Jayce's Navy Interstellar: Through the Valley

Jayce's Navy Interstellar: Through the Valley is entry of  blog on the ARC website. The blog entry was published on 16 February 2018 by STO lead writer "Ambassador Kael", and written by lead starship artist Thomas Marrone. The entry takes the form of an in-universe special report of the Jayce's Interstellar journal. (STO website: )

Blurb

 * A special report from Jayce's Interstellar Navy - the premiere source for in-depth details on starships - on the refit of the Federation's flagship, the Enterprise F.

Summary
The Second Battle of Earth - last stand of the Alpha Quadrant Alliance against the invading Iconian Whole and their Herald servitor race - seques into an interview with Captain Va'Kel Shon, one of the survivors of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F). The final section deals with the repair and refit of the Enterprise from its basic star cruiser to {{class|Yorktown|star cruiser]] science star cruiser.

Characters

 * Elyos • Whetu • Va'Kel Shon

William T. Riker

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) (/) • dreadnought •  cruiser • Type-8 shuttlecraft •  battleship • USS Yorktown (NCC-98300) (/) • workbee

USS Aquarius II ( light escort) • USS Challenger (NCC-71099) ( • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (/) • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) (/) • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) •  • USS Yorktown (NCC-1717) (/)

Locations

 * Earth (Earth Spacedock) • Mars (Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards)

Iconia • Deep Space 9

Races and cultures

 * Andorian • Iconian

Aenar • Elachi • Hur'q • Tzenkethi • Undine

States and organizations

 * Admiralty • Advanced Starship Design Bureau • Alpha Quadrant Alliance • Klingon Defense Force • RRN • Starfleet (Starfleet Engineers) • United Federation of Planets

Tal Shiar • True Way

Ranks and titles

 * admiral • captain • engineer • ensign • lieutenant • officer

Science and technology

 * Block I design • construction support station • drydock • main deflector array • port nacelle • refit

Other references

 * 20th century • 23rd century • curse • Doomsday Clock

Background

 * Marrone hinted at the blog two days before its release, on 14 February 2018, via his Twitter: Marrone's post on Twitter.