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Admiral Anastassia Folonova, Deputy Commander |
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USS Invincible (command) |
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Starfleet's Vanguard Command was the largest field-based division of Starfleet established by the United Federation of Planets. It oversees the overall operations of several key frontline locations where there was Starfleet presence. Vanguard Command's area of responsibility included Federation space along the borders that covered the surroundings of the Bajoran wormhole and the Gamma Quadrant colonies beyond, the area of space facing the galactic core, and the area of space facing the Beta Quadrant and Delta Quadrant.
Overview[]
It was the year 2385. Six years have passed since the Battle of Bassen Rift, where Captain Jean-Luc Picard had barely thwarted the plans of his clone the Reman Praetor Shinzon, from destroying the Federation.
Though the Dominion threat has decreased, mostly through the efforts of former Deep Space 9 Chief of Security Odo and the split among the Founders, the Borg threat has remained great.
Meanwhile, ties between the Federation and the Klingon Empire have strengthened thanks largely to the efforts of former Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire and now Starfleet Captain Worf and later his son. The Romulan Star Empire, on the other hand, because of the impact made by the Reman uprising and other spin off governments, had relied steadily on the aid of the Federation. Both Beta Quadrant Empires were likewise on the rebuilding stage.
With the Gamma Quadrant once more relatively safe for exploration due to infighting within the Dominion, the Federation again sent starships through the recently reopened Bajoran wormhole. This time, with the secondary objective of finding viable class-M planets in unclaimed systems for colonization. As of this date, seven worlds in three systems had already been colonized by the Federation near the Gamma Quadrant terminus of the Bajoran Wormhole. Through Starfleet and the Valkoria Merchant Fleet, each colony now boasts of from two hundred thousand to two million colonists. And through the periodically used quantum slipstream drive technology incorporated into the biggest and newest ships of Starfleet, two class-M planets in the Delta Quadrant have also been successfully colonized. All of these new colonies were heavily guarded by Starfleet.
Vanguard Command traditionally embodies the heart and soul of the Federation: peace, diplomacy, and discovery. But with the looming threat of the Dominion and the Borg, it has readily adapted itself to defense and combat. The bulk of the fleet was made up of combat equipped starships, but there were enough exploratory and scientific vessels capable of deep-space missions and first-contact missions under Vanguard Command to continue the Federation’s ideals.
Starfleet[]
Since the end of the Dominion War, the Federation and Starfleet have undergone a massive rebuilding effort. Both sides had suffered heavy loses in the war. Following the conflict, the Federation's resources were spread thin not just in reconstruction of member worlds but also in aiding independent worlds affected by the war (seeking new allies and members in the process) and even aiding enemy worlds from the war, providing substantial assistance to help Cardassia recover from the final attacks from the Dominion.
But with the help of some powerful extragalactic entities who were friendly to the Federation, a good number of the damaged but repairable starships and space stations had been repaired and made serviceable again in a comparatively short period of time. In the course of this rebuilding process, these powerful beings had painstakingly made it sure that the present timeline would not be altered in any way.
Through knowledge gained from captured Jem'Hadar ships, a Borg sphere, a few technological items acquired from visitors of the future, the advanced technological knowledge of the Heran Modality through Dr. Astrid Kemal, and the technical expertise of Seven of Nine, the overall technology of Starfleet was improved. Such features as transphasic torpedoes and quantum torpedoes, pulse phaser cannons, regenerative multiphasic shields, regenerative ablative hull armor, bio-neural circuitry, interlocking tritanium/duranium truss frames, redundant warp and impulse drives, and - for some of the largest starships – quantum slipstream drives, were incorporated into all Starfleet ships to effectively counter and defeat all known threats to the Federation and the Alpha Quadrant.
In terms of deployment, Starfleet likewise instituted the fask force formation on a good portion of its fleet complement.
Background and formation[]
Starfleet Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Leonard James Akaar, with his efficient and demanding style of command, spearheaded the rebuilding effort of Starfleet. But since the demand of rebuilding Starfleet was great, Starfleet decided to institute a power-sharing arrangement by 2385. The legendary Admiral Maximus Hunter, was promoted to the rank of Fleet Admiral and was placed in command of the frontlines, with headquarters at Station Frontier. While Jellico and the rest of Starfleet Command on Earth concentrated on the rebuilding effort and oversaw defensive operations around the core systems of Federation space, it was Hunter’s job to defend the Federation along the borders that included interstellar space around the Bajoran wormhole and the Gamma Quadrant colonies beyond, interstellar space facing the galactic core, and interstellar space facing the Beta Quadrant and Delta Quadrant. With this new arrangement, it was hoped that the Alpha Quadrant powers would be more prepared to respond to any future incursions from the Borg or any other major threat.
