The History of NCC-2401 - USS Testarossa
The Orignal - NCC-2401
(Photo of one of her sister ships the USS Atlantis, leaving earth shipyards)
In the year 2294 the USS Testarossa was commissioned at the earth space dock as a Refit Excelsior class ship. After the launch of the USS Enterprise - NCC-1701-B allot of information was learned about the new refit of the excelsior class which helped shorten the the shakedown of the USS Testarossa.
Her first mission was to investigate the disappearance of the USS Jenolan, however this was fruitless as they could not locate the USS Jenolan.
One of her most notable discoveries was the civilisation on Angel I, she discovered an equivalent civilisation to mid 20th century earth. Due to them not being warp capable as of yet, no first contact was made however Angel I was kept under careful watch by the Federation due to its strategic position in the quadrant being near to the Romulan Neutral Zone.
She had her first refit in 2308 bringing it inline with other refit excelsior classes such as the USS Enterprise - NCC-1701-B.
After her refit the USS Testarossa was assigned to various areas of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants between 2308 and 2319.
In 2319 the USS Testarossa was assigned to the Alpha Quadrant and was tasked to protect federation assets in the quadrant, the USS Testarossa was one of the first federation vessels to have witnessed the Occupation of Bajor by the Cardassian Union, diplomatic talks were carried out however due to the Prime Directive nothing came about from this. The Captain at the time Captain Harry Ellison resigned his commission in protest.
During the Occupation of Bajor the USS Testarossa would continue to patrol the Alpha Quadrant and would unofficially keep an eye on the occupation in the hope that the information would help bring the federation to help the Bajorans.
During the Federation-Cardassion war the USS Testarossa kept a low profile only having small battles whilst continuing to patrol the Alpha Quadrant.
In 2369 whilst the USS Testarossa was continuing its mission in the Alpha Quadrant, it discovered that the Cardassians were pulling out of Bajor after stripping the planet of most of its natural resources. With the information that she had collected over 50 years when the Bajorans asked for the help from the Federation they quickly complied.
In 2372 the USS Testarossa was scheduled to be decommissioned after 78 Years of service to the Federation. However as the USS Testarossa returned to space dock the Dominion War had just begun, instead of being decommissioned, she was refit with new weapons and shields and sent back to the Alpha Quadrant.
During the Dominion War she once again kept a low profile, patrolling the areas in which were most at risk of being attacked by the Cardassian Union who had joined the Dominion a few years prior.
In 2375 the USS Testarossa joined the Federation Alliance Fleet in the Battle of Cardiassia. She survived the phase one with only minor damage however during phase two in which the Federation Alliance would force all Dominion forces from Cardassia and the Alpha Quadrant she was lost with all hands.
The Pressent - NCC-2401-A
In 2407 the blueprints for the USS Testarossa NCC-2401-A was laid down and was approved by Starfleet Command. She was to be Sojourner Class Star Ship which was a variant on the Odyssey Class. However she had to be rushed into service and she was built with the Nacelles and Pylons of the Odyssey Class ship giving her an iconic look.
She was commissioned in 2410 and given to Captain Chidori Sagara to command her.
To this day the USS Testarossa continues to go where needed, boldly going where no one has gone before.