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The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701 was a Constitution-class heavy cruiser that was commissioned in 2245. The vessels most famous assignment was the five-year mission of exploration and diplomacy under Captain James T. Kirk's command.
The first commanding officer of the Enterprise was Christopher Pike, who served as captain for more than a decade prior to Kirk's fabled voyages. Following Kirk's five-year mission, the Enterprise was out of service for two-and-a-half-years, undergoing an extensive rebuild and upgrade while in dry-dock orbiting Earth under the command of Willard Decker.
A Constitution-class starship, commanded by Commodore Robert Wesley. Appeared in the TOS episode The Ultimate Computer and the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations. The starship participated in disastrous tests of the M-5 computer, in which 53 crew members were killed.
Here we see the final moments of the USS Lexington. After being ambushed by three Klingon cruisers the Lexington suffered heavy damage. Knocked out of orbit the Lexington crashed onto the planet B'lkin. The resulting anti-matter explosion casued massive damage to the planet's biosphere.
Detailed in the Federation Reference Series and the U.S.S. Independence Class Armed Freighter Blueprints. This was Starfleet's primary freighter design with most of the freighters referred to during TOS and TAS being assigned to this class.
Sub-classes
Independence in service from 2229. 100 vessels (all new builds). NCC-F1300 to NCC-F1399 Freedom in service from 2231. 100 vessels (all new builds). NCC-F1400 to NCC-F1499 Equality in service from 2234. 100 vessels (all new builds). NCC-F1500 to NCC-F1599 Liberty in service from 2235. 100 vessels (all new builds). NCC-F1600 to NCC-F1699 Justice in service from 2237. 100 vessels (all new builds). NCC-F1700 to NCC-F1799 Fraternity in service from 2239. 14 vessels (all new builds). NCC-F1800 to NCC-F1813. Whilst the visual design of the Independence class is based upon the U.S.S. Huron from the TAS episode "The Pirates of Orion" it is not actually a very good likeness. We can only presume that the Huron was modified at some time before the events of that episode, possibly to one of the other sub-classes.
The Saladin Class Scout and Hermes Class Destroyer are two nearly identical single-nacelled ship types.
From Ships of the Star Fleet, Volume 1. Entered service in 2258. A total of six were built with the registries NCC-1975 to NCC-1980 Originally shuttle carriers they were reclassified when the Ariel class entered service.
The LUG RPG supplement Planets of the UFP has a U.S.S. Coronado discovering Cestus III in 2258. It seems that someone at LUG has some familiarity with treknical fandom works. However, the later Decipher publication Starfleet Operations Manual makes the U.S.S. Coronado a member of the Ranger class. Ships of the Star Fleet, Volume 1 also mentions the later, Advance class through deck cruisers, NCC-1981 to NCC-1986. However no clues are given to the design of these ships. Jackill's Ships of the Fleet (Volume II) features the Oriskany class through deck cruiser, a standard movie era refit of the Coronado. All existing Coronado class vessels would be refitted and additional units would be built, NCC-1950 to NCC-1984. The U.S.S. Oriskany herself is NCC-1976.
USS Huron NCC-F1913
Detailed in the Federation Reference Series and the U.S.S. Sherman Class Cargo Drone Blueprints. Two vessels of this class appeared in the animated episode "More Tribbles, More Troubles". NCC-G1465 and NCC-G14?? Jackill's Ships of the Fleet (Volume III) features the Pershing class, NCC-G1400 a movie era refit of this vessel that entered service in 2266. At least 98 out of a proposed 100 were built.
The USS Burke design is from Star Fleet Battles and the original design is copyrighted to ADB Inc.
The Federation-class dreadnought was a type of Federation starship in operation during the 23rd century. Based on the standard Starfleet design tree and hull components of the time, the Federation-class was a bulkier upgrade to the Constitution-class heavy cruiser, employing an additional sensor and navigational deflector dish, a relocated shuttlecraft bay, but most notably a third-nacelle.
On stardate 3451.9, the starship USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, investigates a distress call from the Malurian star system. Upon arrival, Mr. Spock reports that all life in the system has been destroyed and Malur, a world with a recorded population of 4 billion, is now devoid of life. There isn't even contact from the Federation science team that was on the planet. Suddenly, the Enterprise's shields activate when a meter-long cylindrical object attacks the ship with energy bolts equivalent to the strength of 90 photon torpedoes. Kirk orders a return fire, but the ship's weapon energy is simply absorbed by the object. Kirk then transmits a hail and the object stops firing. Curiously, the object responds and requests in-person communication with the Captain, and allows itself to be beamed aboard the ship. Once on board, the object identifies itself as a space probe named Nomad, and oddly refers to Captain Kirk as "the Creator". Checking historical records, Mr. Spock finds information that the Nomad space probe was launched from Earth during the early 21st Century; its mission was to explore the galaxy, just like the Enterprise.
Nomad was created on Earth in the year 2002 by scientist Jackson Roykirk. Nomad's program was to seek out new life and report back to Earth. Damaged in space by a meteor, Nomad drifted until it found Tan Ru, an alien probe designed to sterilize soil. Using their self-repair systems, the two probes combined themselves into one. Nomad's programming was damaged, and by joining with Tan Ru's, then believed its mission was to seek out life and destroy anything that it does not believe perfect.
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The original designs for Kurita class Klingon attack fighter and the Federation Light Fighter are from Eric Kristiansen's excellent Guide to Light Attack Craft Manual. If you're interested in Sci-Fi blueprints, check this book out.
The Romulan scout is a kitbash from an original mesh by Kevin Riley.from a design by Brian Gillies.
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