Starliner

A Starliner was a manned interstellar probe developed by the United Earth Space Probe Agency of Earth during the 21st century.

History
Starliners were designed as manned interstellar probes, and were one of Earth's earliest attempts at interstellar travel. They were a prototype design was based on Vulcan ships of that era, such as the.

A number were launched during the mid-to-late 21st century towards target stars that lay within 15 light-years of Sol. However, only the seventh, the UESP, reached its destination of Alpha Centauri before the rest of the Starliners were overtaken by recently developed faster-than-light spaceships.


 * The Star Trek Maps timeline is difficult to align to the standard timeline. According to the source, Zefram Cochrane developed warp drive in 2050 (instead of 2063, and these ships were launched in the 2050s, implying that these ships are only capable of warp factor 1, i.e., light speed. It is unclear how the Enterprise reached its destination (in 2039) 10–20 years before it was launched, however.

The ships were later considered to be only unused prototypes.


 * Taken with Star Trek Maps, this may be in in error or due to the ships being largely obsolete before they reached their destinations.

They remained in use however. The Starliner UESP later colonized the planet of New Paris in the Omega Aurigae system circa 2105, while the Enterprise survived to receive ""SS" and "USS" prefixes . Portraits of these ships were displayed in the 602 Club in 2143 and Admiral Maxwell Forrest's office in 2154.

Specifications
A Starliner was 120 meters long and had a crew of 35.

Known vessels

 * UESP (XCV-330)
 * UESP

Background
This class of ships in Star Trek Maps was based on a ship originally designed by Matt Jefferies during the early pre-production stage of Star Trek. After the show was cancelled, the design was considered for use in a planned, but never produced, sci-fi television series by Gene Roddenberry. A portrait of the ship later appeared in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Spaceflight Chronology also based the of ships on this image, though these were a much later and more advanced series of cruise-ships.

Star Trek: Enterprise artist Doug Drexler based the Vulcan on this image. Following this, the later said this ship was only an unused prototype based on Vulcan designs and that the portrait had been mistakenly installed. It was removed and replaced with one of the Enterprise (NX-01).