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* [[Guide: Andor |''Andor'' class cruisers (2270-2320)]] | * [[Guide: Andor |''Andor'' class cruisers (2270-2320)]] | ||
* [[Guide: Constitution (refit) |''Constitution'' (refit) class heavy cruisers / cruisers (2272-2337)]] | * [[Guide: Constitution (refit) |''Constitution'' (refit) class heavy cruisers / cruisers (2272-2337)]] | ||
* [[Guide: Cygnus/Cochise/Amerind |''Cygnus / Cochise / Amerind'' class diplomatic couriers / destroyers / scouts (2272-2299 / 2283-2318 / 2288-2330)]] | * [[Guide:Cygnus / Cochise / Amerind |''Cygnus / Cochise / Amerind'' class diplomatic couriers / destroyers / scouts (2272-2299 / 2283-2318 / 2288-2330)]] | ||
* [[Guide: Northampton |''Northampton'' class strike frigates (2272-2321)]] | * [[Guide: Northampton |''Northampton'' class strike frigates (2272-2321)]] | ||
* [[Guide: Kolm-An |''Kolm-An'' class interdiction ships (2272-2323)]] | * [[Guide: Kolm-An |''Kolm-An'' class interdiction ships (2272-2323)]] | ||
Revision as of 19:43, 14 October 2025
Forward
Introduction
Part I: Starships and Other Large Vessels
Before 2063 - The Playground
- DY series interplanetary transports (1989-2128)
- Apex Venus/Mars mission spacecraft (1991-2008)
- Aphrodite Venus/asteroid mission spacecraft (2001-2047)
- Aventeur Outer Planet mission spacecraft (2008-2039)
- Galileo test vehicle (2028)
- Ares Mars mission spacecraft (2030-2032)
- Companion class cruiser (2033-)
- AFP-1 test vehicle (2035)
- TAU series extrasolar exploration vessels (2036-2069)
- Columbus series interstellar sublight explorers (2040-2104)
- Liberty class system defense cruisers (2058-2093)
- Phoenix warp drive testbed (2063)
2063-2130 - The Incredible Expansion
- Defiant and Valiant survey cruisers (2064-2066/2064-2073)
- Bonaventure survey cruiser (2064-2077)
- Verne class survey cruisers/system defense destroyers (2064-2095)
- Conestoga class colonizers (2067-2098)
- DY warp series transports/system patrol vessels (2069-2168)
- Messier heavy/attack cruisers (2078-2162)
- Cosmos class nearspace survey cruisers (2080-2120)
- -- Degbaxis class frigate (2083-2180) (Tellarite)
- Hercules 'Y' class transports (2090-2177)
- Roanoke 'J' class transports (2101-2279)
- -- G'buqoff class freighter (2118-2271) (Tellarite)
2130-2161 - Into The Romulan War
- Stuart/Siebel/Neptune class transports/strike transports/surveyors (2118-2193)
- Emmette class destroyers (2123-2169)
- Discovery class assault transports/scouts (2124-2160)
- Durance class transports (2130-2163)
- -- T'Khut class combat cruiser (2135-2204) (Vulcan)
- Sevaijen class light cruiser (2138-2196) (Andorian)
- Djartanna class light destroyers (2139-2189)
- Pralim class transport/escort cruiser (2139-2199)
- Kumari class battle cruiser (2142-2182) (Andorian)
- Vanguard class fast transports (2144-2180)
- Daedalus class survey cruisers/corvettes (2145-2196)
- Triton class heavy cruisers (2146-2172)
- Ganges class destroyers (2146-2179)
- Taholsin class destroyers (2148-2172) (Andorian)
- Hopkins class hospital ships (2149-2173)
- Edison class research vessel (2150-2171)
- Enterprise class explorer (2151-2161)
- Thofsin class cruiser (2151-2179) (Andorian)
- Cavalry class light destroyers (2151-2193)
- Mercury class scouts (2154-2181)
- Phinda class cruiser (2155-2181)
- Marshall class heavy destroyers (2156-2207)
- Doppler class scouts (2157-2177)
- Minuteman class destroyers (2158-2175)
- Achilles/Helena class cruisers (2158-2203/2158-2174)
- Christopher class light cruisers (2158-2182)
- Poseidon class heavy cruisers (2159-2173)
