Merian class

The Merian class was a type of Federation starship operated by Starfleet during the 31st century into the 33rd century. Its design featured a flat primary hull with four disconnected nacelles.
== History ==
In 3069, this class saw the loss of many of its ships to the Burn. Ships with active warp cores were destroyed when their dilithium became inert, resulting in antimatter explosions. ()
In 3189, the fleet at Federation Headquarters included at least one ship of this class. The collective energy of this fleet sustained a distortion field that concealed the headquarters' location. ()
In 3190, a ship of this class was docked with the and a starship in the Archer Spacedock. ()
Later that year, several Merian-class starships including the , supported Earth's evacuation efforts response to the DMA, and were later present for the ceremony welcoming Earth back into the Federation. ()
In 3191, the Mitchell and the took part in the Federation's efforts to recover the Progenitors' technology, serving as support ships to the . The Locherer captured Moll and L'ak for the Federation while the Mitchell was positioned to take over Discoverys mission should diplomatic efforts with Primarch Ruhn of the Breen go bad. The Locherer was also one of four starships recalled to provide support to Federation Headquarters during the negotiations. ()
At some point, the Mitchell was equipped with the new pathway drive, causing the Federation to consider sending it to intercept Primarch 's fleet. However, it was decided that such a move would be too provocative in the already tense situation. ()
In the 33rd century, ten or more starships of this class participated in a ceremonial honor-formation at Federation Headquarters for the launch of Zora and the 's Red Directive mission. ()
== Ships commissioned ==
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=== Background information ===
The Merian-class was co-designed by Ryan Dening, and his North Front Studio employee Tracy Genereux. 
 was slated to receive its own outing in the British Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection partwork publication as a Merian-class vessel. A prototype tooling master for the display model was in effect already produced, as had been the in-universe article as reproduced in the second edition Star Trek: Shipyards - Starfleet Ships 2294 to the Future reference book (pp. 282-285) for the accompanying magazine, with regular production set to go. The release came to naught however, due to the August 2022 bankruptcy of Collection (and reference book) publisher Eaglemoss Collections.
=== Apocrypha ===
It was in the Shipyards reference book that the USS Curie was mentioned as a Merian-class starship.
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