USS Bellerophon

History
The USS Bellerophon NCC-74705 is an Intrepid-class starship launched from Utopia Planitia Fleetyard, Mars in 2373 under the command of Captain Garrett Rochell. She is the fourth Federation starship to bear the name. The first Bellerophon was a Hyperion-class starship, registry NCC-869, in service from 2212 to 2259. The second was a Columbia-class starship, registry NCC-1787,  in service from 2268 to 2301. The third was a Nebula-class starship, registry NCC-62048, in service from 2363 until it was destroyed during the of Wolf-359 in 2367 and for which the current Intrepid-class starship is named. One of the highlights of the Bellerophon’s early missions include being the first Federation starship to officially visit Romulus,homeworld of the Romulan Star Empire, when a diplomatic mission led by Admiral William Ross participated in a conference hosted by the Romulans in 2375

Following the end of the Dominion War, Bellerophon returned to her primary mission of exploration, charting and exploring new sectors beyond Beta Stromgren in the Beta Quadrant, still under the command of Captain Rochell. Then, in 2385,Bellerophon entered drydock at Earth Station McKinley for overhaul and upgrade, including the addition of a new Astrometrics Lab based upon the design employed by Bellerophon’s sistership USS Voyager NCC-74656. During this time the majority of the starship’s senior staff were promoted or transferred, Commodore Rochell receiving an assignment to Starfleet Command Headquarters on Earth.

Shortly before Bellerophon’s return to space, she was assigned to the command of Captain K’danz, recently transferred from the USS Dauntless, who brought her own First Officer, Chief Engineer, Chief Science Officer and Security Chief along from her previous command. In early 2386, Bellerophon departed drydock and was assigned to the Fifth Fleet, based at Starbase 719 in the Typhon Sector.

General Overview
When first commissioned, the Intrepid-class featured many innovations then becoming available, not least being thetricyclic input manifold of the warp core and variable geometry pylons. The class was also the first to incorporatebio-neural gel packs and was equipped with the Mark 1Emergency Medical Hologram (or EMH) system.

Capabilities upon introduction were equally impressive. The class boasted the best navigational sensors, and the highest top speed of any Starfleet vessel until the development of the Prometheus-class. Its multi-mission design was backed up by a main computer processor capable of simultaneously accessing 47 million data channels and sustaining 575 trillion calculations per nanosecond in operational temperatures from 10 to 1790 Kelvin.

The normal crew complement for the Intrepid-class was about 140.