USS California (NCC-23641)



The USS California (NCC-23641) was a Excelsior class Federation starship in service during the 24th century. In 2380, the California underwent a refit for ablative armor, 30 Type IX phasers, quantum torpedoes, and a Emergency Medical Hologram.

Battle of Sector 001
In 2373 the USS California was part of the fleet in the Battle of Sector 001 to fight the Borg.

Dominion War
In 2374 the USS California fought in many Dominion War battles, the Battle of Betazed, the First Battle of Chin'toka and Operation Return. In 2375 the USS California fought in the Second Battle of Chin'toka and the final battle of the war, the Battle of Cardassia.

Post-Dominion War
The California suffered heavy and repeated losses during the Dominion War, including the death of surgeon's wife and young daughter during one battle; the loss pained Doctor Hughes enough that he decided to leave Starfleet in order to escape the violence. The California was to visit Deep Space 9 in 2376 to pick up industrial replicators bound for Cardassia. The California returned to Deep Space 9 where members of the crew traveled to Bajor to witness the planet's ceremonial accession to the Federation. In 2376 and 2377, the California was one of many Excelsior class vessels which helped to repel a Borg invasion of the Alpha Quadrant.

Borg invasions
The USS California was one of the ships to respond to the Borg invasion of the Alpha Quadrant in 2380 during the Borg Supercube crisis. Leading a Task Group of eight starships, Captain Mackenzie Calhoun joined up with the USS Enterprise-E and deferred command to that starship. The USS California joined up with the USS Enterprise-E and joined the battle near Earth. In 2381 during the Borg invasion the California helped the USS Intrepid-A protect Starbase 74 from a Borg attack. In 2381, the Borg began using the Azure Nebula's subspace tunnel network to invade Federation space. The Starfleet vessels USS Enterprise-E' and USS Aventine eventually discovered this network, and called for an allied armada to gather in the Azure Nebula against an anticipated Borg invasion. While the two vessels were investigating the network, an armada of over 7000 Borg vessels entered the Alpha Quadrant through the Azure Nebula, destroying the assembled fleet of more than 300 vessels. The California and the Intrepid were the only ships to survive the conflict along with the USS Voyager. Following the Borg invasion the USS California and the USS Intrepid were ordered to patrol the Kaleb system for 3 weeks. Following the 3-week patrol mission the Intrepid and the California returned to Deep Space 9. In 2382 the Borg tried to attack Bajor but was stopped by the USS California and the 147th Tactical Fleet which led to the destruction of a Borg Cube and a Borg Sphere in orbit of Bajor.

Battle of Kaleb Four
The USS California was one of the ships to fight the Xindi-Suliban Alliance at Kaleb Four in 2385, ending the war with the Xindi-Suliban Alliance.