#//unlike mirror lorca they are not weapons or war specialists

[phoenixspirits]

some notes on my headcanons for the buran

the buran specialises in security and humanitarian missions. this includes:

dealing with security threats, whether its minor skirmishes with klingons etc or fighting pirates and policing freight routes. a lot of border patrols on the edge of federation space. threat assessment.

on the humanitarian side, they do rescue and emergency first response missions for starfleet and federation worlds, and colony support, which includes emergency response, supply drops, and defense.

they also do a fair amount of ferrying diplomats, ambassadors, and researchers to destinations either faster or further than civilian transport ships.

there is definitely exploration and scientific missions in amongst that, and he’s handled a couple first contacts, but they don’t do deep space exploration in the way ships like the enterprise do. the crew is perhaps slightly more security focused than other crews, but they also have a lot of medics, linguists and engineers.

gabriel has also worked with starfleet intelligence and, very briefly section 31, in the past, so occasionally they undertake classified missions or intelligence gathering in co-operation with starfleet intelligence.