SS Vico

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SS Vico
Class:	Oberth-class
Registry:	NAR-18834
Affiliation:	United Federation of Planets
Status:	Wrecked (2368)

The SS Vico (NAR-18834) was an Federation Oberth-class science vessel that operated out of Starbase 514 during the mid-24th century. The Vico was not a Starfleet vessel. In 2368, the Vico explored an astronomical formation known as a black cluster.

While exploring the cluster's interior the Vico began to encounter severe gravitational wavefronts, in order to compensate, the Vico increased shield strength. Unknown at the time, the cluster contained a phenomenon that reflected the ship's shield output, so the more the Vico increased its shield strength, the more the wavefronts were amplified. This continued to occur until the Vico essentially destroyed itself with its own shields.

Two days later, when the Vico was located by the USS Enterprise-D, only one survivor, Timothy, was discovered aboard. (TNG: "Hero Worship")

The Vico was either named for Giambattista Vico, an Italian philosopher who was born in Naples in 1668 and died in 1744, or the Vico system, a Federation star system.

It is possible that the registry number, NAR-18834, is used in honor of the SS Seattle, a 22nd century starship with the same registry. In actuality, the same parts of the okudagram were used across episodes.

Oberth-class starships
USS Biko • USS Copernicus • USS Grissom • USS Oberth • USS Pegasus • SS Tsiolkovsky • SS Vico • USS Yosemite • Unnamed