Newton Class
Although a large number of Oberth-class ships were already in service at the beginning of the 24th century, Starfleet and other science institutions of the Federation still saw a need for research vessels. The Newton class is somewhat larger than the Oberth. However, it has a simpler and more conventional basic structure. For self defense, the ships are equipped with two phaser arrays. Over a long period of over 30 years, both classes were built in parallel. In the 2330's Starfleet started a substantial refitting program for Oberth class ships. Eventually, this was the incentive to continue construction of upgraded Oberth-class ships instead of the Newton class, but only until 2350 when the new Caesar class was about to be launched. About half of the Newton-class ships are still in active service in Starfleet or other Federation institutions, other starships were sold to civilian institutions as transport vessels, after the labs and sensors had been removed. The remaining ships will be replaced by the modern Nova class soon.
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| Class specifications Ship type: Research vessel Length: 151m Width: 116m Height: 38m Crew complement: 61 Max. speed: Warp 7.8 First commissioned in 2309 |
Commissioned ships USS Newton NCC-6030 USS Asimov NCC-7144 USS Faraday NCC-7145 USS Gauss NCC-7146 USS Armstrong NCC-7147 USS Pascal NCC-8900 USS Nansen NCC-8901 USS Heron NCC-8902 USS Robert Scott NCC-8903 USS Zeppelin NCC-9872 USS Piccard NCC-9873 USS Lovell NCC-9874 USS Livingstone NCC-10682 USS Montgolfier NCC-10683 USS Gagarin NCC-10684 USS Bardeen NCC-15823 USS Pythagoras NCC-17178 USS Watt NCC-17665 USS Wernher von Braun NCC-17666 USS Hertz NCC-18223 USS Darwin NCC-18224 USS Planck NCC-21507 USS Sakharov NCC-21508 USS Copernicus NCC-21509 USS Lilienthal NCC-21510 USS Wright NCC-35337 USS Stevenson NCC-35338 USS Bell NCC-35339 |
