Ships of the Star Fleet

Real world article
(written from a production point of view)

Ships of the Star Fleet, Volume One/Revised is "The standard reference guide to the vessels of Star Fleet", and an unlicenced technical manual written from an in-universe point-of-view, exploring the canon Constitution-class and Miranda-class and their non-canon class derivatives.

Summary

From the back cover
"The definitive publication on the subject... a must for any being interested in Star Fleet strength."
– Starship Design
"This manual should be required reading for every strategic planner in the Federation."
– Starship Interstellar
"An unrivaled reference text... lavishly illustrated, easy to use, and highly insightful."
– Academy Literary Review
"The best coverage of Federation spacegoing services... a treasure chest of information."
– TacFleet Journal
Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

Contents

     Preface
01 State of the Fleet
02 Ship Classifications
03 Glossary
    Cruisers
04 Constitution class
05 Bonhomme Richard class
06 Coronado class
07 Achernar class
08 Enterprise class
09 Belknap class
10 Constitution (II) class
11 Endeavor class
12 Tikopai class
13 Enterprise (II) class
     Frigates
14 Surya class
15 Coventry class
16 Avenger class
17 Daran class
18 Knox class
19 Endurance class
20 Cyane class
    Appendix
    Strike Cruiser - Belknap class

Background information

  • Though professionally executed, the authors have self-published the book through Guenther's own Holyoke, Massachusetts-based "Mastercom Data Center", which they have also used for their similarly executed 1992 follow-up volume Ships of the Star Fleet: Akyazi-Class Perimeter Action Ships, Volume Two/Number One (ISBN 9993524794), as well as for the release of starship blueprint sets and art prints. Being both unauthorized and unlicensed by the franchise, not to mention mostly non-canon, Mastercom's publications are in effect fan fiction.
  • While the design was canon, the author-introduced "Avenger-class" became a popular designation circulating in fan circles, before Miranda-class became definitively settled upon as the class moniker by the production staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation over the course of the series.
  • Michael Okuda has used the on pages 74-75 featured blueprints of the USS Courageous (NCC-1861) Miranda, or rather Avenger-class, as coined in the book, to make adjustments annotations for it to become the Soyuz-class, introduced in TNG: "Cause And Effect" as the USS Bozeman. (Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission, p. 161) The adjustment parts as designed by Okuda were built by Greg Jein for temporary attachment on the Miranda-class studio model.
  • Coined Decatur-class (β) on Memory Beta, the Belknap-class "Strike Cruiser", given extra attention in the appendix of the book, became later featured as a by Leonard A. Emery slightly modified CGI model on the June spread of the officially licensed Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2014) calendar, in its 2014 book derivative – as the USS Golden Gate (β) – , and as the solicitation cover for the 2015 calendar issue.
  • Reissued twice by Guenther as "revised" editions (in the process dropping Riel as co-author), the book, modeled after Franz Joseph's Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual and Shane Johnson's then recent Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, has in its day been an influential and popular one in the world of fan-designed starfleet vessels as it served as the basis for expansions created by other fans, like Emery and the aforementioned Riel, adhering to the nomenclature and systematics introduced by the authors, precipitating a 1990s upsurge in the publication of fan-produced starfleet blueprints and technical manuals.
  • While in essence a work of fan fiction, therefore usually falling outside the purview of Memory Alpha, an entry for this book is warranted due to its use as a source for both the official live-action and the print franchises.

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