Aerie class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

The ***Aerie*-class** was a type of spacecraft adopted by Starfleet in the mid 24th century.

## History

In the early 2340s, managers of Amalgamated Starships sought to develop a modular, multipurpose vessel that could fill the need for small science vessels. Though the company had typically focused on designing and constructing probes, auxiliary craft, and cutters, the project was entered with confidence. After five years of development and testing, the *Aerie*-class corvette was announced in 2346 and available early the next year.

While the *Oberth*-class was still serving well as a surveyor for Starfleet, it lacked in the ability to easily get boots on the ground. The *Aerie*-class complemented the *Oberth* with its ability to land on a planet's surface and Starfleet Command ordered three dozen of the vessels. Though it was popular with science teams, the *Aerie* was eventually replaced by the *Nova*-class within Starfleet.

Due to the success of the *Aerie* design, Amalgamated Starships later released an upscaled version that became popular as a colonial transport.

## Technical information

### Deck plan

Due to the modular nature of the design, each *Aerie*-class starship was unique, but also retained some core facilities that were shared by all vessels. The following was the standard internal layout of key systems.

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### Tactical systems

As with most aspects of the design, each *Aerie*-class could vary in its tactical systems depending on its mission specifications. The standard model mounted 4 type-VIII phaser banks, which made use of the Annular Confinement Beam-jacketing device, and 1 forward-facing, variable-payload Mk 62 launch tube.

## Ships commissioned

*Aerie*-class starships were traditionally named after birds from Federation member worlds.

## 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

* Raven type article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Aerie class article at *Memory Beta*.
* *Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection* issue 66: "USS *Raven* NAR-32450."
* *Star Trek Adventures - Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook* by Modiphius Entertainment.
* *Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Starships* by Decipher, Inc.
* Aerie class article at *Trekipedia*.
* *Hobbyist's Guide to Starfleet*
* Raven Class article at the *Bravo Fleet Wiki*.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ Derived from deck plans created by CreationCupboard and Samuel Kowal, MSDs by Jonathan Burke, Alexander Richardson, and Owen E. Oulton, and additional plans by Oulton.