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''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'' and [[Star Trek: Armada II|its sequel]] give this vessel the classification of "''Venture''-class", but this has not been [[canon|canonically]] identified as such. Furthermore, it could possibly conflict with there being a [[USS Venture|USS ''Venture'']] around the same time, though this vessel was [[Galaxy class|''Galaxy''-class]] in design. |
''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'' and [[Star Trek: Armada II|its sequel]] give this vessel the classification of "''Venture''-class", but this has not been [[canon|canonically]] identified as such. Furthermore, it could possibly conflict with there being a [[USS Venture|USS ''Venture'']] around the same time, though this vessel was [[Galaxy class|''Galaxy''-class]] in design. |
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| − | This vessel is also listed in [[role-playing]] [[games]], such as those from [[Last Unicorn Games]] and [[Decipher]], as a ''Talon''-class ship. The 24m long intermediate step between shuttle and runabout, carryion a crew of up to four, was armed with 4 type 5 phasers and 3 micro torpedo launchers. It is this ship, with substantial changes,that was the baseline model for the [[Valkyrie- |
+ | This vessel is also listed in [[role-playing]] [[games]], such as those from [[Last Unicorn Games]] and [[Decipher]], as a ''Talon''-class ship. The 24m long intermediate step between shuttle and runabout, carryion a crew of up to four, was armed with 4 type 5 phasers and 3 micro torpedo launchers. It is this ship, with substantial changes,that was the baseline model for the [[Valkyrie-class fighters]] in the Activision Playstation game "Star Trek: Invasion" |
While neither name is canon, the latter, ''Talon'', does not conflict with a canon ship, as ''Venture'' does.'' |
While neither name is canon, the latter, ''Talon'', does not conflict with a canon ship, as ''Venture'' does.'' |
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Revision as of 05:12, 4 February 2008
Mission scout (forward view)
Federation mission scoutship (above) and Enterprise-E shuttlecraft (below)
The Federation mission scoutship was a type of Federation auxiliary craft in operation during the late 24th century.
The scout was a single-pilot vessel with a forward mounted cockpit separated from the rest of the vessel. It was slightly larger in size than the Enterprise-E shuttlecraft, and carried dual-mounted phaser banks and photon torpedoes. The vessel is accessible through its docking hatch on the ventral hull. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
Ships commissioned
Appendices
Appearances
Background
- According to its designer, John Eaves, the mission scout was designed to reflect the appearance of the USS Defiant and the Danube-class runabout. Overall, it was to have been given the appearance of a being both "compact" and "aerodynamic."
- Michael Piller wanted the scene involving the scoutship to be similar to a World War I & II dogfight, where both pilots were in open cockpits, and could see each other. John Eaves' solution to this was to create a vast windshield in the front of the ship.
- It is uncertain whether this vessel can be classed as a shuttlecraft, a runabout or a starship in its own right, but, like the latter two, it carries a distinct registry number from the Enterprise (the scoutship's registry is NCC-75227). However, this could be the registry number of its mothership, just as the shuttle it pursued had the NCC-1701-E registry of the vessel it was attached to.
- That being the case, its mothership could be the USS Ticonderoga and NCC-75227 would be it's registry number. The USS Ticonderoga is listed in the Star Trek: Encyclopedia as being the Federation starship that inserted the duck blind mission team onto the Ba'ku planet.
Apocrypha
Star Trek: Armada and its sequel give this vessel the classification of "Venture-class", but this has not been canonically identified as such. Furthermore, it could possibly conflict with there being a USS Venture around the same time, though this vessel was Galaxy-class in design.
This vessel is also listed in role-playing games, such as those from Last Unicorn Games and Decipher, as a Talon-class ship. The 24m long intermediate step between shuttle and runabout, carryion a crew of up to four, was armed with 4 type 5 phasers and 3 micro torpedo launchers. It is this ship, with substantial changes,that was the baseline model for the Valkyrie-class fighters in the Activision Playstation game "Star Trek: Invasion"
While neither name is canon, the latter, Talon, does not conflict with a canon ship, as Venture does.