The P.F.V. SHIP is an old Jenx-Class Cargo Transport, built in the Denobula Triaxa System in 2203. The Jenx-Class are well known for being rugged and reliable, able to take all the abuse their owners can throw at them and still keep flying. They're not--by any stretch of the imagination--pretty, but they work and work well.
Initially ordered by the Frilz-Omox Corporation, it served as a freighter for the first twenty years of its life, going back and forth among the core planets of the Federation. She went through all the required upgrades and refits, in short a well looked after vessel. But as newer, bigger and faster ships became available, she was sold off at auction to Jarv Mining a Tellarite company. It was at this time the ship was equipped with a light armament, as she was used as a prospector ship, sent out in search of untapped raw minerals--a dangerous occupation, which often saw unsavoury elements trying to subvert legitimate companies.
She stayed with Jarv Mining for sixteen years, but then in 2239 she was boarded and seized by Orion pirates. The crew was slaughtered and the Orions claimed it as their own, using the unassuming ship on smuggling runs. But after seven years, the ship was eventually discovered by the Border Service who impounded her and detained the crew. She lay unused for just over a year, before being loaned out to Asafi III, where the newly warp capable race needed cargo ships to assist them with procuring necessary matierals for constructing their own ships. She was used by the Asafi for four years, before being returned to the Federation.
In 2251, she was put up for auction and bought by a private owner, who was looking to create his own courier business. But just five years later, the ship was hit by a level nine ion storm and suffered catastrophic damage to her hull and many systems--due to several years of sub-standard maintenance. Towed to a surplus depot on the edge of the Vega System, the SHIP would remain there until mid-2263, when she was spotted by Rachel Keller. The depot administrator gave her the ship at a drastically reduced price, doubting that the old freighter would ever fly again.
Keller secured a top notch Engineer, and together with two former Starfleet shipmates, they set about repairs. The work took close to nine months to complete, but once it was completed, she was certified as legally compliant to fly. Keller then took the ship to the Pa'a Freehold (a neutral species who had agreements with several major powers), where she negotiated with them to permit her to register the SHIP as Pa'a Freehold Vessel (P.F.V.), thus extending Pa'a's neutral status and diplomatic agreements to the old Jenx-Class freighter.
Over the next six months, she assembled a small crew, and began working freelance, taking on whatever work was available to them.
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