Federation Ship Recognition Manual

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Author(s):	David F. Tepool (1st edition) Forest G. Brown (2nd edition)
Illustrator(s):	Mitch O'Connell (1st edition) Dana Knutson and Robert Oswald (2nd edition)
Editor(s):	Wm. John Wheeler (2nd edition)
Publisher:	FASA
Series:	Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game
Production #:	2302
Published:	1983 (1st edition) 1985 (2nd edition)
Pages:	29 (1st edition) 42 (2nd edition)
Reference:	ISBN 0425069559 (1st edition) ISBN 0931787424 (2nd edition)

Starship referenced published by FASA as a supplement to Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game.

Contents 1 Contents 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Combat vessels 1.2.1 Assault ships 1.2.2 Battleships 1.2.3 Corvettes 1.2.4 Cruisers 1.2.5 Cutters 1.2.6 Destroyers 1.2.7 Escort 1.2.8 Frigate 1.2.9 Monitors 1.2.10 Scouts 1.3 Support vessels 1.3.1 Transports 1.3.2 Freighters 1.3.3 Warpshuttles 1.4 Repair vessels and facilities 1.4.1 Tenders 1.4.2 Repair facilities 1.4.3 Defense outposts 1.5 Recognition silhouettes 1.6 Timelines 2 Background Information 2.1 Credits 3 Links and references 3.1 Characters 3.2 References 3.2.1 Starship and station types

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From the book jacket

Classified – Authorized Personnel Only. The Federation Ship Recognition Manual is intended for Star Fleet personnel with a "need-to-know" concerning information on the Star Fleet vessels. This comprehensive study discloses all known combat, visual and historical data on 42 different Federation ships and their variants. Also included is a chronology of service and silhouette recognition chart. This manual is a must for all Star Trek enthusiasts.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

The cover depicts a cutaway view of the Remora-class escort, while the opposite back cover continues the image with several Scorpio-class corvettes.

[edit] Introduction

• The role of Star Fleet

[edit] Combat vessels

[edit] Assault ships

Makin-class

Continent-class

[edit] Battleships

Excelsior-class

[edit] Corvettes

Scorpio-class

[edit] Cruisers

Andor-class

Anton-class

Constitution-class

Enterprise-class

Reliant-class

Brenton-class

Durrett-class

[edit] Cutters

Epsilon-class

Solar-class

[edit] Destroyers

Baker-class

Wilkerson-class

Larson-class

Lenthal-class

Thufir-class

[edit] Escort

Genser-class

Griffon-class

Remora-class

[edit] Frigate

Northampton-class

Chandley-class

Loknar-class

Babcock-class

Kiev-class

[edit] Monitors

Fenlon-class

[edit] Scouts

Nelson-class

Bader-class

Keith-class

Ranger-class

[edit] Support vessels

[edit] Transports

Cochrane-class

Kethkin-class

MoKal-class

[edit] Freighters

Aakenn-class

Liberty-class

[edit] Warpshuttles

Greyhound-class

Pulsar-class

[edit] Repair vessels and facilities

[edit] Tenders

Derf-class

Cle Dan-class

[edit] Repair facilities

Pearl-class

[edit] Defense outposts

Alamo-class

[edit] Recognition silhouettes

[edit] Timelines

[edit] Background Information

The Federation Ship Recognition Manual was a gaming guide used for Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game by FASA. It showed designs and described the combat abilities for several Federation ship types and gave brief histories for them. The ships were from the timeframes of the original Star Trek series and movies. It contained many more designs than were contained in the original Starship Combat Manual. There are even some older designs from the time of Captains Christopher Pike and Robert April that have lasers and accelerator cannons. The Constitution-class contemporaries include the Nelson-class scout and Larson-class destroyer (both of which have only one warp engine much like the Hermes-class and Saladin-class), Loknar-class frigate and Anton-class cruiser (an early Miranda design). Later designs include the Andor-class torpedo cruiser, Reliant (Miranda)-class cruiser, Enterprise (Constitution refit)-class cruiser, Wilkerson- and Baker-class destroyers, Chandley-class frigate and the Excelsior-class cruiser. Many of these ships have different upgrades which extend their lifespans. The Constitution-class had four different upgrades before being changed to the Enterprise-class. Those upgrades included the specs from Pike's time with lasers, and another which came near the end of Kirk's first five-year mission but was not performed on the Enterprise. One of the strangest designs was the Baker-class, which in its original design did not bring enough firepower to bear in any direction. In checking against the Ship Construction Manual, it was a design that should not have been able to be put together because of weight limits. There were occasional problems where the information would not match the other guide. Another problem was that most Federation designs could not fire 60 degrees aft. It is interesting to note that the Federation held a big technological edge, especially when the Enterprise-class came out. The Excelsior-class widens that gap, even when considering Romulan and Klingon battleship designs.

[edit] Credits

• 1st Edition:
  • Product Concept: Jordan K. Weisman
  • Graphic Design: Dana Knutson
• 2nd Edition:
  • Historical Consultant: Commander Hikaru Sulu
  • Editor-in-Chief: L. Ross Babcock III
  • Proofreading: Donna Ippolito
  • Layout and Pasteup: Dana Knutson, Todd F. Marsh, Jane Bigos
  • Typesetting: Karen Vander Mey

[edit] Links and references

[edit] Characters

[edit] References

[edit] Starship and station types

• Assault ship
• Battleship
• Corvette
• Cruiser
• Cutter
• Destroyer
• Escort
• Frigate
• Monitor
• Scout
• Transport
• Freighter
• Warp shuttle
• Tender
• Repair facility
• Defense outpost