User:Captainmike/USS Confederate

The USS Confederate (NCC-74672) was a Federation Intrepid-class cruiser starship in Starfleet service in the 24th century.

In 2371, the Confederate became trapped in a quantum rift, traveling between universes. They made 48 separate attempts to return home using an improvised quantum particle restabilizer, finally returning on the last attempt.

Most visits to other universes were not eventful, however, the penultimate reality they visited, informally referred to as the "47th universe", was caught in a severe conflict which the confederate unwittingly disturbed. As the captain of Confederate considered interference in Earth's war with the Briori to be a violation of General Order 1, he refused to help when contacted by Grand Admiral Edward Jellico. Ironically, the quantum field destabilization effect left in Confederate 's wake upon leaving temporarily disabled the Briori slipstream drive from accessing most of the sectors near the Sol sector, allowing Earth much needed time to recover a defense fleet and reinforce the Sol system. This created a dramatic shift of power in the 47th universe's Alpha Quadrant.