- For other uses, see Aria.
The Aria class[2] was a 24th century[1] Lokirrim[1] starship class, a patrol ship[1] in Lokirrim Space Command[2] service in the 2360s[2] and 2370s[1] decades. (VOY episode: "Body and Soul", Star Trek Adventures module: Delta Quadrant Sourcebook)
History and specifications[]
Specifications[]
The Aria class consisted of a single-body hull. A flat, conical engineering hall broadened to a rearward drive section, and narrowed to a rounded primary hull at the bow. The primary hull, which included living quarters, was flanked by a pair of spear-like protrusions. (VOY episode: "Body and Soul")
This physical structure matched that of the Akritirian patrol ship and a few other alien vessels in use across the galaxy since the 22nd century. The Lokirrim patrol ship was 180 meters long. (The Official Starships Collection Issue 113: "Lokirrim Warship")
The Aria-class patrol ship lacked torpedo launchers but was fitted with hard-mounted phaser banks. The photonic disruptor was a cannon installed on the ship to fight photonic insurgents during the photonic insurgency war. It was supported by redundant sensors and an electronic warfare suite. Twin deflector arrays were tied in to the warp drive assembly to improve propulsion. Tractor beams could be deployed during combat as offensive weapons. (Star Trek Adventures module: Delta Quadrant Sourcebook)
Vessels of this class had a shuttlebay large enough to store a Federation heavy shuttle. During the Insurgency, the crew of Lokirrim patrol ships was cross-trained, with personnel filling more than one role at any given time. (VOY episode: "Body and Soul")
Service history[]
Ranek's patrol ship targets the Delta Flyer.
The Aria class had been in service for a few years by 2377. It preceded the larger Pavteal-class warship developed in the late 2360s.
Lokirrim Space Command deployed this class during the photonic insurgency. (Star Trek Adventures module: Delta Quadrant Sourcebook)
Holograms had risen up and rebelled violently against Lokirrim society.
In the year 2377, Captain Ranek was in command of his own Aria-class patrol ship. The vessel encountered the Federation shuttlecraft Delta Flyer and detected holographic systems aboard. Ensign Harry Kim attempted to assure the Lokirrim of the Federation's peaceful intentions, but the Lokirrim fired their photonic disruptor at the Starfleet shuttle and captured the shuttle. The Doctor, a sentient Emergency Medical Hologram, was saved from decompilation by an upload to Seven of Nine's cybernetic matrix. The Starfleet crew began to work and fraternize with Ranek and the other ship's personnel, eventually succeeding in reaching their mothership USS Voyager and securing their freedom. (VOY episode: "Body and Soul")
Starfleet studied information gained by Voyager on the Lokirrim and their ships. Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway shared some of this at Starfleet Academy and Starfleet Command in 2379. To maintain diplomacy during Lokirrim encounters, ships would have to be free of, or conceal their holographic systems and crew. (Star Trek Adventures module: Delta Quadrant Sourcebook)
Alternate timeline[]
In an alternate timeline affected by the Q Continuum's temporal anomaly crisis, alternate versions of Seven of Nine that were prisoners aboard Ranek's ship were pulled into the Alpha Quadrant in the year 2380. These officers included Indignant Seven, who suffered from the aftereffects of hosting the Doctor, and Indulgent Seven, who was a fusion of Seven and the Doctor. (ST video game: Timelines events: "Perfectly Purple", "Luxurious Livery")
Known vessels[]
- unnamed Aria-class ships:
- Ranek's patrol ship (2377)
Appendices[]
Appearances and references[]
Appearances[]
- VOY episode: "Body and Soul" (first appearance)
- The Official Starships Collection Issue 113: "Lokirrim Warship"
- Star Trek Adventures module: Delta Quadrant Sourcebook (class name established)
References[]
External links[]
- Aria class article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.