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PART NINE
2190-2220: A NEW DIRECTION
0VERVIEW
CHRONOLOGY/TIMELINE
STAR FLEET STARSHIPS:
MANN CLASS CRUISER
RICKENBACKER CLASS TRANSPORT
U.S.S. SIGMA PROTOTYPE BATTLECRUISER
ILLUSTRIOUS CLASS SHUTTLECARRIER
LOWELLCLASS SCOUT
CR594 MOBILE CONSTRUCTION RIG
BERING CLASS AUTOMATED TANKER U.S.S. Endurance (NCC-451)
BATON ROUGE CLASS HEAVY CRUISER
RANGER CLASS SURVEY CRUISER
CONSTANT WARWICK CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
HALE CLASS SCOUT
COVENTRY CLASS CRUISER
BODE CLASS SCOUT
DETROYAT CLASS HEAVY DESTROYER
NORDENSKJOLD CLASS CRUISER
DRAKE CLASS DESTROYER AND COOK
CLASS SCOUT
INVINCIBLE CLASS DREADNOUGHT
CIVILIAN STARSHIPS:
PROVIDER CLASS TUG U.S.S. Republic (NCC-1371)
HUNTER CLASS CORVETTE
MASTERS CLASS TUG
HERCULES CLASS TRANSPORT
CABOT CLASS TRAWLER
TERRAN EXPLORATIONS:
HYDRA II
HISTORICAL ARTICLES:
NEW STARSHIP EXCEEDS WARP 4
BACK-TO-EARTH MOVEMENT PROCLAIMED
BIRTH OF THE SUPERCONVOY
Automated surveybots on Lalande VIII (c.2205)
LARGEST SPACELIFT IN HISTORY
DEATH OF A LEGEND
BATON ROUGE MARKS NEW STARSHIP ERA
FIRST MATERIALIZER TEST SUCCESSFUL
A NEW TYPE OF TORPEDO
THE CLASS I PROGRAM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A typical day at the Orion colonies (c.2210)

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CENTURY
The Age of Advancement
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2191-2220: A New Direction
and had never been incorporated into a single Star
Fleet vessel before. A solution would have to be
found to all of these issues before Star Fleet could
proceed with its next generation starship program.

The famed Terran scientist Thomas Alva Edison once

said that “necessity is the mother of invention.” So
it was that Mark Chausser of Chiokis Starship Design,
the lead engineer for Star Fleet’s next generation
By the beginning of the 23rd century Star Fleet knew starship program, proposed a innovative (and rather
where it needed to go in with its next generation of radical) solution in early 2201. Instead of awarding a
starships. All of the experimentation over the past full naval construction contract to a single
25 years had paid off in the form of a series of design contractor, multiple contracts would be awarded for
specifications that, once combined, would produce individual components – such as what Star Fleet was
the ideal starship. These were a flattened, preferably already doing with its warp engines. One major
thin disc-shaped primary hull; a streamlined “Block contractor (in this case Vickers Shipbuilding) would
IV” style secondary hull, and twin warp engines on be in charge of the hulls and frames, while Star Fleet
booms mounted up and away from the secondary hull. itself coordinated the work of component contractors
and supervised final starship assembly. The finished
There were two more hurdles Star Fleet had to jump starship could then be launched in considerably less
before it could start work in earnest on its next time than it would take to have one contractor do
generation of starships. The first was the obvious everything for Star Fleet. The potential savings in
cost. The recent funding cuts made in Star Fleet’s administrative costs alone were significant. This
appropriations from the Federation Council limited method would also free up more yard space for
just how “modern” an all-new build program could be. additional construction, since less dock time would be
In order to be cost-effective this new program would required for a given build class under this scheme.
have to be a mix of both old and new: just enough old Construction of individual components would take
in the right places to keep the budget down while as place in parallel in smaller facilities. Only when the
new as possible everywhere else. The second was time came for final free-space assembly of the frame
limited yard space. Star Fleet still had several ship and all of its components would a starship-sized
classes building, both from older programs and from spacedock be required. An obvious side benefit of
many side projects (such as science and survey such a program would be standardized starship
vessels) mandated by the Federation Council. In components. These could then be interchanged
addition, many civilian spaceyards that had once across vessels in the same class, starship classes
catered exclusively to Star Fleet now had slipways full using similar components, or even arranged in
of civilian spacecraft of all kinds, with more on order different configurations for new starship classes. It
for this ever-expanding market. Vickers Shipbuilding seems so obvious today but at the time it was a
was the one spaceyard with space available (saved, in major breakthrough in starship design philosophy.
fact) for a new starship program. The new ships that Chausser called this the modular component
Star Fleet was proposing, though, could not be built procurement program. Star Fleet’s Starship Design
by Vickers alone. It simply didn’t have the capacity to Bureau called it a godsend. This program was first
fabricate all of the major components and control implemented with the Baton Rouge and Ranger class
systems by itself. Many of these would be brand new

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cruisers program in 2205. It has remained the in comparison. It was the first modularized Star Fleet
standard for Star Fleet starship design ever since. warp engine that was rated for a cruising speed
above Warp 4. It was also the last operational Star
Fleet warp engine produced before the dawn of
As part of its move to keep the costs down on its dilithium-regulated designs. It is interesting to note
next generation of starships, Star Fleet switched that even today Star Fleet has yet to completely
warp engine suppliers for the first time in its history. abandon the venerable VX-28 despite its “odd child”
There was no question that the Cochrane Dynamics status. One can still find several of them at every
PB-18 series was starbase and major port facility, ostensibly for the
going to be one of few Baton Rouge era starships still in fleet service.
the best warp engines of its generation, given its There is a method to this seeming madness, however.
maker. Unfortunately, Cochrane was still having It was not unheard of during the Four Years War for a
problems working out technical glitches with the damaged Class I starship with warp engines beyond
energy regulation systems of the PB-18, meaning it repair to be temporarily fitted with VX-28s in order
would not be ready in time for the new starship to get it operational again. Such seems to be part of
program. Facing a looming production deadline and the reasoning behind Star Fleet’s continued
the potential for rising maintenance of its remaining VX-28 inventories
development costs, Star Fleet around the Federation. Its excellent operational
had no choice but switch suppliers and go with the record, despite its age, has no doubt ensured that
VX-28 “Pegasys” warp engine from Kloratis Drive Star Fleet will keep the VX-28 around, even if only as
Systems. This was an opportunity heaven-sent for a quick-fit “fill-in” engine, for years to come.
this Tellarite firm, which had already proven its
capabilities twice before with the Baikonur class
cruisers and the revamping of the Tritium class The use of the Kloratis VX-28 “Pegasys” warp engine
battlecruisers during Star Fleet’s experimental period was not the only compromise Star Fleet had to make
(2166-2190). The new VX-28 had already been with the Baton Rouge generation. The secondary hull
suggested for the Mann class survey cruisers but had for the program was nothing close to what had
been passed over due to mount incompatibilities with originally been planned. That too was a necessary,
the Mann hull design. Their overall similarities to cost-savings compromise. In order to gain support
Cochrane’s Perth PB-series, however, made them an for the Baton Rouge generation Star Fleet had to
excellent substitute for the problem-plagued PB-18. court some of its fiercest political foes, ones who had
They would perform exceptionally well with the long been advocates of the old Terran “slab hull”
Jeffries-type hull configuration being adopted for Star designs. It didn’t matter
Fleet’s next generation starship program. The that this particular design
Kloratis VX-28 “Pegasys” warp engine was one of the philosophy had reached a
best designs of its generation. It would also become dead end. What was needed
the visible trademark of all Baton Rouge generation were construction funds and
starships. political support in the
Federation Council if Star
Star Fleet would eventually adopt Cochrane-derived Fleet was going to get all the
warp engines again in a few short years for other ships that it wanted. Both
starship classes. Nevertheless, Star Fleet engineers Mark Chausser and his
would always have a special place in their hearts for assistant Franz Joseph IV were upset when they
their “odd child,” as they lovingly called the VX-28 heard about this. They understood, though, that
“Pegasys.” Although somewhat less powerful than insofar as this generation of Star Fleet vessels were
Cochrane’s original PB-18 design, the VX-28 was concerned they couldn’t have their cake and eat it,
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Captain William van Anling pointed out, was to get denied the USS Baton Rouge. On 27 May 2192, the
them to accept the new primary hull saucer. Once new survey cruiser USS Mann officially broke the
that was in place then the rest of the Jeffries Project legendary Warp 4 barrier. It achieved and maintained
concept would follow. It was a natural, given what a cruising speed of Warp 4.2 for three hours without
was already happening with the experimental Mann any signs of stress to its hull or frame. Later space
class cruisers. Of all the parts of the Baton Rouge trials would push the cruising speed limit up to Warp
design that were required, the secondary hull was 4.5 as far as the Mann and the rest of its class was
the only one left that could be compromised. The real concerned. The event was hailed in the press of the
next generation design – “Project Starship,” as some day as the most significant in the history of warp
jokingly called it – would have to wait a few more drive since its invention by Zefram Cochrane. To be
years until Star Fleet could be confident of Federation more accurate, though, it proved Mark Chausser’s
Council approval. Chausser and Joseph grudgingly theory that the use of a trititanium frame would
agreed to incorporate a redesigned “slab hull” type remove all known limits on starship design. Warp
secondary hull into the Baton Rouge program as close engine upgrades would allow the similarly equipped,
to Jeffries Project specs as this antiquated philosophy older Horizon and Archon class cruisers to also
permitted. In the meantime, though, Chausser kept exceed Warp 4 by the time the Baton Rouge neared
himself busy working up a “real” secondary hull once completion. The Baton Rouge class and its derivates,
the time was right to for it to be accepted. He never the first with all-trititanium hulls and frames, would
got the chance to see it become reality. be the first to exceed Warp 5. The situation that had
so plagued starship designers in the 21st and 22nd
Mark Chausser, the genius behind the Baton Rouge centuries was new effectively reversed. From this
generation of starships, the creator of the Star Fleet point forward it would be the warp engines, not the
primary hull saucer, and the man hull or space frame, which would effectively limit just
who almost single-handedly how fast a properly designed 23rd century starship
changed the direction of Star Fleet could go.
starship design, was tragically
killed in a shuttlecar accident in
2204. He was on his way to a meeting of the During the past decade all
Procurement Sub-Committee of the Federation research on the materializer,
Council when he was hit head-on by a drunk driver. the ancestor of the modern
Chausser was killed instantly. He never got to see transported, had come to a
the new generation of starships that he helped bring virtual standstill. The issue
about come to life. Franz Joseph IV, his protégé, who of its use with living organic manner, such as an
was only twenty-nine at the time, succeeded him as intelligent lifeform, had been bogged down in
chief starship designer of Chiokis. It would be up to Federation courts due to ethical concerns. The key
Joseph to oversee his mentor’s dream as it became question at the heart of the matter was this: did a
reality … and to make sure that no compromises being put through a materailizer “die” in the process?
were made once it came time for Project Starship’s In other words, was the lifeform that came out the
turn at the docks. other side the same one that had gone in? The case
eventually worked its way up to the Federation
Worlds Court, which made its landmark ruling on the
For all that it was subject in 2200. Its summation reads as follows:
about to do for Star
Fleet and the As has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of this
Federation, there Court, the essence of Materializer operation is the
total conversion of a living being from a matter state
was one honor that to a pure energy state, transporting that energy over
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 reversing the process and totally converting said the fundamental building block on which all of modern
energy back to a matter state identical to its previous Federation computer and electronics technology is
form with the use of a previously stored pattern. As
the conversion from matter to energy is total and
based. The development of the transtator in turn
complete, as cohesiveness is maintained in transit, and enabled Dr. Richard Daystrom, one of the
as reconversion is in effect a successful total Federation’s most pre-eminent
reversion of said process, then there is no chance for computer scientists, to bring to life a
the quality known as life to be lost through the use of theory he had been developing since
a Materializer save for problems with the equipment
or a premeditated act. This is in effect the same
his teenage years. There is not
guiding principle as for any other tool, instrument, or space enough in this document to
system with the potential to cause harm to or take describe how he took his dream and
the life from any being. To this end this court sees no made it reality. Suffice it to say that when he was
ethical issues associated with the use of the done, his duotronic computer system revolutionized
Materializer on a living being so long as the proper
safety precautions are taken with regards to operating
the industry. It changed the face of applied
procedures and the equipment involved. This court Federation computer technology as thoroughly as did
rules in favor of the Defendant. the introduction of the first personal computers in
Terra’s late 20th century. Once again, the power and
With those words the Federation Worlds Court processing capabilities of systems that had once filled
cleared the last remaining hurdle in the development rooms and even whole buildings became available in
of what we know today as transporter technology. small and compact form. The impact on the starship
Star Fleet, realizing its implications, promptly threw industry alone was enormous. Duotronic-based ship’s
its backing behind the efforts of the renewed computers, among the
research effort at the Deneva Research Station. In largest such systems of
2206 the first successful transport of a living being their day, were capable
with a materializer was conducted at the Deneva of controlling and
Research Station. In 2208 the Baton Rouge class regulating every single major function of a starship
starships USS Moscow and USS Tehran participated with only routine crew maintenance. This alone freed
in the first successful up manpower previously needed for starship
shipboard test of materializer operations, which resulted in less deck and more
technology. Within a few science personnel being assigned to Star Fleet
years they would become a vessels. The most important asset of a duotronic
standard part of shipboard ship’s computer, though, was its split-second ability
systems aboard all Star Fleet to dynamically control and adjust a starship’s warp
starships. Materializers would never completely field. This allowed Star Fleet designers to not only
replace short-range shuttlecraft and warp shuttles break the old “Roddenberry Twin-Nacelle Rule” but to
for various reasons (such as energy field solve all the problems associated with the old tri-
interferences); however, within the century they nacelle configuration in one stroke. Single-nacelle
would become the preferred method of transit for all starships would be the first such previously
Star Fleet landing party teams and Star Fleet Marine “impossible” designs to enter service with the Drake
insertion/extraction operations. and Cooke class starships. Limited funding and
Council indifference, though, did not permit Arbing
and Lidde’s initial proposal for a Baton Rouge era
It is a fact of technology that one triple-engine dreadnought to become reality at this
important breakthrough inevitably time. That development would have to wait several
leads to another. William Abramson’s more decades and another interstellar war before it
development of the theory of too would come to life – an “impossibility” made
transtator physics led to the invention possible by the duotronics breakthrough.
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 older PB-18. This would cause Star Fleet to revert
As has been mentioned before, the energy regulation to the PB-18 as a cost-savings measure once it came
issues that plagued Cochrane Warp Dynamic’s new time for the Class I Program to get underway.
PB-18 warp engines prevented their acceptance by
Star Fleet for several years. It even caused Cochrane
to lose the warp engine contracts for the entire It was a good thing that the modernization of Star
Baton Rouge generation of starships. The fact of the Fleet was no longer being neglected. A new threat to
matter was that current warp engine designs had the Pax Federationis, as some called the long peace
reached their limits, yielding a designed cruising speed that followed the Romulan War, was making itself felt
in the Warp 4 to 4.5 range and a designed on the Federation border beyond the Rigel sector. As
emergency “burst” speed of Warp 6. Beyond those in the days before the Romulan War, Federation
limits, regulating the required energy flow was starships were disappearing or being attacked by a
practically impossible for the warp engine technology mysterious foe. The Orions obviously knew who they
of the day to handle. The next major breakthrough in were; however, the Orions weren’t talking. A chance
this field would be accomplished by chance. When encounter by Federation trader E.A. Jacoby would not
the rubindium focusing crystal of a mining laser was be realized for the significant event that it was and
broken at the Lalande VIII mining complex in 2208, a his first contact report subsequently lost in
quick-thinking local engineer quickly fabbed a new bureaucratic red tape. The attack on the transport
crystal from a nearby Millie Sue and the subsequent attack on the Star
dilithium deposit. The Fleet vessel Sentry proved to all concerned the overt
first time the rebuilt belligerency of the “newly discovered” Klingon Empire.
laser was tried, it had Unlike the Romulans, though, the Klingons were
suddenly gained four openly aggressive and showed no fear of Star Fleet’s
times as much power current border forces. The Baton Rouge and her
despite having the same fusion generator as before. sister ships were subsequently rushed to the border
Word soon spread, with mining engineers all over the as fast as they could be completed, where their
sector making the same adaptations to their sudden appearance had the desired effect. The
equipment. It was inevitable that Star Fleet would number of Klingon border incidents went on a marked
learn of this discovery and pass it on. As the reader decline, with only the occasional incursion or ambush
might have guessed, this discovery would eventually taking place for the next few decades. War with the
lead to the development of phaser technology some Klingon Empire seemed a certainty in the near future
four decades later. More important for its time, given its bellicose nature. Even so, the introduction
however, the unusual energy moderating properties of the Baton Rouge generation of starships is
of dilithium crystals proved the solution to the credited by many with delaying the start of that war
problems plaguing Cochrane’s PB-18 warp engine. for decades.

