USS Zheng He (NCC-86505)

STARSHIP
USS Zheng He
Class:	Inquiry-class battleship
Registry:	NCC-86505
Affiliation:	Federation, Starfleet
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Commander:	Acting Captain William T. Riker
Launched:	2398
Status:	Active (2401)

"Right now I'm on the bridge of the toughest, fastest, most powerful ship Starfleet ever put into service. And I got a fleet of them at my back."

— William T. Riker, 2399

The USS Zheng He (NCC-86505) was a 24th century Federation starship, an Inquiry-class battleship in Starfleet service, commissioned in 2398. (PIC episode: "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II"; Star Trek Adventures module: Utopia Planitia Sourcebook)

Service history and disposition

The Zheng He was a successor in its name after a previous USS Zheng He in the 22nd and 23rd century. (STO - Agents of Yesterday mission: "In the Shadow of Cestus")

Launched in 2398, the vessel's commanding officer was Susan Vickers. Early during their service, the Zheng He and her crew made first contact with three different former Romulan subject species in the Xi Hydrae sector. The ship returned to Starbase 718 with much of her crew infected with a previously unknown form of Pilian Lung Mold, leaving the Zheng He without a permanent commanding officer. (Star Trek Adventures module: Utopia Planitia Sourcebook)

In the year 2399, Captain William T. Riker assumed temporary command of the Zheng He and led the 1st Devron Heavy Defense Squadron on an urgent mission to the planet Coppelius after retiredAdmiral Jean-Luc Picard made a priority request for Starfleet and Federation involvement in response to aggression from the Romulan Star Empire. (PIC episode: "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II"; Star Trek Adventures module: Utopia Planitia Sourcebook)

After Captain Riker made the squadron's intentions clear, the Romulan fleet withdrew. The Zheng He squadron also departed after Riker left the situation in the hands of Admiral Picard, who was in command of the hired starship La Sirena. (PIC episode: "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II")

USS Zheng He in 2401

In 2401, Starfleet Academy cadet Sstefaan Treereko was assigned to the Zheng He. The ship subsequently joined a Starfleet armada assembled to oppose the massive Singularity that emerged from a spatial anomaly. It was briefly compromised when the Borg Queen began assimilating the USS Stargazer and obtained its command codes. After an understanding was reached with the Queen, the Zheng He joined the Borg in a coordinated effort to deflect a massive energy burst from a newly forming transwarp conduit. (PIC episodes: "The Star Gazer", "Farewell")