For other uses, see Orchid.

The OSS Orchid was a 25th century Orion starship, a tier 6-rated Orchid-class intel warship in Orion Syndicate and Khitomer Alliance service in the 2410s decade. The Orchid was a recreation of a 23rd century Orion pirate ship. It was the first Alliance vessel equipped with the bait and switch special weapon. (STO website: Corruption: Command the Orion Orchid Intel Warship!)

Service history and disposition

The OSS Orchid was a replica of the Orchid-class Orion pirate ship encountered by the USS Enterprise in the year 2270. The modern Orchid was carried a universal console-operated special weapon called "bait and switch". It would activate then the ship's structural integrity field dropped below 25% and create decoy. While the Orchid slipped away, the decoy detonated and showered nearby opponents with radioactive and kinetic damage. The ship's innate starship trait was the leaking radiation signature, which enabled intel specialists and engineer bridge officers to leave a radiation cloud in the ship's wake. This cloud caused radiation damage and slowed enemy vessels entering it down. (STO website: Corruption: Command the Orion Orchid Intel Warship!)

The Orchid was in service by the 2412, sometime after the Alliance liberated the MIDAS Array from the Chimerans. (STO - Kings & Queens mission: "Curse of Phrygia")

Flag officers of the Alliance could deploy the Orchid alongside other spacecraft for assignments across the galaxy's quadrants as part of Operation: Delta Rising's four-quadrant strategy. (STO - New Dawn mission: "Admiralty System")

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Connections

Orchid-class Orion pirate ship/intel warship craft
	Corsair's Revenge • Orchid • pirate vessel (2270) • Scarab • Tendi's ship

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