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(My own basic, early concept design)
These are the final cgi renders. See the Explorer Class page for more pictures and information detailing its development.
| OVERVIEW | |
| Designation | Surveyor (see Ship Designations) |
| Commission Dates | 2196-2244 |
| Crew | 390 |
| Ships Built/Remain in service | 31 / 0 |
| TACTICAL | |
| Weapons | 4 Phaser Emitters, 3 Torpedo Bays (Stock 45) |
| Shield Strength | 0.8 |
| Offensive Power | 4.4 |
| OTHER STATS | |
| Maximum Cruising Speed | Warp 5.2 (old scale) |
| Mass | 1.25 million metric tonnes |
| Length | 271M |
| Decks | 13 |
The Explorer Class was one's typical long range explorer, replacing the likes of the ageing Daedalus and Gagarin Classes that went before it. A major step forward in weapons research at around this time saw this class as the prototype for first elementary rapid nadion phaser arrays. Even though many times less powerful than one of today's Galaxy Class emitters, they still provided a significant advantage in both energy efficiency and power output (about a Megawatt), compared to the earlier Phaser Cannons that endured for the previous couple of decades. Another interesting thing of note, the dedication plaque on the USS Explorer bridge read, "A swift wind for those on foot, at sea, or in the firmament, who seek out new life, and new lands...." This was a twist of the famous words, first spoken by Dr Cochrane: 'to boldly go where no man has gone before,' and 'to seek out new life and new civilisations...' This philosophy embodied the original Starfleet charter, a directive which dominated the principle behind the Federation's expanding charter going into the 23rd century. A few of the Explorers are detailed below..
| NAME OF VESSEL | REGISTRY | STATUS |
| USS Explorer 1 | NX- 743 | D |
| USS Senator | NCC 745 | Sc |
| USS Gloucester | NCC 751 | D |
| USS Nimrod | NCC 752 | D |
| USS Cybele | NCC 755 | D |
| USS Independence | NCC 757 | Sc |
| USS Griffin 1 | NCC 762 | Sc |
| USS Georgetown | NCC 748 | Sc |
| USS Nairobi | NCC 749 | D |
| USS Drake 1 | NCC 750 | Sc |
| USS Moscow 1 | NCC 754 | Sc |
| USS Sentry | NCC 746 | D |
| USS Geiger | NCC 747 | PD |
| USS Surveyor 1 | NCC 760 | Sc |
| USS Viking 2 | NCC 763 | PD |
| USS Rochester 1 | NCC 764 | M |
| USS Columbus 1 | NCC 768 | Sc |
| USS Patron | NCC 769 | Sc |
-The registry on the model doesn't correspond with this list, as I've since rethought the registry system for 22nd century ships.
KEY
| O= Operational |
| OR= Operational after Refit or Repairs |
| DD= In Drydock for repairs or refit * |
| T= Training Vessel |
| U= Under construction prior to preliminary trials |
| D= Destroyed |
| Sc= Scrapped or Decommissioned |
| PD= Presumed Destroyed |
| M= Missing |
*A ship would visit drydock for many reasons, including refits, repairs, servicing upgrades, preliminary trials and testing of new components, and spacedock for similar reasons, as well as crew rotation, reassignment, prep period before redeployment, and so forth.
As this class is only of my own speculation, all specs and stats appearing here are hypothetical. The explanations about this data, such as ship designations, weapons, offensive power etc, see Spec Definitions.
