Guide:Oberth

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Class Overview
Category	Exploratory Cruiser
Operational	2264 - 2274
Constructed	8 total: Flight I: 5 (built 2262-2265) Flight II: 8 (built/upgraded) 2265-2266) Flight III: 1 (converted Flt II 2272-2273)
Dimensions
Length	Flt I/II: 240.03 m Flt III: 242.6 m
Beam	Flt I/II: 150.2 m Flt III: 152.0 m
Height	Flt I/II: 72.3 m Flt III: 76.5 m
Mass	Flt I: 609,950 mt Flt II: TBD mt Flt III: 710,100 mt
Performance
Cruise Speed	Flt I/II: w 6 Flt III: w 7
Max Speed	Flt I/II: w 8 Flt III: w 9
Endurance	5 years
Complement
Officers	36
Enlisted	Flt I/II: 124 Flt III: 132
Passengers	30 (research staff, max)
Tactical Systems
Beam Weapons	Flt I: 4x phaser V emitters (twin banks) (dorsal primary hull) Flt II: 4x phaser VII emitters (twin banks) (dorsal primary hull) Flt III: 4x phaser VIII emitters (twin banks) (dorsal primary hull)
Shields	Flight I/II 2-layer forcefields 2x navigational deflectors (hull extension bows) 3x secondary navigational deflectors (fwd primary hull) Flight II 2-layer forcefields 2x navigational deflectors (hull extension bows)
Laboratories	8 (varying configurations)
Transporters	3x GP (6-pad); Mk III 2x emergency evacuation (22-pad); Mk III 1x large cargo; Mk III 2x small cargo; Mk III
Auxiliary Craft	4x medium shuttles
Historical
Ships of Note	USS Akela (NCC-1494) USS Bader (NCC-1489) USS Clifton (NCC-1495) USS Crescent (NCC-1490) USS Jones (NCC-1493) USS Rover (NCC-1494) USS Tombaugh (NCC-1492) USS Wavell (NCC-1491)
Canonicity
Design	FASA, dimensions altered
Name	FASA
History	FASA

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Gallery

Other Images

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  Oberth, with the sensor pod configuration
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  Lagrange, a prototype, with the supply pod configuration
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  Lake, a prototype, with a passenger/cargo module
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  Copernicus, a prototype, with a communication relay module
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  Glenn, with the supply pod configuration
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  Angueira, with the medical configuration
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  Pakokku, with the supply configuration
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  Gunum, with the new medical configuration
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  Eyre, with new supply configuration
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  Oahu, with advanced tender module
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  Oberth class with Loknar frigate

Notes

• At least 3 (maybe 4) of the Oberth class would be assigned to the SCE's Starship Contingent Teams post-2279, following the retirement of the Daedalus class ships in that role. However, it's possible the Oberth class vessels did not directly succeed the Daedaluses, but rather followed one or more interim classes, as the Oberths were apparently in service with the SCE until at least 2370, when ships from the Saber class were selected to also serve.

• Pre-creation of the article, this is what I've uncovered/decided, based on my reading of the Oberth and Garneau entries:
  • The primary Oberth went into production with the success of the prototype, and the first production vessel was the Gagarin.
  • The Lagrange subclass is not in the datasheet portion of the article. Instead, it lists the Glenn as one of the first supply subclasses. Therefore, I've decided, the Lagrange was a prototype model, from which the Glenn was developed. The Glenn image, therefore, is modified from the former, and the Lagrange later converted to full Glenn.
  • The Lake prototype was not put into production as a subclass; instead, the ship would eventually be converted into the primary Oberth surveyor configuration (and re-named).
  • The Copernicus relay tender is not indicated elsewhere as a subclass, though about 80 years (2348) later the Oahu is introduced in that role.
  • The Gagarin, two other Oberths and the Garneau class Darwin were upgraded with a torpedo tube in either 2275 or 2276.
  • The Angueira and Pakokku subclasses appear to have been produced simultaneously in the 2270s.
  • The Komarov subclass is identical to the original Oberth, swapping out some other space for the torpedo launcher.
  • Other than a new module, the Gunum medical configuration appears to have served alongside the older Angueiras.
  • Like the Komarov subclass, the Sagan is externally similar, but now has the vertical warp core in the pod.
  • The Eyre subclass appears to have been developed on the same design as the Gunum medical configuration, but after the development of the vertical warp corp of the Sagan subclass.
  • The Fermi is the fourth lot of surveyors, completed in 2348; they do not appear to be different than the previous externally.
  • The Oahu relay tender was released in 2348.
  • The Sakharov subclass was the final one to be produced, with the latest technology for surveys.

Alt Sources

• Starship Handbook (Combined)

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