Gorn trading vessel

A Gorn starship was a type of vessel utilized by the Gorn Hegemony during the mid-23rd century for conducting raids. The Gorn ship was designed with four nacelles, and its class configuration was unfamiliar to the Federation prior to the late 2260s. () By the 2380s they were utilized as trading vessels. ()
 
== Ships of the class ==
* Unnamed Gorn trading vessels
== Appendices ==
=== Appearances ===
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=== Background information ===
 	
The original CBS Digital CGI model as used on the left, and its converted preliminary version by Eaglemoss on the right	The original CBS Digital CGI model as used on the left, and its converted preliminary version by Eaglemoss on the right
The Gorn ship did not appear in the original version of the episode and was conceived for the remastered episode that aired in . StarTrek.com states that the producers were given "a certain amount of leeway, given time and budget considerations, to be a bit creative." The site describes a design that "reinforces the concept that to achieve warp speed capabilities, nacelle-type structures are required and that a dorsal command center/bridge is also standard." Visual Effects Producer Michael Okuda was the one who usually designed the new ships for the remastered series, but in this instance gave Visual Effects Supervisor Niel Wray the opportunity to do the honors. "I thought 'how cool, I can design something totally new for Star Trek.", Wray gleefully commented. The ship was only shown at a distance, both the viewscreen and in space afar from the Enterprise "to stay consistent with the original story intent." The CGI model of this ship itself was therefore not "skinned" (thereby saving costly computer rendering time) because the ship was never shown up close. The new, digital model was constructed at CBS Digital in the CGI software. (Sci-fi & fantasy modeller, Vol. 26, p. 49)
In 2015, former Star Trek Producer Dave Rossi made the entire starship database of the remastered Original Series available to Project Manager Ben Robinson for representation in the British partwork publication Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection from Eaglemoss Collections. However, these models, including the Gorn starship, were not quite production and/or print ready as the models needed to be converted into , the software package of choice for the vast majority of Star Trek digital modelers. Robinson assigned Fabio Passaro, among others, to this chore. 
In 2016, ten years after the airing of the remastered episode, a model of the Gorn starship was announced as part of The Official Starships Collection. It was given coloration and final details by Michael Okuda. This improved CGI model was featured in the .
=== Apocrypha ===
The FASA adventure book Demand of Honor gives this ship the name Gress'sril. The Star Trek Adventures - Core Rulebook calls it the Exeron.
=== Further reading ===
* Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 86, 2016
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Category:Starship classes