USS Thunderchild (NCC-63549-B)

For other uses, see Thunderchild.

The USS Thunderchild (NCC-634549-B) was a 25th century Federation starship, a tier 3-rated Thunderchild-class heavy escort refit and prototype of its class, in Starfleet service in the 2400s and 2410s decades. (STO - Crossfire mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Service history[]

Namesakes[]

USS Thunderchild 2411 — The venerable *Akira*-class starship *Thunderchild*.

In the novel The War of the Worlds by the Human author H.G. Wells, the HMS Thunder Child was a seagoing, steam-propelled warship that drew Martian fire away from escaping civilians. This vessel became the namesake for the Akira-class starship USS Thunderchild. (TOSC Issue 12: "USS Thunderchild")

In the year 2373, the USS Thunderchild (registry number NCC-63549) was one of the Akira-class starships that formed part of the fleet fighting the Borg Queen's Borg cube at Earth during the Battle of Sector 001. (TNG movie: Star Trek First Contact)

At some point between 2387 and 2423, the MACO marines detachment of the Thunderchild served as a boarding party and helped save the "T-child" from an Undine bioship attack. (STO novel: The Needs of the Many)

Active service[]

The prototype of the Thunderchild class, the Thunderchild-B represented a refit configuration of the tier 3-rated Akira-class heavy escort in the year 2409. The Thunderchild was a more compact iteration of the venerable 24th century Akira but its components remained interchangeable with other heavy escort classes of the Akira-line. (STO - Crossfire mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Akira class variants 2411 — Starfleet's multi-mission command cruisers in 2411.

Flag officers of the Khitomer Alliance could deploy the Thunderchild-B alongside other spacecraft for assignments across the galaxy's quadrants as part of Operation: Delta Rising's four-quadrant strategy in 2410. (STO - New Dawn mission: "Admiralty System")

From 2410 onwards, the Thunderchild-B represented its class on the shipyards interfaces operated by New Romulus Shipyards, Klingon Defense Force Order of Builders and Starfleet Shipyards Operations at Alliance facilities across the Milky Way Galaxy. (STO - Refractions missions: "Explore the Flotilla", "First City", "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

In 2411, Starfleet upgraded the Akira-class strike wing escort into a dedicated command and control vessel. To that end, the original Thunderchild received a refit to legendary starship standards and became Starfleet's multi-mission command cruiser.

The Thunderchild-B continued its service as a tier 6-rated multi-mission command cruiser, while Starfleet retrofitted the other lead ships of Akira-derived classes as well: USS Oslo, USS Zephyr, USS Matsumoto, USS Alita and USS Armitage. This included fitting their hangar bays with a wing of command Kodai-class fighter squadron. (STO website: Refractions: The Legendary Akira Multi-Mission Command Cruiser)

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Connections[]

Ships named Thunderchild
British Empire, Royal Navy	HMS Thunder Child (fictional sail ship)
Federation, Starfleet	USS Thunderchild (NCC-63549, Akira-class) • *USS Thunderchild* (NCC-63549-B, Thunderchild-class) see also:** Thunderchild-class
Klingon Empire, Defense Force	IKV Thunderchild (D7 class cruiser)
Gorn Confederation	GCS Thunderchild (Gorn light cruiser)	Hydran Kingdom	HMS Thunderchild (Paladin-class heavy dreadnought)

Akira-class starships
Federation, Starfleet	standard class III heavy cruiser configuration	Akira • Akira-B • Andromeda • Ascension • Avalon • Black Elk • Bondar • Capetown • Carla Romney • Citadel • Constant • Devore • Dominance • Garneau • Geronimo (I) • Geronimo (II) • Gryphon • Helios • Hope • James T. Kirk • Jubei • Jupiter • Kali • Kal-if-fee • Kaneda • Leyte Gulf • Malevolent • Masamune • Mateo • Meneleas • Nez Perce • Nikita • Osceola • Pawnee • Perseus • Rabin • Red Cloud • Renown • Reverent • Scimitar • Sentinel • Sharansky • Singh • Spector • Summit • Susquehanna • Thunderchild • Trident • Tripoli • Valhalla • Vindictive
	fleet cruisers mid-2370s decade	Androsia • Antietam • Apache • Avondale • Bishop • Bonaparte • Brazas • Centaur • Courageous • Crusader • Darius • Defender • Endeavor • Essex • Fearless • Gallant • Geneva • Goliath • Hotspur • Inverness • Jaganath • Jarl • Jefferson • Jupiter • Koh • Lafayette • Lakota • Magellan • Martinez • Mathias • Maxwell • Meer • Merlin • Minotaur • Montgomery • Morningstar • Nautilus • Nordhaus • Norris • Nostromo • Pathfinder • Peerless • Poseidon • Rapier • Renegade • Resilient • Resolution • Rhodes • Rigel • Seattle • Spirit • Stalingrad • Sumter • Templar • Theodore • Thunderbird • Thunderchild • Timberwolf • Trinity • Trojan • Venerable • Verite • Vicksburg • Virgil • Washington • Winchester
	fleet cruisers late 2370s decade	Akira • Aquino • Begin • Cristiani • Galtieri • Gorbachev • Grant • Kennedy • Kravchuk • Landsbergis • Lincoln • Mitterand • Ramos • Reagan • Shamir • Shevardnadze • Sihanouk • Thatcher • Thunderchild • Yeltsin
	other variant configurations	Alita-subclass: Alita • Armitage-subclass: Akagi-A • Armitage • Cheron • Okita • unnamed Armitage-class starships • Thunderchild-subclass
Terran Empire, Starfleet (mirror universe)		Akira Armitage-subclass: Armitage • Fortuna

Background[]

This section is written
from the Real World
point of view.

In addition to the above-listed "official" appearances of the Thunderchild-B, its name and registry number are the default for any Federation Thunderchild-class vessel in Star Trek Online not otherwise named in-story and will appear on the model.
The registry number NCC-63549-B indicates this was the third ship to bear the number.

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