- For other uses, see Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island-class was a class of science vessel in use by the Federation Starfleet in the early 25th century. It was a refit variant of the Nova-class. (VOY episode & novelization: Endgame; ST video game: Star Trek Online)
The class was also used by the Imperial Starfleet in the mirror universe. (ST video game: Star Trek Online)
History
The Rhode Island-class had entered service by the year 2409. (STO mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")
In 2410 the lead ship of the class, the USS Rhode Island, was under the command of Captain Harry Kim. (STO - The Delta Quadrant missions: "Alliances", "Takedown")
Alternate timeline
In a timeline where USS Voyager took 25 years to return home, the Rhode Island-class had entered service by 2404. (VOY episode & novelization: Endgame)
Technical data
The Rhode Island-class was comparable in size to the earlier Nova-class. It was armed with phaser arrays and photon torpedoes and carried a photonic displacer device capable of creating a false sensor image of itself for short periods as a decoy. (ST video game: Star Trek Online)
Mirror universe
The Terran Empire's version of the Rhode Island-class featured additional engineering capability at the expense of some of its utility as a science vessel. (STO website: Undine Lock Box and Lobi Store Ships)
Known ships
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- USS Rhode Island (NCC-72701, prototype) (VOY episode & novelization: Endgame; STO missions: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock", "Alliances", "Takedown")
Appendices
Background
This section is written from the Real World point of view. |
Larry Nemecek said on Doug Drexler's blog that he named the USS Rhode Island after the United States state of Rhode Island as a joke: Even though Harry Kim had finally gotten his own command, it was still named after the smallest US state.
References
Connections
External links
- Science Vessel Refit article at The Star Trek Online Wiki.
- Rhode Island Science Vessel article at The Star Trek Online Wiki.
- Terran Science Vessel (Mob) article at The Star Trek Online Wiki.