- "Right now I'm on the bridge of the toughest, fastest, most powerful ship Starfleet ever put into service. And I got a fleet of them at my back."
- —William T. Riker, 2399[src]
The Inquiry-class was a type of Federation starship, a battleship in Starfleet service circa the 2390s decade. (ST video game: Star Trek Online)
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History and specifications
One ship of the line of this class was the flagship USS Zheng He. (PIC episode: "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2")
By the 25th century, the Inquiry class would have two major subclasses, the Avenger-class and the Arbiter-class. (ST video game: Star Trek Online)
Known vessels
- USS Inquiry
- USS Zheng He, flagship
- unnamed Federation starships (squadron vessels)
- A large number of unnamed Federation starships of this class were shown onscreen in squadron formation, but not otherwise identified. (PIC episode: "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II")
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Connections
Background
- The assembled fleet all had similar planforms to Zheng He, with minor differences in warp nacelle arrangement and hull detailing. None of the vessels were labeled with names or registry numbers. Riker described the ship as the most formidable vessel ever fielded by Starfleet, meaning that the great number of like vessels was supposed to represent a significant display of military potential.
- The Zheng He bridge was a re-dress of the USS Discovery bridge set.
- The class of the ship itself was not named in any production mentioning the vessel, although showrunner Michael Chabon has had social media conversations stating class names he would like to give these vessels. On his Instagram story (transcript here), he initially said it that Zheng He belonged to the Curiosity class, which had been the class he earlier specified for the USS ibn Majid. When this inconsistency was pointed out, he provided corrected information to admins of Memory Alpha, which designated the Zheng He as an Inquiry-class heavy cruiser.
Appearances and references
Appearances
External link
- Inquiry class article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.