Dilithium-moderated PB-18s first saw service in

2209 with their successful refitting to several
Horizon class cruisers. All of the Horizon and Archon
class cruisers would
receive the PB-18
by 2220. An improved design, the PB-20, was first
tested with the cruisers Constellation and Republic in
2214. It was not that much of an improvement,
though, given its
high cost, and
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MAJOR EVENTS
2191 2195
• The Kepler series space probes enter service. • For the next two years,
• The first of several sightings of unknown, manta- Star Fleet will experiment
shaped alien craft begin on the edges of Federation with a new prototype
space beyond the Rigel star system. battlecruiser based on the
Horizon class starships. The USS Sigma itself will
2192 never enter service; however, many of its advances
• The Mann class survey cruisers enter service. These will make their way into future Star Fleet starship
are the first starship class in Federation history that designs.
can maintain a cruising speed of Warp 4, thanks
largely to their trititanium frames. 2196
• The last of the original, pre-war • The last of the Daedalus class starships is
Horizon class starships is decommissioned. Eleven are kept in the Star Fleet
retired (its class name already Reserve (including the USS Lovell) while the rest are
reassigned to the 2190 survey scrapped.
cruisers of the same name). All • The first of several mysterious disappearances of
of these will be sold off to eager Federation civilian craft begin to occur in the border
civilian buyers and enjoy extended lifespans as civilian space beyond the Rigel sector. Locals quickly tie the
transports. incidents to the alien, manta-shaped craft that have
recently been spotted in the area.
2193
• All starships in the Tritium class are withdrawn from 2198
service. This is due both to the emergence of the • For the next two years
Horizon and Mann class starships and to continued Star Fleet will evaluate the
safety concerns about their flawed design. The lead prototype for its first
ship, USS Tritium, will be donated to the Star Fleet shuttlecarrier. While the
Museum at Memory Alpha while the rest are Illustrious herself will only
scrapped. see limited service, lessons learned from it will make
• The Orpheus space probe is the first to apparently their way into the design for the secondary hull of the
survive descent into a black hole. Its last recorded Baton Rouge class cruisers.
transmission happens a fraction of a second after it • The Lowell class scout enters service.
passes the black hole’s event horizon, after which it is • The Back-to-Earth movement continues to gain
never heard from again. The data suggests that the momentum within the United Earth Government and
old theories about black holes being gateways into its former colony worlds, creating heated debate on
other dimensions might be true after all. both sides of the issue.
• The Provider class space tug enters service.
• Birth of Sarah Anne Poole, future wife of Robert April 2199
and future first chief medical officer of the starship • A new series of high-speed interstellar pleasure craft
Enterprise. enter the civilian starship market. As one wag put it,
“If you have to ask the price then you can’t afford
2194 them.”
• The Castor class cruisers are withdrawn from service.
• The Back-to-Earth Movement is founded at the 2200
Benecia Colony. • The Archon class heavy cruisers enter service.
• The Rickenbacker class “Flying Fortress” enters • The Ariadne class clipper enters service.
service. • The Byrne class hospital ships are withdrawn from
service.
• The Tetsujin class ringship is withdrawn from service.

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 2202
• The largest spacelift in Federation history finishes • The Boyden class transports are withdrawn from
evacuating all 10 million inhabitants of Bayard’s Planet service.
shortly before the shockwave from the Phi Puma • Production ends on the Stellarford Shuttleplane.
supernova washes across the system. • Hydra II is discovered by
• The Federation Space Marines, which up until now had the USS Poseidon. Its is
been an independent organization, are brought under the first pelagic planet
the aegis of Star Fleet and reorganized as the Star (waterworld) ever found
Fleet Marines. by a Federation starship.
• The Federation Worlds Court issues its landmark ruling This the first (and last)
regarding materializer research. It finds no moral, time that Hydra will not
ethical, or legal objections to the dematerialization and be beset by scores of Federation tourists or groups of
rematerialization of organic matter. In short, all that Star Fleet personnel on shore leave.
is involved is the conversion of living matter to a state • The Galactic Cultural Exchage Program puts on a
of pure energy and then back again without loss of life. Federation-wide fair that will be the stuff of legend
So long as there is “lossless” conversion (via a among scholars and liberal-minded Federation citizens
transporter matrix) then the materializer in later years.
(transporter) is incapable of taking life away from
organic matter without a deliberate, pre-meditated
act – the same as for any other tool or device. This
2203
• The Cahuya class survey cruiser enters service.
clears the last major legal hurdle for Dr. Janet
Hester’s Materializer Research Project. • Star Fleet’s massive CR594 mobile construction rig
enters service.
• The lead vessels in the Baton
Rouge and Ranger class
NOTE: The Federation Worlds Court’s approval of the use starships begin simultaneous
of materializers on living matter cleared the way
construction under the
for the development of transporter technology as
supervision of Star Fleet
we know it today.
Division at the San Francisco
Navy Yards (Baton Rouge) and the Vickers Shipbuilding
Spacedocks (Ranger) in orbit above Terra. These will
• Legal hurdles now cleared and with new Star Fleet be the first starship classes in Federation history with
backing, the Deneva Research Station resumes its full trititanium hulls and frames and are designed with
research into making materializers safe for the Warp 6 operations in mind. They will also be the first
transport of organic manner, including living beings. Star Fleet vessels to utilize a modular component
construction system for easier maintenance and
2201 upgrades. Both spaceyards are soon racing each
• The Hunter class corvette enters service. other as much as safety procedures allow in order to
• The United Federation of Planets now has over 500 see who finishes their new starship first.
members and affiliated systems. It has become so • Star Fleet encounters the Klingons in battle for the
large that only major grievances can be dealt with in first time in the Millie Sue Incident, although their
the Federation Council. This is a growing source of identity is unknown at the time.
concern among many. • The Richter Scale of Planetary Culture is published by
• The Federation Council finally academian Alonzo Richter.
grants its approval for Star • Kelvar Garth, the greatest starship commander of his
Fleet to begin building its next generation, is born on the planet Izar.
generation of starships.
Upgrades to suitable older 2204
starship designs will be
• The Bering class automated tanker enters service.
performed on an as-needed basis.
• Star Fleet Division is founded under the aegis of Star • Amanda Grayson, future second wife of Sarek of
Fleet’s Starship Design Bureau to oversee all new Star Vulcan, is born.
Fleet shipbuilding efforts. Its first major task will be to • Mark Chausser, father of the Baton Rouge generation
gather materials, issue contracts, and secure yard of starships, is tragically killed in a shuttlecar accident
space for Star Fleet’s new shipbuilding program. outside of Paris, France. His young assistant Franz
Joseph IV succeeds him as head of the program.

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 • The Masters class interstellar tug enters service.
• A chance discovery on the Lalande VIII mining colony
reveals the unusual energy-moderating properties of
dilithium crystals. Its implications in the field of warp
engine technology are immediately obvious to all.
• Federation museums and private gemstone collectors
reap enormous profits from the stores of dilithium
crystals they have kept for years, unaware of their
true nature or value.

