- For other uses, see Friendship.
The Friendship class was a 31st century[1] Federation starship class, a long and flat vessel in Starfleet service since before the Burn. (DSC episode: "People of Earth")
History and specifications[]
This ship class consisted of three detached components: a saucer section, and a pair of warp nacelles, several hundred meters long. The nacelles were flat and wide at the front end, and narrowed down to a point at their aft end. (DSC episode: "Die Trying")
A Friendship-class ship was 1188.72 meters long in total. (Shipyards reference: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future)
The overall shape of the warp nacelles was reminiscent of their shorter counterparts of the 25th century Eclipse-class intel cruiser. (STO - Delta Rising mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")
The saucer did not form a complete ring, and it included a keyhole-shaped negative space in its center. The outer cut-off points at the aft held facted, blue-gleaming impulse engines. (DSC episode: "Die Trying")
Underside view.
Overall, the ship appeared dark grey, with its hull dotted by white lights from windows and position lights, and blue-shining warp plasma in the nacelles. (DSC episode: "People of Earth")
It was one of several Federation classes active in the 3060s decade. (DSC episode: "People of Earth")
In 3069[2] at least four ships of this class operated in the sensor range of the unnamed Federation relay station when the Burn occurred and destroyed all starships with an active warp core across the galaxy by destabilizing their dilithium. When the ships' dilithium crystals went inert, matter/antimatter containment failed, and the vessels detonated instantaneously.
In the year 3188, acting communications chief Aditya Sahil shared his station's sensor logs with Commander Michael Burnham. These included graphics of the Starfleet ship locations and a visualization of their destruction when the Burn was triggered. Burnham reported these findings in a transmission to her ship, the time-displaced USS Discovery on stardate 865211.3. (DSC episode: "People of Earth")
Ships of this type was still in service in the 32nd century. In the 3180s decade, they operated from inside the distortion field surrounding the Federation Headquarters space station.
In 3189, these were present as the time-displaced USS Discovery made its way through the distortion field towards Federation HQ. (DSC episode: "Die Trying")
Known vessels[]
- USS Thant (NCC-325005)
- USS Yang (NCC-321616)
- USS Yousafzai (NCC-325010)
- unnamed Friendship-class starships
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External link[]
- Friendship class article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.