![]() ![]() Unwilling to subject the tardigrade to further injury, Lieutenant Stamets injected himself with the creature's DNA, allowing Discovery to recover Lorca and his fellow POW, Ash Tyler, and jump back to Federation space. Once again using the tardigrade as a living navigational computer, Discovery jumped into Klingon territory, but the creature was disabled in the process. The following month, Discovery, under the command of first officer Saru, was tasked by Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell with the rescue of Lorca following his abduction by the Klingons. ( DIS: " The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry") Utilizing the tardigrade as a conduit through which to navigate the ship, the crew ultimately jumped Discovery to Corvan II in time to destroy the attacking Birds-of-Prey and save the colony from destruction. The only ship in range, Discovery attempted a spore jump to the Federation mining colony, ending up dangerously close to a star. In November 2256, Discovery received a distress call from Corvan II, under attack by Klingons. ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings")ĭiscovery in a defensive position over Corvan II ![]() Among the prisoners being transported, former Commander Michael Burnham came aboard and was enlisted by Captain Lorca to serve as a specialist aboard Discovery. Six months into the war, Discovery rescued the prison shuttle SPT 21 from an infestation of Species GS54 during an interstellar storm. ![]() ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings")įollowing the outbreak of the Federation-Klingon War, Discovery was placed under the command of Captain Gabriel Lorca and given a clandestine mission to conduct black ops scientific research, developing top secret weapons and technologies that would help the Federation win the war. Several experiments conducted aboard Discovery had the potential to physically endanger the ship itself and its crew hazardous situations caused by the black ops experiments being activated were addressed by declaring a " black alert" (which was not a standard protocol on Starfleet vessels). These guards were outfitted with tactical gear bearing a Section 31 "black star" uniform insignia, unlike the normal silver Starfleet delta insignia. It also possessed a disproportionately prominent and well-armed security detail, standing guard at various restricted access points throughout the ship. ( DIS: " The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry")ĭue to the top secret, and, in some cases, dangerous research projects being conducted on the Discovery, its internal security was much more rigid and compartmentalized than was regular protocol on Starfleet vessels breath print identification locks were used to restrict access to different sub-sectors. ![]() Stamets had intended his research to pursue purely theoretical knowledge and peaceful applications but, with the outbreak of war, the Discovery was rapidly constructed to perfect the military applications of his research. The Discovery was built from the ground up to be a test bed for the experimental spore drive, based on the research of Paul Stamets and his colleagues. In contrast, the crew of the Glenn took bolder risks to develop it more quickly, resulting in an accident which killed the entire crew and crippled the ship. The Discovery only used it in short bursts while attempting to perfect it into a reliable drive system. Much research and refinement remained to be done as of late 2256, but if perfected, it had the potential to instantly traverse vast galactic distances in the blink of an eye. ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings")īoth the Discovery and its sister ship, the USS Glenn, were equipped with an experimental spore drive for field testing. ( DIS: " The Red Angel") The ship's facilities were able to accommodate three hundred discrete scientific missions, a Starfleet record at the time. ( DIS: " Choose Your Pain") However, by 2257, following the Federation-Klingon War the complement increased to over two hundred during the investigation of the Red Angel. In 2256, the ship had a crew manifest of approximately 136. ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings")Īs a Crossfield-class starship, the Discovery was officially designated a science vessel. Its motto was a quote from Galileo Galilei: " All things can be understood once they are discovered the point is to discover them." ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings", " Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")īy November of 2256, it was still considered impressive and new, fresh out of the shipyards and equipped with some of Starfleet's most advanced technologies, in contrast to the older USS Shenzhou. The Discovery was launched into service from the San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth. ![]()
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