After Starfleet decided not to peruse the Paddington Class Scout or the Valkyrie Class Destroyer, a new class of Scout was quickly developed based on the Saladin Class Destroyer design.
The Hermes Class served well, offering generalized exploration and mapping that could then be followed up on by other vessels, such as better equipped Cruisers or Frigates, or more specialized scientific vessels such as the Oberth Class that entered development soon after the launch of the Hermes Class. (The Oberth Class so quickly followed upon the Hermes Class that there was some minor overlap in their registry numbers!)
After an exemplary legacy of service, the Hermes Class has recently been given a more reduced role in light of the development of the new Wendt Class Scout. While exploration of new territory has been turned over to the Wendt Class, the Hermes Class is now mainly being used to maintain up to date mapping of already established territory, as well as assisting in a variety of diplomatic functions.
The Hermes Class served well, offering generalized exploration and mapping that could then be followed up on by other vessels, such as better equipped Cruisers or Frigates, or more specialized scientific vessels such as the Oberth Class that entered development soon after the launch of the Hermes Class. (The Oberth Class so quickly followed upon the Hermes Class that there was some minor overlap in their registry numbers!)
After an exemplary legacy of service, the Hermes Class has recently been given a more reduced role in light of the development of the new Wendt Class Scout. While exploration of new territory has been turned over to the Wendt Class, the Hermes Class is now mainly being used to maintain up to date mapping of already established territory, as well as assisting in a variety of diplomatic functions.
Original Configuration:
List of Ships:
NCC-585 U.S.S. Hermes
NCC-586 U.S.S. Anubis NCC-587 U.S.S. Aries * NCC-588 U.S.S. Aeolus NCC-589 U.S.S. Diana NCC-590 U.S.S. Quintillus * NCC-591 U.S.S. Bridger NCC-592 U.S.S. Carson * NCC-593 U.S.S. Batidor NCC-594 U.S.S. Cody NCC-595 U.S.S. Revere NCC-596 U.S.S. Sparker NCC-597 U.S.S. Bowie NCC-598 U.S.S. Sacajawea NCC-599 U.S.S. Tonti |
NCC-600 U.S.S. Crockett
NCC-601 U.S.S. Monoceros NCC-603 U.S.S. Equulus NCC-604 U.S.S. Lupus NCC-605 U.S.S. Taurus NCC-606 U.S.S. Camelopardus NCC-607 U.S.S. Leo NCC-608 U.S.S. Lynx * NCC-609 U.S.S. Ursa Major NCC-610 U.S.S. Lepus NCC-611 U.S.S. Canus Major NCC-612 U.S.S. Pavo NCC-613 U.S.S. Vulpecula NCC-614 U.S.S. Cygnus NCC-621 U.S.S. Columbia |
* ship lost in the line of duty
Behind the Scenes Notes
The Hermes Class is not an original design to Yotsuya's Shipyard, and is included to provide context as it is mentioned in the description of multiple other classes included here.
The Hermes Class was designed by Franz Joseph for his non-canon book, Star Fleet Technical Manuel. However, the class is considered canon due to elements from Joseph's book being used during the production of the first few Star Trek films, when they mined the book for details to include in com chatter and on background displays.
According to Memory Alpha, there are three confirmed canon ships in this class. One is an unnamed NCC-585, the other two are the Columbia and Revere, the names and registry numbers of which were given in Epsilon Nine com chatter during The Motion Picture.
Names and registry numbers beyond that were taken from the non canon Memory Beta. Much like with the Oberth Class, because of a large overlap in registry numbers, not all ships listed there were used here. NCC-602 is a canon Oberth Class (the Oberth, herself), hence the omission of it on this list. Likewise. NCC-621 is a canon Hermes, hence the inclusion of it on this list which otherwise ends with NCC-614.
Once which numbers to use had been established, for the most part names from Memory Beta were used. Exceptions are as follows:
Since Memory Beta had no NCC-578 listed, the name from the skipped Hermes Class NCC-602 was used.
Memory Beta had NCC-612 listed as the U.S.S. Pegasus, a name which this website had already used, based on a different Memory Beta suggestion, for the Oberth Class NCC-622. A later name from Memory Beta's Hermes Class name list, which would have otherwise gone unused, was chosen instead.
Memory Beta listed NCC-614 as U.S.S. Leo Minor which, while technically a unique name, was too similar to NCC-607's U.S.S. Leo for this website to use it as a name within the same class. Thus, like with NCC-612, another name from Memory Beta's Hermes Class name list which would have otherwise gone unused was instead chosen.
The schematics displayed above were taken from Vance's Schematics as found on The Star Trek LCARS Blueprint Database.
The Hermes Class was designed by Franz Joseph for his non-canon book, Star Fleet Technical Manuel. However, the class is considered canon due to elements from Joseph's book being used during the production of the first few Star Trek films, when they mined the book for details to include in com chatter and on background displays.
According to Memory Alpha, there are three confirmed canon ships in this class. One is an unnamed NCC-585, the other two are the Columbia and Revere, the names and registry numbers of which were given in Epsilon Nine com chatter during The Motion Picture.
Names and registry numbers beyond that were taken from the non canon Memory Beta. Much like with the Oberth Class, because of a large overlap in registry numbers, not all ships listed there were used here. NCC-602 is a canon Oberth Class (the Oberth, herself), hence the omission of it on this list. Likewise. NCC-621 is a canon Hermes, hence the inclusion of it on this list which otherwise ends with NCC-614.
Once which numbers to use had been established, for the most part names from Memory Beta were used. Exceptions are as follows:
Since Memory Beta had no NCC-578 listed, the name from the skipped Hermes Class NCC-602 was used.
Memory Beta had NCC-612 listed as the U.S.S. Pegasus, a name which this website had already used, based on a different Memory Beta suggestion, for the Oberth Class NCC-622. A later name from Memory Beta's Hermes Class name list, which would have otherwise gone unused, was chosen instead.
Memory Beta listed NCC-614 as U.S.S. Leo Minor which, while technically a unique name, was too similar to NCC-607's U.S.S. Leo for this website to use it as a name within the same class. Thus, like with NCC-612, another name from Memory Beta's Hermes Class name list which would have otherwise gone unused was instead chosen.
The schematics displayed above were taken from Vance's Schematics as found on The Star Trek LCARS Blueprint Database.