Field divisions[]
Vanguard Command' was divided into six sector commands. Each sector command was composed of a headquarters, a mobile task force - which was a portion of the Vanguard Fleet, a planet-side support facility or installation that usually protects a Federation colony, and at least three sub-stations positioned at the edges of the area of responsibility of each field command. This allows Vanguard Command to deploy substantial firepower to any frontline engagement within a comparatively short period. The field divisions of Vanguard Command are:
| Sector command | Quadrant | Task force | Headquarters | Planetside Installation | Sub-stations |
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| Coronalis Command | Alpha Quadrant Beta Quadrant At the edge of Federation space closest to the galactic core |
Task Force Invincible Task Force Braveheart Task Force Resilient Task Force Rogue |
Station Frontier Frontier 2 Frontier 3 Starbase Sierra-Foxtrot 5 |
Coronalis Base | Coronalis Substation 2 Coronalis Substation 3 Coronalis Substation 4 Coronalis Substation 5 |
| Abraxis Command | Gamma Quadrant Beyond the Chamra Vortex from the far end of the Bajoran wormhole |
Task Force Dauntless | Station DSG1 | Abraxis Base | Abraxis Substation 2 Abraxis Substation 3 Abraxis Substation 4 |
| Anuva Command | Delta Quadrant In the Kotaba Sector |
Task Force Viceroy | Station DSD1 | Anuva Base | Anuva Substation 2 Anuva Substation 3 Anuva Substation 4 |
| Denorios Command | Alpha Quadrant In the Denorios Belt of the Bajoran System, near the near end of the Bajoran wormhole |
Task Force Belligerent | Deep Space 9 II | Denorios Base | Denorios Substation 2 Denorios Substation 3 Denorios Substation 4 |
| Iota Leonis Command | Beta Quadrant At the far end of Federation space nearest the Delta Quadrant |
Task Force Paladin | Starbase 185 | Iota Leonis Base | Iota Leonis Substation 2 Iota Leonis Substation 3 Iota Leonis Substation 4 |
| Berengaria Command | Alpha Quadrant At the far end of Federation space nearest the Gamma Quadrant and the borders of the Breen Confederacy |
Task Force Regent | Starbase 514 | Berengaria Base | Berengaria Substation 2 Berengaria Substation 3 Berengaria Substation 4 |
| Beta Circini Command | Beta Quadrant At the edge of Federation space nearest the galactic core and the Typhon Expanse |
Task Force Shogun | Starbase 335 | Beta Circini Base | Beta Circini Substation 2 Beta Circini SubStation 3 Beta Circini SubStation 4 |
The task force formation[]
A Starfleet Task Force was a group of ships centered around either a Fleet Carrier-type starship, a Command Battleship-type class starship, or at the very least, a Sovereign-class Command Cruiser, and was usually commanded by a Rear Admiral. About 50% of the total number of Starfleet vessels belongs to a task force. The rest retain the solitary mission profiles that Starfleet was known for prior to the Dominion War and the Borg incursions. Starfleet maintains forty (40) permanently operational task forces, divided between ten mobile fleets, the largest of which were the seven (7) task forces attached to the Tenth Fleet, which was more known as the Vanguard Fleet, under Fleet Admiral Maximus Hunter. Six task forces, divided equally between to the First Fleet and the Second Fleet were based in Sector 001, the rest were forward-deployed in the different border territories of the Federation.
The fleet response plan requires that seven of these task forces be deployed or ready for deployment within seven days at any given time, while five additional task forces must be ready for deployment within three weeks. Their existence was an important part of the power projection capability of Starfleet in that they provide the ability to strike quickly almost anywhere in the Alpha Quadrant and even beyond. Starfleet provides a regular task force rotation of deployments typically lasting one year based on the needs of starbase commands that request presence of a task force in their respective area of responsibility (AOR).
While a Fleet Carrier-type or a Command Battleship-type starship has the ability to project a large amount of power alone, it can be vulnerable to attack from fleet formations. The primary role of the other ships in the task force was to help protect their flagship from enemy threats. The primary role of the flagship and its tactical fighter group was to provide the offensive firepower. These roles were not exclusive. Other ships in the task force sometimes undertake offensive operations, such as the heavy cruisers and other front line ships, and the carrier's tactical fighter group contributes to the task force’s defense.
