Nausicaan raider
Dorsal view
Affiliation:	Nausicaan pirates
Active:	22nd century
Armament:	Plasma cannons
Defenses:	Deflector shields
Vessel of the class, firing forward plasma cannons

Nausicaan raiders were vessels employed by Nausicaan pirates during the mid-22nd century for raiding freighter routes.

These vessels are armed with forward and aft plasma cannons and possessed primitive shields. Although their weapons were considered formidable to a Y class freighter, Nausicaan raiders were outmatched by NX-class starships, whose spatial torpedoes were capable of piercing Nausicaan shields.

Three of these vessels, operating out of an asteroid base, attacked the ECS Fortunate and raided its cargo for a period of several months during 2151. Fortunately, the Starfleet vessel Enterprise was able to offer assistance during that year. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")