- Yorktown class battle cruiser (2160-2177)
- Victory/Crusade class battle cruiser (2162, 2166)
2161-2200 - The Federation
- Columbia class explorer (2162-2192)
- Murmansk class heavy transports / command ships / cultural exchange ships (2167-2246)
- Almeida class heavy multimission cruisers (2168-2188)
- Drexler class frigates (2169-2241)
- Placido class scouts / destroyers (2170-2230)
- Castor class survey cruisers (2174-2208)
- Texas class light cruisers (2175-2259)
- Bryne class hospital ships (2179-2219)
- Boyden class cargo drones (2184-2220)
- Venture class light cruisers (2186-2233)
- Alexandria class corvette tenders (2186-2236)
- Watt class fleet tankers / transports (2189-2225)
- Caracal class command cruisers / attack cruisers / light cruisers (2189-2239)
- Horizon / Advance class heavy cruisers / battle cruisers (2193-2297)
- Sentinel / Armstrong class scout cruisers / light cruisers (2194-2252)/(2197-2231)
- Tritium class testbed (2199-2207)
2200-2240 - Way of the Warrior
- Bering class cargo drones (2204-2267)
- Trent / Apache / Kovaris class light destroyers / scouts (2205-2246 / 2210-2235 / 2210-2250, 2287-2295)
- Mann class light cruisers (2206-2244)
- Lincoln class frigates (2207-2238)
- Ranger class light cruisers (2215-2291)
- Valkyr class shuttlecarriers (2219-2270)
- Burke / Aldrin / Magellan class nearspace frigates / deep space frigates / scout cruisers (2221-2267)
- Baton Rouge / Nordenskiöld class heavy cruisers / light cruisers (2222-2277/2252-2290)
- Detroyat class heavy destroyers / heavy scouts (2222-2291)
- Syracuse / Saladin / Siva / Einstein class destroyers / destroyer leaders (2223-2303)
- Ptolemy class fleet tugs / tenders (2224-2289)
- Sherman class light transports / cargo drones (2224-2290)
- Hermes / Monoceros / Indianola class scouts (2225-2313)
- Proxima class battle cruisers (2226-2260)
- Master class medium fleet tugs / tenders (2226-2282)
- Richter / Heston class cruiser / battle cruiser (2228-2268)
- Icarus / Ashanti / Apache class battle cruisers / heavy destroyers (2229-2297)
- Hale class scouts (2229-2250)
- Independence class medium transports (2229-2290)
- Texas refit class light cruisers (2230-2276)
- Amchitka / Kearsarge class light cruisers (2230-2287)
- Ishinomaki class fuel transports (2231-2266)
- Bonaventure dilithium power testbed (2231)
- Rochester / Kitty Hawk / Taurus class cruisers (2231-2297)
- Cahuya class survey cruisers (2231-2281)
- Bode class heavy scouts (2232-2256)
- Byrd class galactic survey cruisers (2234-2278)
- Marklin class light destroyers (2236-2251)
- Pyotr Velikiy / Beowulf class heavy cruisers / support cruisers (2239-2268/2252-2312)
2240-2270 - The Final Frontier
- Anton class light cruisers (2239-2252)
- Capella class surveyors / supply ships (2239-2276)
- Larson class destroyers (2240-2283)
- Nelson class scouts / destroyers (2240-2301)
- Constitution class heavy cruisers (2241-2275)
- Cochrane class colonizers (2241-2327)
- Loknar class frigates (2242-2296)
- Miranda / Surya / Noshiro class heavy frigates (2242-2295)
- Canopus class survey cruisers (2243-2266)
- Ares class battle cruisers (2244-2264)
- Coventry / Benning class strike frigates / heavy frigates (2245-2295)
- Aakenn class heavy transports (2247-2319)
- Grayson class buoy tenders (2247-2342)
- Whirlwind class assault ships (2250-2274)
- T'Pari class surveyors (2250-2291)
- Ohio class light fleet tugs (2251-2287)
- Arcadia class fleet tankers (2252-2296)
- Embassy class diplomatic liner (2253- )
- Tavares class light transports (2254-2283)
- Federation class dreadnoughts (2255-2295)
