Task Force Resolute

The mainstay unit of the Ninth Fleet is Task Force Resolute. It is one of the largest permanent task force formations in all of Starfleet.

History and Formation
Prior to the arrival of the USS Resolute to Starbase 185 and its assumption as new flagship of the Ninth Fleet, the Sovereign class Battleship USS Freedom served as the unit's flagship.

Task Force Complement
Task Force Resolute is composed of sixty-three (63) combat-oriented Federation starships:

1. One (1) Invincible class Fleet Carrier-Heavy Battleship, the USS Resolute.

2. Two (2) Sovereign class Battleships.

3. Two (2) Galaxy class Battleships.

4. Four (3) Nebula class Heavy Cruisers.

5. Four (3) Akira class Heavy Cruisers.

6. Six (4) Prometheus class Tactical Assault Cruisers.

7. One (1) Intrepid class Scout.

8. Eight (8) Norway class Destroyers.

9. Ten (8) Steamrunner class Light Cruisers.

10. Twenty (20) Saber class Frigates.

11. Five (5) Defiant class Escorts.

12. One (1) Hope class Medical Cruiser.

13. Two (2) Nova class Science Frigates.

14. Two (2) Ambassador III class Supply Cruisers.

Deployment
Task Force Resolute is regularly deployed out of Starbase 185 for three-month missions to any point in space beyond Zakdorn space, rimward. After each three-month mission, it returns to base for at least two weeks to allow its crews time for shore leave and for needed repairs, resupplies, refits and upgrades to its complement of starships.

Slipstream Travel
Although only the USS Resolute is the only starship in the task force with a Quantum Slipstream Drive, because of the size of the slipstream tunnel produced by the flagship, the rest of the task force can travel with it at slipstream speed in tight formation.

Through the Quantum Slipstream Drive, the task force can be deployed to the farthest sectors authorized within a relatively short period of time and operate there.