The new Star Trek campaign has necessitated writing up some new ships and some new versions of old ships. It’s a bit difficult, as the new show has done a lot of handwaving about the capabilities of the new vessels. They are generally larger than TOS had vessels being, and they are much technologically advanced (because it’s not 1966 anymore), and I used some online sources as well as the excellent Eaglemoss models to slap these together. First: Federation ships…

CARDENAS CLASS EXPLORATION CRUISER

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I love the stripping some of the new ships have in the show, and our explanation is that the colors denote where the vessel was constructed. Red (as with the Shenzhou) is Utopia Planitia, turquoise (the original stripping color for the same, is Andor), there’s a green in our universe for Tellar, and a rust-color for Vulcan.

SIZE: 7     STRUCTURE: 45     CREW: 350     CARGO: 80     TRANSPORTERS: 3 personnel, 3 cargo     SHUTTLEBAY: 2 (7 shuttlecraft, 4 workbees)

LIFE SUPPORT: Class 2R (CC)     OPERATIONS: Class 2R (CC)     TRACTOR BEAM: 1 aft SENSORS: Class 3 (+3/+2/+1/0/0  D)     IMPULSE DRIVE: SBE (.5c/D)     WARP DRIVE: PB-16 (5/6/7  C)

ARMAMENT: 10 Type II Phaser arrays (4/4/4/0/0/ B); 4 Mk12 IF Photon Torpedo Launchers (4/4/4/4/4 B)

DEFENSE SYSTEMS: PFF-2a  Protection/Threshold: 13/3  Reliability: B

MANEUVERS: CMD +2   HELM +1   TAC: +2

CONSTITUTION CLASS LIGHT CRUISER

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In Discovery, Enterprise isn’t the biggest, baddest ship. She’s got “impressive specs” according to one of the characters, but she is now a light cruiser, a bit bigger than the old ship.

SIZE: 6     STRUCTURE: 35     CREW: 210     CARGO: 70     TRANSPORTERS: 3 personnel, 3 cargo     SHUTTLEBAY: 1 (7 shuttlecraft, 4 workbees)

LIFE SUPPORT: Class 3 (D)     OPERATIONS: Class 3 (D)     TRACTOR BEAM: 2 dorsal/aft  SENSORS: Class 3 (+3/+2/+1/0/0  D)     IMPULSE DRIVE: SBE (.5c/D)     WARP DRIVE: PB-32 Mod 3 (6/7/8  C)

ARMAMENT: 6 Type II Phaser arrays (4/3/3/0/0/ B); 4 Mk12 IF Photon Torpedo Launchers (4/4/4/4/4 B)

DEFENSE SYSTEMS: PFF-2a  Protection/Threshold: 13/3  Reliability: B

MANEUVERS: CMD +2   HELM +1   TAC: +1

SHEPARD CLASS LIGHT BATTLECRUISER

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This sleek ship was originally a design pass for Shenzhou but is larger and more modern. There are a few art pieces floating around out there of this class with the stripping seen on the Walker- and Cardenas-classes. I like to think those are older ships, and the grey paint schemes are ore modern. She’s listed as a “battlecruiser” in a few sources, so I went with that.

SIZE: 7     STRUCTURE: 35     CREW: 250     CARGO: 70     TRANSPORTERS: 3 personnel, 3 cargo     SHUTTLEBAY: 1 (7 shuttlecraft, 4 workbees)

LIFE SUPPORT: Class 2R (CC)     OPERATIONS: Class 2R (CC)     TRACTOR BEAM: 1 aft  SENSORS: Class 3 (+3/+2/+1/0/0  D)     IMPULSE DRIVE: SBE (.5c/D)     WARP DRIVE: PB-16 (5/6/7  C)

ARMAMENT:  8 Type II Phaser arrays & 6 PC-10a PD pulse cannons (4/4/4/4/4  B); 2 Mk12 IF Photon Torpedo Launchers (3/3/3/3/3  B)

DEFENSE SYSTEMS: PFF-2a  Protection/Threshold: 13/3  Reliability: B

MANEUVERS: CMD +0   HELM +2   TAC: +2

WALKER CLASS LIGHT EXPLORER

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I love the look of thing — even with Eaves’ fascination for negative space making some of the design seem…anti-functional. I set our Trek game on a sister ship, Fearless.

SIZE: 7     STRUCTURE: 40     CREW: 160     CARGO: 90     TRANSPORTERS: 3 personnel, 3 cargo     SHUTTLEBAY: 1 aft (6 shuttlecraft, 4 workbees)

LIFE SUPPORT: Class 2 (C)     OPERATIONS: Class 2 (C)     TRACTOR BEAM: none SENSORS: Class 3 (+3/+2/+1/0/0  D)     IMPULSE DRIVE: SBE (.5c/D)     WARP DRIVE: PB-8 (4/5/6  C)

ARMAMENT:  8 PC-10a Pulse cannon batteries (4/4/4/0/0/ B); 2 Mk12 IF Photon Torpedo Launchers (3/3/3/3/3 B)

DEFENSE SYSTEMS: PFF-2a  Protection/Threshold: 13/3  Reliability: B

MANEUVERS: CMD +1   HELM -2   TAC: +1