2205
• The new heavy cruiser USS Baton Rouge is launched a NOTE: The discovery of dilithium’s energy moderating
mere 7 hours, 12 minutes, and 3 seconds ahead of its properties allowed Cochrane Warp Dynamics to
dockyard competitor, the survey cruiser USS Ranger. solve the problems it was having with its PB-18
It will become the namesake of its generation of Star warp engines. The final production version of the
Fleet starships. PB-18 would be the first dilthium-moderated warp
• The starships Baton Rouge and Ranger are engine to ever see service with Star Fleet.
commissioned into Star Fleet and promptly undergo Dilithium moderation has been a standard feature
their initial shakedown cruises. Their revolutionary of all Star Fleet approved warp engine designs
new design, incredible performance, and ease of ever since.
operation cause a sensation both with Star Fleet
personnel and with the general public.
• Birth of Matthew Decker, future Star Fleet • The first Star Fleet approved duotronic computers are
commodore. installed on the Baton Rouge and Ranger class
starships currently under construction. They will be
2206 quickly back-fitted onto vessels already in service.
• Dr. Richard Daystrom makes • The first successful “transport” of a humanoid with a
his initial breakthrough in the materializer (transporter) takes place between the
development of duotronic Baton Rouge class starships Moscow and Tehran.
computer technology. His Within the year materializers are being back-fitted
invention will forever change onto all Star Fleet starships, with the Baton Rouge
the Federation computer industry. and Ranger classes having top priority, as fast as they
can be built.
• Perceptive minds at
NOTE: Duotronic computers were the first with enough Star Fleet’s Starship
sophistication to handle “on-the-fly” manipulation Design Bureau see in
of a starship’s warp field. Their invention made the “doodles” of Chiokis lead designer Franz Joseph IV
possible starship designs outside the standard the inspiration for the generation of starships that will
twin-nacelle configuration and added greatly to a follow in the Baton Rouge’s groundbreaking footsteps.
starship’s performance at warp speed. They begin working with Joseph to turn his “doodles”
into a buildable starship design. This is the origin of
the legendary Class I Program of starships, the
successors of the Baton Rouge program and the
2207 foundation for today’s Star Fleet.
• Growing dissatisfaction with the new, centralized
Federation government brings about increasingly
strident calls to dispense with the Federation Charter 2209
and revert to the more decentralized government of • The Constant Warwick class light cruiser enters
the old Articles of Federation. The Back-to-Earth service.
Movement uses this dissent to increase its • A number of terrorist strikes by dissidents upset with
membership. the “totalitarian” Federation government threaten its
interstellar economy. The Federation Council has no
choice but to enact harsh security measures in order
2208 to bring the terrorist to heel. This move stops the
• The Watt class cargo tugs are retired from service. terrorism but only adds fuel to the fires of dissent
• The last of the Tritium’s personnel shuttles are retired building within the Federation.
from service.

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 • The first documented case of transporter psychosis
occurs during its early use aboard Star Fleet
starships.

2210
• The Hale class scout enters service
• The Hercules class transport enters service
• The Anton class cruiser enters service.

2214
• With approval from Star Fleet, the Horizon class heavy • Dilithium-moderated PB-20 warp engines are fitted to
cruiser Constellation (known affectionately as “Connie” both Joseph prototypes (replacing the Connie’s PB-
to her crew) is taken to the San Francisco Navy Yards 17s and the Republic’s VX-25s) to evaluate their
for fitting with a new version of the Chiokis thin-disc potential with the program.
primary hull saucer. This configuration is intended to • The starship Valiant is lost in the line of duty.
test the possibilities of the 2208 Joseph concept. The • The Detroyat class heavy destroyer enters service. It
yard will also have to rework the Connie’s secondary is the first Star Fleet starship with photon torpedoes.
hull so that the new saucer can clear the engine • Christopher Pike is born 11 April in Mohave on Terra.
booms. This conversion will take just under nine
months to complete. 2215
• The McCormick class factory ships are withdrawn
from service.
• The Federation Council authorizes another production
block of Baton Rouge class heavy cruisers
reconfigured for the multi-mission role. This will form
the Nordenskjold sub-class.
• Based on testing data so far on both Joseph Program
• About the same time, the Baton Rouge class cruiser prototypes, the Constellation is fitted with a modified
Republic is withdrawn from service and also taken to version of the Republic’s new secondary hull. This is
the San Francisco Navy Yards for a slightly different because the Connie has been the better performer of
conversion. It will be testing a new secondary hull the two prototypes during testing. This will be the
design and is also reconfigured according to the 2208 final design change made to the program prototypes.
Joseph concept. This conversion will take just over a
year, since the Republic’s basic frame has to be
altered for the conversion.

2211
• The Cabot class trawler enters service.
• The Star Fleet Association is formed to look after all
Star Fleet vessels that have been retired and
converted into museum ships. NOTE: By this point in time, as one can see, the modified
Constellation is for all intents and purposes a
2212 Class I heavy cruiser. Because of this it is
• The photon torpedo is developed. regarded by some starship historians as the first
Class I starship, preceding the Constitution by
• The Kepler class deep space stations enter service,
seven years. It will serve as the basis for that
not to be confused with the Kepler space probes (or
program and later be upgraded to match the other
later Keppler class transport/tug). ships in the class. Its origins as a Horizon class
heavy cruiser, though, will leave it with slight
2213 variances in its design that only a trained eye will
• The Perth PB-20 “Ajax” warp engine is developed. be able to spot.
• The Bode class scout enters service.

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 2219
2216 • The possibility of the first interstellar war in six
• The USS Dewey is decomissioned. decades causes a split Federation Council to approve
• Based on the test results from the Constellation and funding for Star Fleet’s new Class I Program of
Republic, the Starship Design Bureau lays out its final starships.
specifications for the next wave of starship classes • The keel of the heavy cruiser Constitution is laid down
that will follow the Baton Rouge generation. The first in spacedock at the San Francisco Navy Yards at
design in the new Class I Program will be a heavy Terra. Officially, it will be the first starship in the
cruiser patterned after the Constellation prototype. Class I Program.
This will be a multi-mission starship, suitable for both
military and survey roles, replacing both the Baton 2220
Rouge and Ranger class programs. The second design • The Palomar class starships are withdrawn from
is for a single-nacelle starship suited for the destroyer service.
and scout roles. These will replace both the Drake and • The keel of the heavy cruiser Enterprise, the second
Cook class starships, and they will be cancelled in starship in the Class I Program and destined to
favor of their successors. The third is for a Class I become the most famous starship in Federation
transport/tug with a new and larger container pod history, is laid down in spacedock at the San Francisco
system, replacing the one originally developed for the Navy Yards at Terra.
Watt class transport.
• The decision is also made to go with the older (and
less expensive) PB-18 warp engine for the new Class I
Program instead of the newer (and more expensive)
PB-20. This is a throwaway move intended to help
gain approval for the Class I Program from the
Federation Council. Star Fleet plans to upgrade all
Class I starships with the PB-20 or its successor once
the necessary funding becomes available.

2217
• The Patton class destroyers are withdrawn from
service.
• Star Fleet’s submission for its new Class I Program of Star Fleet Marine anti-terrorist operations (c.2210)
starships is flatly rejected by the Federation Council.
The reason given is that there is no need for such an
expansive program given the already expensive outlays
for the various Baton Rouge related programs.

2218
• The Nordenskjold class survey cruiser enters service.
• The Drake class destroyer enters service.
• The Cook class scout enters service.
• The Sentry Incident ignites hostilities with the Klingon
Empire.
• Leonard Horatio McCoy, future chief
Constellation during her final prototype retrofit (2215)
medical officer of the starship
Enterprise, is born 20 January on
Terra in the American state of
Georgia.
• The reconfigured starships Constellation and Republic
rejoin the fleet. According to ceratin starship
historians this event marks the “real” beginning of the
Class I Era.

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STAR FLEET STARSHIPS
USS Sagan (NCC-758) became the first Star Fleet vessel in
MANN CLASS SURVEY CRUISER history to have an all-Andorian crew. In 2202, the USS
Poseidon (NCC-755), under the command of Captain Marvin D.
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2192 Goodwell, entered orbit around the planet Hydra II and thus
discovered the first pelagic planet in the history of Federation
space exploration.

The very design that had enabled the Mann to become the
fastest starship of its day ultimately proved to be its undoing. It
restrictive internal hull volume, comparable to that of a Horizon
class starship’s secondary hull, severely limited the amount and
types of upgrades it could receive. The class was eventually
retired from Star Fleet service in favor of the Ranger class, its
Baton Rouge era successor, in the early 2220s.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Length ……………………………….. 185 m
Beam ………………………….……… 101.7 m
Draft …………………….…………… 40 m
The Mann class was named for Captain Stuart Mann, the late Mass ……………………………... 54,000 DWT
commander of the USS Horizon and one of the true pioneering Crew ……….…………………….……. 294
starship captains of the Pax Federationis. These were built by Range …………………………… 8 years at L.Y.V.
Chiokis Starship Design under the pretense of being scientific Armament ………………………….. 6 laser banks
and exploratory vessels; in effect, less expensive stablemates to 2 fusion torpedo tubes
the Horizon class starships. The real purpose of the Mann
class, however was to break the legendary Warp 4 barrier. To Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 4.0
that end the secondary hull was sacrificed and all ship’s Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 4.5
functions concentrated within a “bloated disc” primary hull, with
its twin warp nacelles mounted directly on its backside. The Innovations:
limits of its internal volume obviously limited its mission profiles, • First Star Fleet starship capable of maintaining a Warp
a fact which the Federation Council either did not notice or 4 cruising speed
chose to ignore when they authorized 12 ships in the class for • First starship in Federation history to achieve a 1:1
construction. The custom-built Vickers J27-A warp engines matter/antimatter intermix ratio with its warp engines
(licensed from an experimental Cochrane design) and Chiokis- • First Star Fleet starship to be fitted with a dual
designed trititanium frame allowed the USS Mann (NCC-750) to purpose sensor/deflector grid system on its hull.
hit and maintain a Warp 4 cruising speed on its very first space
trial. The Mann and its siblings would go on to carve their own
niche in Federation spacecraft history despite their “little SCHEMATIC:
brother” status to the mighty Horizon class.

Starships of the Mann class seemed to be everywhere during

this part of the Pax Federationis (2163-2245). In 2198 the
USS Leonidas (NCC-752), under the command of Captain Pyotr
Mirabella, was successful in locating and securing a “Flying
Fortress” that had been spacejacked by pirates and was about
to be liberated of its cargo (an experimental improved Star Fleet
deflector system). In 2200 the USS Endurance (NCC-757), MANN DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH
SCHEMATIC BY HARRY DODDEMA
under the command of Admiral Okuru Nelson, oversaw the final
stages of the evacuation of all 10 million inhabitants of Bayard’s
Planet before its surface was ravaged by the radiation-soaked
shockwave from the Phi Puma supernova. Also in 2200, the

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RICKENBACKER CLASS USS SIGMA
“FLYING FORTRESS” TRANSPORT PROTOTYPE BATTLECRUISER
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2194 SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): N/A
The “Flying Fortress” was specifically designed to provide the The prototype Sigma was a one-shot design developed to see
most secure means possible of transporting extremely valuable how well a Horizon class hull could perform in the battlecruiser
cargoes across Federation space. To that end the Rickenbacker role. It was inspired by the success of the smaller Baikonur in
class transport carries cruiser firepower in addition to double 2183. That had pushed the original Daedalus design to its limits
shielding, old-style ablative armor, and triple-layer armored in terms of military applications. This upsized version featured
cargo holds with a fully armed security detail on board (or no less than 16 lasers in dual turret mounts and 12 fusion
Marines, if in Star Fleet use) for extra protection. Its cargoes torpedo tubes. 10 of these were concentrated on the forward
have covered the full range of Federation valuables, from a single part of the primary hull. This was one of the first Star Fleet
bottle of Saurian brandy of rare vintage to holds full of pressed vessels to embody the “massed forward firepower” concept
latinum bars for interstellar commerce. Only once in its official since the Marshall class destroyer of the Romulan War. The
service history has a “Flying Fortress” been successfully theory behind this was simple and proven: if all you can get is
attacked and disabled, but even then its badly mauled hijackers the first strike, make sure that it is a devastating one.
were unable to penetrate the multiple layers of its armored
holds in time before Star Fleet arrived on the scene and finished The Sigma was thoroughly evaluated at the Arcturus Test Range
them off. These vessels have since been replaced in mainstream from 2195 to 2197. Although the design itself never entered
commerce by more modern designs; however, one can still production, many of its system advances found their way onto
occasionally encounter a “Flying Fortress” operating in the outer the Baton Rouge generation of starships. The “massed forward
sectors of Federation space. firepower” concept would eventually return to Star Fleet,
though – first with the Marklin class destroyers, and more
recently with the Abbe class torpedo destroyers.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Length: ……………………………….. 310 m SPECIFICATIONS:
Beam: ………………………….……… 195 m
Draft: …………………….…………… 185 m Length: ……………………………….. 225.1 m
Mass: ………………………….. 190,000 DWT Beam: ………………………….……… 117.0 m
Crew ….. 422 (not including security/Marine detail) Draft: …………………….…………… 45.5 m
Armament ……………………..… 20 laser banks Mass: ……………………………... 24,500 DWT
12 fusion missile tubes Crew ……….…………………….……. 157
(later converted to phasers & photon torpedos) Armament …… 16 laser banks (8 dual turret mounts)
12 fusion torpedo tubes
Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 4.0
Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 4.5 Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 3.6
Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 4.8
SCHEMATIC:
SCHEMATIC:

