Suliban cell ship
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
| Suliban cell ship | |
|---|---|
 Vessels of the class surround Enterprise | |
| Affiliation: | Suliban Cabal |
| Active: | 22nd century |
| Crew complement: | 1-2 |
| Speed: | warp-capable |
| Armament: | Particle weapons |
| Defenses: | Cloaking device |
 Vessel of the class, opened | |
Suliban cell ships were the primary ship types used by the Suliban Cabal during the mid-22nd century. It was armed with some sort of particle weapon and equipped with a cloaking device.
Cell ships of at least two different types have been observed; one is a one-man fighter about twice the size of an NX-class starship's shuttlepods. There is also a much larger but less common version that is additionally equipped with a tractor beam. Both kinds of cell ships can combine to create a larger structure, such as a helix; they can also connect to a salvage ship.
The NX-01 Enterprise captured a small cell ship while attempting to rescue Klaang the Klingon in April 2151. (ENT: "Broken Bow") Commander Charles Tucker III spent months studying the ship, especially its cloak, with very little success. In 2152 the captured ship was used to mount a rescue mission on a prewarp planet. (ENT: "The Communicator")
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The cell-ship plays a key role in the "Daedalus" books. While preparing the ship for a mission, Enterprise is attacked by aliens from a parallel universe, with Tucker and Hoshi Sato being the only two who escape the attack by using the ship's cloak. Having reunited with the rest of the Enterprise crew, and helping to resolve a crisis in that universe, data acquired from the ship's sensors — Enterprise's sensors having been damaged during the crossover between universes — allows Enterprise to determine the exact conditions in their universe of origin and return home via the anomaly.
