Task Force Horizon

Background

6 months prior to the current stardate, the starship U.S.S. Leviathan was sent into and area of space known colloquially as "The Void" (the barren region between the Sagittarius and Scutum Arms of the Milky Way Galaxy) to investigate the disappearance of the destroyer U.S.S. Spica, assigned as last-minute escort for freighters moving goods between Starfleet bases on her way to Starbase Omega. Her investigation took them a little beyond normal shipping lanes, and that was where she came into contact with dozens of defensive probes...and received a warning signal: "You are trespassing- leave now or be destroyed." Starfleet Command had no knowledge of any intelligent species in The Void.

At the time of the signal, Starbase Horizon was a deep-space station in between the main body of the Federation on the coreward edge of the Sagittarius Arm and where Indigo Fleet is on the rimward edge of the Scutum Arm that functioned, primarily, as a logistics hub: fuel depot, parts disbursement hub, personnel transport hub, etc. However, given that Earth is approximately 6,000 light years away, and Starbase Omega is 3-4,000 tc light years away (making Horizon the closest Starfleet installation to the probes and the signal and, presumably, to the civilization to whom they belong), Starfleet Command decided it would be in their best interest to increase their presence on the station in this previously-all-but-ignored region of space.

Task Group Horizon

Part of Starfleet's buildup of the area of operation is to include assigning a task force to the area, and make Starbase Horizon the headquarters for this new formation. This formation, predictably called "Task Group Horizon" (smaller than a fleet, but larger than a task force) will consist of three capital ships and their screening elements, and will act as support for the starbase.

• Task Group Commander: RADM Cayle Veld
  • Flagship: U.S.S. Circe-A NCC-27000
    • Ship TBD
    • Ship TBD
      • Various DD/DE/FF screening elements

Admiral Veld will spend the bulk of her time on-station, but is not in command of the station; she is in command of the task group as a whole.

In addition, Starbase Horizon will have three attached ships of its own to use, and will have an entire brigade of Marines assigned to the station given the size of the AO. The Marine brigade will be commanded by BRIG Molly Sharpe. Details of Horizon's Marine detachment will be detailed elsewhere.