SIGMA DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

RICKENBACKER DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH
AS MODIFIED BY LAWRENCE MILLER

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ILLUSTRIOUS CLASS LOWELL CLASS SCOUT
SHUTTLECARRIER SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2198
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2198 This is the second of three starship clasess in the so-called
“Mann generation” recognized by some starship historians. It is
This behemoth starship, the largest yet ever operated by Star nothing more than a scaled-down Mann with pylon mounted
Fleet in any form, has its origins in the “flying base” concept warp engines for easier upgrading and maintenance. The use of
from the Romulan War (2156-2160). The success of the the Mann design as its basis all but ensured Warp 4
Hopkins class hospital ship and the subsequent Byrne class performance. At half the size of its inspiration, though, its
caused many within Star Fleet to wonder what might be interior spaces as designed were extremely cramped and
accomplished with a purely military design. To that end they reminded some grizzled Star Fleet veterans of the pre-war
took the largely incomplete shell of what would have been Cavalry class destroyers. In order to alleviate this situation
Starbase 18, a victim of Council-mandated budget cuts, and most of the sensor suite was removed and mounted on external
converted it into a starship using whatever spare parts and pods fitted amidships so as to cause minimal impact on the
components scavenged from other unfinished or cancelled ship’s warp field. In addition, a “drag pod” with special sensors
starship programs it could find. The result was a 2 million could be deployed from a housing mounted aft, between the dual
metric ton flying monster with no clear purpose other than to warp engine pylons.
ponder through space like some giant “death star,” looking for
action it was destined never to find. The ample space within its The Lowell class starships were designed as high-speed scouts,
incomplete hull naturally suggested hangar bay conversion, capable of moving in and out of sensitive areas as fast as
which in turn led to the first shuttlecarrier in Star Fleet history. possible while taking as many sensor and scanner readings in the
It formally entered service as the USS Illustrious in 2198, process. Its one flaw was the lack of a torpedo tube. Although
serving no fleet role other than to serve as a mobile base for not seen as an oversight at the time, the subsequent
shuttle pilot training. It did this for over six decades until the development of self-propelled sensor probes (an adaptation of
Coronado class through-deck cruiser came along after the Four torpedo technology) guaranteed the obsolescence of the class.
Years War. It was scrapped soon afterward. The last Lowell class scout was retired in 2222.

SPECIFICATIONS: SPECIFICATIONS:
Length: ……………………………….. 1200 m Length: ……………………………….. 74 m
Beam: ………………………….……… 515 m Beam: ………………………….……… 28.8 m
Draft: …………………….…………… 138 m Draft: …………………….…………… 23.7 m
Mass: …………………………. 1.989,000 DWT Mass: ……………………………... 26,000 DWT
Crew ……….…………………….……. 600 Crew ……….…………………….……. 130
Armament ………………………… 16 laser banks Armament …………………………………
6 fusion torpedo banks
Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 4.0
Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 3.0 Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 4.7
Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 3.5
SCHEMATIC:
SCHEMATIC:

LOWELL DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

RICKENBACKER DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

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CR594 MOBILE CAHUYA CLASS
CONSTRUCTION RIG SURVEY CRUISER
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2203 SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2203
These were the first rapid-deployment space docks in Star Fleet The five ships of the Cahuya class represented something of a
history. The intention the CR594 was to have the capability of throwback insofar as starship design philosophy was concerned.
deploying a full-fledged construction and repair facility in the field Their boat-like hulls evoke images of the old Terran “slab-hull”
as quickly as possible whenever such was required. Warp tugs school of design. It actually served two purposes: first, to
did the actual deployment, with the CR594 itself having only ion- facilitate a planetary aquatic landing; second, to maximize room
powered station keeping thrusters for limited propulsion. In the for its intended suite of science labs and interstellar research
absence of a fleet tug a special gravitic impeller drive, courtesy facilities. The Cahuya class was one of only two Star Fleet
of Utopia Planitia Shipyards, could be fitted for transport. This starships at the time that could perform a planetary landing,
was rarely used, though, limited as it was to Warp 2 due to the however limited (the Texas class light cruiser being the other).
CR594’s sheer mass. Within its frame were all the facilities and
equipment necessary to build, repair, or upgrade all of Star The Cahuya class was in almost constant deployment from the
Fleet’s current and next-generation starships given proper moment the first ship launched, relieving the Horizon class of
materials. The only exception was the one-of-a-kind duty as the Federation’s primary deep space survey and
shuttlecarrier Illustrious, which was as big as the CR594 itself. exploration vessels. They themselves would be supplanted and
The last officially left fleet service in 2253; however, most are then eventually replaced by the Ranger class in the same role
still in operation with new civilian owners and now service within two decades. They would continue, however, for several
Federation civilian shipping instead. more decades (with periodic component and engine upgrades)
operating within Federation space on various and sundry science
The CR594 is the direct ancestor of the “classical” series of missions. The last Cahuya class starship was retired in 2273.
spacedocks (Maya, Roman, etc.) in use by Star Fleet today.
SPECIFICATIONS:
SPECIFICATIONS:
Length: ……………………………….. 201.2 m
Length (with impeller): …………………. 1600m Beam: ………………………….……… 119.4 m
Beam: ………………………….……… 275 m Draft: …………………….…………… 42.7 m
Draft: …………………….…………… 238 m Mass: …………………………….. 49,200 DWT
Mass: ………………………… 2,875,000 DWT Crew ……….…………………………. 290
Crew ……….………………………….. 750 Armament …………..…………….. 6 laser banks
Armament …………..…………………. none 1 fusion torpedo tube

Cruising speed (impeller-equipped): …….. warp 2.0 Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 3.0
Maximum speed (impeller-equipped): ….… warp 2.2 Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 4.8

SCHEMATIC: SCHEMATIC:

CAHUYA DESIGN BY TODD GUENTHER

SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON
AS MODIFIED BY RICHARD E. MANDEL
CR594 with optional gravitic impeller drive attached

CR-594 DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

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BERING CLASS
AUTOMATED TANKER
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2204
These vessels were procured for Star Fleet Transport Command
for the bulk transport of liquids, slushes, and gaseous materials.
The actual “ship” as such consisted of the warp engine, an
interconnecting dorsal, a control deck (normally automated with
provisions for a small crew as required), and container interlock
modules. These interlocks allowed as many containers as
needed to be attached up to the load required or the limits of
the engine. The illustration below shows a fairly common three- A typical Federation deep space station (c.2200)
container configuration. Configurations of six, eight, or even
twelve containers were not unheard of, though, and on at least
one occasion a Bering was configured to haul fourteen
containers.

The Bering class remained in service with Star Fleet, with

numerous system and engine upgrades, up through the Four
Years War (2246-2250). They were relegated to the Star Fleet
Reserve in the mid-2260s. They were finally sent to the
boneyards in the late 2270s, with the last Bering class starship
being scrapped in 2281.

SPECIFICATIONS (AS ILLUSTRATED):

Length: ……………………………………. 204.1 m
Beam: ………………………….………..… 54.4 m Bayard’s Planet after the Phi Puma shockwave (2202)
Draft: …………………….………………... 115.5 m
Mass: …………………………….…..173,900 DWT
Crew ……….…………………….………… none
Armament ………………………………….. none

Cruising speed (unladen): ………………. warp 5.0

Towing speed (laden): ……………….….. warp 3.0

SCHEMATIC:

The SS MacArthur, a former DY-X military cruiser that served

as the testbed for the VX-28 “Pegasys” warp engine (c.2205)

USS Skagerrak – as found in the Delta Triangle (2264)

BERING DESIGN BY DON CHRISTANSON

SCHEMATIC COURTESY OF FEDERATION FRONTIERS

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 by the “thin twin boom” concept were minimal at best. The
BATON ROUGE CLASS Nordenskjold class, the final Baton Rouge build group and often
considered its own class due to several significant design
HEAVY CRUISER changes, would revert back to a single support pylon system.

SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2205 The use of modular construction techniques in the building of the
Baton Rouge class, plus the push to get it into service as quickly
as possible, made it one of the fastest built starship classes in
Federation history. Almost every ship in the class went from
base assembly of major components to final fitting of interior
systems within ten months and commissioning within sixteen.
The USS Baton Rouge (NCC-1300) beat the lead ship of the
similar Ranger class survey cruisers out of the yard by mere
hours, thus becoming the first of its generation and lending its
name to this era in Federation spacecraft history.

As predicted the Baton Rouge modular construction program

spurred the development of multiple side starship classes based
on Baton Rouge components. Fifteen different derivative
designs were planned at one time, with six actually put into
production. These were the Ranger class survey cruiser, the
Constant Warwick class light cruiser, the Drake class destroyer,
the Cook class scout, the Anton class cruiser, and the Detroyat
U.S.S. Moscow (NCC-1357), Star Fleet Museum class heavy destroyer. A seventh, the Marklin class destroyer,
was converted to the Class I Program just as it was about to
The Baton Rouge class starships represented the penultimate begin construction. All of the Baton Rouge era designs would be
configuration of a quarter-century worth of efforts by both the incorporated into the subsequent Class I Program. This resulted
Starship Design Bureau and Chiokis Starship Design of Andor in in all of the older Baton Rouge era starship classes being
order to come up with the best starship design for general fleet cancelled, many while ships were still under construction. This
use. It was the first starship class fitted with transporter explains why there are obvious gaps in starship classes when
technology and the last without dilithium-moderated warp comparing the Class I and Baton Rouge generations, as well as
engines. It also has the distinction of being the first starship the shortage of vessels in certain Baton Rouge era designs. The
class ever built under Star Fleet’s modular component program. leftover Baton Rouge era components would be used to keep
their generation in service or for experimental designs (such as
The visual likeness to the original Jeffries Program prototype of the Kearsage class light cruiser).
2155 is striking. The main differences are due to both design
and budget considerations. The all-trititanium Chiokis-style “thin A total of 25 Baton Rouge class starships were built between
saucer” was a first in Federation starship construction. An 2205 and 2212. This was the largest build class of a new Star
oversized “slab type” trititanium secondary hull, fitted in Fleet ship-of-the-line since the Romulan War. They quickly
standard configuration under and behind the primary hull, gained a reputation as one of the best combat starships of its
provided additional room for survey and exploration facilities as day. In 2219 a task force consisting of four Baton Rouge class
well as one of the largest starship shuttlecraft hangers at the cruisers successfully engaged and routed a Tzenkethi battle fleet
time. An “underslung” engine configuration had to be employed on its way into Federation space. All of the Tzenkethi vessels
instead of the favored “overhull” one in order to offset the warp were either destroyed or damaged beyond repair, with the
field drag of the oversized impulse deck. This had the side Federation fleet suffering only minor damage in return. They
benefit of making the new vessel more maneuverable in warp, would again prove their effectiveness during the early days of
albeit sacrificing some speed and acceleration in the process. the Four Years War (2246-2250), holding their own against the
The Kloratis VX-28 “Pegasys” warp engines were the first time deadly Klingon D-6 battlecruiser in the few and often lopsided
that Star Fleet had ever contracted outside of Cochrane Warp encounters between the two.
Dynamis for a major starship class. They would go on to become
one of the visual hallmarks of the Baton Rouge generation. In 2208 the Baton Rouge class starships Moscow (NCC-1357)
and Tehran (NCC-1308) participated in the first successful test
An interesting experiment at the time was the use of two small of starship transporter technology. Subsequent ships in the
warp engine support pylons per side instead of one large one. It class were built with them preinstalled and the technology back-
was hoped that this would give the design more stability and fitted into all older ships in the class. All were also upgraded
allow for higher warp speeds. In reality the advantages gained with Daystrom Duotronic Mark I computers as soon as these
became available. During the Four Years War all but eight Baton
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Rouge class cruisers had their original Pegasys VX-28 warp
engines replaced with the more powerful Cochrane Dynamics
PB-32 “Titiac.” All received phaser upgrades, with some having
SPECIFICATIONS:
two additional single phaser banks mounted to the rear of their Length: ……………………………….. 245 m
secondary hulls (one to each side of the hangar bay) per the Beam: ………………………….……… 153 m
Nordenskjold configuration. These wartime refits were Draft: …………………….…………… 64.6 m
expensive given the age of the class and not continued once the Mass: …………………………… 92,500 DWT
war was over, leaving eight unmodified Baton Rouge cruisers in Crew ……….…………………….……. 344
their original configuration. These were retired as soon as post- Armament ………… 4 phaser banks (6 in 4YW refit)
war build strength permitted, while the remaining upgraded 2 photon torpedo tubes
vessels continued to serve Star Fleet well into the Class I era.
Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 4.5
All remaining active duty Baton Rouge class cruisers were Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 5.2
decommissioned in 2263, although several still remain in the (warp 6 after PB-32 upgrade)
Star Fleet Reserve. The U.S.S. Moscow (NCC-1357), one of
the two that was part of the first successful starship Innovations:
transporter test, and one of the few that still retains its original
• First large Star Fleet starship program in over two
Pegasys VX-28 warp engines, was donated to the Star Fleet
decades (31 vessels in 3 build groups, counting the
Museum at Memory Alpha and restored for public display. The
Nordenskjold sub-class)
U.S.S. San Diego (NCC-1438) is preserved as a museum ship at
• First Star Fleet starship class since the Bonnie Chance
the Star Fleet Division Orbital Shipyards at Luna by the Starfleet
to have a “thin disc” primary hull
Association.
• First Star Fleet starship class with an all-trititanium
hull and frame
The Baton Rouge’s success as Star Fleet’s premiere starship of
• First Star Fleet starship class built using the modular
the day is without question. Even so, certain aspects of the
component construction system
design continued to vex Star Fleet. The oversized impulse deck
• First Star Fleet starship class with transporter
and slab-like secondary hull were design concerns that had been
technology and duotronic computer systems
“allowed” to happen. This was for the simple reason that Star
Fleet needed the Baton Rouge immediately to replace its rapidly
aging Romulan War era capital ships. Both of these had also SCHEMATICS:
necessitated the move of the warp engines to their
“underslung” arrangement, something that Star Fleet designers
knew full well was not the best configuration for an optimum
starship warp field. That is why, when the next generation of
Star Fleet vessels went to the drawing boards, they would go
back to the Jeffries Prototype one last time before deciding the
future of Star Fleet starship design.

