チャレンジャー級（Challenger class）は24世紀後半に惑星連邦宇宙艦隊が保有していた宇宙艦である。
このクラスはギャラクシー級及びネビュラ級と同じコンポーネントを有する艦であり、エンジン・ナセルが円盤部の上下に一基ずつ配置されていることが特徴である。
同型艦[]
- USSブラン(NCC-57580)
- USSアームストロング(NCC-57537)
- USSキアサージ(NCC-57566)
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Starfleet ship classes usually share their name with the class prototype ship. (スタートレック3：ミスター・スポックを探せ; Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual) Assuming that only one ship of a given name is in service at any time, the USS Challenger prototype for the Challenger-class was retired some time prior to 2377, when the Galaxy級 USSChallenger (NCC-71099) was seen in VOY: Endgame.
スタジオモデル[]
The Challenger-class USS Buran was a "kitbashed" design study and filming model built by Ed Miarecki and Michael Okuda, that was barely glimpsed among the wreckage of the "graveyard" scene in TNG: The Best of Both Worlds, Part II. [1] It was made from parts of AMT/Ertl USSEnterprise-D model kits, no. 6619, specifically the saucer section and warp nacelles, as well as from parts of a submarine model kit. Okuda recalled on the model, "I don't recall what Ed's original version of the Buran was, but I added the submarine parts and glued on the engines, although it looks like Ed assembled the engines. I thought it was a clever idea, but it ended up looking like a lollipop. Maybe Ed's version was a single nacelle, and I added the second. I don't remember.(...)I think one of the engine mounts was a submarine tower, but I wouldn't swear that both were. I'm pretty sure both engines were fairly stock Ertl large Galaxy nacelles that Ed had made. The actual amount of modelmaking time that Rick S. and I had was minimal, so we would tend to have stuck with stuff that Ed did for us." [2]
非正史[]
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual story "Thin Ice" published by DC Comics, the USS Marco Polo was stated to be a Challenger-class starship. This design appeared as a variant of the Constellation級 design, with the lower nacelles replaced by a secondary hull. [3]