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Intelligence specialization

Intelligence emblem.

In starship classification, intel starship, or intelligence starship, was a spacecraft type designed or retrofitted for deep-space espionage operations. Intel starships included a dedicated intelligence specialist bridge officer station and active sensor arrays. These sensors enabled an intel craft to gather information about a target and expose vulnerabilities in their defenses by way of a "Gather Intel" series of abilities. (STO - Rise of Discovery mission: "Command the Ships of the Section 31 Lock Box!")

History and specifics[]

Intelligence services operated their own ships when needed. In the 2250s decade, the Federation departments of Starfleet Intelligence and Section 31 deployed dedicated starship classes for intelligence gathering. Section 31 used the Turing-class spaceframe as stealth ships. (Star Trek Adventures RPG module: Discovery (2256-2258) Campaign Guide)

In the 25th century, the Khitomer Alliance members categorized ship classes based on their specializations. Ship types included combinations of specializations that set those types apart from each other. Basic ship types included science vessels for the sciences division, escorts and raiders for the tactical division, and cruisers, battlecruisers and carriers for the engineering division. In the year 2410, Federation Starfleet commissioned the first batch of department-aligned starships with intel starship specialization as part of Operation: Delta Rising: the engineering division Eclipse-class intel cruiser, science division Scryer-class intel science vessel and tactical division Phantom-class intel escort. The Guardian-class cruiser was launched with . (STO - Delta Rising missions: "Explore the Flotilla", "The Hunt is On", "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

In the 2410s, all Khitomer Alliance intel starships were capable of passive warp signature masking, a stealth mechanic that rendered an intel ship undetectable at long range. (STO - Rise of Discovery mission: "Command the Ships of the Section 31 Lock Box!")

Subtypes[]

Intel battlecruiser[]

the 23rd century Na'Qjej-class cleave ship operated by the Klingon Houses was classed as a tier 6 intel battlecruiser by the Alliance and Klingon Defense Force in the year 2410. This battlecruiser class fitted with an intel-grade cloaking device and active sensor arrays. Its bridge officer seating included a commander pulling double duty as intelligence specialist and engineer. (STO - Rise of Discovery mission: "Command the Ships of the Section 31 Lock Box!")

Klingon Imperial Intelligence shared the Qib-class intel battlecruiser, and the Fleet Qib intel battlecruiser, with the KDF. Ships of this class were fitted with a battle cloaking device and a weapons systems siphon. They resembled flattened, more angular versions of regular Klingon battlecruisers. Two intelligence specialists served on the bridge of a Qib, a commander combining engineering and intelligence, and a lieutenant pulling double duty as science officer and intelligence specialist. (STO website: Delta Rising: Klingon Qib Intel Battlecruiser)

The Son'a intel battlecruiser was the vanguard of the 25th century Son'a fleet. As an intel battlecruiser, it was capable of withstanding heavy while undermining its foes. Its bridge officer seating included two specializations besides the three default departments science, tactical and engineering: a commander in both engineering and intelligence, and a lieutenant doubling as command officer and any other department specialist. (STO website: Escalation: The Stats of the Son'a Ships!)

Intel cruiser[]

The Eclipse-class intel cruiser was a dedicated Starfleet Intelligence starship type that combined the intel starship mechanics with a cruiser spaceframe. The Guardian-class included an intel specialist position on its bridge. (STO - Delta Rising missions: "Explore the Flotilla", "The Hunt is On", "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

In 2411, the Alliance acquired the Constitution II-class from the Federation in the Kelvin timeline as a result of the multiversal conflict with the Borg Kingdom. This ship type was classed as an intel cruiser but incorporated pilot starship bridge officer seating. (STO website: Both Worlds: The Kelvin Constitution II!)]

Intel dreadnought cruiser[]

An intel dreadnought cruiser combined the cloaking capability and single hangar bay for fighter craft of dreadnought cruisers with an intel specialist bridge officer seating. The Kelvin timeline Vengeance-class intel dreadnought cruiser was a class designed by Khan Noonien Singh for Section 31 in the 2250s in the Kelvin timeline. The class became available to Federation Starfleet and the Khitomer Alliance in the primary universe during the 25th century front of the Temporal Cold War. (STO website: Agents of Yesterday: Kelvin Timeline Lockbox and Lobi Ships)

The Shiva-class was a prime universe 2250s-era Section 31 starship. The Khitomer Alliance deployed it as an intel dreadnought cruiser in the 2410s. On this class, the cloaking device was replaced by dark mode. (STO website: Shadow's Advance: Command a Section 31 Dreadnought!)

