<div class="floatleft">(http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/22/21329/Steamrunnernew.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Starship Registry</span></span></strong></span><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Name:</span></strong><em>U.S.S. Lyla James</em><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Star Ship Class:</span></strong>Steamrunner, Classification as Advanced Destroyer<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Affiliation:</span></strong>United Federation of Planets<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Registry Number:</span></strong>NCC-84102<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Commission Date:</span></strong>18 March 2377, Stardate: 54208.9<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Entry into Service:</span></strong>11 December 2377, Stardate: 54943.2<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Captain:</span></strong>Commander Dia James<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Star Ship Characteristics</span></span></strong></span><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Length:</span></strong>301m<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Width:</span></strong>223m<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Height:</strong></span>50m<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Weight:</strong></span>585,000 Metric Tonnes<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Cargo Capacity:</span></strong>19,360 Metric Tonnes<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Hull:</span></strong>Duranium-Tritanium composite with micro-fiber reinforced ablative armor over critical compartments<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Number of Decks:</span></strong>10<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Crew Compliment</span></span></strong></span><br/><strong>Officer:</strong>40<br/><strong>Enlisted:</strong>188<br/><strong>Maximum Capacity</strong>650<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Primary Mission Profiles</span></span></span></strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Provide a multi-mission mobile platform for a wide range of scientific and exploitative research, and diplomatic projects.</li><li>Supplement Miranda, Soyuz, and Merced class starships as an instrument of the Federation deep-space defensive, scientific or diplomatic presence.</li><li>Provide autonomous capability for full execution of Federation defensive, cultural, scientific, and exploitative policy in deep space or border territory. </li><li>Serve as a frontline combat escort during emergencies and a platform for the extension of Federation diplomacy and policy.</li><li>Provide a mobile platform for testing and implementation of mission-specific or new technology of any kind.</li></ul><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ship History</span></strong><br/>The<em>Lyla James</em>is named after Commander Lyla James, First Officer on board the<em>Ambassador</em>class starship, the<em>U.S.S. Independence</em>.  The<em>Independence</em>was one of the many Federation starships lost at the Battle of Chin'toka.  The ship was heavily damaged during the first Breen strike, and captain of the<em>Independence</em>killed during the first pass.  Commander James assumed command and orderwd her crew to abandon ship.  She and a few dedicated officers stayed behind, screening the evacuation and continuing to fight.  The<em>Independence</em>continued to fight for another fifteen minutes, allowing over three hundred crew to escape.  In recognition of her heroism and sacrifice, a ship was named after Commander James.<br/><br/>To date, the<em>James</em>had not had much of a notable career, a few engagements with True Way insurgents and Orion pirates, but no battles of historical significance unlike some of the other ships with make up the reformed Twelfth Fleet.  The one thing of note about the<em>James</em>is her new Captain, Dia James.  Younger sister of Lyla, and a content science officer on board the<em>U.S.S. Hawking</em>, Dia became a different woman after the death of her sister, asking for reassignment and eventually becoming a member of the Command branch, where unlike her unremarkable history as a science officer, she served with dedication and distinction, first as a tactical officer, then as an First Officer.  The<em>James</em>is her first command, and there is a almost poetic symmetry to Dia commanding the starship named in her elder sister's honor.