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SCIENCE SHIPS
Horizon • Nova • Oberth • Duderstadt • Oracle

Scientific pursuits remain at the forefront of Starfleet's agenda, and a range of science ships are specially designed and built for these missions. Many are modular, allowing different laboratory modules to be swapped in and out to reconfigure the ship for a specific mission with relatively little effort. Surveyors such as the Nova class are designed for short-range astronomical surveys and planetary research. The Oberth class has served as a mobile research laboratory for over a century. Newer deep space science vessels such as the Oracle class are capable of undertaking long-term missions without the need for as frequent refueling or resupplying as previous generations of science ships.


Oberth	Light Science Vessel • 150.81 meters


Nova	Surveyor • 165 meters


Horizon	Research Science Vessel • 400.25 meters


Oracle	Deep Space Science Vessel • 580 meters

Black-and-white ship illustrations by Tim Davies unless otherwise noted. Used with permission. All other images are copyright to their respective owners.

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-===Couriers and Surveyors===
+Scientific pursuits remain at the forefront of Starfleet's agenda, and a range of '''science ships''' are specially designed and built for these missions. Many are modular, allowing different laboratory modules to be swapped in and out to reconfigure the ship for a specific mission with relatively little effort. Surveyors such as the {{c|Nova}} are designed for short-range astronomical surveys and planetary research. The {{c|Oberth}} has served as a mobile research laboratory for over a century. Newer deep space science vessels such as the {{c|Oracle}} are capable of undertaking long-term missions without the need for as frequent refueling or resupplying as previous generations of science ships.
-Couriers and Surveyors are, in essence, highly specialized [[Starfleet Starships: Scouts|Scout]] and [[Starfleet Starships: Explorers|Explorer]] ships. Couriers, of course, are ships designed for high speeds which Starfleet uses to transport important messages and personnel. At present Starfleet fields only two types of Couriers, the ''Loki''- and ''Mercury''-class ships. Except for those vessels designed specifically for ferrying important dignitaries, Couriers tend to be spartan.
-Surveyors, on the other hand, come in a variety of designs, including the venerable ''[[ma:Oberth_class|Oberth]]''-class general science vessel, the ''[[ma:Korolev_class|Korolev]]''- and ''Sagan''-class Deep Space Surveyors and the smaller ''Copernicus''-class ship. The former are designed for long-term deep survey missions; the latter for astronomic surveys which are quicker or cover a smaller area.
-===Classes===
-* [[ma:Antares_class|Antares]] Class (Surveyor)
-* [[Copernicus Class]] (Surveyor)
-* [[ma:Korolev_class|Korolev]] Class (Surveyor)
-* [[ma:Oberth_class|Oberth]] Class (Surveyor)
-* Sagan Class (Surveyor)
-===Research/Laboratory Vessels===
-Scientific pursuits remain at the forefront of Starfleet's agenda, and it is justly proud of its Research and Laboratory vessels. Ranging from the smaller ''Fermi''-class "flying laboratory" which conducts experiments in zero-g and other space environments, to the large ''[[ma:Nova_class|Nova]]''-class planetary surveyor, they tend to be highly specialized. Many are modular, allowing different laboratory modules to be swapped in and out to reconfigure the ship for a specific mission with relatively little effort.
-===Class Type===
-* Fermi class
-* Luna class
-* Noble class
-* [[ma:Nova_class|Nova]] class
-* Oppenheimer class
+{{UP Class Link|Oberth|Light Science Vessel • 150.81 meters}}
+{{UP Class Link|Nova|Surveyor • 165 meters}}
+{{UP Class Link|Horizon|Research Science Vessel • 400.25 meters}}
+{{UP Class Link|Oracle|Deep Space Science Vessel • 580 meters}}
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-[[Category:Starfleet ship classes|Science Vessels]]
+[[Category:Starfleet ship classes]]

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