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| Class: | II | Year: | 2044 | |
| Ship Source: | Space Flight Chronology | Ship Datasheet: | Coming Soon | |
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| Class: | I | Year: | 2008 | |
| Ship Source: | Space Flight Chronology | Ship Datasheet: | Coming Soon | |
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2249 – Tyrannis
Recognising the issues with the stress around the secondary hull connector of the Vagabond class, Starfleet took a radical approach in resolving the problem.
The USS Tyrannis, the planned 15th ship of the Vagabond class was modified while under construction to have two ventrally mounted warp nacelles and no secondary hull. The primary hull was largely unchanged from the Vagabond except for the nacelle mounts.
The Tyrannis class resolved the problems in the Vagabond class, and proved to be an effective exploration cruiser, supplementing the new Anton class.
Like the Anton class these ships proved to be too lightly armed, and with the advent of the four years war construction was curtailed at 14 vessels in 2254.
After the war, four Vagabond class ships were converted to this configuration, making good the four vessels lost during the war.
The Tyrannis class received a refit in 2261-63 gaining phasers and photon torpedoes, which gave the ships the ability to mount a more robust defence. The ships survived in until 2290, and many were sold onto the private sector.
| Class: | X | Year: | 2249 | |
| Ship Source: | P.T.Riley | Ship Datasheet: | Coming Soon |
2245 – Twin Wayfarer
The Wayfarer class cruisers built upon the lessons of the Antares class, providing an affordable cruiser design which was well suited for independent patrol and exploration duties.
The design by the independent designer, P.T.Riley was a compact looking ship with a deflector mounted in a recess in the front of the saucer section, with a tapering elongated primary hull with upward swept nacelle supports.
In 2245 USS Pathfinder had additional hybrid nacelles mounts added to produce a four engine variation of the class, following the trials of the USS Nelson. The smaller size of the Wayfarer and its more warp dynamic design meant that recently developed M1 could provide the required level of computer power. After successful trials four additional craft were converted to the configuration for use as long range exploration cruisers entering service from 2248 onwards.
2241 – Wayfarer (Pathfinder refit)
The Wayfarer class cruisers built upon the lessons of the Antares class, providing an affordable cruiser design which was well suited for independent patrol and exploration duties.
The design by the independent designer, P.T.Riley was a compact looking ship with a deflector mounted in a recess in the front of the saucer section, with a tapering elongated primary hull with upward swept nacelle supports.
Compared to the Antares class it was far more warp dynamic, giving much better cruising range despite utilising the same power plant.
In 2241 USS Pathfinder (NCC-1541) had its nacelle mounts flipped over as part of trials which led to the Anton, Tyrannis, Surya and Coventry classes. Pathfinder retained these mounts until 2245
2238 – Wayfarer (Wanderer Refit)
The Wayfarer class cruisers built upon the lessons of the Antares class, providing an affordable cruiser design which was well suited for independent patrol and exploration duties.
The design by the independent designer, P.T.Riley was a compact looking ship with a deflector mounted in a recess in the front of the saucer section, with a tapering elongated primary hull with upward swept nacelle supports.
Compared to the Antares class it was far more warp dynamic, giving much better cruising range despite utilising the same power plant.
In 2238 USS Wanderer (NCC-1512) was fitted with a secondary hull in the dorsal position for use in trials of the design intended for the Vagabond class, the ship retained this hull until she was lost without trace in 2253
2235 – Wayfarer
The Wayfarer class cruisers built upon the lessons of the Antares class, providing an affordable cruiser design which was well suited for independent patrol and exploration duties.
The design by the independent designer, P.T.Riley was a compact looking ship with a deflector mounted in a recess in the front of the saucer section, with a tapering elongated primary hull with upward swept nacelle supports.
Compared to the Antares class it was far more warp dynamic, giving much better cruising range despite utilising the same power plant.
USS Wayfarer commissioned as NCC-1535 as the ranges of construction contract numbers were spread across four yards, meaning the highest numbered batch actually commissioned first.
The Wayfarer was notable for a wide range of variations of the design:
2238 – USS Wanderer (NCC-1512) was fitted with a secondary hull in the dorsal position for use in trials of the design intended for the Vagabond class, the ship retained this hull until she was lost without trace in 2253
2241 – USS Pathfinder (NCC-1541) had its nacelle mounts flipped over as part of trials which led to the Anton, Tyrannis, Surya and Coventry classes. Pathfinder retained these mounts until 2245
2245 – USS Pathfinder had additional hybrid nacelles mounts added to produce a four engine variation of the class, following the trials of the USS Nelson Four additional craft were converted to the configuration for use as long range exploration cruisers.
