Ships of the Star Fleet

Ships of the Star Fleet, Volume One/Revised is "The standard reference guide to the vessels of Star Fleet", and an unlicenced technical manual written from an in-universe point-of-view, exploring the canon and and their non-canon class derivatives.
==Summary==
;From the back cover
:"The definitive publication on the subject... a must for any being interested in Star Fleet strength."
::– Starship Design
:"This manual should be required reading for every strategic planner in the Federation."
::– Starship Interstellar
:"An unrivaled reference text... lavishly illustrated, easy to use, and highly insightful."
::– Academy Literary Review
:"The best coverage of Federation spacegoing services... a treasure chest of information."
::– TacFleet Journal
===Contents===
:     Preface
:01 State of the Fleet
:02 Ship Classifications
:03 Glossary
:    Cruisers
:04 Constitution class
:05 Bonhomme Richard class
:06 Coronado class
:07 Achernar class
:08 Enterprise class
:09 Belknap class
:10 Constitution (II) class
:11 Endeavor class
:12 Tikopai class
:13 Enterprise (II) class
:     Frigates
:14 Surya class
:15 Coventry class
:16 Avenger class
:17 Daran class
:18 Knox class
:19 Endurance class
:20 Cyane class
:    Appendix
:    Strike Cruiser - Belknap class
==Background information==
* Though professionally executed, the authors have self-published the book through Guenther's own Holyoke, Massachusetts-based "Mastercom Data Center", which they have also used for their similarly executed 1992 follow-up volume Ships of the Star Fleet: Akyazi-Class Perimeter Action Ships, Volume Two/Number One (), as well as for the release of starship blueprint sets and art prints. Being both unauthorized and unlicensed by the franchise, not to mention mostly non-canon, Mastercom's publications are in effect fan fiction.
* While the design was canon, the author-introduced "Avenger-class" became a popular designation circulating in fan circles, before Miranda-class became definitively settled upon as the class moniker by the production staff of over the course of the series.
* Michael Okuda has used the on pages 74-75 featured blueprints of the USS Courageous (NCC-1861) Miranda, or rather Avenger-class, as coined in the book, to make adjustments annotations for it to become the , introduced in as the . (Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission, p. 161) The adjustment parts as designed by Okuda were built by Greg Jein for temporary attachment on the Miranda-class studio model.
* Coined on Memory Beta, the Belknap-class "Strike Cruiser", given extra attention in the appendix of the book, became later featured as a by Leonard A. Emery slightly modified CGI model on the June spread of the officially licensed Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2014) calendar, in its 2014 book derivative – as the – , and as the solicitation cover for the 2015 calendar issue.
* Reissued twice by Guenther as "revised" editions (in the process dropping Riel as co-author), the book, modeled after Franz Joseph's Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual and Shane Johnson's then recent Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, has in its day been an influential and popular one in the world of fan-designed starfleet vessels as it served as the basis for expansions created by other fans, like Emery and the aforementioned Riel, adhering to the nomenclature and systematics introduced by the authors, precipitating a 1990s upsurge in the publication of fan-produced starfleet blueprints and technical manuals.
* While in essence a work of fan fiction, therefore usually falling outside the purview of Memory Alpha, an entry for this book is warranted due to its use as a source for both the official live-action and the print franchises.
File:Miranda Class modiication to Soyuz Class.jpg|"Avenger"-class modification to Soyuz-class ()
File:Ships of the Line 2015 sollicitation cover.jpg|Belknap-class (Star Trek: Ships of the Line)
==External link==
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Ships of the Star Fleet, Volume One