Steamrunner class starship
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In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Steamrunner class is a rarely seen type of starship produced and used by Starfleet. The Steamrunner class served during the Dominion War and Borg incursions; at least one Steamrunner was lost in the explosion of the Borg cube during the Battle of Sector 001.
This unconventional ship has an angular saucer-shaped hull, and like the Saber class, the Steamrunner has two warp nacelles embedded in the saucer.
Instead of an engineering hull, an underslung secondary hull with a blue navigational deflector at the forefront is attached to the nacelles by a pylon running downward and inward at the aft end of each. The main bridge and the dorsal phaser array are embedded into the saucer to provide for better protection from enemy fire by blocking against attacks from the side. The primary hull's ventral side is dominated by the ship's ventral phaser array and lifeboats. Two impulse engines are located between the nacelles with one on each side of the ship.
In real life, the Steamrunner class was designed by Alex Jaeger at Industrial Light and Magic and rendered as a computer-generated visual effect. It was originally called the Streamrunner, named for the song "Streamrunner" by Fold Zandura but for some unknown reason the first 'r' had been dropped.
It is also featured as a usable Federation unit in the Star Trek: Armada series of computer games.
Known Steamrunner class destroyers
- USS Appalachia (NCC-52136)
- Named for the Appalachian mountain range, the starship Appalachia fought against the Borg in the Battle of Sector 001 circa stardate 50893.5 in 2373.
- USS Hiroshima (Registry unknown)
- USS Steamrunner (Registry unknown)
- The starship Steamrunner is the pathfinder of its class.
External links
- Steamrunner class (http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Steamrunner_class) at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek WikiWiki
- Steamrunner class (http://www.lcarscom.net/fsd/starships/steamrunner.html) at LCARScom.Net
- "Steamrunner class" at the Neutral Zone Starship Database (http://www.neutralzone.de/database/Federation/StarFleet/Steamrunner.htm)
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