USS Pioneer (NCC-63)

The USS Pioneer was an United Earth Starfleet starship in service during the mid-22nd century. The ship became the part of Federation Starfleet under Captain Malcolm Reed.

History
In 2162 the Pioneer underwent major refits at San Francisco Navy Yards Orbital Facility, and newly promoted Captain Reed took command of the ship.

By Febuary, 2163, the Pioneer was dispatched to the planet Hansen's Planet to investigate. First officer Travis Mayweather lead an away team to the planet to observe the native lifeforms. The locals became aggressive and attacked the away team. Due to the newly found dangers of the transporters, Captain Reed detonated a photonic torpedo in the planets atmosphere to scare off the attackers.

A month later the Pioneer returned to Earth, to be the testbed for Tobin Dax's experiments to solve the problems created by mixed technologies from Federation members. During a trial run for the warp drive, the the deflector shield interfered with the warp field, creating an unstable wormhole and throwing the disabled Pioneer on a collision course with a super-Jovian planet. 

Senior officers

 * See USS Pioneer (NCC-63) personnel for a comprehensive list.


 * Commanding officer
 * Captain Malcolm Reed (2162-)
 * First officer
 * Lieutenant commander Travis Mayweather (2162-)
 * Chief engineer
 * Commander Alan Sheehan (2162-2163)
 * Doctor Tobin Dax (2163-)
 * Science officer
 * Lieutenant Reynaldo Sangupta (2162-)
 * Tactical officer/Armory officer
 * Lieutenant Valeria Williams (2162-)
 * Communications officer
 * Ensign Grev (2162-)
 * Helm officer
 * Ensign Regina Tallarico (2162-)
 * Chief medical officer
 * Doctor Therese Liao (2162-)