The Springfield class was a type of Federation starship that was in service with Starfleet during the late 24th century.
Ships of the Class
- USS Chekov (NCC-57302)
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Appearances
Background
The Springfield class was a design study by Greg Jein and Michael Okuda, and the filming model was built as a kitbash by Ed Miarecki for the "graveyard" scene in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II". [1] The design shares a resemblance to the Template:ShipClass design, and was constructed using parts from the smaller scale AMT/Ertl USS Enterprise-D model kit saucer section, a bridge module from the larger Enterprise kit, and commercially-available highlighter markers for warp nacelles. Okuda would later remark on the model:
We did the U.S.S. Chekov model because Riker (or was it Shelby?) had a line in the script in which he mentioned the ship in the graveyard. The line was filmed, but later, someone thought the reference to Pavel was too cute, so it was changed in postproduction to Tolstoy.(...) The Chekov was built by Ed, based on the small Ent-D model saucer, with two nacelles and marker pen engines. Unfortunately, I can't release these photos, but I think they'll eventually be in print.(...) The Melbourne, Kyushu, and Chekov were specifically labeled as such because of the script references to those ships. I didn't know about the re-voiced name (Tolstoy) until I saw the final episode on the air, so I didn't do a label for that ship.[2]
The model of the Chekov is labeled "NCC-57302", as was shown on the production fotos Okuda referred to (which were used at a slideshow presentation at a convention in 1991) though the Star Trek Encyclopedia gives "NCC-53702" as registry, which might well be a typographical error. In the same publication Okuda also made an attempt to remedy the Chekov/Tolstoy-discrepancy by assigning the USS Tolstoy as belonging to the Template:ShipClass
External link
- Template:Exastris