USS Deletham (NCC-97011)

“In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.” – Sallust (from the dedication plaque)

The USS Deletham was an Odyssey-class Block I/T star cruiser that was in service to Starfleet in the early 25th Century.

History
Wanting to make a good impression on the Federation’s new allies, President | Aennik Okeg asked | Starfleet Command to name one of the new | Odyssey-class starships to honor the Romulan Republic. The USS Denver, a tactical variant, was only weeks away from leaving the | Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards at that time and was renamed the USS Deletham, meaning “Defender” in Romulan. The starship officially left space dock on Stardate 83787.52 (3 October 2409). Due to his good relations with Republic leaders, Vice Admiral Sysary was given command of the Deletham and the vessel was assigned to the Ktarn Fleet embassy on | New Romulus.

Through Admiral Sysary’s close friendship with Commander Tzenek of the Republic Fleet, the Deletham also became a test bed for new Romulan technologies. At the beginning of | Operation Delta Rising, Vice Admiral Sysary was reassigned to the | Delta Quadrant where he took command of the USS Sakakida. Command of the Deletham was then transferred to Captain R’Mala.

Technical Information
When first launched on Stardate 83787.52 (3 October 2409) as a Block I/T star cruiser, the Deletham was 1062 meters in length, 374 meters wide, and 148 meters high.The Deletham's crew consisted of members of the Human, Trill, Vulcan, Klingon, Bolian, Gorn, Saurian, Bajoran, Rigelian, Andorian, Romulan, and Reman species, as well as androids and photonics. Standard crew complement of the vessel was 2,100.

As an Odyssey-class star cruiser, the vessel carried ten shuttlecraft and six workbees. The USS Rampart, an Aquarius-class light escort, was also docked in the aft of the vessel.

Command Crew

 * Commanding Officer
 * Vice Admiral Sysary (2409-2410): Benzite male from Benzar.
 * Captain R'Mala (2410-): Caitian female.
 * Executive Officer
 * Commander Tzenek (2409-2410): Reman male from Remus.
 * Commander Faisal Khushrenada (2410-): Human male from Earth.
 * Operations
 * Lieutenant Commander Erca Lilil Zolr (2409-): Tellarite female from Tellar Prime.
 * Tactical
 * Commander Shelana Ohini (2409-2410): Andorian female from Mars.
 * Lieutenant Commander Sariah Powell (2410-): Human female born on the USS Enterprise-D.
 * Engineering
 * Commander Tharel K'soph (2409-): Andorian male from Andoria.
 * Science
 * Lieutenant Commander Guilherme Barbosa (2409-): Human male from Earth.
 * Security
 * Lieutenant Commander Vaarin Chyret (2409-): Bajoran female from Bajor.
 * Medical
 * Lieutenant Commander Suna Jucsia (2409-): Betazoid female from Betazed.
 * Conn
 * Lieutenant Tuo Doss (2409-): Bolian male from Luna.

Embarked Craft

 * USS Rampart (NCC-97032), Aquarius-class light escort
 * Navaratnas (NCC-96994), Delta-class shuttle
 * Samsa (NCC-96980), Delta-class shuttle
 * Concord (NCC-96333), Argo-type shuttlecraft
 * Abettor (NCC-96397), Argo-type shuttlecraft
 * Chanakya (NCC-96857), Yellowstone-class runabout
 * Runnymede (NCC-96818), Yellowstone-class runabout
 * 4 Type-11 shuttlecraft
 * 6 Workbees