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The '''''Hermes''-class''' was a class of [[Federation]] [[starship]] in operation during the [[23rd century]]. |
The '''''Hermes''-class''' was a class of [[Federation]] [[starship]] in operation during the [[23rd century]]. |
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Revision as of 22:32, 3 August 2006
Brdidge schematic of the Hermes class.
The Hermes-class was a class of Federation starship in operation during the 23rd century.
The Hermes consisted of a saucer section and nacelle, each similar in exterior design to that of a Constitution-class vessel of the 2260s. Its configuration was signficantly different, however, as it employed only a single nacelle.
Ships of the Class
- USS Revere (NCC-595)
- USS Columbia (NCC-621)
Appendices
Appearances
- Star Trek Movies:
References
Background
The Hermes-class starship was a design originally created by Franz Joseph in his Star Fleet Technical Manual. The production staff of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock used some of the ships in the Technical Manual as background display images on monitor screens on the bridge. Intended to be merely background decoration, freeze frames and close examination have shown it likely (but not conclusively) that the images used were taken from the Joseph book with little or no modification. Through the presence of small blurred lines of apparent text one can infer that one such image was of the Hermes (versus the Saladin, another single-nacelle Joseph design).
The concept of a single-nacelle starship has been derided by some as contrary to "established" design requirements for Starfleet ships, but there is nothing in canon that mandates a minimum number of nacelles for a ship.
According to the Star Fleet Technical Manual, the Hermes-class' only distinctiveness from her sister class, the Saladin destroyer, were her armaments. Where the Saladin-class housed 3 phaser banks and 2 photon torpedo launchers, the Hermes scout only housed 1 bank of two phasers.
The class may have been named for Hermes, the Greek god of, among other things, boundaries and the travelers who cross them.
The information on the name of the class and its resemblence to Constitution components comes exclusively from the Star Fleet Technical Manual, which, while not itself a Memory Alpha permitted resource, appears to be the source for the artwork shown in the film.
External Links
- Forgotten Starships at TrekPlace - an article from February 15, 2003 discussing the canon appearance of this class
- Template:Exastris - an article from December 20, 2005