SeaQuest DSV Submarine from "seaQuest DSV" (1993-1995) by Monogram

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## About the Design

The titular vehicle in the NBC TV series, the "seaQuest DSV" was a massive deep sea vehicle operated by the United Earth Oceans Organization. The submarine was part mechanical and part organic, allowing it to move with more speed and agility than any submarine before it. Its squid-like shape made it one of the most original submarine concepts ever to come out of Hollywood -- and it was also one of the first sci-fi vehicles to be realized in pure CGI!
Design SpecsEdit

### Design Specs

seaQuest is the brain child of Captain Nathan Bridger who designed the boat in the early 21st century, however, Bridger left the navy 3 years before construction on the ship was completed. Upon its completion, seaQuest was the largest submarine and deep submergence vehicle ever constructed, measuring 307.1 m from stem to stern with a crew of 88 military and 124 science personnel. The ship could travel at speeds up to 160 knots (295 km/h) and was propelled by twin fusion reactors. The seaQuest was coated in a genetically engineered bio-skin that remained completely inert against (most) marine bacteria and organisms with a crush depth of more than 9 km of water. The ship is equipped with a complement of standard torpedoes, as well as nuclear tipped SLBMs (believed to be named the Triton II), intercepts, sea to air missiles, state-of-the art laser banks, as well as a specialized "grapnel torpedo" which, when fired, would impact a target and allow the seaQuest to tow or retract.

The ship was also equipped with a series of WSKRS (pronounced "whiskers"; Wireless Sea Knowledge Retrieval Satellites); small sensor probes that were remotely controlled by the ship's sensor chief. The WSKRS codenamed "Mother", "Junior", and "Loner", served as the "eyes and ears of seaQuest" and could relay telemetry data back to the ship miles away. In a pinch, the WSKRS could also be used as an emergency power supply and could be reconfigured for communication purposes. A special "Hyper-Reality Probe" was also part of the seaQuest's arsenal which allowed the operator to manually control the probe and conduct delicate repair operations or investigate various anomalies. The ship's communications buoy could also be detached to enable contact with surface bound vessels.

The ship was also equipped with a series of sea launch shuttles, as well as a series of speeder shuttles, a series of sea crab-class vehicles and eventually, a specialized, high-speed, one-man submersible named The Stinger by one of the designers, Lucas Wolenczak. In 2032, the boat was equipped with two high-speed spector-class sub-fighters; high speed submersibles capable of engagements up to speeds approaching 300 knots (554 km/h), comparable to (but not equal to) the Lysander class sub-fighter engineered by Deon International.

seaQuest featured an emergency override called the "Dead Man's Codes"; in the event that the ship's crew was incapacitated or dead, the codes could be used to bring the ship to any location on the globe by remote. The helm control has the final authority over the boat's course (Episode: And Everything Nice). The UEO Secretary General kept one set of the codes while another set was flash-fed into the computer banks and scrambled at random intervals.

Originally designed as a purely military vessel, the seaQuest underwent a refit in 2017 following the "Livingston Trench Incident" and the signing of the United Earth Oceans Organization charter.

## About the Kit

This Monogram kit was huge, measuring well over a foot-and-a-half from stem to stern. Its exterior was also very well textured, allowing modelers to have a field-day painting its mottled color scheme. This was one of four "seaQuest" kits released by Monogram early in the show's three-year run.

## Sources

1. ↑ SeaQuest Wiki
2. ↑ Fantastic Plastic