- Santee/Coronado class shuttlecarriers (2255-2268/2257-2292)
- Keith class surveyors / scouts (2256-2296)
- Unity class command ships (2257-2276)
- Hopi class large survey cruisers (2258-2281)
- Soyuz class survey frigates (2259-2288, 2368-2373)
- Derf class bouy tenders / mine warfare ships (2260-2294)
- Mo'Kal class light fleet tugs (2260-2307)
- Achernar class heavy cruisers (2260-2295)
- Okinawa class light frigates (2260-2299)
- Samson class fleet tugs / tenders (2261-2298)
- Pompey class destroyers (2262-2292)
- Deneb/Defender class defenders / battleships (2263-2315)
- Cle Dan class tenders (2263-2298)
- Bader class exploratory cruisers (2264-2274)
- Oberth class surveyors / supply ships / tenders / medical ships / various other types (2266-)
- Chandley class strike frigates (2266-2283)
- Garneau / Lena / Darwin / Fisher / Fjon / Greer / Clarke / Todega / Schmidt class light surveyors / light supply ships / light tugs/ salvage tugs (2267- )
- Brenton class cruisers / command ships (2268-2311)
- Baker class light exploratory cruisers / destroyers (2268-2328)
- Makin class assault ships (2268-2299)
- Thufir class destroyers (2268-2313)
2270-2300 - Troubled Homefront
- Guide: Komsomolsk: needs dates & insertion
- Belknap / Impervious / Raan / Excel class strike cruisers (2270-2355)
- Kethkin class lightfleet tug (2270-2321)
- Andor class cruisers (2270-2320)
- Constitution (refit) class heavy cruisers / cruisers (2272-2337)
- Cygnus / Cochise / Amerind class diplomatic couriers / destroyers / scouts (2272-2299 / 2283-2318 / 2288-2330)
- Northampton class strike frigates (2272-2321)
- Kolm-An class interdiction ships (2272-2323)
- Tangent class frigates (2272-2275)
- Larson refit class destroyers (2273-2351)
- Miranda refit class heavy frigates / frigates (2273- )
- Lynx class timeship (2273-2289)
- Chesapeake class light cruisers (2273-2298)
- Lotus Flower class heavy tankers / transports (2274-2354)
- Huntington class tankers (2274-2319)
- Ticonderoga class light reconnaissance cruisers (2274-2328)
- Federation refit class dreadnoughts (2274-2295)
- Daran class frigates (2275-2356)
- Akula class destroyers (2275-2287)
- Constellation class through-deck cruisers / cruisers (2276-2284)
- Draco / Athabaska class galactic survey cruisers / strike cruiser (2276-2349/2284-2311)
- Ariel / Fredrikstad class shuttlecarriers (2277-2312)
- Balson class command ships (2277-2306)
- Ascension class dreadnoughts (2278-2299)
- Chandley (refit) class strike frigates (2279-2321)
- Proxima refit class dreadnoughts (2279-2302)
- Menahga / Mitannic / S'harien class battle cruisers (2279-2322)
- Ishtasse class cruisers (2280-2324)
- Niffen class buoy tenders (2282-2354)
- Ural class fleet tanker / tender (2282-2346)
- Kirov class dreadnoughts (2283-2299)
- Aleo / Jenshahn / Youngblood / Chosin class through-deck cruisers (2283-2316 / 2283-2327 / 2290-2338 / 2292-2325)
- Odysseus class fast cruisers (2283-2316)
- Constellation refit class reconnaissance cruisers / cruisers (2284-2372)
- Excelsior class transwarp testbed / space control ships / explorers / heavy cruisers (2284-)
- Sydney class medium transports (2285- )
- Ianar class fast frigates (2285-2325)
- Nineveh class large exploratory cruisers (2287-2339)
- Continent class assault ships (2289-2316)
- Laweya / Phobos class medium transports / troop transports (2290-2361)
- Amchitka / Kearsarge refit class light cruisers (2290-2311)
- Doppler / Dollond class tugs / tenders (2291-2358)
- Etna class command ships (2293-)
- Grin'ki class combat tenders (2293-2351)
- Polaris / Constant class heavy destroyers / scouts (2293- / 2295-2356)
