2/27/2023 0 Comments Star trek niagara class![]() ![]() This is an area where FASA did better than modern attempts to generate a believable universe.įirst, we have Starfleet classes with names that primarily Earth people could appreciate, as was already mentioned above in several posts. ![]() (Aside - TWELVE of these were introduced in the current era of Star Trek production!)Įxcelsior ("Higher", as in the NY State motto) Dissect away:Īkira (unless it's referring to the manga/movie) There's a lot of interpretation to be had here, but I tried to use the intended / most likely definition of a given name, so there's plenty of room for discussion. This is for screen-seen ships, but notably includes the Franz Joseph designs because of their appearance on monitors of TMP et. One visit to Memory Alpha later, I came up with this VERY BROAD categorization of known Starfleet or Federation ship classes into groups. That got me thinking about how starship CLASSES have been named over the years in Trek, and if there were any specific patterns that could be discerned. When "Discovery" premiered, I was surprised / slightly annoyed that basically all the starship classes introduced in the only-slightly-pre-TOS-era were named for human people, mostly 20th century aviators. The recent introduction of the Obena-class starship took me back, and starting me thinking. ![]()
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