VISUAL:

BATON ROUGE DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

SCHEMATICS BY NEALE DAVIDSON
MODEL SHOTS COURTESY OF LAUREN OLIVER AND STARSHIP MODELER

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RANGER CLASS SURVEY CRUISER CONSTANT WARWICK CLASS
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2205
LIGHT CRUISER
The Ranger class was a variation of the Baton Rouge concept SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2209
intended to replace the Mann class in the survey cruiser role.
For this purpose the secondary hull was moved up on top of the “Baton Rouge light” is the best way to describe the Constant
primary hull and the engines mounted underneath. This gave the Warwick class. These had the same range as the Baton Rouge
Ranger the capability to change out its secondary hull as needed class and the same twin-engine configuration. The secondary
for special assignments, something that no other Baton Rouge hull, however, was replaced by an underslung “stump” housing
era starship could do. This rarely happened because the science its shuttle bay and other essential auxiliary systems. The
and survey facilities of a Ranger were usually more than intention for the “Warwick” class was to police Federation
adequate for the task. The idea would stick around, though, borders, thus relieving the Baton Rouge and other “heavy”
eventually leading to the development of the underslung Federation starship classes in this regard. A planned redesign to
container arrangement for the Ptolemy class transport/tug of enlarge its secondary hull eventually evolved into the Detroyat
the Class I Program. class heavy destroyer. Only seven were built, with the
remaining ships of the Constant Warwick class cancelled once
The Ranger was one of only two Baton Rouge era starships the Detroyat class began construction.
classes that would be converted for the Class I Program. They
saw service during the Four Years War and continued in the The Constant Warwick has proven to be one of the most
science and survey role for six more decades. For more influential “light ship-of-the-line” designs of its generation. It
information please consult Federation Spaceflight Chronology directly inspired the Detroyat and Marklin class heavy
Volume 10: The Class I Era. destroyers, as well as the Kearsarge class light cruiser. Its
“lines” can also be seen in the Loknar class frigate, the Pompey
class destroyer, the uprated Monoceros class scout, and
SPECIFICATIONS: today’s perimeter action ship program (Alert, Akyazi, etc.).
Length: ……………………………….. x m
Beam: ………………………….……… x m SPECIFICATIONS:
Draft: …………………….…………… x m
Mass: …………………………………. X DWT Length: ……………………………….. x m
Crew ……….…………………….……. 185 Beam: ………………………….……… x m
Armament …………..…………….. 4 laser banks Draft: …………………….…………… x m
1 fusion torpedo tube Mass: …………………………………. X DWT
Crew ……….…………………….……. x
Cruising speed: ……………….……….. Warp 4.5 Armament …………..…………….. 4 laser banks
Maximum speed: …………………….… Warp 5.1 1 fusion torpedo tube

SCHEMATICS: Cruising speed: ……………….……….. Warp 4.5

Maximum speed: …………………….… Warp 5.1

SCHEMATICS:

ORIGINAL RANGER DESIGN BY WALTER M. JEFFRIES

BATON ROUGE GENERATION CONCEPT AND SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON

ORIGINAL BATON ROUGE DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

CONSTANT WARWICK VARIATION BY NEALE DAVIDSON

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HALE CLASS SCOUT ANTON CLASS CRUISER
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2210 SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2210
The limitations of the Lowell design saw this produced as a quick- The Anton represented an experiment in producing a “single hull”
to-build stopgap scout until the Cook class could be approved for starship with all the performance and versatility of a Jeffries-
construction. Its small size and stealthy construction stood in derived design. This was accomplished by replacing the back half
stark contrast to the bloated, Mann-derived Lowell. In fact, it of a Baton Rouge saucer with a custom “modularized hull.” An
was so small that it could carry only a single, limited-range Anton could be reconfigured for a special role simply by putting it
shuttlecraft with minimal repair and maintenance facilities. into dock, pulling the aft hull plates, then removing and adding
modularized deck sections as needed. Its oversize dual shuttle
The main advantage that the Hale had over the Lowell, apart bays could handle either specialty science craft or two full
from its size, was its fusion torpedo tube. This was never squadron of fighter shuttles, plus spares to boot. This gave the
intended to launch torpedoes; instead, it was used for the firing Anton the most mission potential of any design in its era.
of the new “probe missile.” Based on converted fusion torpedo
technology, probes were designed for stand-off survey, thus The complexities involved in fabricating the Anton’s special hull
lessening the risk to any starship investigating an unusual event significantly delayed its entry into service. It was the largest of
or phenomena. The Hale class scout was the first to use them the Baton Rouge era starships, and the resources required to
in service. Within a few years room would be made in the build it were considerable. In 2218 Star Fleet temporarily
torpedo magazines of all Star Fleet vessels for an array of halted the program after the completion of only six ships due to
probes for a variety of mission profiles. a myriad of reasons, most particularly stress problems that had
developed with its “splayed” angled warp engine pylons. In
All 25 vessels in the Hale class were decommissioned en masse 2220 it ordered that the remaining twelve ships be built to a
in 2231 as part of Star Fleet’s changeover to the Class I modified Class I design to resolve this and other related issues.
Program. Most were sold off for use in local system defense This design would eventually evolve into the Coventry class
fleets. frigate (and its counterpart, the Miranda class cruiser). All of
the Antons that were already built were eventually returned to
the yard and uprated to Class I specifications.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Length: ……………………………….. 120 m SPECIFICATIONS:
Beam: ………………………….……… 114 m
Draft: …………………….…………… 34.5 m Length: ……………………………….. 185 m
Mass: …………………………………. 9,000 DWT Beam: ………………………….……… 142 m
Crew ……….…………………….……. 65 Draft: …………………….…………… 48 m
Armament …………..………………. 1 laser bank Mass: …………………………… 146,500 DWT
1 fusion torpedo tube Crew ……….…………………….……. 290
Armament …………..…………….. 4 laser banks
Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 4.0 1 fusion torpedo tube
Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 5.0
Cruising speed: ……………….……….. Warp 4.4
Innovations: Maximum speed: …………………….… Warp 4.8
• First Federation scout designed for the use of probes
Innovations:
• First of the “modularized hull” Star Fleet starships
SCHEMATICS:
SCHEMATICS:

ORIGINAL ANTON DESIGN BY DANA KNUTSON

HALE DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH BATON ROUGE GENERATION CONCEPT & SCHEMATIC BY RICHARD E. MANDEL

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BODE CLASS SCOUT DETROYAT CLASS
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2213
HEAVY DESTROYER
The Bode (considered by SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2214
some as the “fourth”
member of the “Mann The Detroyat was the last original design of the Baton Rouge
generation”) was another generation to enter production. It started out as an attempt to
attempt to overcome the address the operational deficiencies of the Constant Warwick
design limitations of the class light cruiser. By the time the Detroyat began construction
Lowell class scout, but this time on a reconfigured hull. The it had become something else: a fleet “superheavy” designed for
overall design was the same; however, the Bode eschewed the military superiority and nothing else.
elliptical disc of the Lowell in favor of a more utilitarian approach.
Crew complement was also reduced, thanks largely to the In today’s terminology the Detroyat would have been classified
installation of duotronic systems, in order to make way for a as a battlecruiser. The “heavy destroyer” label was cooked up in
torpedo launch system. This gave the Bode class the probe- order to hide the true purpose of the class from the Federation
launching ability that the older Lowell lacked. Unique to the Council. Many of its members were still leery of a starship
design was a special protective system fitted to the front of the designed for the sole purpose of battlefield performance. Their
warp engines. This helped to shield the delicate instrumentation minds would change within a few short years once the Klingons
of the Bode’s sensor suite from the effects of its own warp field. made themselves known to the Federation.

All five ships in the Bode class were called out of retirement to Like the Anton class cruiser, the Detroyat class was halted in
serve during the Four Years War (2246-2250). During the war mid-production for conversion to Class I Program specifications.
(and largely due to heavy Star Fleet losses) they were updated The process was actually easier for the existing Detroyat class
with modern systems and warp engines. The last of the rebuilt starships than it was for the Anton class, since substantially
Bode class was not retired until 2254, once Star Fleet had less hull and frame conversion was required.
enough new-build scouts so that its services were no longer
required. None survived the scrapper’s torch.
SPECIFICATIONS:
SPECIFICATIONS (2213): Length: ……………………………….. x m
Beam: ………………………….……… x m
Length: ……………………………….. 191 m Draft: …………………….…………… x m
Beam: ………………………….……… 78.7 m Mass: …………………………………. X DWT
Draft: …………………….…………… 31.0 m Crew ……….…………………….……. x
Mass: …………………………… 47,000 DWT Armament …………..………………….. x
Crew ……….…………………….……. 73
Armament …………..…………….. 2 laser banks Cruising speed: ……………….……….. Warp 4.5
1 fusion torpedo tube Maximum speed: …………………….… Warp 5.1

Cruising speed: ……………….……….. Warp 4.0

Maximum speed: …………………….… Warp 4.9
SCHEMATIC:

SCHEMATICS:

ORIGINAL DETROYAT DESIGN BY MICHAEL MORISSETTE

BODE DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH BATON ROUGE GENERATION CONCEPT AND SCHEMATIC BY NEALE DAVIDSON
VISUAL BY STEVE BARON

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NORDENSKJOLD CLASS SPECIFICATIONS (2218):
EXPLORATORY CRUISER Length: ……………………………….. 225.1 m
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2218 Beam: ………………………….……… 99.1 m
Draft: …………………….…………… 54.8 m
The “Old Norge,” as her crews came to know her, was the first Mass: …………………………… 115,000 DWT
starship in the last and final build group of the original Baton Crew ……….…………………….……. 280
Rouge class cruiser program. She and her five sister ships have Armament …………..…………….. 6 laser banks
a somewhat different configuration than do the earlier ships in
the Baton Rouge class. Nevertheless, the six ships of the Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 4.5
Nordenskjold class are often lumped in together with the Baton Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 5.1
Rouge class in most fleet and historical discussions.
Innovations:
The design is essentially a Baton Rouge modified for the long- • First Star Fleet starship class with a dorsal-mounted
range surveyor role. For this purpose it was fitted with the torpedo tube
same extensive “Zenith” sensor suite as the Ranger class. The
torpedo tube was moved from the primary hull and mounted SCHEMATICS:
within the dorsal itself (a first for a Star Fleet design) so that
the class would not lose the ability to operate probes. This
necessitated a lengthening of the primary hull dorsal in order to
provide the necessary clearance for the torpedo tube. Also,
single engine pylons replaced the experimental “thin twin
booms” of the Baton Rouge, which had proven in practice not to
be as much of an advantage as had been hoped.

