Nausicaan raider

The Nausicaan raider was a Nausicaan starship class, a raider in service to Nausicaa and pirates from the 22nd century. 

History and specifications
This class of ship was launched in the 22nd century. The horseshoe-shaped vessel was 90 meters long and by the 2150s decade capable of achieving warp factor 2. It was armed with energy weapons. Its defenses were no match for a United Earth starship, however. ( Issue 30)

Pirates used these ships and operated from asteroid bases. Among their victims were low-warp freighters of the Earth Cargo Service.

In 2151, a Nausicaan pirate was captured by First Officer Matthew Ryan and the crew of the ECS during a raid. Ryan interrogated his captive brutally and lied about his hostage to Earth Starfleet, whose flagship Enterprise arrived to offer help to Fortunate.

Fortunate later tracked the Nausicaans to their base but was quickly overwhelmed by the Nausicaan raiders there, until Enterprise arrived and negotiated a truce with the lead pirate. 

In the Kelvin timeline, the technology of Nausicaan raiders had been improved by the 2260s. They fired red beams and pulses. Nausicaan raiders were used to patrol the Nausicaan system to defend Nausicaa during conflicts with the Rigellians, particularly the Jelna; the Orion Syndicate, the Takret Militia, and Yridians. However, these governments and species, including the Malurians and Corvallens, where categorised as the Hostiles by the Independent faction in the. The Hostiles shared the same ship designs, including Nausicaan raiders.