Olympic class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

Forward port view

Starboard aft view (STO blog)

Class development project patch (Thomas Marrone)

The ***Olympic*-class** was a type of spacecraft developed by Starfleet in the mid-24th century as a medical vessel.

## History

The *Olympic*-class was developed by engineers at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards at the request of Starfleet Medical to replace aging *Graceful* and *Hippocrates*-class vessels. The new design took advantage of the most advanced medical technologies of the time. The class had advanced med-bays, analysis and forensics labs, and large transporters; all intended to offer sentientarian support to planets, starbases, starships, and any other area in need.

The USS *Olympic*, prototype of the class, was completed in 2366 and underwent two years of tests and trials. It proved extremely useful during the outbreak of Triggirluh flu on Tellamarkus in 2367 and Starfleet Command immediately commissioned an initial run of ten hulls. The first of these, the USS *Nobel*, launched in 2368, while the rest of the original order entered service by the end of the year. Early successes prompted Starfleet Command to order an additional thirty vessels, which began entering active service in 2370.

## Technical specifications

### Physical description

The *Olympic*-class diverged from the standard Starfleet design by employing a spherical primary hull instead of the typical saucer shape. Extending afterward from the spheroid hull was an elongated secondary hull. Angling upward were two curved pylons that mounted the design's two nacelles.

### Deck plan

The following was the standard internal layout of *Olympic*-class vessels.

## Derivatives

### *Nobel*

The *Nobel*-class was Starfleet's 25th century update to the *Olympic* model. It added several systems that greatly expanded the design's medical and emergency functionality beyond the older design. It also added the unique ability to detach the primary hull as a stationary medical facility, while the stardrive section could continue mobile operations.

## Ships commissioned

Due to the specialized sentientarian nature of the design's mission, *Olympic*-class vessels were typically named after medical professionals from the Federation's past.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Project groups:** **Union Station** (*Geneva* • *Concorde* • *Presidio*) • **Century Cruiser** (*Springfield* • *New Orleans* • *Challenger* • *Niagara* • *Freedom II* • *Galaxy* • *Nebula* • *Cheyenne*) • **Multi-Mission explorers** (*Brigid* • *Esquiline* • *Palatine*) • **Deep Shadow** (*Eclipse* • *Phantom* • *Scryer*) • **Miracle Worker** (*Scott* • *Daystrom* • *Tucker* • *Gagarin*) • **Aeronaut** (*Mercury* • *Ajax* • *Icarus* • *Shran*)

**Other named classes:** *Aegian* • *Aerie* • *Akula* • *Atlas* • *California* • *Centaur* • *Challenger* • *Cheyenne* • *Constellation* • *Constitution III* • *Crossfield* • *Curry* • *Daedalus* • *Dauntless* • *Excelsior II* • *Freedom II* • *Gemini* • *Glenn* • *Guardian* • *Inquiry* • *Iwo Jima* • *Jupiter* • *Lexington* • *Niagara* • *Obena* • *Okinawa* • *Parliament* • *Perseus* • *Pioneer* • *Ranger* • *Sagan* • *Solanae* • *Springfield* • *Turing* • *Ulysses*

**Auxiliary craft:** *Aero* • Class C • Class F • *Danube* • *Flyer* • *Gondola* • *Kodai* • *Mollard* • *Peregrine* • *Selenic* • Type 4 • Type 5 • Type 6 (Type 6A • Type 6S) • Type 7 • Type 8 • Type 9 (Type 9A) • Type 10 • Type 11 • Type 14 • Type 17 • Type 19 • *Valkyrie* • *Venture* • *Waverider* • *Yellowstone*

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • Security • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

### Sources consulted

* Olympic class article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Olympic class article at *Memory Beta*.
* *Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection* issue 42: "USS *Pasteur* NCC-58925."
* Olympic class article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* *Star Trek Adventures - The Command Division* by Modiphius Entertainment.
* *Star Trek Adventures - Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook* by Modiphius Entertainment.
* *The Price of Freedom - The United Federation of Planets Sourcebook* by Last Unicorn Games.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ Derived from MSD created by Benjamin Brougham (archived at Star Trek Ships Tumblr).
2. ↑ *STA Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook*, 172.