Starfleet Academy Starship Thread

[Tuskin38]

32nd Century, they should probably be using Full names for ships named after people, considering there's probably been a million Rikers in Starfleet or other important role since then.

 

[Sketcher]

32nd Century, they should probably be using Full names for ships named after people, considering there's probably been a million Rikers in Starfleet or other important role since then.

There's only one Riker. He is Number One, afterall.

 

[Lakenheath 72]

The names of the other ships are Capricorn, Crimson, Horizon, and Lexington. We get class information, but no registries for them.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

USS Capricorn - Constitution Class
USS Crimson - Credence type
USS Horizon - Eisenberg Class
USS Lexington - Friendship class
USS Riker - Merian Class

 

[Turtletrekker]

There's only one Riker.

And his name is William and/or Thomas.

 

[Set Harth]

"Lieutenant, where are my nacelles?"
"So, you know the whole detached thing?"
"Yeah?"
"...yeah."

 

[Dukhat]

USS Capricorn - Constitution Class
USS Crimson - Credence type
USS Horizon - Eisenberg Class
USS Lexington - Friendship class
USS Riker - Merian Class

Are these just guesses, or did someone in production mention this?

 

[tenmei]

I wonder if that structure we’re seeing here is a secondary bridge on top of the “hilt” there …

I'm taking Turbolift at the back, Turbolift at the front and the raised slightly semi-circle in the middle as the transitiom of the Atrium.

 

[Tuskin38]

Are these just guesses, or did someone in production mention this?

The ship names come from dialogue, but the class names have been known since they first appeared on Discovery.

CBS posted a chart with all the 32nd century designs with their class names on social media back during Season 3.

Edit: Well the credence-type was never given a class name, it appeared first in Season 4. It’s called that because the only example of the ship was named USS Credence

 

[Dukhat]

The ship names come from dialogue, but the class names have been known since they first appeared on Discovery.

CBS posted a chart with all the 32nd century designs with their class names on social media back during Season 3.

Sorry, I wasn't asking if the class names were canon. I was asking if the individual ships were the classes that @Agony_Boothb listed.

 

[Tuskin38]

Sorry, I wasn't asking if the class names were canon. I was asking if the individual ships were the classes that @Agony_Boothb listed.

Well they say their names as each ship warps in.

If you have positional audio setup, the audio direction matches their position on screen.

Which doesn't make much sense as that implies the Voice is coming from the ship, but still lol

 

[Dukhat]

Well they’re called out by name as each ship warps in.

Ah, that clarifies things.

 

[Tuskin38]

yeah threw me for a loop for a second.

Though the same voice calls out both the Riker and Lexington.

 

[Arvis Tadjik]

32nd Century, they should probably be using Full names for ships named after people, considering there's probably been a million Rikers in Starfleet or other important role since then.

I'd likely surmise that the official names of the ships in question DO use the person's full name (so USS William T. Riker) but in communication it's normal for ships to identify themselves by a 'shorthand' or partial name for the sake of brevity.

This is very common in the US Navy so it makes sense in context.

 

[Tuskin38]

The STO Klingon ships seen in the episode are the Ketha Recon Raptor, M’Chla Bird of Prey Refit, and the QeHpu’ Advanced Light Battlecruiser.

Plus the Freighter design first seen in DS9.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I'd likely surmise that the official names of the ships in question DO use the person's full name (so USS William T. Riker) but in communication it's normal for ships to identify themselves by a 'shorthand' or partial name for the sake of brevity.

This is very common in the US Navy so it makes sense in context.

Starfleet has a lot in common with the royal navy as well. We still use the rank of commodore and our ships typically use just surnames. The Hood for example.

 

[Markonian]

Well the credence-type was never given a class name, it appeared first in Season 4. It’s called that because the only example of the ship was named USS Credence

According to STO and the upcoming Fanhome model of the ship, this ship type is called the Credence class.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

According to STO and the upcoming Fanhome model of the ship, this ship type is called the Credence class.

STO calls the 32nd century Constitution Class and Intrepid Class The Kirk Class and Janeway Class respectively. So it's not a reliable source and I would argue neither is Fanhome.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

STO calls the 32nd century Constitution Class and Intrepid Class The Kirk Class and Janeway Class respectively. So it's not a reliable source and I would argue neither is Fanhome.

I assume it was because the code couldn't work having multiple ships with the same class name and they didn't want to add the century next to it. Obviously they didn't really have a choice with SNW and Kelvin Constitutions.

 

[Tuskin38]

I assume it was because the code couldn't work having multiple ships with the same class name and they didn't want to add the century next to it. Obviously they didn't really have a choice with SNW and Kelvin Constitutions.

Has nothing to do with the game code, they just didn't want to confuse players. They talked about it I think during a dev stream or maybe Thomas just mentioned it on Reddit.

According to STO and the upcoming Fanhome model of the ship, this ship type is called the Credence class.

STO isn't a reliable source for class names, because If CBS doesn't give them one they just use the name of the most famous example of the class. Or if the class name conflicts with an existing class (which is a more recent policy) they'll use their own as to not confuse players, examples being the Kirk and Janeway classes.