- Lng'we Chi class exploratory cruisers (2294-2358)
- Hornet class support carriers (2295-2327)
- Hensley class support frigates (2295-2347)
- Deneva class light transports (2296- )
- Lexington class command ships (2296-2341)
- Overfield class heavy transports (2297- )
- Reigate class cruisers (2298- )
- Hardin class destroyers (2299-2361)
2300-2340 - The Golden Years
- Apollo class heavy cruisers (2305- )
- Osaka class fast cruisers (2311- )
- Ambassador class explorers/heavy cruisers (2311- )
- Wambundu class light cruisers (2314- )
- Joshua class command ships (2316-2368)
- Hokule'a/Medusa class cruisers (2320-2376/2372-2376)
- Niagara class explorers/heavy cruisers (2323- )
- Surak class exploratory cruisers (2323- )
- Scylla class scouts (2324- )
- Istanbul class heavy transports (2324- )
- Andes class general purpose tenders (2325- )
- Renaissance/Baracus class light frigates/scouts (2332- /2347- )
- Mediterranean/Shelley class medium transports/tugs (2332- )
2340-2360 - The Restless Borders
- Decker class destroyers (2337- )
- Wellesley class destroyers (2340- )
- Cheyenne class light cruisers (2341- )
- Steamrunner class strike carriers (2342- )
- Yorkshire class medium transports (2344- )
- Olympic class troopships/various other types (2345- )
- Springfield class frigates (2346- )
- New Orleans class heavy frigates (2347- )
- Piper/Hogan class tugs/tenders (2347- )
- London class troop transports (2348- )
- Challenger class scout cruisers (2349- )
- Zodiac/Rigel class light destroyers/scouts (2351- )
- Korolev class heavy surveyors (2352- )
- Nebula class explorers (2352- )
- Akira class heavy cruisers (2354- )
- Norway class strike transports / strike command ships (2354- )
- Griffin class light cruisers (2355- )
- Galaxy class explorers (2357- )
- Freedom / Courage class heavy destroyers (2358- )
- Alaska class battle cruisers (2359- )
2360-2370 - Coming Of Age
2370-2375 - Invasion!
- Nova class surveyors/multipurpose platforms (2370- )
- Philadelphia class light cruisers/anti-Borg platforms (2372- )
- Prometheus class cruisers (2374- )
- Iwo Jima class assault ships (2375- )
- Typhon class strike carrier/mobile outpost (2375- )
- Curiosity class heavy cruiser (2376- )
- Merian class multipurpose platform (2377- )
- Luna class science/reconnaissance cruiser (2377- )
After 2375 - Whither Federation?
- Wallenberg class evacuation tug (2376- )
- Parliament class large survey cruiser (2378- )
- Vesta class heavy cruiser (2380- )
- Odyssey class cruiser (2381- )
- Sagan class fast exploratory cruiser (2282- )
- Reliant class light cruiser (2390- )
- Sutherland class advanced research vessel (2391- )
- Edison class carrier (2392- )
- Pathfinder class long-range science vessel (2393- )
- Inquiry class heavy cruiser (2395- )
- Emissary class diplomatic cruiser (2395- )
- Equity class carrier (2397- )
- Seeker class explorer (2399- )
Part II: Small Warp-Drive Vessels
Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts
- -- Kah'hir class patrollers (1853-2134) (Vulcan)
- Kahs'khiori class corvettes (1924-2196) (Vulcan)
- Tal'Kyr/Otrera class scouts/priority couriers (1934-2220) (Vulcan)
- -- Voroth class surveyors (2025-2277) (Vulcan)
- -- T'Koni class patroller (2127-2164) (Vulcan)
- Pirithous/Hippolyta class corvettes/clippers (2130-2158/2155-2208)
- Ilthirin/Tanathooef class couriers/escorts (2132-2182/2151-2182) (Andorian)
- Athens class couriers/scouts (2138-2179)
- -- Tuverlind class scoutships (2145-2227) (Tellarite)
- -- Sn’Dahl class scoutships (2147-2158) (Vulcan)
