak
Energy Signature Modification System

Special Modifications

In addition to the refit by Solas Tempus according to the Refit Guidelines, the vessel's interior has been significantly altered to allow for two 61-cell vertical launch systems under the saucer, facing downwards, for a total of 122 lower-yield tactical guided munitions.

Auxiliary Craft

The Type 6 shuttle *Hellbringer*, serial no. 63103-63.

1 Arwing Class Fighter
1 Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter "Seraph"
1 "Roadrunner"

The Type 6 shuttle *Kodiak*, serial no. 63107-63.

1 T-65 X-Wing Starfighter
1 T-493-HF/I "Karasu" Heavy Fighter "Silver Bullet II"
5 Peregrine Class Fighters
10 Type 11 Shuttle Craft
12 Type 6 Shuttle Craft
4 Type 7 Shuttle Craft
10 Type 9 Shuttle Craft
1 Danube Class Runabout

Combat Air Patrol

Pilot Alema
Pilot Unit 1247
Pilot Orn'Ornomee

Service History

Commissioned in 2374
Construction completed in 2377
Assigned, on special request, to Solas Tempus via contract in accordance with the Temporal Reconciliations in 2378
Solas Tempus refit the vessel for Temporal Operations in 2378.
In accordance with the Kappa Protocol, the vessel was moved to Schatten Star System in 2379.
Under authority of Admiral Lance Thomas, assigned to Tal Ravis in 2381 after activation of the Kappa Protocol

Trivia

The ship's registry number, 61779, is a combination of two historically significant events. 6, the first number, comes from the Wasp-class Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bonhomme Richard, LHD-6, while 1779 is the year that John Paul Jones was given the command of Duc de Duras, which was later renamed to Bonhomme Richard after Benjamin Franklin's pen name, Good Man Richard.