Olympic class
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| Olympic class | |
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| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Type: | Medical ship |
| Active: | 24th century - unknown, alternate future timeframe |
| Speed: | Warp 13+ (alternate future timeframe) |
| Armament: | Equipped with limited weaponry |
| Defenses: | Deflector shields |
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The Olympic-class starship was a type of vessel in service with Starfleet during the late 24th century.
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[edit] History
The Olympic-class served the Federation as early as the 2370s. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels") In an alternate future timeline, the Olympic-class was utilized primarily for medical emergencies. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
[edit] Technical data
[edit] Physical arrangement
The Olympic-class featured a primary section-engineering section-warp nacelle layout common to most Starfleet vessels, however, unlike most Starfleet vessels, the Olympic-class featured a spherical primary hull, similar in outward appearance to the 22nd century Daedalus-class. Its deflector dish was incorporated into the lower forward quarter of the primary hull, its impulse engines were located on the upper third of the aft hull. A large shuttlebay was located on the middle upper dorsal section of the secondary hull. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
[edit] Primary systems
In an alternate future timeline, the Olympic-class was equipped with sensors and defensive systems were very limited, leaving the ship to be no match for the shields of the Klingon attack cruisers of that era. In addition, it was capable of at least warp 13. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
[edit] Interior design
The Olympic had at least two transporter rooms, and quarters were located on deck 5.
[edit] Ships commissioned
- Named
- USS Pasteur (NCC-58925)
- Uncertain
- USS Nobel (NCC-55012)
[edit] Background
In an interview with Mike Okuda in Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation, it was stated, and shown on his computer-generated dedication plaque, that the USS Pasteur was of the Hope-class, named after the WWII hospital ship, USS Hope (AH-7). It was later revealed in the Star Trek Encyclopedia that the name "Hope-class" had only existed in an early version of the plaque, and was later renamed as Olympic-class.
An image of the Olympic-class, drawn by Doug Drexler for use in the Encyclopedia, which first appeared on an okudagram in "All Good Things...", would also later appear on a background bridge monitor in "Sacrifice of Angels".
The ship itself had been previously designed and built by Bill George of ILM as an homage to one of the earliest sketches that Matt Jefferies created for the original Enterprise. According to the script, the Pasteur was described as "a small and sleek vessel with the 24th century equivalent of "Red Cross" markings."
[edit] External link
- Olympic class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
