The USS Archimedes (NCC-83002) was a Federation Obena-class starship operated by Starfleet in the 24th century. By 2381, the Archimedes was under the command of Captain Sonya Gomez. (LD: "First First Contact")
Service history
The USS Archimedes was launched prior to Stardate 58130.6. Eventually, the ship came under the command of Captain Sonya Gomez. One of the missions which the Archimedes was assigned was to make first contact with the Lapeerians, with the assistance of the USS Cerritos. During this mission, the ship was caught in the destruction of an unstable planetoid by a solar flare and disabled by a wave of magnetized ionic plasma, sending the Archimedes on a collision course with Lapeeria. As the ship entered the planet's atmosphere, losing its starboard nacelle in the process, the Cerritos, having shed its outer hull plating to get through the debris field without being similarly disabled, arrived just in time and pulled the Archimedes into a stable orbit using a tractor beam. Although the ship suffered significant damage, no lives were lost, and Gomez had the Cerritos handle first contact instead in thanks. Several other Starfleet vessels soon joined the Cerritos and the Archimedes in orbit to help with repairs to the ship. (LD: "First First Contact")
D'Vana Tendi later used Ensign Sam Rutherford's work on removing the Cerritos hull to save the Archimedes as the reason to get Lieutenant Commander Andy Billups to promote him. (LD: "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee")
Technical data
Embarked craft
The Archimedes carried at least one Type 6A shuttlecraft: the Adonis. (LD: "First First Contact")
Personnel
Appendices
Appearances
- LD:
- "First First Contact"
- "Grounded" (photo)
External links
- USS Archimedes NCC-83002 at StarTrek.com
- USS Archimedes (NCC-83002) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works