Shepard class

The Shepard-class was a type of 23rd century Federation starship in service during the 2250s. 
== History ==
Several Shepard-class starships fought in the of 2256. ()
A Shepard-class vessel was destroyed during the Klingon attack on Starbase 1. ()
When a probe altered from the future breached shuttlecraft DSC 05 and began rapidly taking in its memory core, it stole information on a Shepard-class starship. ()
In 2401, the bore a strong resemblance to the earlier Shepard, honoring the legacy of the Shepard-class vessel named Gagarin. ()
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==Ships commissioned==
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* Unnamed Shepard class starships
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=== Appearances ===
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=== Background information ===
 	
Passaro's CGI models of the design on the cover of their own dedicated magazine covers in their 23rd (r), and 25th century (l) livery appearances	Passaro's CGI models of the design on the cover of their own dedicated magazine covers in their 23rd (r), and 25th century (l) livery appearances
The Shepard-class was identified via the Kerala by designer John Eaves. Eaves also named the class, which was later confirmed after being revealed on StarTrek.com. According to Eaves, the Shepard-class was named after American astronaut, Alan Shepard. (Star Trek: The Art of John Eaves, p. 196) 
Eaves' design was converted into a production CGI model at Pixomondo by Victoria Passariello for use in , and was shortly thereafter endowed with its own entry as the third issue in Eaglemoss Collections' display model/magazine partwork, Star Trek: Discovery The Official Starships Collection.
The designs for the Kerala were said to have "continued to experiment with the streamlined hull and elongated nacelles." Eaves specifications for the design measured 1658'-7" in length, 203'-9" in height, and the diameter of the saucer was 737'-11". (Star Trek: The Art of John Eaves, p. 197) 
The was a Shepard-class starship that was to have originally appeared in before being rewritten as the . (Star Trek: The Art of John Eaves, p. 196)
===Apocrypha===
The Shepard-class appears in the 25th century set game Star Trek Online, as a cosmetic "skin" for the playable starship and has as such likewise been released by Eaglemoss as the opening issue of their non-canon Star Trek Online Starships Collection sister partwork publication in June 2020. That version had been redesigned by Hector Ortiz and built as a digital model by Donny Versiga. It has the singular distinction of becoming canon as well as the similarly named class when it was featured as one of the first four specific Online game designs to become so (the three others concerned the , , and ), in the Season 2 episodes and . 
In both instances it was Fabio Passaro's that provided the CGI model conversions from the original production software packages ( in Discoverys case), into , Eaglemoss' software package of choice, to make the models suitable for both print publications, as well as for turning them into the files needed as templates for the display model manufacturing. 
===Further reading===
*Star Trek: Discovery The Official Starships Collection, issue 3, June 2018
*Star Trek Online Starships Collection, issue 1, June 2020
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