- For other uses, see Scythe.
USS Scythe, also the UNSS Scythe, was a 22nd century Verne-class destroyer starship in service to the Federation Starfleet. (FASA RPG module: The Romulan War, ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
Service history and disposition[]
In 2161, on reference stardate 0/8909, the Scythe participated in a tragic war game exercise with Alpha Centauran and Earth ships. Language translation errors resulted in a Centauran corvette unintentionally ramming Scythe. (FASA RPG module: The Romulan War)
Hit at her rear port side, Scythe was pivoted 30 degrees around, damaging her weapons controls and disabling manual override. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
Instead of shooting near misses per war-game protocol, the out-of-control Scythe hit the UNSS Hammer and UNSS Enmity at point-blank range with full-powered lasers. (FASA RPG module: The Romulan War)
Scythe's engineers quickly jettisoned the laser battery's power source, but not before Hammer and Enmity had been destroyed with a loss of all hands. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
Legacy[]
The disaster proved that Starfleet officers lacked standardized training, and sparked the chartering of Starfleet Academy. (ST reference: Worlds of the Federation)
In his commencement address in the 2160s decade, Commandant Stavros Niarchos emphasized the importance of united training for cadets to prevent a recurrence of the USS Scythe tragedy. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
On reference stardate 1/93, Admiral Samuel Shepherd summarized the incident for Starfleet. (FASA RPG module: The Romulan War)
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References[]
- ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology
- FASA RPG module: The Romulan War
- ST reference: Worlds of the Federation (not by name)