The Nordenskjold class all saw service as exploratory cruisers,

supplementing the Ranger class. All saw service during the Four
Years War (2246-2250). During the peace that followed, they
would log more star hours than any other Star Fleet starship
class of the period. Four survived the mass decommissioning of
the Baton Rouge class in 2260 and played a major fleet support
role in the short-lived Organian Incident of 2261. An attempt to
convert two for use as auxiliary command cruisers had mixed
results, and by 2280 all were more or less “fixed” at major fleet
bases as flagships (in a reserve duty, albeit commissioned,
status). Save for the odd emergency or two they would remain
in this state until their final retirement in 2290.

The “Old Norge” is the only member of its class still in its
original configuration that has yet to be sent to a Star Fleet
storage depot or boneyard. It still remains in its berth at
Starbase 1, which has been its home for the past 26 years.
Efforts are underway to preserve her as museum ship but Star
Fleet has yet to render a final decision on the matter.
ORIGINAL BATON ROUGE DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH
NORDENSKJOOLD VARIATION BY ARIDAS SOFIA
VISUAL: SCHEMATICS BY NEALE DAVIDSON

TMP-ERA COMMAND CRUISER VARIATION BY RICHARD E.MANDEL

BASED ON THE ARTWORK OF ARIDAS SOFIA
AND THE NOTES OF TIMO SALONIEMI
SCHEMATIC BY RICHARD E. MANDEL
DERIVED FROM THE WORK OF NEALE DAVIDSON
USS Diaz – command cruiser configuration (2290)

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DRAKE CLASS DESTROYER INVINCIBLE CLASS DREADNOUGHT
& COOK CLASS SCOUT SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): N/A
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2218 This proposal, first submitted in 2217, was one of nine Baton
Rouge era designs that were never built. It is included to
The Drake and Cook class starships were the forerunners of the demonstrate the origin of the dreadnought design. Its triple-
Saladin and Hermes class starships of the Class I Program and engine configuration had been made possible by the duotronic
shared identical roles. Their design configuration would have revolution. Its purpose as a military superiority design is evident
been deemed impossible mere decades before had it not been for in its armament – nine FH-2 advanced laser banks (six on the
the introduction of duotronic computer control systems. The saucer top and bottom, one on each side of the shuttle bay, and
“hijacking” of the design by the Class I Program ensured that one “belly” mount on the secondary hull bottom) as well as dual
only five of each were built before both classes were cancelled in forward-mounted fusion torpedo tubes.
2225. One each of the Drake and Cook classes was relegated
to the training role, while the others served as backup for The Invincible would have been the most powerful Star Fleet
regular Class I destroyers and scouts in the field. Both classes vessel of its era had it been approved. Instead, the design was
were retired in 2250 following the end of the Four Years War. passed on for several years and eventually put off for
consideration with the later Class I Program. The first
dreadnought would not enter service until after the Four Years
SPECIFICATIONS: War, over three decades after the design for the Invincible was
submitted. One can only speculate how Star Fleet might have
Length: ……………………………….. x m fared during the Four Years War had the Invincible and its
Beam: ………………………….……… x m brethren been available for the fight.
Draft: …………………….…………… x m
Mass: …………………………………. X DWT
Crew ……….…………………….……. 120 SCHEMATIC:
Armament (Cook): ….…………….. . 1 laser banks
Armament (Drake): ….…………….. 4 laser banks
1 fusion torpedo tube

Cruising speed: ……………….……….. Warp 4.0

Maximum speed: …………………….… Warp 4.8

SCHEMATIC:

ORIGINAL BATON ROUGE DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

DRAKE AND COOK VARIATIONS BY NEALE DAVIDSON

ORIGINAL BATON ROUGE DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

BATON ROUGE GENERATION CONCEPT AND SCHEMATIC BY RICHARD E. MANDEL
BASED ON THE WORK OF NEALE DAVIDSON

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CIVILIAN STARSHIPS
PROVIDER CLASS TUG HUNTER CLASS CORVETTE
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2193 SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2201
The Provider class tug will forever be associated to students of Entering service at the turn of the 23rd century, the Hunter
Federation spacecraft history with the massive, 100-kilometer class corvette was best known for its long association with
long warp superconvoys that became a common sight in the Federation intersystem police forces. It was based on a military
Federation during the early years of the 23rd century. In this patrol ship design that had ultimately been rejected for the usual
time, before the capability for bulk mass transport of goods via budgetary reasons. Overall, the Hunter class enjoyed an
special transporter beam conduits through space, these massive excellent reputation with its crews. It was unmatched in its
superconvoys were the primary means for transporting millions class against all but dedicated military designs and Orion pirate
of metric tons in processed goods from one Federation system vessels. The last Hunter was retired from police service in
to another. Each superconvoy had eight Provider class tugs in 2225; however, many can still be seen in use under private
an octagonal arrangement at its head, interlinking and ownership.
synchronizing their warp fields in order to both pull and steer
the superconvoy. “Booster squares” of four tugs staged
between every 10-container segment assisted in this process.
SPECIFICATIONS:
The superconvoy has since gone the way of the proverbial Length: ……………………………….. 85 m
dinosaur; however, plenty of Provider class tugs still provide Beam: ………………………….……… 38 m
towing services in the civilian sector even today. Draft: …………………….…………… 43 m
Mass: …………………………….… 4125 DWT
SPECIFICATIONS: Crew ……….…………………….……. 6
Armament ………………………….. 4 laser banks
Length: ……………………………….. 225 m
Beam: ………………………….……… 220 m Cruising speed: ……………….……….. warp 3.6
Draft: …………………….…………… 45.6 m Maximum speed: …………………….… warp 4.8
Mass: …………………………….72,500 DWT
Crew ……….…………………….……. 66
Armament ………………………….. 4 laser banks
VISUAL:

Towing speed (laden): ……………….….. warp 2.0

Cruising speed (unladen): ………………. warp 3.5

VISUAL:

HUNTER DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

PROVIDER DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

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MASTERS CLASS TUG CABOT CLASS TRAWLER
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2208 SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2211
These were the standard civilian space tugs of the Baton Rouge For almost three decades these were a common sight to remote
era. They could be found everywhere, in every port of call, Federation outposts and border stations. They were fast, had
towing every conceivable kind of vessel or cargo. exceptional maneuverability, and were well armed for civilian
vessels of the day. This was necessary for any starship
The schematic shown here is the standard factory configuration. operating near unexplored regions of space where hostiles might
Most of their owners would customize them to suit their be lurking, such as the Romulan Neutral Zone or the unexplored
particular needs or tastes. regions beyond the Rigel sector. Many were lost supplying the
Federation lines during Four Years War with the Klingon Empire
(2246-2250). While the class officially ceased production in
SPECIFICATIONS: 2234, the surviving vessels continue to operate much as they
Length: ……………………………….. 145 m always have in the far regions of Federation space.
Beam: ………………………….……… 118 m
Draft: …………………….…………… 43 m SPECIFICATIONS:
Mass: ……………………………. 22,000 DWT
Crew ……….…………………….……. 20 Length: ……………………………….. 161 m
Armament ……………………………… none Beam: ………………………….……… 36 m
Draft: …………………….…………… 28 m
Towing speed (laden): …………….……. warp 2.5 Mass: …………………………………. 38,000 DWT
Cruising speed (unladen): ………………. warp 3.8 Crew ……….…………………….……. 28
Armament ……………………………… 4 laser banks
VISUAL: Towing speed (laden): …………….……. warp 3.2
Cruising speed (unladen): ………………. warp 3.8

VISUAL:

MASTERS DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

CABOT DESIGN BY RICK STERNBACH

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HERCULES CLASS TRANSPORT
SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR): 2210
The Hercules was the third design in the so-called “Mann
generation” of starships. It is derived from the Swiftsure
proposal, submitted by Star Fleet to the Federation Council in
2195 for a high-speed, single-nacelle, Warp 4 capable fleet
transport/tug. Lack of funding plus an abundance of existing
fleet transports caused the Council to refuse Star Fleet’s
request for the class. Rather than let such a good design go to
waste, however, Chiokis Starship Desgin used it for their effort Baton Rouge era Class J cargo ship
in breaching the waters of the civilian starship market several
years later. All of the features of its original Star Fleet proposal
were present, plus the ability to handle a wide variety of civilian
cargo containers in addition to Star Fleet standard Watt-type
models. The fact that it was the first Warp 4 transport
available on the market made it a quick seller, thus firmly
establishing the beachhead Chiokis had sought in the civilian
sector. Between 2210 and 2245 there were 153 Hercules
class transports in five different configurations built for the
civilian market. Almost all remain in service today.

VISUAL: The Vanguard Project – a unbuilt Baton Rouge era

design proposal based on the 2150s era NX-Project

The complete list of starships classes that were authorized for

the Baton Rouge generation of starships is as follows:

Baton Rouge class heavy cruiser

Original Swiftsure proposal (2195) Ranger class survey cruiser
Constant Warwick class light cruiser
Anton class cruiser
Drake class destroyer
Cook class scout
Detroyat class heavy destroyer

(Nordenskjold is considered part of the Baton Rouge

class for purposes of this list)
The civilian Hercules model (2210)
Authorized designs reallocated to the Class I Program include:

SWIFTSURE DESIGN BY PAUL ALEXANDER Marklin class heavy destroyer

ORIGINAL SCHEMATIC BY WARPED9

Unauthorized but proposed designs include:

Invincible class dreadnought

Liberty class transport/tug
Titan class shuttlecarrier
Vanguard class frigate
Carolina class frigate (a Vanguard competitor)
Hdeljas class assault ship
Valley Forge class battle cruiser

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TERRAN EXPLORATIONS
HYDRA II
Hydra II (UFC 82943 III) is a relatively young planet, cosmically
speaking. It is estimated to be only 3 billion or so years old on
the cosmic scale. It is also the first of only two pelagic planets
ever discovered within Federation space. Hydra II was the first
in 2202, and Argo was the second in 2264.

Hydra II is actually the third of three planets orbiting a single G-

type star. It was named Hydra II by early Terran astronomers
because their instruments could only detect the two outermost
planets in the system at the time planets were first detected.
The innermost planet UFC 82943 I, orbits so close to its parent
star that it is almost within range of being engulfed by Hydra.
There is evidence within Hydra’s spectral readings that the
system originally contained more planets and that the star
engulfed them as it expanded. Hydra apparently ended its
expansion just over a million years ago, leaving only three
planets in its solar system. Its expansion put the outermost
planet with its new habitable zone, setting in motion the chain of
events that made Hydra II the planet it is today. SPECIFICATIONS:
The native intelligent lifeforms are known as the Hydrans. They System star: UFC 82943 (Hydra )
were the first aquatic humanoids ever encountered by the
Federation. They are naturally very friendly and inquisitive, and Distance from system star ……………… 348 million km
first contact for both Hydrans and humans was a pleasant Period of revolution (Terran measure) …… 28.6 hours
experience. Special equipment is required to descend to their Period of orbit (Terran measure) ………… 444.6 days
home, the great Coral Castles at the bottom of Hydra’s oceans, Mass ………………………………….. x x1024 kg
but the trip is well worth the price. Both the Coral Castles and Diameter ………………………………. x km
the spectacle of the sacred Hydran Water Ballet (a ritual they Axial inclination ………………………… 24.6º
permit visitors to witness) are sights almost beyond compare Average surface temperature …………… 19º C
for both their beauty and elegance.
Satellites ……..………………………... none
Visitors to Hydra are strongly advised to keep to those few Planetary classification ………………….. N
areas where a Federation presence is established for their own Richter Scale cultural rating …………….. C-
safety, such as the Lonely Isles. It is easy for casual tourists or
inexperienced navigators to get lost in Hydra’s endless oceans. Indigenous culture ……………………… humanoid
What Hydra does have is an abundance of water, both on its (homo aquan hydrus)
surface and in its atmosphere. It has so much water that in Additional cultures ……………………… humanoid
certain areas of the planet it is hard to find the horizon due to
the presence of abundant ocean fogs. The Lonely Isles are a Major surface features:
group of seven islands that are also the major surface port-of- The Lonely Isles (main Federation surface port)
call. They are one of the few land masses that rise above Poseidia
Hydra’s vast oceans; hence the rather romantic name. It should The Popcorn Archipelago
be noted that the closest landform to the Lonely Isles is Roger’s Rock
Poseidia, a solitary island where the first landing party from the The Duggan Sea Ranches
USS Poseidon set down back in 2202. In straight-line travel it is The Coral Castles of Hydra
approximately 4300 kilometers from the Lonely Isles.