Task forces were not restricted to a specific composition and can be modified depending on expected threats, roles, or missions during a deployment, and one may be different from another. However, they were all composed of similar types of ships, and a Starfleet task force typically includes:
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| Fleet Carrier Command Battleship |
Invincible-class Jupiter-class Katana-class |
  
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Flagships of a fleet's task forces; Showing the flag; Conduct attacks on spaceborne or planetside targets; Ship-to-ship combat; Engage in sustained operations in support of other forces. |
| Command Cruiser Battle Cruiser |
Sovereign-class Galaxy-class Vesta-class Achilles-class |
 
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Lead ships of a part of task forces; Flagships of small task forces; Conduct attacks on spaceborne or planetside targets; Ship-to-ship combat; Engage in sustained operations in support of other forces. |
| Heavy Cruiser Assault Cruiser |
Luna-class Akira-class Prometheus-class Ambassador III-class Korolev-class |
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Multi-mission combatants equipped with long-range strike capability. |
| Heavy Frigate Light Cruiser |
Steamrunner-class Norway-class New Orleans-class Intrepid-class |
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In a direct support role to capital ships; Interdicting hostile ships. |
| Fast Frigate Tactical Frigate |
Saber-class Merian-class Defiant-class |
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In a direct support role to larger ships; Permanent escort and occasional companion ship of flagships; Permanent starbase or space station escort ship |
| Tactical Corvettes | Valiant-class | 
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Permanent escort and companion ship of flagships; Permanent starbase or space station escort ship. |
The task force could be employed in a variety of roles, most of which would involve the acquisition and maintenance of space lane control:
- Protection of economic and/or Starfleet shipping.
- Establishing space superiority or supremacy in a contested area or border area.
- Establishing a fleet presence in support of Federation interests.
- Power projection.
Support groups[]
Aside from the task forces of the Vanguard Fleet, Vanguard Command also fields the following groups of starships that were directly attached to their respective starbases and stations and provide protection or support to them. These groups were classified as mobile divisions and were administratively under the command of Admiral Anastassia Folonova, in her capacity as Deputy Flag Officer-in-Command of Vanguard Command.
- Station Defense Task Force, which was 71-starship strong and was comprised of starships assigned to defend the starbases and space stations under Vanguard Command, or carry out missions that directly relate to the starbase or station.
- Station Support Task Force, , classified as a mobile division, with the Olympic-class Medical Cruiser USS Provider as flagship, which provides overall fleet support and was 46-starship strong.
Flag and line officers[]
Vanguard Command was under the overall command of Fleet Admiral Maximus Hunter. He was also the concurrent Flag Officer-in-Command of the Vanguard Fleet.
Flag officers of Vanguard Headquarters[]
Task Force Commanders / Sector Commanders[]
Deputy sector commanders / base commanders[]
Task force seconds-in-command[]
Task force fleet captains[]
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Fleet Commander, Strike Group Two Task Force Invincible |
Commanding Officer, USS Atlas |
| Sevak |
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Fleet Commander, Strike Group Two Task Force Belligerent |
Commanding Officer, USS T'mura |
| Worf |
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Fleet Commander, Strike Group Two Task Force Paladin |
Commanding Officer, USS Bat'leth |
| Geordi La Forge |
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Fleet Commander, Strike Group Two Task Force Viceroy |
Commanding Officer, USS Adamant |
| Yoshi Iwamura |
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Fleet Commander, Strike Group Two Task Force Shogun |
Commanding Officer, USS Daimyo |
| Riamon Pevod |
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Fleet Commander, Strike Group Two Task Force Regent |
Commanding Officer, USS Primus Pilus |
| Mustafa Bauer |
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Fleet Commander, Strike Group Two Task Force Dauntless |
Commanding Officer, USS Actium |
| Jade Kirk |
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Fleet Commander, Task Force Rogue | Commanding Officer, USS Rogue |
Vanguard Command composition[]
Vanguard Command boasts of some of Starfleet’s finest starships, commanders and crews among its ranks. It was the largest autonomously operating field division of Starfleet. It includes:
- One Immense-class space station, Space Station Frontier
- Three Buckingham-class starbases, Starbase 185, Starbase 335, and Starbase 514
- One Frontier-class space station, Station Deep Space 9 II
- Two Alexandria II-class space stations, Deep Space Gamma-01 and Deep Space Delta-01
- One major fleet yard, the Coronalis Frontier Fleet Yards
- 22 Fort-class orbital sub-stations,
- Over 450 combat-equipped starships called the Vanguard Fleet
- Oover 100 starships for station defense, support, rapid response and special missions
- 35 starships assigned for exploration, science, and diplomacy under Task Force Braveheart.
Vanguard Command's territory encompasses most of the 'core-ward' half of Federation territory in the Alpha Quadrant and Beta Quadrant and the portion of Federation space around the Bajoran System. As such, Vanguard territory covers that part of Federation space closest to the Gamma Quadrant, the galactic core, and the Delta Quadrant. This area of space was coined as ‘The Federation Frontier’, which borders vast expanses of unexplored territory and easily considered as the most critical of all Federation-explored sectors. The "Frontier" was known to have one of the heaviest interstellar traffic in the two quadrants. Vanguard Command's forces were stretched thinly because of these features, especially if tested by the pressures of war, but the Federation was confident that Starfleet will prove itself capable of defending the Federation’s sovereignty in that part of space.
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