The USS Varian Fry (NCC-87883) was a 24th century Federation starship, an Inquiry-class battleship in Starfleet service from the 2390s decade. (Shipyards reference: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future)
Service history and disposition[]
In the year 2399, the Inquiry-class battleship USS Zheng He and a squadron of its sister ships was sent to intervene at the planet Coppelius after retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard made a priority request for Starfleet and Federation involvement. Zheng He led the fleet, commanded by Acting Captain William T. Riker. The Zheng He squadron deployed in order to protect the Coppelius inhabitants from a Romulan fleet under orders to exterminate them. The ships of the squadron featured two different warp nacelle designs.
After Captain Riker made the squadron's intentions clear, the Romulan fleet withdrew. The Zheng He squadron also departed after Riker left the situation in the hands of Admiral Picard, who was in command of the hired starship La Sirena. (PIC episode: "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II")
The Varian Fry shared the pointed design of its warp nacelle with the Zheng He. Unlike the Zheng He and the Toussaint, which had yellow bussard collectors and impulse engines, those engine components shone red on the Varian Fry. This coloration matched the USS Maui, although this vessel shared its rounded nacelle design with the Toussaint. (Shipyards reference: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future)
The Varian Fry in 2399.
In the days leading up to Frontier Day, celebrating 250 years of Starfleet's deep space exploration started with Enterprise's launch in 2151, the Varian Fry was one of several ships outside spacedock Probert Station in Earth's orbit in 2401. The Varian Fry maneuvered near the station when retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and Captain William T. Riker took Travel Pod 05 to the spacedock. (PIC episode: "The Next Generation")
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| Inquiry-class battlecruiser starships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Federation Starfleet | standard configuration | Inquiry • Magellan • Maui • Meknes • Nathan Hale • Rustazh • Shackleton • Toussaint • Varian Fry • Zheng He |  
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| variant configurations | Avenger-subclass: Avenger • Bellipotent • Justicar • Phinda • Arbiter-subclass: Arbiter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances and references[]
Appearances[]
- Shipyards reference: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future (first named appearance)
- PIC episode: "The Next Generation"
Background[]
| This section is written from the Real World point of view. |
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- Varian FryWP was a 20th century US-American journalist who helped thousands of Jews escape the Holocaust.
External link[]
- USS Varian Fry article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.