Daedalus class

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Daedalus class
Model of the Daedalus class Model of the Daedalus class
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Active:	Through 2196
Crew complement:	229

The Daedalus-class was an early class of Starfleet vessel that, unlike most Federation starship designs was designed with a spherical primary hull, outwardly similar to the later Olympic-class. This class, which operated with a crew of approximately 229, was decommissioned by the year 2196. (TNG: "Power Play")

Contents 1 Ships commissioned 2 Appendices 2.1 Appearances 2.2 Background 2.3 Apocrypha 3 External links

[edit] Ships commissioned

Named

• USS Essex (NCC-173)
• USS Horizon (NCC-176)

Uncertain

• USS Archon (NCC-189)
• USS Carolina (NCC-160)

[edit] Appendices

[edit] Appearances

• DS9:
  • "The Nagus" (in Deep Space 9's classroom)
  • "Progress" (from here on in Sisko's office)
  • "If Wishes Were Horses"
  • "The Homecoming"
  • "The Maquis, Part I"
  • "The Maquis, Part II"
  • "Rejoined"
  • "The Way of the Warrior"
  • "You Are Cordially Invited"
  • "Afterimage"

[edit] Background

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, this conjectural design was "based on an early USS Enterprise design by Matt Jefferies and built by Greg Jein. That model has been seen as a desktop display in Benjamin Sisko's office in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

[edit] Apocrypha

• A Daedalus-class starship named the USS Lovell is prominently featured in (and on the cover of) the non-canon Star Trek: SCE novel Foundations. The USS Lovell is also active in the Star Trek: Vanguard novels. The ship is shown outside Starbase 47 (Vanguard) on the cover of the second book of the series Summon the Thunder.
• In Michael Jan Friedman's novel Starfleet: Year One, competition among the early Starfleet's captains for command of the first Daedalus was one of the main plot threads - though the events of this novel have been ignored by later novels, as it was contradicted by Star Trek: Enterprise.
• Star Trek: Legacy was the first Star Trek video game to feature a Daedalus-class starship.
• Ships of the Line has a color drawing of the USS Daedalus with registry NCC-129 on the book's jacket.

[edit] External links

• Daedalus-class cruisers at The Starfleet Museum
• Home of the Starship called Daedalus - a detailed treatise on the Daedalus-class ships
• Daedalus - A post-Star Trek: Enterprise fan design of the Daedalus
• Daedalus class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works