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Trident Class

The Vladivostok class is especially designed for the needs of Starfleet. The smaller Trident class, although in Starfleet service, rather resembles civilian freighters. The concept is similar to the obsolete civilian Antares class and is based on a modular structure with two exchangeable containers. The ship has no armament, no scientific equipment and only limited sensor capacity. Notwithstanding these limitations, the Trident class is in Starfleet service, having the benefits of fast and easy fabrication and a small crew complement. Starfleet employs this ship type only for missions within secure Federation space and exclusively for cargo.

A still larger number of ships of this class serve for civilian organizations and companies. Even the Vulcan Space Central (that otherwise relies on domestic designs, also regarding containers) acquired a number of Trident-class vessels and adapted them to their specific needs of running freight between Vulcan and the colonies and science outposts.

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Preliminary three-view schematics
(ca. 1996)

Revised and more detailed version

Civilian variant

Vulcan variant

Datasheet

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