Oberth Class

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Registry #	Ship Name	Information
NCC-???	USS Oberth	Class Ship
NCC-623	USS Copernicus
NCC-638	USS Grissom	Destroyed at Genesis Planet
NAR-18834*	SS Vico	Destroyed in the Black Cluster
NCC-19002	USS Yosemite	Damaged by a plasma streamer in the Igo sector
NCC-31600	USS Bonestell
NCC-50331	USS Biko
NCC-53911	USS Tsiolkovsky	Destroyed by the collapse of a red giant
NCC-53847	USS Pegasus	Had experimental cloaking/phasing device
NCC-59314	USS Grissom
NCC-59318	USS Cochrane	Transported Dax and Bashir to Deep Space Nine
NCC-59983	USS Raman	Lost in atmosphere of Marijne VII

*NAR designations indicate civilian ships, not Starfleet.

In the late twenty-third century when hostilities with the Klingon Empire were escalating, Starfleet decided that it could no longer dedicate its starships solely to scientific missions. As a result, the Oberth class was created. The Oberth was a smaller, less expensive ship made primarily for scientific research. The small dish contains living quarters, ship controls, and several labs. The lower region of the ship contains cargo holds and labs for potentially dangerous experiments where they would pose less danger to the rest of the ship. The Oberth was given a less powerful warp drive than the Constitution and an ineffective offensive system since she was never meant to see combat. Her shields, however, are the same since they are sometimes needed for dangerous expeditions. Although Oberth would be useless as a starship, they serve their purpose as a science vessel well and are still used as such.