USS Hale

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Background

The USS Hale is an Intrepid Class starship. Many of the crew were assimilated in to the Borg Collective during a bording action by the Borg, during the battle chief flight control officer Lieutenant Junior Grade Jessica Matthews took command of the ship and managed to fight her way back to earth.

The ship was immediatly dry docked for repairs, which the SCE estimated would take several weeks to complete. Starfleet was impressed by Commander Matthews action which no doubt saved the Hale and her surviving crew that she was given Command of the Hale.

During the Hales short refit Commander Matthews hurridly completed the command academy on earth, returning to the Hale a week or so before it was due to leave space dock Matthews and her crew recieved a distress call from a Federation Colony which had picked up an approaching Borg cube on sensors. With no other ship able to answer Commander Matthews took the Hale out in her unfinished state.

The ship and her crew performed more than admirably, they managed to complete the evacuation the colony mere minutes before the Borg cube arrived. The Hale made a hurried escape back towards the sol system with the Borg cube in pursit, only the intervention and subisquent destruction of the USS Honour allowed the Hale to reach earth relatively unscathed.

The Hale served with distinction throughout the Borg War and was assigned to the Earth Defence Force as the war drew to a close.

After the war the Hale was often relegated to picket duty along the boarder of the Sol system, a fact Captain Matthews took as proof of Admiral Taylor's displeasure with her or the ship. Despite Admiral Taylor's ascention to the rank of Fleet Admiral the Hale remained on picket duty until it returned to Spacedock in early 2404 for a minor refit and repair.

In 2407 all contact was lost with the Hale whilst it was re-exploring former Klingon space.

Crew

• Commanding Officer Captain Jessica Matthews
• Executive Officer Commander Jon Sparks