Trek DB:Notes
Ship types
- Carrier
- Vessel meant to deploy/recover large numbers of auxiliary vessels (often fighters or shuttles)
- Heavy Carrier
- Medium Carrier
- Light Carrier
- Cruiser
- Multipurpose ship
- Light Cruiser
- Saber (DS9TM)
- Wambundu (TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom"; Encyc)
- Medium Cruiser
- Centaur (DS9TM - Excelsior variant)
- Miranda (DS9TM)
- Norway (DS9TM)
- Heavy Cruiser
- Akira (DS9TM)
- Constitution (TMP)
- Sovereign (Sternbach interview)
- Escort (a.k.a. destroyer)
- Small combat-focused ship used to protect larger, less-armed ships
- Apollo (Legacy)
- Defiant (DS9TM)
- Saladin (SFTM)
- Small combat-focused ship used to protect larger, less-armed ships
- Explorer
- Meant for exploring uncharted space away from Federation territory and without easy access to supply lines
- Excelsior (DS9TM)
- Galaxy (DS9TM)
- Nebula (DS9TM)
- Meant for exploring uncharted space away from Federation territory and without easy access to supply lines
- Frigate
- Fast, medium-sized ship intended to protect larger vessels
- New Orleans (TNG: "Conspiracy")
- Fast, medium-sized ship intended to protect larger vessels
- Strike Fighter
- Very small, quick, heavily-armed vessel meant for use in large groups, often held in larger carriers
- Peregrine (DS9; STO)
- Very small, quick, heavily-armed vessel meant for use in large groups, often held in larger carriers
- Freighter
- Cargo carriers
- Hospital ship
- Ship meant for large-scale medical treatment; combat support, planetary medical disaster, etc.
- Olympic (TNG: "All Good Things")
- Ship meant for large-scale medical treatment; combat support, planetary medical disaster, etc.
- Runabout
- Larger auxiliary vessel used as support for starbases or other fixed locations
- Danube (DS9)
- Yellowstone (VOY; SCE)
- Larger auxiliary vessel used as support for starbases or other fixed locations
- Survey (a.k.a. science vessel, scout)
- Ships meant for short-term analysis and observation, often related to intelligence-gathering or scientific study
- Antares (TOS)
- Archer (VAN)
- Hermes (SFTM)
- Nova (VOY)
- Oberth (TSFS)
- Ships meant for short-term analysis and observation, often related to intelligence-gathering or scientific study
- Transport
- Personnel carriers