First Officer: Commander Jonathan Ford

Chief Engineer: Lt. Commander Katherine Hitchcock

Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Kristin Westphalen

Chief Security Officer: Chief Manilow Crocker

Communications Officer: Lieutenant Tim O'Neill

Sensor Chief: Chief Miguel Ortiz

Supply and Morale Officer: Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg

Helmsmen: Chief Carleton (2018), Chief William Shan (2019)

Under the command of Captain Marilyn Stark, the SeaQuest converged on the Livingston Trench where a showdown between various undersea confederations could have erupted in nuclear war. The SeaQuest almost instigated hostilities when Stark planned to fire first in violation of NORPAC orders. Commander Ford instantly relieved her of command and the situation was defused.

Thirteen months later, after an extensive scientific refit, the new UEO lured retired Captain Nathan Bridger aboard the ship as part of a VIP tour, however, once aboard, the SeaQuest  shoved off, effectively trapping Bridger aboard. Ford, under the orders of Admiral William Noyce, behaved in a very cowardly manner in an attempt to lull Bridger to take command. The ploy worked and Bridger signed aboard as captain. ("To Be or Not to Be")

The SeaQuest unwittingly brought aboard biochemist and war criminal Dr. Rubin Zellar several weeks later after Zellar had assumed the identity of his ice prison's warden. With free reign on the SeaQuest, Zellar held the crew hostage with a toxin frozen in ice and gained access to the missile control room where he coerced Bridger and Ford to activate the ship's missiles and fire them towards UEO Headquarters in Pearl Harbor. However, Bridger had wisely disabled all the missiles once the crew learned of Zellar's true identity and disaster was averted. ("Games")

The ship suffered significant damage when the communications buoy was struck by lightning several weeks later. With all power knocked off line, an away team stranded in a hurricane on the surface of the water, and a downed French sight-seeing submarine to search for, Bridger suggested that one of the WSKRS could be used to power the bridge stations enough to locate the French ship, save the away team and return to the ship to drydock for repairs. ("Bad Water")

Several months later, SeaQuest was hijacked by a group of ecologic extremists led by Colonel Steven Schrader, who planned to the use the ship's computer to obtain "shut-down codes" for various global pollutants. Schrader’s plans were foiled when Commander Ford flooded the boat, causing Schrader and his men to panic and attempt to escape. However, Schrader failed to realize that because the SeaQuest was sinking, the increased water pressure would crush his ship. He ultimately died in the attempt, while Lucas and Krieg were able to activate Captain Bridger's prototype "hull siphons" which pumped the flooding water out of the boat and re-floated the ship. ("Nothing But the Truth")

The SeaQuest was also involved with several space-related incidents, such as the recovery of the Wayfarer, the first manned space vessel to reach Mars as well as uncovering an ancient derelict alien starship which had been entombed in an underwater ridge for over a million years. The crew discovered that there were still active holographic projections aboard the ship which boarded the SeaQuest and expressed their desire to have formal introductions with the human race. The bridge crew elected to send a message to the alien homeworld themselves and not tell the military about what had truly happened. ("Such Great Patience")

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