USS Belligerent (NCC-88763)

"I always say that, next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."

- Duke of Wellington

The USS Belligerent (NCC-88763) is the second starship built of the Federation Command Battleship in the late 24th century.

The Belligerent was launched from the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards in 2384, along with her sister ships and most of the starships attached to the Vanguard Fleet, and was commissioned in 2385 under the command of Rear Admiral Benjamin Sisko.

Vanguard Command
The Belligerent is one of three of its class constructed by Starfleet Corps of Engineers for Vanguard Command and the Vanguard Fleet.

It was subsequently assigned to serve as the flagship of Task Force Belligerent, which is the mobile arm of Denorios Command, the field division of Vanguard Command located near the Alpha Quadrant terminus of the Bajoran wormhole.

Deployment
The Belligerent and its task force patrol the area of space controlled by the Federation in the general vicinity of the Bajoran System.

As flagship of Task Force Belligerent, it leads 53 other combat-oriented starships during task force formations.

During Condition Green, the Belligerent is always accompanied by a permanently attached escort complement of one Fast frigate, one  Tactical frigate, and two  Tactical corvettes.

During Condition Yellow, the Belligerent serves as lead ship of Mission Group Alpha. And during Condition Red-1 it serves as lead ship of Strike Group One.

Like the rest of its task force, the ship's headquarters and home base is the famous Station Deep Space 9.