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Starfleet Corps of Engineers
- See also: Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers, an eBook series.
The Starfleet Corps of Engineers (also referred to as "Corps of Engineers" or SCE) was a special projects division of Starfleet, assigned to deal with projects and missions requiring high degrees of engineering expertise.
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History
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Prior to the late 23rd century, the S.C.E. was considered a low priority by Starfleet, in terms of providing equipment and ships. In 2264, under the orders of then S.C.E. commander Captain Robert Andreassi, they retrieved three decades-old decommissioned Daedalus-class ships for their use, the USS Lovell, the USS Masao, and the USS Zander. (SCE eBook: Foundations, Book One; Star Trek Magazine #162: "Blast Off!")
Through the later half of the century, the S.C.E.'s regard within Starfleet grew, undertaking missions such as the asteroid excavation for use by the Genesis Project. (TOS movie: The Wrath of Khan)
Circa 2270, Starfleet Engineering personnel were dispatched to Talin IV to study the wreckage of the USS Enterprise, under the belief that its nacelle was being drawn away from the rest of the ship into subspace. Later, the Corps was assigned with converting one of the gas giants in the Talin system to provide food for an ancient spaceborne lifeform dubbed "The One". (TOS novel: Prime Directive)
In 2279, Starfleet created a new position of Starfleet Corps of Engineers Command Liaison. Mahmud al-Khaled, formerly the commander of the Corps detatchment aboard the USS Lovell, was the first to hold this position. It was later held by Admiral John Harriman, and then Captain Montgomery Scott. (SCE eBooks: Foundations, The Belly of the Beast; TNG short story: "Full Circle")
Modern-day operationsEdit
The Starfleet Corps of Engineers is headed by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers Command Liaison, based in the Tucker Memorial Building on the grounds of Starfleet Headquarters. (SCE eBook: The Future Begins)
Ship-based CorpsEdit
The Starfleet Corps of Engineers continued to maintain their own dedicated vessels through the 24th century, including older Oberth-class vessels such as the USS Trosper in the 2360s. By the 2370s, however, it was decided to give the SCE four newly-launched Sabre-class ships -- USS da Vinci, USS Khwarizmi, USS Musgrave, and USS T'Pora.
The chain of command on SCE ships differs from other Starfleet vessels in that, while the head of the SCE team serves also as the ship's first officer, this person also reports directly to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers Command Liaison. (SCE eBook: Grand Designs)
Other operationsEdit
The SCE also maintains other teams, assigned as needed to planets, ships, and starbases.
In 2369, a Corps of Engineers team were among the first Starfleet personnel to board Deep Space 9, shortly after the Cardassians had left. (DS9 reference: Technical Manual)
The Corps of Engineers had difficulty in finding ways to combat the Dominion's small but devastatingly powerful fighters until Benjamin Sisko and his crew captured one on Torga IV in the Gamma Quadrant in 2373. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)
A team of thirty-five SCE engineers were usually assigned to Deep Space 9. However following the Dominion War only half that contingent remained on the station, resulting in any qualified engineering personnel being put to work on a major refit of the station in 2376. (DS9 novel: Avatar)
After Deep Space 9's fusion core was destroyed after sabotage by Kitana'klan, the SCE worked with Nog to obtain a new one from Empok Nor. The SCE team had left the station by the time of the Gateways Crisis, leaving them unable to repair Bajor's industrial replicators. (DS9 novel: Demons of Air and Darkness; SCE eBook: Cold Fusion)
SCE engineers were charged with removing Lieutenant Commander Data's emotion chip following the tragedy at Rashanar. (TNG novel: A Time to Die)
An SCE team was stationed on Deep Space 3 under command of Lieutenant Commander Kareem Mussad. Following the Borg Invasion of 2381, this team led "Project Reassimilation", an effort to reverse engineer the deactivated and abandoned technology left behind by the Caeliar. (ST novel: A Singular Destiny)
PersonnelEdit
See: Corps of Engineers personnel
StarshipsEdit
- USS Lovell
- USS Masao
- USS Zander
- USS Trosper
- USS da Vinci
- USS Musgrave
- USS T'Pora
- USS Khwarizmi
- USS Orion
ConnectionsEdit
| Divisions and agencies of Starfleet | ||
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| Academy • Administration • Advanced Starship Design Bureau • Advanced Technologies • Appeals Board • Bureau of Information • Bureau of Standards • Command • Communications • Control • Corps of Engineers • Criminal Investigative Service • Cultural Affairs • Dental • Exploratory Division • Headquarters • Intelligence • Inspector General • Internal Affairs • Judge Advocate General • Marine Corps • Materiel Supply Command • Medical • Mission Operations • Operations • OSHC • Orbital Operations • Research and Development • Sector Guard • Security • Special Security Division • Science • Shipyards Operations • Stellar Imaging • Strategic Command • Tactical • Technology Assessment Directorate • Training Command |
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- Starfleet Corps of Engineers article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
