USS Thunderchild
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| USS Thunderchild | |
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| Class: | Akira-class |
| Registry: | NCC-63549 |
| Affiliation: | Federation/Starfleet |
| Status: | Active (2373) |
The USS Thunderchild (NCC-63549) was a Federation starship of the late 24th century.
In 2373 the Thunderchild fought against the Borg in the Battle of Sector 001. (Star Trek: First Contact)
| Akira-class starships |
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| USS Thunderchild • Unnamed |
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[edit] Background
The name of the Thunderchild, while not completely legible on-screen, is derived from the CGI model and clarified in the second edition of the Star Trek Encyclopedia. One image of the Thunderchild sketched in the Encyclopedia mislabels the ship's registry as "NCC-83549". The class of the ship according to the Encyclopedia is Akira.
Also according the Encyclopedia, the Thunderchild was named after a ship in the H.G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds. In Wells' novel, the HMS Thunder Child (two words, not one) diverted Martian fire away from transport ships carrying civilians out of London. Tragically, HMS Thunder Child was destroyed, with all hands lost, but was able to destroy two of the Martian machines.
[edit] Apocrypha
The Thunderchild is mentioned in the Pocket DS9 Millennium novel The Fall of Terok Nor, when it docks at Deep Space 9. In the Pocket TNG novel Rogue, part of the Section 31 series, the Thunderchild contacts the USS Enterprise-E.
The role-playing game supplements Starships (from Decipher) and The Price of Freedom (from Last Unicorn Games) both describe the Thunderchild among the lists of Akira-class starships.
The Thunderchild makes an appearance in the Peter David novel, Before Dishonor. It is the first vessel to make contact with a sentient Borg cube en route to assimilate Earth. The vessel becomes the victim of "absorption", the cube's method of assimilation, and is later destroyed by the planet killer. According to the novel, the captain of the ship at the time, as well as during the Battle of Sector 001, is named Matsuda.
[edit] External link
- USS Thunderchild at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