- -- Kuhulkka class nearspace patroller (2148-2236 (Tellarite)
- Kuhulkka class gunboats (2152-2188)
- -- Husav class patrol craft (2154-2182) (Andorian)
- Zoenamy class corvettes (2158-2185)
- Strider class couriers/scouts (2159-2197)
- Podish class scouts (2160-2227)
- Ariadne class clippers (2170-2328)
- Pointer class corvettes (2182-2208)
- Lowell class scouts (2215-2239)
- Hunter class corvettes (2219-2243)
- Roberts class security cutter (2226-2270)
- Guardian / Majestic class heavy escorts (2229-2258/2243-2263)
- Thunderbolt/Battleaxe/Mandalay class corvettes/couriers (2234-2269)
- Sawyer class light scouts (2238-2255)
- Portsmith/Bedford class escorts (2241-2263)
- Procyon class corvettes (2244-2283)
- Centaurus class couriers/scouts (2244-2288)
- Chasseur class clippers (2245-2267)
- Kiaga/Agilis class perimeter action ships (2248-2294)
- Mustang class corvettes (2253-2279)
- Remora class escorts (2257-2274)
- Hellespont class escorts (2260-2277)
- Graynet class support corvettes (2261-2284)
- Lenthal class escorts (2264-2295)
- Griffon class escorts (2267-2312)
- Richtofen class clippers (2268-2293)
- Remora refit class escorts (2268-2299)
- Genser/Babcock class escorts (2274-2312)
- Daring/Renner class heavy corvettes (2275-2319)
- Centaurus refit class corvettes/couriers/light scouts (2278-2369)
- Firestone class couriers/corsairs (2284-2328)
- Akyazi / Arbiter / Akula class perimeter action ships (2285-2349)
- Frobisher class clippers (2285-2333)
- Engage class perimeter action ships (2285-2356, 2374-2377)
- Juliet/Lautaro/Riga class heavy corvettes (2286-2333)
- Kirsanov class large perimeter action ships (2288-2351)
- Asmodeus class light corvettes (2292-2315)
- Merced class corvettes/escorts (2312- )
- Condor class couriers (2320-2364)
- Moscow class scouts (2342- )
- Chimera class escorts (2347- )
- Saber class corvettes (2350- )
- Bradbury class heavy corvettes (2362- )
- Paladin class scouts (2366- )
- Defiant class escorts/anti-Borg platforms (2371- )
- Frontier class corvettes/heavy escorts (2372- )
- Loki class couriers (2372- )
- Dervish class heavy escorts (2379- )
Small Craft
- Toj Lol class survey craft (1834-2198) (Vulcan)
- Tshin class sublight gunboat (1907-2202) (Vulcan)
- Franklin class scoutcraft (2075-2102)
- Yravas class fightercraft (2122-2183) (Andorian)
- Arrow/Gaillant/Dagger class escort fightercraft (2147-2169)
- Clark class space tank (2150-2178)
- Bradley class space tank (2160-2181)
- Normandy/Port Stanley class escort fightercraft (2162-2187)
- Powers class scoutcraft (2165-2185)
- Montcalm/Meridio class liaison craft (2169-2273)
- Big Cat class sublight fightercraft (2182-2266)
- Hubble class runabout (2219-2262)
- Flamsteed/Fraunhofer/Flagstaff class scout drone (2232-2298)
- D17 Freeman fightercraft (2236-2251)
- Talion class sublight fightercraft (2242-2276)
- Chameleon class light courier/scoutcraft (2242-2294)
- Mission class runabout/scoutcraft (2248-2285)
- Solar class cutter (2250-2280)
- Sulek/Velikovski class prospector (2253-2286)
- Aden class light scoutcraft/support cutter (2253-2279)
- Benares class hopper (2257-2269)
- Questor class runabout (2261-2286)
- Archer class light scout (2261-2289)
- Karekh class prospector (2261-2339)
- Tycho class light sublight fightercraft (2262-2289)
- Epsilon class cutter (2263-2290)
- Ranger class courier (2264-2324)
- Tai/Sait class light courier (2265-2349)
- Leonardo/Rogge/Carbonare class corsair (2268-2307)
- Wasp/Dragonfly class light interceptor (2274-2318)
- Scorpio class heavy interceptor (2274-2317)
- Meiji class light fightercraft (2279-2319)
