USS Monitor

The USS Monitor (NCC-1713) was a Constitution Class starship in service in the 23rd century. It was commissioned 2265 the same year Captain James T. Kirk set off on his 5 year exploration mission. This was the second vessel that Captain Scott Shepherd served on, during his time as a lieutenant junior and lieutenant. He joined the crew in 2268. In 2269, Lieutenant Lawrence Styles transferred from the Monitor to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), the same year Lieutenant junior Scott Shepherd was promoted to Lieutenant. The ship Explored the vast unknown that was the Alpha Quadrant. It Encountered the Enterprise twice during its 5 years of exploration. It fought with both the klingons and the Romulans until it was destroyed in 2270 by the destruction of a solar system, caused by one of the planets cores imploding. A surge spread throughout the system, causing the sun to go supernova, obliteration the Monitor and the entire D'Navi system. luckily an away mission full of 17 crew members were away at the time, saving them from their ship's demise. One of them being Lieutenant Scott Shepherd. Shepherd would later briefly leave Starfleet to return to Earth and look after his niece, whose mother and father had died, but he would later join another starship in 2276.