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HISTORICAL ARTICLES
NEW STARSHIP EXCEEDS BACK-TO-EARTH
WARP 4 MOVEMENT PROCLAIMED
SIR REGINALD BARCLAY, GUEST COMMENTATOR BENECIA HERALD – 16 AUGUST 2194
JAYNZ DEFENSE WEEKLY – 27 MAY 2192

Benecia Colony

A dissident group calling itself the Back-to-Earth Movement held

its first public meeting today at the Benecia Community Hall.
Thirty-nine beings were in attendance. Dr. Raleigh Mitnick of
the space city Tsiolkovskygrad and Symmetrist Stlak of Vulcan
were the guest speakers. The group calls for the dissolution of
The future of Star Fleet appears to lie in one of the oddest- “the imperialist Federation government.” Although primarily
looking craft ever to sail out of spacedock. The Mann, the latest Terro-centric, the group also encourages beings of other worlds
in a series of general-purpose survey cruisers mandated by the to leave the Federation and resume management of their own
Federation Council, has seemingly done the impossible. It has affairs, forming common ground between Back-to-Earth and the
sustained a speed of Warp 4 without going to pieces. Not only Vulcan Symmetrist Party. The meeting was carried out in a
has it done this once, it has done it repeatedly. And how, may peaceable manner despite protests from local pro-Federation
you ask, that a starship that looks like it would be more at home activists.
wallowing in a mudbath accomplish such an amazing feat? By its
frame, we’re told, made from a new wonder metal they call
trititanium. One can only hope that the minds behind this
breakthough can find a way to work this metal into a more
aesthetically pleasing shape. Otherwise, the very look of our
starships will frighten away any potential threats to Federation
peace.

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BIRTH OF THE SUPERCONVOY LARGEST SPACELIFT IN HISTORY
UFP INFONET – 15 MAY 2197 FEDERATON NEWSFLASH – 4 DECEMBER 2200

What to some is impossible is to this man a challenge waiting to

This is Gina Jameson for Federation Newsflash. I’m standing in
be solved. His name is Alberto Sabella, chief engineer of the
the shuttle bay of the Star Fleet cruiser USS Endurance, looking
space tug Muletrain, who is the genius behind the new
out at the view behind the ship. Below us receeds the surface
superconvoy concept.
of Bayard’s Planet, from which every single person, pet, or
other living being has been removed. Too close for comfort is an
“They need to move lotsa goods real fast, they say. Only
angry wave of gas and light that has just passed the system
problem? No way to pull it. You canna build a space tug big
star and is on its way towards us. The Endurance can outrun it
enough to pull a cargo can the size of a colony. So me, I look at
and is even now getting up to warp speed so it can jump away.
the problem. I think of my little space tug, my Muletrain, my
Still, this is as close as I ever want to come to death. It’s hard
tiny bambino, and it hits me. If we canna pull it with one mule,
to believe that something so beautiful as the Phi Puma
then why not a pack of mules? Just like they did in the old days.
shockwave could be so deadly.
Spread the load and pull more. If a mule could do it, then my
Muletrain and his brothers, they can do it, too.” Most other worlds in the Federation are capable of dealing with
this shockwave by virtue of their natural radiation belts and
proper precautions by their residents. Bayard’s Planet has no
such belt, leaving it wide open to the devastating effects of the
shockwave’s intense energy and radiation. Admiral Nelson,
commander of the Endurance and overall leader of the
evacuation effort, is to be commended for making sure that no
stone was left unturned in the total evacuation of Bayard’s
Planet. This is a feat that will go down in the history books,
thanks to his dedication and leadership.

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DEATH OF A LEGEND BATON ROUGE MARKS
UFP INFONET – 17 SEPTEMBER 2204
NEW STARSHIP ERA
UFP INFONET – 21 JUNE 2205

Earlier today, Chiokis starship designer Mark Chausser was killed The USS Baton Rouge (NCC-1300) leaving drydock
in a shuttlecar accident just outside of Paris, France. Chausser
was hit head-on by a drunken driver and died instantly. One of the most emotionally charged construction “races” of
modern times ended today with Star Fleet’s newest cruiser, the
“It’s a tragic loss,” said Franz Joseph IV, Chausser’s second at USS Baton Rouge being launched just over seven hours ahead of
Chiokis. “He was a visionary ahead of his time. He saw the path the survey cruiser USS Ranger. As such the Baton Rouge is
that starships needed to go and fought with all his skill to make officially the first vessel in Star Fleet’s newest generation of
them go there. I know that I and everybody at both Chiokis and starships to join the fleet.
Star Fleet are going to miss him.”
“This … this is an incredible moment,” said Franz Joseph IV,
The son of an itinerant trader, Chausser was raised on at least a senior Chiokis engineer and one of the minds behind these new
dozen different worlds. As a youth, he got to see more of the vessels. “I just wish Mark were here to see this. It was his
Federation that most beings do in their lifetime. Eschewing his baby. It was so beautiful, watching it slowly slip out of drydock
father’s profession, he settled down in the Earth colony at Tellar like a baby chick coming out of its shell. Ranger will be joining
and quickly made a name for himself in the planetary shipyards. her in a few hours, and I’m not going to miss that launch, either.
By his late twenties he had earned a nomination to the It’s the dawn of a new starship age, folks.”
University of Oreas on Alpha Centauri, where he graduated
summa cum laude. Upon graduation he was drafted by Chiokis Joseph was referring to his late mentor Mark Chausser, the
Starship Design of Andor, for whom he would work the rest of man who invented the tritianium starship frame and the lead
his life. designer of both the Baton Rouge and Ranger. Chausser was
tragically killed in a shuttlecar accident last year. The starships
Chausser’s main claim to fame was in reviving the works of that he brought to life are perhaps the greatest tribute in his
starship design pioneer W. M. Jeffries, the genius behind the behalf.
rebuilding of the Bonaventure. Chausser staunchly argued that
the technology had finally caught up with the vision of Jeffries The USS Baton Rouge, under the command of Captain William
and did all that he could to move Star Fleet in that direction. van Anling, will be undergoing a shakedown cruise to Tau Ceti.
His two main contributions were in pioneering the use of From there the new starship will proceed to Andor for additional
trititanium for starship construction and in producing the first evaluation and check-out at Chiokis company headquarters. The
workable “thin disk” primary hull saucer for Federation USS Ranger, under the command of Captain Maximillian
starships. These and other Chausser design concepts are Reinhardt, will be taking its shakedown cruise to Vulcan once it
embodied in the Baton Rouge and Ranger class starships, which launches.
will be joining the fleet next year.

Chausser is survived a younger brother, Gregory Chausser, and

a younger sister, the lady Anne of Tellar. His body is being
returned to the family home on Tellar for services and burial.

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FIRST MATERIALIZER A NEW TYPE OF TORPEDO
STAR FLEET NEWS – 06 MARCH 2212
TEST SUCCESSFUL
UFP INFONET – 07 JULY 2208

Say goodbye to fusion torpedoes. A new secondary weapons

system, the photon torpedo, promises to provide even more
“bang for the buck” than Star Fleet’s old standby.
“Let’s beam over.” Those words will soon become part of
The basis for the two systems is the same: an unstable mixture
lexicon of Federation citizens everywhere. Today, high in orbit
of elements held at just below critical mass until it impacts its
above Terra, the final verification test of the materializer as
target. The force of the impact combines the mixture, resulting
successfully completed. Science Officer Jordan Winslow of the
in the explosion. The material uses to make the “bang,”
USS Moscow beamed over from his own ship to the nearby USS
however, is quite different. Fusion torpedos are in essence a
Tehran without loss of life and with all of his body parts and
rocket-propelled, multimegaton thermonuclear warhead. A
organs 100% intact. Materializers will now be added to Star
photon torpedo derives its explosion from a matter-antimatter
Fleet’s formidable repertoire of starship support systems, as
mixture. Loraxial Corporation of Andor, the inventors of the
well as promising to change travels in civilian life.
fusion torpedo, are also the ones behind the development of the
photon torpedo.
“This could be the most significant breakthrough for the travel
industry since the invention of warp drive,” noted Dr. Fredrick
“The biggest problem we had was in developing a warhead-sized,
Ravishol, UFP Infonet science adviser. “No more mucking about
low-power containment field,” notes Priscilla Fredric. She is the
in sublight shuttlecraft, or magtrams, or aircars or such. Once
genius behind Star Fleet’s new weapon. “We obviously couldn’t
materializers are in place you can just beam from one place to
use a standard warp engine containment bottle because that
another in a fraction of a second. Look at what materializers are
was too big. This is the first time we’ve been able to make one
doing already for the transport of bulk goods. It’s driving down
small enough for warhead use.” Fredric was quick to point out
the cost of goods and services, since they’re cheaper to beam
that the potential works both ways. “This isn’t just limited to
than to ship. Imagine going from Terra to Vulcan for the price of
weapons development, you know. Within a few decades you’re
a magtram ride to San Francisco. It could very well happen
going to start seeing warp engines with matter-antimatter
within our lifetime.”
containment bottles the size of, say, a large drink dispenser.”
As optimistic as Dr. Ravishol’s predictions may be, however,
Both Star Fleet and Loraxial are in the final round of testing for
materialzers still have a long way to go in order to win public
the new weapon. A Star Fleet spokesmen says that Star Fleet
acceptance. The recent court battle over the ethics involved in
Command is looking forward to seeing photon torpedoes enter
converting a being from matter to energy and back again has
service within the next five years.
caused heated debate within Federation religious and political
movements. Many believe that the soul is lost at the moment of
transit and thus have come out with statements advocating
their followers not to use materializers. “Oh, that’s poppycock,”
Dr. Ravishol retorts. “Idiots choosing superstition over reality.
They said the same thing about cameras back in the 19th century
and it isn’t any more true then than it is now. Materializers are
perfectly safe. I haven’t seen any lost souls drifting around yet.”

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THE CLASS I PROGRAM JOSEPH: That’s my answer.
THE ALAN RIDDICK SHOW RIDDICK: That’s a question, not an answer.
TERRAN UNITED NEWS NETWORK – 4 JULY 2218
JOSEPH: If you’re aware of what’s been happening in the
Rigel sector the past few years then you should
know why we’ve been pushing the Class I
Program.

RIDDICK: But surely Star Fleet has enough starships

already! I mean – come on, you’ve had almost
two dozen different new classes in the past
quarter-century.

JOSEPH: Not all of which worked out---

RIDDICK: --and that’s my point. Why are we wasting

USS Constellation (NCC-1017) citizen’s credits again? I thought these new
Baton Rouge starships were supposed to fix all of
RIDDICK: Today we’re taking a look at one of the most Star Fleet’s problems.
expensive starships ever built to join Star Fleet –
or rejoin, to be more accurate. At one time she JOSEPH: They’re doing quite an excellent job as we
was the Constellation, a Horizon class heavy speak—
cruiser and the last of her class to be built.
Today, though, she’s something else – a vessel RIDDICK: --which again leads me back to my point: why
the likes of which not even the mighty new Baton are we wasting money on new starships we don’t
Rouges can touch. She looks like nothing else in need?
the fleet … and, hopefully, to some, she’s only
the beginning. The Constellation returns to JOSEPH: Are you ever going to let me finish a sentence?
active duty today along with the similarly refitted
Republic in a publicity move Star Fleet hopes will RIDDICK: I’m sorry. What was it you wanted to say?
gain popular and political support for its new
Class I Starship Program. JOSEPH: (sigh) We had to make certain compromises with
the Baton Rouge in order to win Federation
With us today is Franz Joseph IV, the young Council support. In short, we didn’t get the
protégé of the late starship designer Mark starship we wanted.
Chausser and now head of Chiokis Starship
Design. Joseph is the man responsible for the RIDDICK: Seems to be doing pretty good for something
Constellation and chief designer for the Class I that’s not perfect. That’s what you said, isn’t it?
Program. I want to thank Mr. Joseph for being
willing to walk into the lion’s den with us, as it JOSEPH: Even so, it could have been better. We had to
were, and come on the show today. He is quite cut corners on the secondary hull design, on the
passionate about Project Starship, which is the impulse deck---
reason why I wanted him here. Welcome to the
show, Mr. Joseph. RIDDICK: Are you saying that we’ve got another Tritium on
our hands?
JOSEPH: My pleasure.
JOSEPH: That was uncalled for, sir. Constellation is no
RIDDICK: I’m going to cut right to the chase. What are we Tritium. Tritium failed its first space trial.
doing spending money for yet another new
starship program when we’ve already got one RIDDICK: In a rather spectacular fashion, as I recall.
underway?
JOSEPH: The Baton Rouge, Ranger, and the rest of the
JOSEPH: Have you been to the Rigel sector lately? new classes have all passed their space trials
with flying colors.
RIDDICK: I’m the host, I ask the questions.

