USS Slayton

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USS Slayton
Class:	Excelsior-class
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Status:	Destroyed (2372)

The USS Slayton was an Excelsior-class Federation starship in service in the 24th century.

History

By the year 2370, the Slayton was under the command of Captain Karen Blaylock.

In 2372, the Slayton was sent to Chiaros IV to oversee a special vote by the Chiarosan people in support of the government's petition to join the Federation. After sending an away team to the surface, the Slayton went to investigate a nearby spatial anomaly. The anomaly was in fact a massive Romulan cloaking field, and the Slayton was destroyed with all hands by Romulan forces hiding within.

The Slayton's wreckage was later found by the USS Enterprise-E, and they managed to retrive Commander Ernst Roget's away team from Chiaros IV. (TNG - Section 31 novel: Rogue)

The Slayton was presumably named for 20th century astronaut Deke Slayton.

Personnel

• Commanding officer:
  • Captain Karen Blaylock (at least 2370-2372, KIA)

• First officer:
  • Commander Ernst Roget (-2372)

• Chief Science Officer:
  • Commander Cortin Zweller (2372)

• Helmsman:
  • Lieutenant Glebuk (2371-2372, KIA)

• Chief Engineer:
  • Andreas Hearn (-2372)

• Chief medical officer:
  • Dr. Gomp (-2372)

• Communications officer:
  • Lieutenant Zaena Harding (-2372, KIA)

• Additional science personnel:
  • Liz Kurlan (head of xenoanthropology) (-2372)
  • Tim Tuohy (head of planetary studies) (-2372)
  • Ensign Burdick (-2372, KIA)