Romulan science ship

Romulan science ship
Forward view
Affiliation:	Romulan Star Empire
Type:	Science ship
Active:	24th century
Crew complement:	73 approx.
Defenses:	Cloaking device
Starboard aft view
Deck schematic (route highlighted)

The Romulan science ship was a type of science ship in service during the mid-to-late 24th century which was used to conduct standard and experimental research for the Romulan Star Empire.

Technical data

As was common with Romulan vessels, these ships were normally equipped with a cloaking device.

In 2368, one science ship of this type was used to test an experimental interphase cloaking device when it was disabled. The ship ultimately was assisted and repaired by the USS Enterprise-D.

Ships of this class operated with a crew of more than seventy. After enduring casualties, Mirok was shocked to learn that only seventy-three of the crew aboard his ship had survived. (TNG: "The Next Phase")

Approved concept art by Timothy Peel established this class having three decks. [1]

Interior design

Corridors on Romulan science ships were generally dark gray with faint green-lighting, and featured hexagonal bulkheads and black flooring.

As a science vessel, the ship had a wide science lab with multiple stations for analyzing collected items.

Individual crew quarters were a similar wide compartment to the science lab, and included a bed and desk among personal effects. Crew quarters could also feature a personal cloakable vault protected by encryption. In the event of ship-wide disaster, emergency power could be routed to an individual's vault. (DIS: "Red Directive")

Science lab

Vellek's quarters

Both the science lab and crew quarters used in "Red Directive" were redresses of the Discovery mess hall set.

Engine room

Engine room

Engine core

The engine room section was located in the middle of the "head" of the science ship. It contained a primary situation station in the center of the room, and associated consoles along the walls surrounding the room. The ship's engine core was located in the containment chamber, an adjacent room connected to the main engine room.

The core itself was a spherical and contained within a small chamber which has a single open hatch. The room also contained the warp core ejection system's manual override, embedded in the floor. When ejected, the core is shot into space from the mid-dorsal section of the ship. (TNG: "The Next Phase")

The script for "The Next Phase" described the engine room as "smaller than engineering on the Enterprise and should reflect very different ideas about engineering design and philosophy than those we are familiar with."

Ships of the class

• Mirok's science ship
• Vellek's science ship

Appendices

Appearances

• TNG: "The Next Phase"
• DIS: "Red Directive"

Background information

This vessel was identified as a science ship in the episode's script, which also described it as "about half the size of the Enterprise," suggesting a length of approximately three hundred meters. [2]

For information on this studio model, see TNG studio models.

External links

• Science class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• RIS Apnex at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works