Starfleet Hacks

A Starfleet Hack is a ship whose primary role is to carry out the more mundane Starfleet duties. Often they are older ships on the verge of retirement. "Hack ships" carry out an assortment of roles which seldom see them leave Federation space. They are an essential if somewhat unexciting posting for Starfleet officers.

Roles include; In 2378, the USS Corbulo NCC-9762 finished what was scheduled to be her final refit to allow her to carry out one final five year tour of duty as a "hack ship" but the Temporal Incident derailed those plans and the ship returned to frontline service near the Cardassian border.
 * Transport of personnel/equipment
 * Repair or replacement of unmanned installations
 * Calibrating Starfleet's long range sensor arrays
 * Provide a vessel for use by Starfleet Academy cadets in their final year to give them experience aboard a real starship