Intel escort[]

The Phantom-class intel escort combined the compact shape of a Defiant-class tactical escort with a Starfleet Intelligence starship design. (STO - Delta Rising missions: "Explore the Flotilla", "The Hunt is On", "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Intel science vessel[]

The Scryer-class was an intel science vessel, combining the mechanics of an intel starship with those of a science vessel. (STO - Delta Rising missions: "Explore the Flotilla", "The Hunt is On", "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Intel science destroyer[]

The 23rd century Turing-class, operated as stealth ships by Section 31 in the 2250s, was classed as tier-6 intel science destroyer in the 2410s. The hull was able to move into a compact shape, darkening and reducing emissions in the process, called dark mode. Typically for a science destroyer, a vessel of this class could enter tactical mode. Features typical of a science vessel - subsystem targeting and a secondary deflector - were present as well. The Turing included two intel specialist bridge officer stations, a tactical lieutenant commander and a science officer commander. (STO - Rise of Discovery mission: "Command the Ships of the Section 31 Lock Box!")

Intel starship classes[]

class name intel classification sub-classification original faction intel bridge officer service periods
Adamant-class intel heavy raider heavy raider Imperial Starfleet
(mirror universe)
yes 2410s
Ambassador-class intel support cruiser support cruiser Starfleet yes 2340s-2410s
Ba'ul sentry vessel science spearhead sentry vessel Ba'ul yes 2250s, 2410s
Batlh-class intel science vessel science vessel Klingon Houses yes 2250s, 2410s
Bozeman-class intel heavy frigate heavy frigate Starfleet yes 2410s
Caelian-class intel multi-mission explorer multi-mission explorer Starfleet yes 2410s
Chekov-class intel science warship science warship Starfleet yes 2410s
Constitution-class intel battlecruiser battlecruiser Starfleet
(Kelvin timeline)
yes 2230s-2260s
(Kelvin timeline), 2400s-2410s
Constitution II-class intel cruiser cruiser Starfleet
(Kelvin timeline)
yes 2260s
(Kelvin timeline), 2410s
Cyclone-class intel escort escort Starfleet yes 2410s
D7 class intel battlecruiser battlecruiser Imperial Intelligence yes 2250s-2410s
Damar-class intel escort escort Cardassian Defense Force yes 2410s
Detapa-class intel science dreadnought science dreadnought Cardassian Defense Force yes 2410s
Dreadnought-class intel dreadnought cruiser dreadnought cruiser Section 31
(Kelvin timeline)
yes 2250s
(Kelvin timeline), 2400s-2410s
Eclipse-class intel cruiser cruiser Starfleet Intelligence yes 2410s
Excelsior II-class intel heavy cruiser heavy cruiser Starfleet yes 2400s-2410s
Faeht-class intel warbird warbird Tal Shiar yes 2380s-2410s
Galaxy X-class dreadnought cruiser dreadnought cruiser Starfleet yes 2390s-2410s
Ghemor-class intel flight deck carrier flight-deck carrier Cardassian Defense Force yes 2410s
Guardian-class cruiser cruiser Starfleet yes 2410s
Hernandez-class intel science vessel science vessel Starfleet yes 2250s, 2410s
Hydra-class intel destroyer destroyer Imperial Starfleet
(mirror universe)
yes 2410s
Jovian-class intel heavy raider heavy raider Titan yes 3180s, 2410s
Malem-class light intel warbird light warbird Romulan Republic Navy yes 2410s
Mat'Ha-class raptor raptor escort Klingon Defense Force yes 2410s
Monaveen-class intel battlecruiser battlecruiser Hysperians yes 2380s, 2410s
Na'Qjej-class intel battlecruiser battlecruiser, cleave ship Klingon House of Mo'Kai yes 2250s, 2410s
Nimrod-class command heavy battlecruiser heavy battlecruiser Section 31 yes 2250s-2290s, 2410s
Phantom-class intel escort escort Starfleet Intelligence yes 2410s
Qib-class intel battlecruiser battlecruiser Klingon Imperial Intelligence yes 2410s
Saturn-class intel science spearhead science spearhead Starfleet yes 3060s-3190s, 2410s
Scimitar-class intel dreadnought warbird dreadnought warbird Remans yes 2370s-2410s
Shiva-class intel dreadnought cruiser dreadnought cruiser Section 31 yes 2250s, 2410s
Shrike-class intel juggernaut juggernaut Changelings yes 2400s-2410s
Scryer-class intel science vessel science vessel Starfleet Intelligence yes 2410s
Somerville-class intel science vessel science vessel Starfleet yes 2410s
Son'a battleship intel battlecruiser battlecruiser Son'a Sodality yes 2370s-2410s
Springfield-class intel science warship science warship Starfleet yes 2360s-2410s
T'laru-class intel carrier warbird carrier warbird Romulan Star Empire
(Kelvin timeline)
yes 2250s
(Kelvin timeline), 2410s
T'liss-class light intel warbird light warbird Romulan Star Empire yes 2260s-2410s
T'varo-class light intel warbird light warbird Romulan Star Empire yes 2150s-2410s
Turing-class intel science destroyer science destroyer, stealth ship Section 31 yes 2250s, 2410s
Viridian-class intel juggernaut juggernaut Emerald Chain yes 3180s, 2410s

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