NX-76948

Overview
The NX-76948 was a modified Sabre Class light cruiser operating in the Typhon Sector around 2391. Under operation by Starfleet Intelligence and Starfleet R&D, the exact nature of its mission was classified, but some information about the vessel was learned by the crew of the USS Bellerophon after the NX-76948 was captured by a Bespan raiding party.

Capture and Recovery
On stardate 68097.5 the Bellerophon responded to a distress call from Outpost 119, a refuel and resupply depot deep in the Typhon sector. Communication with the station was being disrupted and when the Bellerophon arrived, it was determined that a small sphere of unknown origin was to blame.

Upon investigation, it was learned that the sphere had been left by a race of aliens called the Bespans with whom first contact had only been made a week prior. In addition, the Bellerophon crew also discovered that the Bespans had managed to capture a Saber class cruiser that had the misfortune of arriving at the Outpost as the attack was under way.

The Bellerophon ordered to retrieve or destroy the captured vessel. Using an improved warp-speed transporter formula developed by Ensign Olak a young Acamarian officer on the Bellerophon, a small team led by Commander Tom Paris managed to retake the vessel and return it to Starfleet.

Notable modifications
In her briefing from Admiral Val'ri Raiajh, Captain K'danz of the Bellerophon was told only that the ship's hull



was standard issue, but that it contained several experimental pieces of equipment. While on board as part of the recovery team, Lt. Xin Zhadesh noted several of modifications that had been made.

First, he noted, what apeared to be an improved quantum slipstream drive, “or at least a drive that operates on similar principles of physics.” Zhadesh also discovered that the vessel was equipped with what was essentially a larger version of the Bespan device encountered at Outpost 119. Had it been operational, the Bellerophon would not have been able to lock its weapons, tractor beam or transporters onto it.



