For mortals vanished from the day's sweet light I shed no tear; rather I mourn for those who day and night live in death's fear.

The USS Hera is a modified Nebula-class starship with a fairly unusual mission and history. The simulation is a member of Theta Fleet as well as the Split World Alliance.

Officially, the Hera is assigned to reconnaissance along the Klingon-Romulan border. Unofficially? No one quite knows what the real mission might be, except perhaps the ever elusive Franklin Drake. Though Drake is now thought dead in the simulation's timeline, it seems apparent that he has something to do with the Hera's secret mission. Both Captain Enalia Telvan and her first officer, Commander Angelica Fairchild, have ties to the secretive organization Section 31. Despite the organization being stripped and reduced to little more than a few spies in a closet somewhere on Earth, they still seem to have considerable influence on galaxy proceedings, particularly when the Hera is involved.

The Hera began her service as the USS Bonchune, a Nebula-class starship configured for training exercises. Now dubbed a Bonchune-series Nebula, she sports a Galaxy-class bridge and is equipped with holoemitters throughout the ship. Once used for training purposes, these holoemitters now allow for holographic crew members to access most areas of the ship, especially important for the ship's Emergency Medical Hologram. Unusual for a Nebula-class, she also has a ship-wide information panel system built into her bulkheads, allowing for computer-guided navigation of the ship's corridors.

The Hera is fully capable of saucer separation; however, it typically requires use of a starbase or stardock to realign the saucer and stardrive sections, due to the position of the interchangeable pod. The pod can be either tactical or scientific in application, and it can be time-consuming to change the ship's general purpose.

Some of the Hera's crew are insistent that the ship must be cursed, as she has faced a number of unusual threats that should have destroyed her many times over. Yet, she survives to continue her fight. Others might say this is a sign that the ship is guarded by some sort of entity that finds her exploits amusing. Only time will tell the truth.

Because the Hera has multiple openings on her manifest, we encourage you to look there instead.

Talosian Perversions - It's suspected that ships have been visiting Talos 4 and the Hera as been assigned to resupply these ships and ask a few questions about them.

• Something Amiss
• Devotion of Time
• Reman Z
• Temporal Kickback
• Where Angels Fear to Tread
• The New Sydney Fiasco

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