Starship Mission Status

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Starship Mission Status reports are a computer display available to Starfleet officers to brief them on the activities of other Federation starships and installations.

A readout of this nature for various sectors was often displayed on a screen in the observation lounge or bridge of the starship USS Enterprise-D during the 2360s.

The Starship Mission Status readout was displayed in the observation lounge in an alternate timeframe when Jean-Luc Picard found himself time traveling to his first mission on the Enterprise-D. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

While "All Good Things..." is the earliest appearance of the status chart chronologically, it was probably the last production featuring an appearance of the graphic onscreen.

The status readout was displayed on a computer screen on the bridge in 2367 when Data took over the ship. (TNG: "Brothers")

[edit] Bridge version

This text is available here because this version of the graphic is recreated, as it appeared on the set, in Starlog's Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue #10.

starship	class	registry	mission status
Starfleet Operations - Sectors 21538 - 23079
USS Ajax	Apollo	NCC-11574	Deep space exploration, sector 21834
USS Aries	Renaissance	NCC-45167	Deep space exploration, sector 21602
USS Berlin	Excelsior	NCC-14232	Romulan Neutral Zone patrol
USS Bradbury	Bradbury	NX-72307	Warp drive performance tests
USS Charleston	Excelsior	NCC-42285	Deep space exploration, sector 22055
USS Fearless	Excelsior	NCC-14598	Planetary mapping, Beta Mahoga system
USS Goddard	Korolev	NCC-59621	Starbase 414 resupply
USS Hood	Excelsior	NCC-42296	Major system upgrade, Starbase 174
USS Merrimac	Nebula	NCC-61827	Special assignment, Vulcan Science Academy
USS Monitor	Nebula	NCC-61826	Romulan Neutral Zone patrol
USS Repulse	Excelsior	NCC-2544	Deep space exploration, sector 22036
USS Thomas Paine	New Orleans	NCC-65530	Diplomatic mission to Epsilon Ashanti III
USS Trieste	Yosemite*	NCC-37124	Pulsar research project
USS Victory	Constellation	NCC-9754	Stellar nuclei population survey
USS Zhukov	Ambassador	NCC-62136*	Cultural observation, Alpha Laputa IV
Starship mission status

[edit] Observation lounge version

This version can be recognized from a distance by two horizonal graphics under the text "STARFLEET OPERATIONS - SECTORS 21538 - 23079". The text is available here because this version of the graphic is recreated, as it appeared on the set, on Star Trek: Captain's Chair CD-ROM.

starship	class	registry	mission status
Starfleet Operations - Sectors 21538 - 23079
USS Ajax	Apollo	NCC-11574	Deep space exploration, sector 21396
USS Aries	Renaissance	NCC-45167	Deep space exploration, sector 22846
USS Berlin	Excelsior	NCC-14232	Romulan Neutral Zone patrol
USS Bradbury	Bradbury	NX-72307	Warp drive performance tests
USS Charleston	Excelsior	NCC-42285	Deep space exploration, sector 22853
USS Fearless	Excelsior	NCC-14598	Planetary mapping, Beta Cygni system
USS Goddard	Korolev	NCC-59621	Starbase 434 resupply
USS Hood	Excelsior	NCC-42296	Major system upgrade, Starbase 134
USS Merrimac	Nebula	NCC-61827	Special assignment, Vulcan Science Academy
USS Monitor	Nebula	NCC-61826	Romulan Neutral Zone patrol
USS Repulse	Excelsior	NCC-2544	Deep space exploration, sector 22358
USS Thomas Paine	New Orleans	NCC-65530	Diplomatic mission to Aldaraan
USS Trieste	Merced	NCC-37124	Pulsar research project
USS Victory	Constellation	NCC-9754	Stellar nuclei population survey
USS Zhukov	Ambassador	NCC-26136	Cultural observation, Alpha Laputa IV
Starship mission status

[edit] Background

The mission status readout was devised by Michael Okuda's art department, and featured the registry numbers, classes and assignments of many Federation starships mentioned during TNG's run. "Chain of Command, Part I" was one of its many appearances. This display was never clear on screen, but has been reproduced in other media, and the info within has been adhered to by many later works including the Star Trek Encyclopedia.

One of these, or at least a very similar okudagram, was sold in It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay for $4400 US. [1] It is essentially the same as the "bridge version" shown above, but corrects the USS Trieste from Yosemite-class to the Merced-class, and does not include the Victory and Zhukov.