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Abronian Alshain Breen Couriers Emerald Chain Eternal Gallery and Archive Klingon Species 10-C Torothan Venari Ral Uncertain Unknown

This part of the database contains alien starships of the 32nd century, unless these have a past or a future affiliation with the Federation.

Abronian

Moonship	General description As their planet became uninhabitable, the Abronians equipped a moon with cryostasis units and with engines to carry them to a new planet.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations The moonship could be seen in DIS: "Choose to Live".	Class specifications None available

Shuttle

General description

Upon arrival at their destination in 3190, the Abronians use thousands of shuttles to settle the new planet.

Known shuttles

No name given

Annotations

The shuttles could be seen in DIS: "Choose to Live". They were designed by Lee Fitzgerald with a "landed" and a flight configuration, although we can only see them from a distance and not remotely recognize the difference.
The design sketches include humanoid figures and allow to estimate the size.

Class specifications

Length: approx. 55m

Alshain

Geomagnetic compensator	General description Alshain IV possesses a satellite network that compensates for the planet's shifting magnetic poles.	Known satellites No name given
	Annotations The satellite network could be seen in DIS: "Kobayashi Maru".	Class specifications None available

Breen

Dreadnought

General description

The dreadnought is a massive warship of the Breen Imperium that outguns a Crossfield class many times. Primarch Ruhn commands at least one of these vessels, Tahal three of them. The design includes a huge shuttlebay, which may run all the way through the dreadnought. A shield-tunneling technology allows to break through enemy shields at a specific spot to send in soldiers.

Known ships

Tau Ceti

Annotations

Ruhn's dreadnought is first (barely) seen in the alternate future in DIS: "Face the Strange", just after destroying Starfleet Headquarters. It then appears in DIS: "Mirrors", where the ship looks much like a huge trade outpost. Finally, it can be seen from "Erigah" to the series finale "Life, Itself" where it gets transferred to the edge of the galaxy.
The shield tunneling can be seen in DIS: "Labyrinths". In DIS: "Lagrange Point", an away team beams aboard, using a weak spot in the shields around the engines, and the Discovery later breaks into the shuttlebay of the huge ship.
In DIS: "Erigah", Rayner says that Tahal's flagship was named "Tau Ceti" after a "lethal viper". This is bullshit, of course, because Tau Ceti is a constellation (at least in a geocentric view of the galaxy).

Class specifications

None available

Fighter/scout

General description

This asymmetrical design is used by the Breen as a fighter or scout. It is equipped with energy weapons and a cloaking device.

Known ships

No name given

Annotations

40 fighters of this design are launched from Ruhn's dreadnought in DIS: "Life, Itself" to attack the Discovery. They are disabled or destroyed when the Discovery triggers a discharge from a plasma pocket.
In the same episode, the design appears as a scout ship that was initially cloaked and was sent by Tahal to investigate what Ruhn's people and the Discovery were fighting for.
The design is clearly inspired by the classic Breen ship from DS9: asymmetrical and with elongated hexagonal shapes.

Class specifications

None available

Various small ships/shuttles Many small spacecraft are visible around the Breen dreadnought in DIS: "Mirrors" and inside, most notably in "Labyrinths".

Many of the vessels in "Mirrors" may not be Breen designs, since the huge ship serves as a trade outpost here.

Couriers

Book's ship

General description

Book's courier ship is asymmetrical and shaped roughly like a boomerang. It has one deck and is small enough to fit into the shuttlebay of the USS Discovery. Additionally, it can morph into different shapes, also during flight. It also features a slipstream drive and a cloaking device.

Known ships

No name given

Annotations

Book's ship first appears in DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 1" and is destroyed in DIS: "Coming Home". We never learn the name of the ship.
Book's ship, like most other 32nd century ship classes, was designed by Ryan Dening.

Class specifications

Length: 42m

Burnham's ship	General description Burnham's courier ship is shuttle-sized, with an aft hatch and with wing-like structures.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations We briefly see Burnham's ship, which she used in the years 3188 and 3189, in a flashback in DIS: "People of Earth".	Class specifications None available

Moll's ship

General description

Moll's courier ship consists of a curved central portion and two detached nacelles. It is equipped with cloaking.

Known ships

No name given

Annotations

The ship can be first seen in DIS: "Red Directive" when it decloaks in the debris field and Burnham decides to take a space ride on it. It is destroyed after entering the interdimensional anomaly, as seen in DIS: "Mirrors". In DIS: "Jinaal", it appears on a display as "unidentified vessel".
We can briefly see one or more ships of the same type inside the shuttlebay of Ruhn's dreadnought in DIS: "Labyrinths" and "Lagrange Point". But the design is likely not of Breen origin because Moll's Breen connection and the fact that L'ak is Breen is a surprise to everyone in "Mirrors". Most likely Moll already had her ship when she traded with the Breen and she and L'ak escaped with it, rather than with a Breen vessel.