2240 – Vagabond
The Vagabond design shared many concepts with the later Constitution class, they were designed in tandem, but the Vagabond entered service first due to the use of lower risk components in the design, where the Constitution pushed the envelope of many of the technologies. The secondary hull of the Vagabond was tested on the USS Wanderer of the earlier Wayfarer class (also designed by P.T.Riley).
The elongated saucer of the Vagabond was utilised for laboratories and an enhanced planetary sensor suite. In service the Vagabond proved useful, and when pressed into combat was manoueverable and a useful addition to the fleet. However the elongated saucer was found to be prone to stress around the primary hull connector owing to the stresses caused by the propulsion system being dependent on the same connector unlike the configuration of the Wanderer.
- Class: X
- Year: 2240
- Ship Source: Riley Dynamics
- Ship Datasheet: Coming Soon
Commissioned Ships (include)
- USS Vagabond NCC-1671
- USS Gypsy NCC-1672
2222 – Valiant
The Valiant-class starship was a type of Federation heavy cruiser created by Starfleet. The prototype, USS Valiant was launched in 2222.
Six of these were built, weighing in Class XII they were larger than their contemporaries, each with a crew of 440. The vessels measured 21 decks in height, 303 meters in length, had a maximum cruising speed of warp 5.6 and were armed with two torpedo launchers and 4 phaser emitters
The Ships were refitted in 2253 to increase their combat capabilities during the Four Years War, after this refit they were deployed as part of the defensive fleet protecting the Core worlds. After the war all surviving units were continued in Service, Beagle was lost in action.
Two ships (Adamant and Valiant) received Linear warp drives in 2279, but their sister ships retained the older style drives until they were decommissioned in 2281. Adamant was lost in action in 2284, while Valiant finally decommissioned in 2287.
Commissioned Ships
- USS Valiant NX-1288
- USS Delphi NCC-1295
- USS Yamato NCC-1305
- USS Adamant NCC-1315
- USS Expedient NCC-1307
- USS Beagle NCC-1291
2239 – Nelson
Starfleet commissioned the USS Nelson (NX1432) in 2239 as an experimental design, being the first mainstream starship design to mount four warp nacelles since the Yorktown of almost 80 years earlier.
The ship performed well in trials in the designed role as a long range explorer, and was put into service for a test 5 year mission commencing in 2240. The Nelson failed to complete her mission, having encountered warp field balance problems after the ship had been in service for a period. Starfleet Corps of Engineers (SCE) assessed the ship and determined that the warp field needed a full rebalance after every 100 hours of warp flight until more advanced computers became available to manage the field more efficiently. As a result the Nelson was decommissioned and put into service as a static Engineering training ship as the overall technology was representative of current classes despite the unusual configuration
The Class name was reused in 2243 for the Nelson class scout.
In 2254, given early losses in the four years war, Starfleet was desperately short of cruisers, and SCE staff assessed a large number of mothballed and decommissioned ships which could be returned to service, amongst these was the Nelson which was rapidly re-equipped with an M1 computer which largely resolved the warp balance issues. Unusually, but owing to a superstitious Admiral, the old Nelson was not renamed, leading to Starfleet possessing two USS Nelsons at once. The old Nelson was deployed near Tholian space taking the place of newer ships deployed to the Klingon border.
In 2254, the Nelson was part of a task force of Starfleet ships patrolling the disputed border of Tholian Assembly space. The task force, led by the USS Enterprise, picked up a distress call from the Federation Theta Kalyb colony and went to investigate but were attacked by a Chakuun war fleet. The Nelson and the Enterprise were the only Starfleet ships to survive, but the Nelson’s senior staff were killed during the battle. (Nelson mission details from Memory Beta).
Repaired and with a minor refit, Nelson re-entered service in 2255, and remained in service until 2259 when she was lent to the AOFW to supplement their fleet. She was returned to Starfleet in 2265 but did not recommission, and once again become a static engineering training ship until she was donated to the AOFW in 2272.
The Nelson, although a one off, did lead to a number of other four engine ships, the five ships of the Twin Wayfarer exploration cruiser class of 2245 being the first, and these were followed by the Iron Duke of 2256, the Cheetah class of 2273 and the Constellation class of 2275. In 2277, when the last Twin Wayfarer (USS Sojourner) was to be retired to the Starfleet Museum, the AOFWS Nelson provided an escort for her in the company of the USS Stargazer and USS Cheetah to provide a rare site of four different four nacelle ships in flight together. On that final flight for the Sojourner, the four ships flew past the Iron Duke in its storage berth while she was held in reserve, and thence past the UES Saratoga at the Starfleet Museum.
The Nelson continues in AOFW service.
| Class: | XII | Year: | 2239 | |
| Ship Source: | Star Trek: The Early Voyages | Ship Datasheet: | Coming Soon |
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