USS Endeavour

Intro
The USS Endeavour, under command of Captain Simon Porter, is an Apollo 8 Heavily Armed Cruiser famous for many deeds. Some of which being, surviving a conflict with the ACS Inferno, an Abassess Cruiser.

Construction
The USS Endeavour was the first Apollo 8 Cruiser officially designated as NCS -179. It was enstated on Febuary 3rd of 2050. The first Captain who served on-board was Captain Mark Holmes, former Captain of the USS Fortune.

Captain Holmes' voyages
With Captain Holmes at the bridge, the Endeavour would go through a three year test run around the galaxy. Captain Holmes was a great leader and lead forth many amazing victories for the Confederation. Even though he was a great leader, Holmes was suffering many health problems because of his older age. The Endeavour was in need of a new, young Captain. Captain Holmes only suggested one person for the seat of Captain before he retired. That name was Porter. Now when the Admiral looked into the file for Porter, it showed up as Simon Porter, a cadet fresh out of the training courses on assignment on-board the USS Thanatos.

A New Captain
Now, the Admiral really wondered if Holmes meant Simon Porter, a ensign on-board the USS Thanatos. No matter how else he tried to interpret it, there seemed to be only one man who was suggested, and that was Ensign Simon Porter. So the Admiral sent for Simon Porter right away. The USS Thanatos wasn't too far away, only a solar system away. It took only three days for the Thantos to arrive at Confederation Prime. Now, Porter wasn't that much to look at, in fact, if he were in a crowd, anyone could just look over him. Porter was tall, but didn't make himself the center of every crowd. The Admiral showed the Ensign around Confed Prime, as it is called. Porter got to see every kind of ship, from the vintage Apollo 4-6 classes to the new Apollo 7 class. Porter didn't understand why he had been summoned personally to Confed. The Admiral finally explained, Porter was meant to take control of the Endeavour a Class 8 Cruiser. So he would be immediatley promoted to the rank of Captain.