Class specifications

None available

Traitt's ship	General description Traitt's courier ship consists of five articulated pods that are connected in a central section that also holds the engine.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations In DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 1", the Betelgeusian courier Traitt chases Book through a debris field after Book has stolen the trance worm.	Class specifications None available

Zareh's ship	General description Zareh's courier ship is capable of landing on a planet and consists of detached parts.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations Zareh's ship can be seen parked in front of the "Western saloon" in DIS: "Far From Home". It is not certain in the episode itself that this is Zareh's ship and that it consists of multiple parts, but the VFX reel by Pixomondo reveals the structure of the ship.	Class specifications None available

Emerald Chain

Hunhau transport ship	General description This small yellow ship appears to be a personnel transport.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations In DIS: "Scavengers", the ship is used by slaves to escape from the Emerald Chain scrapyard on the planet Hunhau.	Class specifications None available

Mercantile	General description The Mercantile is a trade outpost operated by the Emerald Chain, hovering above the settlement Requiem on Hima.	Known stations "The Mercantile"
	Annotations The Mercantile can be seen in DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 1".	Class specifications None available

Mercantile shuttles We can see many shuttles above Requiem in DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 1".

Radvek V	General description Several asteroids of the belt in the Radvek system are interconnected to form a colony that is mostly inhabited by Akaali.	Known stations Radvek V
	Annotations When the Discovery sets out to rescue the inhabitants of Radvek V in 3190 in DIS: "The Examples", the Emerald Chain technically doesn't exist any more and the colony is self-governed.	Class specifications 1600 inhabitants

Viridian type	General description The Viridian is a huge irregularly shaped combat vessel with numerous weapons, including torpedoes and antiproton cannons. It is equipped with a cloaking device and with tentacles that can be used to tractor in other ships. The shuttlebay is large enough to hold a Federation Crossfield class.	Known ships Viridian
	Annotations The Viridian shows up in DIS: "The Sanctuary" and in the final arc of season 3, beginning in "Su'Kal". The ship appears to consist of separate parts, which doesn't become quite clear though.	Class specifications Heavy cruiser

Eternal Gallery and Archive

Beacon	General description This beacon marks the point of entry into the Badlands for a visit to the Archive.	Known beacons No name given
	Annotations The beacon appears in DIS: "Labyrinths".	Class specifications None available

Eternal Gallery and Archive	General description This is a neutral space station, which has been in operation at least since the 23rd century and which moves its position every 50 to 100 years. It is currently (as of 3191) located in the Badlands. The station is protected by shields.	Known stations Eternal Gallery and Archive
	Annotations The archive appears in DIS: "Labyrinths".	Class specifications 1000 inhabitants

Klingon

Capsule ship	General description This is a Klingon ship type of unknown purpose.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations A couple of these pod-shaped ships are visible in the mock battle against Starfleet in SFA: "Vox in Excelso".	Class specifications None available

Freighter

General description

This is a Klingon type of freighter or transport.

Known ships

No name given

Annotations

Several freighters can be seen in the mock battle against Starfleet in SFA: "Vox in Excelso".
The design is the one of the classic Klingon freighters, as they appeared in DS9: "Sons and Daughters". Although this 800-year-old ship may be easier to accept than a whole fleet of equally aged warships, it may have been a better idea to create a new design for the Klingons. This is a clear case of continuity where it shouldn't exist.

Class specifications

None available

Ketha

General description

The Ketha is a Klingon warship with a classic arrangement of bow section, neck, engineering hull and nacelles on "wings". It is either outdated or otherwise inferior to a Starfleet vessel of the late 32nd century.

Known ships

No name given

Annotations

Ships of this type can be barely made out in the background in SFA: "Vox in Excelso". All ships with a traditional structure that are closer to the camera are of the QeHpu' class. It is implied that even though the Klingons outnumber the six Starfleet ships deployed to "protect" Faan Alpha, they realistically wouldn't stand a chance.
The design comes from Starfleet Online, where the Ketha is a ship of the 24th century, classified as a "recon raptor". Only its look is canon, not the STO back story. This saves us from making up insane theories why the 32nd century Klingons are exclusively using over 800-year-old ships, although the Ketha certainly looks like that. For the sake of listing the ship, EAS accepts the class name, although it is non-canon, strictly speaking.

Class specifications

None available

Kraag family ship	General description This is a small Klingon ship capable of atmospheric flight and landing.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations We can see this small vessel, which obviously belongs to the Kraag family, at three points in SFA: "Vox in Excelso".	Class specifications None available

M'Chla

General description

The M'Chla is a Klingon warship that combines a similar main section as a the classic Bird-of-Prey with forward-pointing "wings". It is either outdated or otherwise inferior to a Starfleet vessel of the late 32nd century.

Known ships

No name given

Annotations

Several ships of this type can be seen in the mock battle against Starfleet in SFA: "Vox in Excelso". It is implied that even though the Klingons outnumber the six Starfleet ships deployed to "protect" Faan Alpha, they realistically wouldn't stand a chance.
The design was created for Starfleet Online, where the M'Chla refit is a refit of the reboot Klingon Bird-of-Prey, as it exclusively appeared on Star Trek Discovery. This back story is non-canon, as much as some fans may like the idea of reconciling the weird DIS-Klingon ships with classic canon. This is also the reason why EAS accepts the class name but doesn't refer to the design as a "refit". Also, we would want the ship to be much more recent than over 800 years old.

