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| To date, three
Federation starships have borne the name Pavonis over a period of
nearly 150 years. Named for the geological formation on the
planet Mars, the most recent ship of the line is a Galaxy-class starship
launched in 2377. Pavonis Mons
rests east of Olympus Mons and Amazonis Planitia in the southern
hemisphere of Mars. With the human colonization of the
planet, Pavonis Mons took on new importance after the discovery of dilthium
crystals deep within the dormant volcano, and a mine was established
in 2147. These crystals helped power some of the earliest of
warp-capable starships and eventually the city of Pavonis was
established at the base of the mountain. The city of Pavonis quickly
became one of the major population centers on the planet and still
remains so even into the 24th Century. While the mines are now
inactive with the discovery of dilthium crystal recrystallization,
the city continues to prosper as a major industrial center and the
mines have been preserved as a national park.
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| Launched on April 9,
2249 the Miranda-class U.S.S. Pavonis NCC-1723 left Starfleet's
Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards bound for the Romulan Neutral Zone to
enforce treaty stipulations. Serving in numerous
confrontations with both the Klingons and Romulans, the ship
eventually returned to Utopia Planitia in 2270 to undergo a major
refit. The Pavonis once agian returned to patrol the Neutral
Zone and later to render aide in the first Federation convoy to
enter Klingon space after the Khitomer Conference of 2293. She
was decommissioned in 2299 after sustaining significant damage while
studying a still unknown stellar phenomena rumored to actually have
been caused by a Romulan experiment of some sort. |
The second Federation starship to bear
the name Pavonis launched from the San Francisco Fleet Yards in
orbit of Earth on October 2, 2331. At the time, the Pavonis
joined the ranks of the largest starship class constructed, the
Ambassador class, and remained an active member of the 5th
Fleet until 2374. While the rest of the fleet participated in
a training maneuver, Dominion forces closed on planet Betazed with the
intent of capturing it. The Pavonis fought valiantly, steering
the attacking force away from several escaping civilian passenger
ships before the nearby 5th Fleet could render aide. Lasting
only a few minutes, the majority of the vessel drifted into the
planet's atmosphere and crash landed in a remote mountain region,
all hands lost. With the end of the Dominion War, the area
surrounding the crash site was turned into a memorial to commemorate
all the lives that were lost in the defense of the planet, as well
as during the dreadful occupation by enemy forces. |
The most current Pavonis is a
Galaxy-class starship launched from the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yard
under the command of Captain Robert Shaw.
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