- Messina/Juneau/Annapolis class scoutcraft/runabout (2277-2371)
- Killer Bee/Gadfly class light sublight attack craft/drone (2279-2314)
- Falcon/Raptor class scoutcraft/heavy interceptor (2286-2337)
- Storn class assault craft (2289-2325)
- Mockingbird class scout (2290-2338)
- Peregrine class light courier/fightercraft (2330-2367)
- Kilauea class runabout (2339- )
- Aerie class prospector (2348- )
- Kestrel class fightercraft (2362- )
- Tempest class fightercraft (2365- )
- Danube class runabout (2366- )
- Talon class scoutcraft (2373- )
- Orka / Valkyrie / Valor class fightercraft (2374- )
Part III: Shuttlecraft, Shuttlepods & Other Auxiliary Craft
Shuttlecraft
- Class A1 transatmospheric pod (2072-2107)
- Class B1 heavy atmospheric shuttle (2087-2132)
- Class A2 transatmospheric pod (2103-2143)
- Class B2 heavy atmospheric shuttle (2129-2146)
- Class D1 light atmospheric/spatial shuttle (2136-2179)
- Class B3 heavy atmospheric shuttle (2144-2184)
- Class D2 light atmospheric/spatial shuttle (2165-2203)
- Class A3 light atmospheric shuttle (2176-2207)
- Class B4 heavy atmospheric shuttle (2179-2210)
- Class A4 light atmospheric shuttle (2185-2192)
- Class A5 light atmospheric shuttle (2188-2203)
- Class A6 light atmospheric shuttle (2196-2249)
- Class B5 heavy atmospheric/spatial shuttle (2197-2259)
- Class B6 heavy atmospheric/spatial shuttle (2210-2266)
- Class G1 heavy warp shuttle (2210-2274)
- Class G2 heavy warp shuttle (2215-2278)
- Class B7 heavy atmospheric/spatial shuttle (2224-2272)
- Class F1 medium warp shuttle (2224-2285)
- Class F2 light shuttle (2231-2268)
- Class B8 heavy atmospheric/spatial shuttle (2237-2279)
- Class G3 heavy shuttle (2251-2277)
- Class G4 heavy shuttle (2257-2279)
- Class F3 light shuttle (2260-2272)
- Class F4 medium shuttle (2264-2276)
- Class C2A/C2B and Type 30 aquashuttle (2265-2318)
- Type 1 medium shuttle (2271-2358)
- Type 20/27 atmospheric shuttle (2273- )
- Type 31 aquashuttle (2274-2348)
- Type 2 light shuttle (2283- )
- Type 3 heavy shuttle (2288-2363)
- Type 4 medium shuttle (2329- )
- Type 5/6 medium/light shuttle (2353- )
- Type 7A1/A2 medium shuttle (2357- )
- Type 9/9A/9B heavy shuttle (2359- )
- Type 8 light shuttle (2365- )
- Type 12 light shuttle (2370- )
- Type 10 light shuttle (2374- )
- Type 11 medium shuttle (2374- )
- Type 14 heavy shuttle (2375- )
Shuttlepods
Starbase Auxiliary Craft
- Class A EVA pod (1998-2027)
- Class A2 EVA pod (2021-2053)
- Class A3 EVA pod (2036-2088)
- Class A4 EVA pod (2064-2088)
- Class A5 heavy EVA pod (2066-2128)
- Class B work pod (2079-2098)
- Class C travel pod (2107-2147)
- Class F1 heavy work pod (2121-2194)
- Class B1 work pod (2129-2168)
- Class C2 travel pod (2141-2179)
- Class B2 inspection pod (2164-2216)
- Class D3 work pod (2164-2237)
- Class B4 inspection pod (2210-2257)
- Class D6 work pod (2229-2271)
- Class C5 travel pod (2230-2261)
- Class B6 work pod (2232-2268)
- Type 301 harbor tug (2234-2275)
- Class B7 work pod (2245-2279)
- Type 9 work pod (2249-2278)
- Class C8 inspection pod (2252-2282)
- Type 10 "Workbee" work pod (2259- )
- Type 401 harbor tug (2266- )
- Type 11/12 "Sphinx" work pod (2342- )
In-system Auxiliaries
Appendix A: Of Ship Statistics
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Star Fleet Organization - General Outline
Appendix D: Abbreviations From Outside
A Word Or Two From The Author
External Supporting Links
- Continuing Missions (fan RPG site): supporting details index; "CM" links provide consistent-format details about individual classes
- Star Trek Online (wiki): source of hi-def imagery and (some) details