Class specifications

None available

QeHpu'

General description

The QeHpu' is a Klingon warship with a bow section, neck, engineering hull and nacelles on "wings" that are swept forward. It is either outdated or otherwise inferior to a Starfleet vessel of the late 32nd century.

Known ships

No name given

Annotations

Several ships of this type can be seen in the mock battle against Starfleet in SFA: "Vox in Excelso". It is implied that even though the Klingons outnumber the six Starfleet ships deployed to "protect" Faan Alpha, they realistically wouldn't stand a chance.
The design originates in Starfleet Online, where the QeHpu' is a ship of the 24th century, classified as an "advanced light battlecruiser". Only its look is canon, not the STO back story. This saves us from explaining why the 32nd century Klingons are exclusively using over 800-year-old ships, although the QeHpu' certainly looks like that. EAS accepts the class name for the sake of this listing.

Class specifications

None available

Species 10-C

Dyson rings	General description In their old home system Species 10-C built Dyson rings around the central star.	Known Dyson rings No name given
	Annotations The Dyson rings are briefly shown and mentioned in DIS: "Rosetta" but for some reason not further explored, although they should be full of technology and other artifacts.	Class specifications None available

"Egg"	General description Species 10-C sends this metallic looking egg-shaped and shuttle-sized vessel to carry the delegation of the Federation. It includes a technology of morphing and appears to be bigger on the inside than on the outside.	Known shuttles No name given
	Annotations We can see the "egg" in DIS: "Species Ten-C".	Class specifications Diameter: approx. 6m

Hyperfield

General description

Species 10-C surrounds its new home system with an impermeable shell that may or may not consist of an equivalent of solid matter.

Known hyperfields

No name given

Annotations

After their former homeworld, a gas giant, was struck by a disaster, 10-C surrounded their new home system with the hyperfield. In order to maintain this enormous structure, they created what would be known as the DMA (dark matter anomaly), to harvest boronite particles from all across the galaxy. 10-C eventually agreed to shut down the power source, upon which the hyperfield dissipated in 3190.
We finally see the hyperfield from the outside and inside in DIS: "Species Ten-C" and "Coming Home".
We can't tell for sure what the hyperfield was made of. It looks solid but dissipates as if it were energy. If it were solid, it would be by far the biggest structure ever to appear in Star Trek, surpassing the Dyson sphere from TNG: "Relics".

Class specifications

None available

Torothan

Ship	General description This is a ship operated by the Torothans at the end of the 32nd century.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations This ship appears in SFA: "Kids These Days" when it tractors in Caleb's shuttle, ending his attempt to escape.	Class specifications None available

Shuttle	General description This is a small shuttle operated by the Torothans at the end of the 32nd century.	Known shuttles Teracaq
	Annotations Caleb attempts to hijack the shuttle that is going to take him to prison in SFA: "Kids These Days". The shuttle takes quite a beating, as it collides with rocks at high speed several times.	Class specifications None available

Venari Ral

Omega-47 mine	General description This is a mine that is powered by an Omega-47 molecule and that is capable of generating a forcefield spanning many light-years.	Known mines No name given
	Annotations The Venari Ral apparently built these mines themselves, using Omega-47 stolen from Federation Starbase J19-Alpha. They isolated the whole Federation with a mine belt consisting of "hundreds" of these mines. And yes, the mere idea and its visualization strain credibility to the extreme.	Class specifications None available

Warship	General description The Venari Ral ships consist of three parts, which have no physical connection. They are equipped with energy weapons, torpedoes and a tractor beam. Some or all of them are capable of cloaking.	Known ships No name given
	Annotations We can see Nus Braka's ship in SFA: "Kids These Days", the cloaked ship in "Come, Let's Away" and several of them in "300th Night" and "Rubincon".	Class specifications None available

Uncertain Affiliation

V'draysh escape pod

General description

This is an escape pod of the V'draysh in the 33rd century, equipped with an entertainment system that includes media files from the "Long Ago".

Known pods

No name given

Annotations

The one-off design from SHO: "Calypso" is listed here due to a lack of a better place in this database. "V'draysh" is a corruption of "Federation", according to writer Michael Chabon. Perhaps it should be listed with Federation starships of the era, but it appears as very alien in the context of the episode. Since DIS: "Life, Itself" it is not even clear whether it belongs into the 33rd century, as one possible (yet less likely) interpretation is that the USS Discovery was abandoned for almost 1000 years after 3191 when Craft, in the V'draysh escape pod, rediscovered the ship.
The escape pod is at least 10m long as we compare it to Craft but at most 7m when we see it in front of the Discovery. Hence the compromise of 9m.

Class specifications

Length: approx. 9m

Various shuttles on Ukeck Many shuttles of probably various affiliations can be seen on Ukeck in SFA: "300th Night".

Unknown Class

Hemshir, cargo cruiser that Anisha Mir intended to board with Caleb in SFA: "300th Night"

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