24th Century Scout Ships

[Bry_Sinclair]

Has anyone come across a small scout ship design from the mid 24th century? I'm thinking like a successor to the Archer-Class, small ship with a small crew, from just before TNG. There is the Raven-type, though it's not really fitting with what I have in mind.

Any suggestions or advice welcome.

 

[publiusr]

The mini-Defiant Data had in “Insurrection” was called a Scout ship…perhaps a bit more potent than the large shuttle docked to it in extremis. Freedom or Niagara on the upper end?

The craft used by the parents of Seven-of-Nine maybe

 

[Dukhat]

The Insurrection scout ship was from the 2370's. I think the OP was looking for something in the 2350's pre-TNG.

I think the Freedom class (clearly meant to invoke the Hermes class scout from the FJ Tech Manual) would be a good candidate. Unfortunately it's not small like the Archer class.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I do like the Freedom-Class, something about the single nacelle just appeals to me (maybe for another story).

For what I'm thinking about at present, I'm looking for something that would have a crew of around 15, at most 4 decks and under 100m in length, something that the wars with the Cardassians and Tzenkethi brought about (a little ship that's hard to spot for carrying out remote reconaissance during wartime but could also be put to use scouting ahead of exploratory missions when things quieten down).

The Raven does pretty much tick all the boxes, but I was looking for something a little more Starfleet in it's appearance. I may just have to think up something, but if there were options already out there I thought I'd have a look at them first.

Hope that helps clarify things.

 

[Dukhat]

Is there a reason why you don’t think the Raven type looks ‘Starfleet’ enough? Cause it sure looks that way to me. And it was in production at least as far back as 2347.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Ideally I'd like a ship with something of a saucer that looked a little sleeker, the Raven just seems a little boxy/bulky.

 

[F. King Daniel]

So a Galaxy-class captain's yacht?

 

[Ithekro]

Springfield-class perhaps. The highlighter nacelled ships are likely that timeframe.