When it was further revealed that the Federation ship was in fact "a starship," the Ferengi feared that they had been outmaneuvered and quickly retreated. When the Ferengi Marauder Kreechta was about to target the USS Enterprise-D, after interfering with the battle simulation Operation Lovely Angel, the Ferengi ship's sensor codes were overridden and it was fooled to believe there was "another Federation ship" closing. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager) While discussing his service history with Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Captain Montgomery Scott noted that in his lifetime he had "served aboard eleven ships," including " freighters, cruisers, starships." ( TNG: " Relics")īy the mid- 24th century, though, the exclusivity of the term "starship" had essentially fallen out of use, and was redefined as a term interchangeable with " spaceship" and "spacecraft". Generally limited to the roles of exploration and defense, starships did not generally transport cargo, unless in the case of an emergency, where they could take on any role. Likewise, a starship could be identified on sensors by its power utilization curve, as a vessel utilizing 100% power had the ability to skew sensor readings. The configuration of a vessel, as identified by sensor scans, could be used in identifying a starship. ( TOS: " Mudd's Women", " The Conscience of the King", " The Trouble with Tribbles")ĭesign was also a factor in defining a starship. Within the Federation, starships were viewed as having the role of protector within the civilian community, as starship captains were given a certain level of authority in the region they patrolled. Merik, " a very special vessel and crew." ( TOS: " Bread and Circuses") In the Federation during the 22nd and 23rd centuries, spacecraft, such as those of the Starship-class, were identified almost exclusively as vessels operated by Starfleet, or as stated by R.M. Many times, starships were often personified as female by their crew.
Most starships accomplished this via the employment of some form of faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion technology, such as warp drive. any manned spacecraft that had the ability to transport and support a crew across interstellar distances. Silhouettes of several Earth and Federation starshipsĪ starship was any manned spacecraft that was capable of viable interstellar travel, i.e.
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