To Boldly Go...
Actually, the Odyssey has a Flag Ready Room adjacent to the Bridge, opposite the Captain's Ready Room. This is similar to Picard's Ready Room in TNG, a comfortable office with a daybed and washroom. Here, McCurrvey has his own Library Computer that allows him to access any of this data.
The Odyssey is based out of Starbase 31 in the Candace System, Sector 595 Alpha. Starbase 31 is commanded by Commodore Antonia Marie Niccomachi, an acquaintance of Brad's about 10 years older than him.
Right now, the mission is a simply showing of the flag to the UFP's most valuable ally in the Triangle. Formally known as the Affiliation of Outer Free Worlds, the Baker's Dozen is a relatively tight alliance based on common interests and mutual defence. Baker's World was founded by Starfleet Lt. David Lawrence Baker after the disastrous Four Years War in the 2250's. The alliance known as the Affiliation of Outer Free Worlds quickly grew up around Baker's World, gaining the nickname Baker's Dozen.
The IKS is a very rigid collection of five planets inhabited by Klingons who fled what they call the Great Plague in the late 2260's. This refers to the cure to the Augment Virus, which they saw as undesirable. In effect, they are TOS smooth-headed Klingons. They reject any contact with the Klingon Empire, considering them unclean, and worship the oldest Klingon gods.
Just to zenith of Sector 595 Alpha is a large area of mostly-unexplored space known as the Kellinan Reach. The Reach is home to four Federation colonies in the Bright Stars Cluster: Emerson's World (Epsilon Zeta II), Alpha Kallick III, Sanctum (Beta Kallick V), a Free Thinkers' religious colony and Prospero Colony (Beta Kallick IXa), on the moon of a class J gas giant. In the Bloodfield Nebula, in the Sheila System, the Federation R-class station Deep Space 6 Alpha stationed there to monitor the asteroid Bridgetown, site of an alien installation run by a shady figure known only as "Sam".
Deeper into the Triangle is the so-called Planet of Galactic Peace, site of the USS Enterpise-A's first mission.
The Fat Man, or Turtle, is largely considered a borderline ship by the Klingon Empire. It unclear just how many the IKS has, and what versions they are. There are 3 versions, the A, C and D models (the B was adismal failure and never entered service. It's not exactly a troop carrier, since all Klingon ships carry some troops. It's classed as a Battleship. While it can't even come close to the Excelsior's speed, it armoured and armed up the proverbial wazoo. Many of them have cloaks, and since the IKS maintains to old alliance with the Romulan Star Empire, Starfleet Intelligence believes there's a high probability that these do as well. The three K't'Ingas are most likely standard models each of which is almost a match for a Constitution class Heavy Cruiser. The Odyssey can easily handle one K't'Inga, probably two, but three are a definite problem.
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