Antares type The " Antares " - type was a small , multipurpose 23rd century Federation starship identified as a survey ship , transport , cargo and science - probe vessel . This class of vessel was commonly used during the 2260s . ( ) Ships of this class were listed in the Starfleet Registry . ( ) History . In 2266 , the rendezvoused with the " Antares " . The " Antares " was later destroyed when its previously warped baffle plate was removed by Charlie Evans , the ship ' s former passenger . ( ) In 2268 , the " Enterprise " , under the control of the M - 5 multitronic unit , destroyed the unescorted robot ship " Woden " that was hauling ore near Alpha Carinae II . ( ) In 2269 , the " Enterprise " was assigned to escort two robot grain ships carrying a load of quintotriticale to the Sherman ' s Planet to assist in the survival of the colonist s who were experiencing crop loss and famine . During an encounter with the under the command of Captain Koloth , one of the ships was disabled , and its cargo was transferred to the " Enterprise " . The " Gr ' oth " later returned and attacked the second ship , disabling its propulsion systems as well . The ship was later recovered and towed by the " Enterprise " to Sherman ' s Planet . ( ) Design . The " Antares " - type was fairly complicated in overall design . It was constructed on a horizontal spaceframe with the standard two - nacelle configuration . Jutting above and below the main spaceframe were the ship ' s cargo hold s , with the largest being located below the axis of the vessel . The forward living section for a standard crew of twenty and bridge were located in the foremost position of the vessel . The deflector dish was centered in between the bottom of the forward living section and the bottom of the ship ( ) The " Antares " - type was smaller in size than a starship , however , overall it possessed much larger cargo holds than were found in the latter design . ( ; ) " Antares " - type ships were easily convertable to automation , with the removal of the forward bridge section . These automated vessels were essentially flying cargo holds . ( ; ) Appendices . Background information . The " Antares " - type originally existed as the robot grain ship , which originally appeared in . This class was the second Federation starship design , at the time , to appear in the " Star Trek " franchise . The final draft script of ( dated ) described these " robot grain ships " as " " two identical crop carrying robot ships , not as big as the " Enterprise " , but every bit as powerful . Because they have no life support modules , they can use all their power for payload . " " The design was adapted for the remastered version of because Michael Okuda highly approved of the configuration . He liked how it wasn ' t , like some of the other TAS vessels , too impressionistic . " " It was obviously well thought out and it had a wonderful quality that you could quite clearly see came from Matt Jefferies ' universe , " " recalled Okuda . " " It seemed to follow the same design principles as the " Enterprise " , and yet it was dramatically different . It was my favorite ship on " The Animated Series . " The original animated design heavily inspired the CG model of the " Antares " , the " Yorkshire " , and the " Woden " , which appear in the remastered TOS episodes , , and respectively . The same CG model was used for the " Yorkshire " and the " Woden " because everyone involved in depicting the " Antares " on screen was pleased with how the appearance of that ship turned out . ( " " , issue 63 , pp . 12 & 13 ) The " Antares " and the " Yorkshire " had a bridge and living section amended to the body of the original design . The front extension as a crew module was confirmed by Producer Dave Rossi in an interview . According to the , the starship class of the " Antares " in " Charlie X " was called " Antares " - class . The , on p . 330 , was listed as a sister ship of the " Antares " . According to Doug Drexler , on notes on his Facebook page , the " Antares " - type freighter was an older class of ship than the . These ships measured 470 feet in length , with the crew module , and 343 feet in length , without the crew module . For the " Antares " and the " Yorkshire " , the name was on the side of the crew module , whereas , for the " Woden " , the name was on the side of the main hull .