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RIDDICK: So if you had to cut corners and wound up with a JOSEPH: With the new design we’ve been able to
less-than-perfect batch of starships, then why significantly increase Constellation’s science and
are they doing so well? survey capability. She’s not just a fighter, Alan.
She’s also an explorer. She’s got at least the
JOSEPH: Lots of reasons. The new trititanium frames are same science capability as a Ranger class survey
the chief reason. We couldn’t go Warp 4 without cruiser, and that’s a lot. She’s got heavy cruiser
them. firepower, yes, but its there only if it’s needed.

RIDDICK: That I’ll grant you. RIDDICK: Well, I know some Star Fleet captains with some
pretty itchy trigger fingers. Just ask the
JOSEPH: Thank you. Adopting the Jeffries design Klingons.
philosophy, with the saucer-and-nacelle approach,
has dramatically improved warp performance JOSEPH: Ah, so you do know what’s happening out beyond
as— Rigel.

RIDDICK: Whoa, whoa, whoa, you’re starting to use those RIDDICK: Whether I do or not makes no difference. Looks
ten-credit words on me. I’m not a starship to me like you’ve built a warship, not a deep
designer and neither is my audience. space explorer. We’re in a time of peace, Mr.
Joseph. The last thing we need is a warp-
JOSEPH: It’s not built like a flying box, like past starships, powered battlestation to fight another war.
so it moves faster and takes corners better.
JOSEPH: As I recall, we’re not the ones who picked a fight
RIDDICK: I see. What about the new weapons the with the Klingons, but that’s not why—
Constellation is carrying?
RIDDICK: --oh?! That’s not what they say.
JOSEPH: The new warp engines that Star Fleet is using
have a lot more power than the old ones. The JOSEPH: (sigh) As I was saying, I’m not here to discuss
laser banks we’ve installed on the Constellation the Klingons. I’m here to discuss the Class I
are the same that Star Fleet was putting on its Program.
starbases just five years ago.
RIDDICK: But isn’t that what the Class I Program is all
RIDDICK: That’s a helluva lot of juice. I’d hate to be the about? Build a better warship and the Klingons
space pirate to tangle with a ship like that. will come knocking at your door?

JOSEPH: And that’s not all. She’s got twin photon JOSEPH: I’m a starship designer, not a soldier. I think Star
torpedo tubes, too, and I’m sure you aware of Fleet can answer that question for you.
what those can do.
RIDDICK: Well, tell me this. With all of this weaponry at its
RIDDICK: Well, I’m no military expert, but I hear those disposal, do you think there’s anything the
things are pretty powerful. Klingons have that could take out the
Constellation?
JOSEPH: Which brings me to my point. The generation of
starships that’s following the Baton Rouge are as JOSEPH: I honestly can’t say. I can tell you this, though.
big a jump above them as they were over It’s going to take a lot to knock out the
everything that was built after the Romulan War. Constellation and her crew. Star Fleet will do
When you look at the Constellation you’re looking what they can to avoid that fight, like it always
at the future of Star Fleet. does, but if it comes right down to it, she’ll go
down fighting with every inch of life left in her
RIDDICK: So we’re going back to a purely military Star frame. That is something you can count on, Mr.
Fleet, then, I take it? I thought the Federation Riddick.
Council outlawed that.
RIDDICK: I can’t argue with that. Thank you for your time,
JOSEPH: (sigh) Constellation is not just a warship. Mr. Joseph.

RIDDICK: I wouldn’t have guessed, based on the way you

were talking, but go ahead.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
VOLUME 09: 2190-2220
AUTHOR’S COMMENTS:
Yes, I KNOW that the picture of the “prototype” Connie in
drydock is actually that of the TOS-era Enterprise! To be
Please note that starting with this volume there will be no honest, though, I couldn’t find a picture of the pilot (pre-TOS)
separate Schematics section. That’s because pictures and stats Enterprise in drydock, else I would have used that instead. If
for all starships from the timeline are covered in the Starships anybody knows where I can find one, I’ll gladly correct this
section. Besides, there’s SO MANY in this issue! Seems like I’m known error on my part.
getting more and more significant starship classes the closer we
get to “our” time ….
My apologies to Aridas Sofia in particular for kitbashing his
beautiful Horizon and Nordenskjold drawings to show the
One of the first things that FSC readers will notice is that my evolution of the Constellation. I had already done something
interpretation of data from the old SFC in the Prime One timeline similar in the FRS forums trying to see how one might arrive at
happens a lot faster than it does in Prime Zero (Dixon’s Fandom Class I heavy cruiser from the Horizon. I’ve since revised my
Timeline). That’s because the date’s are off, and Dixon talks concepts a bit and they show in the kitbashed drawings in this
about this problem at length in his work. Based on what I’ve volume. Hopefully I’m not too far off from the “truth” ---
been able to deduce, his resynching of the SFC dates would work provided he can forgive me for changing to which starship class
given an Enterprise launch date of 2245. There’s just one the Republic belongs. The only reason I did this is because of the
problem with that assumption. It’s wrong, and just about use of a Baton Rouge era Republic in a licensed work (however
everyone who’s reading this knows why. If you don’t, go read inaccurate the story might have been). It also gave me a chance
my post in the FRS Forums about “That dratted Enterprise to play a Baton Rouge derived Class I prototype (Sternbach –
launch date ….” I have accordingly resynched the SFC data Republic) against a Horizon derived Class I prototype (Sofia -
from Prime Zero in order to adjust for a corrected “early” Constellation). Of course, we know whose design won, don’t
Enterprise launch date of 2223. If you still think I’m off my nut we? (grin) There are those “old school” fans who are not
then you need to get the Star Trek Animated series and watch overly fond of the Baton Rouge, so this is my way of vicariously
“The Counter-Clock Incident” sometime. You’ll get your answers duking it out between the two for these folks.
within the first five minutes of the episode.

I took the liberty of retconning Michael Morissette’s Detroyat

My apologies to both Aridas Sofia and Neale Davidson for my class heavy destroyer per the suggestions of Neale Davidson in
editing efforts in combining your differing views on this key order that it become part of the Baton Rouge generation of
period in Federation spacecraft history. This was based solely on starships. The same goes for Dana Knutson’s Anton class
my interpretation of Star Fleet hull number sequences (the cruiser, again per Davidson’s suggestions. I agree with
NCCs) given my military experience and ny understanding of U.S. Davidson in that these were both probably older designs that
Navy hull number assignments over the years. The decision I were upgraded once the Class I program came into being. This
had to make was to either “short” the Archon class (Sofia) by actually makes sense for the Detroyat given the way it was
several ships per Timo’s notes, thus freeing up the Republic to designed by Morissette. The angular lines of its secondary hull
be a Ranger class starship per its hull number (Davidson), or compare nicely to those of the Baton Rouge’s own, and an error
eliminate the Archon class entirely. I didn’t want to do that in Morrisette’s dating obscured the fact that he intended the
because I already owe Aridas way too much for letting me use Detroyat to be launched during this era. That’s the main reason
his materials and kitbashing his schematics. Aridas is going to why the adjusted build date is so late for a Baton Rouge era
pretty much get his way in the next volume, though, insofar as vessel. This way, the bulk of the class can be upgraded to Class
the timeline and the development of the Class I Program I while they’re still under construction. Including the Anton at
starships go. Fans of Aridas might have already guessed this this point also helps smooth out the development timeline of the
from the revised Baton Rouge era timeline presented here. starship Reliant (STAR TREK II: The Wrath of Khan). Paramount
Those of you interested in finding out exactly why should visit apparently decided to ignore FASA’s Anton in authorizing a TOS-
the Timeline Talk Forum at the Federation Reference Series era Miranda precursor a while back, which has since popped up
Online and look for the topic, “That dratted Enterprise launch in several officially licensed works. I didn’t want to lose the
date ….” Anton because, to be honest, it was published long before they
started using the term “Miranda class” on screen in TNG. This

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seemed as good a way of keeping the Anton in the starship
development timeline as any.
Not too many in-jokes and asides this time, but here they are:

Having three different space “objects,” each of which is the 1) The image of starship designer Mark Chausser is that
Kepler/Keppler class, can be rather confusing. I know it of Professor E. J. Parsafoot (Charlie Dell) from the old
confused some of my reviewers. In this case my sources are the Saturday morning sci-fi serial Jason of Star Command.
guilty culprits. The Kepler class space probes come from Filmation did both Jason and the animated Star Trek,
Goldstein and Sternbach’s old Space Flight Chronology. The with the music of the latter being recycled for the
Kepler class deep space station comes from Jaynz’ Starfleet former. Besides, as cheesy as it was it’s still a
Reference Series #2. The Keppler class transport/tug (in personal favorite of mine … and I always did like the
Volume 10) comes from Franz Joseph Schnaubelt’s Star Fleet Starfire.
Technical Manual. Confused enough? Let me assure you, based 2) The “Roddenberry Twin-Nacelle Rule” was cooked up
on my own personal USNA experience, that this is the sort of by the Great Bird himself as a slap in the face to Franz
thing upperclassmen love to use in trying to trip up plebes as Joseph Schnaubelt and the old Star Fleet Technical
part of their training. Trust me. That’s why I let it ride instead Manual. I never really figured out why, after its
of trying to find some way to fix the names to make more sense. “canonization” on screen in the first three TREK
Kinda like naming both submarines and battleships after states feature films, the Great Bird suddenly decided it
in our time. We’ll see this problem again with the Ranger in wasn’t canon and that starships always had to have
future volujmes. two engines. Probably something to do with the Star
Fleet Battles license, no doubt. Of course, we know
how long that imperial edict lasted (cough-Deep Space
The Drake class destroyer is the Baton Rouge equivalent of the Nine -cough-cough). It’s my way of poking fun at a
Class I Saladin, just as Neale’s Cook class scout is the spiteful little “rule” that never should have existed n
predecessor of the Class I Hermes. The lead ship is named for the first place.
English sea warrior Sir Francis Drake. 3) Franz Joseph IV’s “doodle” that leads to the
development of the Class I heavy cruiser is in fact a
profile view of Bernd Schneider’s Asia class survey
My apologies for still not having stats for many of the ships in cruiser. It’s one of my favorite fandom designs, and
the Baton Rouge generatioin. I intend to fix this in the next Schneider’s Ex Astris Scienta website has been a big
major revision once I find the time. help in developing the FSC. I couldn’t include the Asia
outright due to class conflicts and permission issues,
but I slipped this little aside in anyway as my way of
saying, “Thanks.”
The Hercules (Swiftsure) class transport comes from the cover
4) “Captain Maximillian Reinhardt” is a reference to the
art of the later books in The Best of Trek paperback series by
Walt Disney sci-feature film The Black Hole.
Walter Irwin and G.B. Love. The starship in question is taken
5) “Dr. Fredrick Ravishol” is a rather blatant reference to
from the actual cover art from TBoT #10 by Paul Alexander.
Dr. Ravishol from the classic Battlestar Galactica
The lines of the Hercules saucer both as drawn in the schematic
episode, “Gun on Ice Planet Zero.”
and in the original artwork suggest a correlation to the ”Mann
generation” of starships. The only liberty I took with Warped9’s
original schematic was to “fit” it with a single “surplus” PB-17
engine. These were ostensibly left over from the later Horizon
program and hopefully brings it closer to the TREK norm.

Regards,

-- Richard

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Jason Bogguess (Star Fleet Network)
Stan and Fred Goldstein
Bernard Guignard
Neale Davidson (Pixel Sagas)
Steve Miller
Masao Ozazaki (Star Fleet Museum)
Timo Saloniemi
Aridas Sofia (Federation Reference Series Online)
Rick Sternbach

IMAGE SOURCES:
3D Gladiators
Randy Asplund
Atolm
Steve Baron (Vintage Starships)
Battleclinic.com
Don Christansen
Neale Davidson (Pixel Sagas)
Harry Doddema (Titan Fleet Yards)
Federation Frontiers
Lawrence Miller
Michael Newlyn
Lauren Oliver (Starship Modeler) coming soon
Bernd Schneider (Ex Astris Scienta)
Aridas Sofia (Federation Reference Series Online)
Starship Art
The TrekBBS
Wikipedia

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