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The SS Vico (NAR-18834) was a 24th century Federation Oberth-class starship. The Vico was designed for traveling through gravitional wavefronts.

In 2368, the Vico was sent to explore an astronomical formation known as a black cluster. During its mission, the research vessel communicated with Starbase 514.

While exploring the cluster's interior, the Vico began to encounter severe gravitational wave fronts, and in order to compensate, the Vico increased shield strength. Unknown at the time, the cluster contained a phenomenon that reflected the ship's shield output, so the more the Vico increased its shield strength, the more the wave fronts were amplified. This continued to occur until the Vico crew diverted warp power to the shields, at which point the wave fronts essentially destroyed the ship with its own shields.

Two days after the starbase lost contact with the vessel, the USS Enterprise-D investigated the disappearance of the Vico. The wrecked ship was located by the Enterprise-D, with only one survivor, Timothy, aboard. (TNG: "Hero Worship")

Personnel

See: SS Vico personnel

Oberth-class starships

USS Biko • USS Bonestell • USS Cochrane • USS Copernicus • USS Grissom • USS Oberth • USS Pegasus • SS Tsiolkovsky • SS Vico • USS Yosemite • Unnamed

Appendices

Background

According to the call sheet, the scenes aboard the Vico were filmed on Friday 25 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 16.

The warp nacelles and dorsal surface of the engineering hull of the Vico bore Starfleet-like pennants. According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 458), as the Vico had a SS designation and it did not have a NCC registry prefix, the authors assumed it was not a Starfleet ship.

Curiously, the Vico registry, NAR18834, is also the name of a 22nd century ship class.

Unlike most other Oberth-class vessel seen on-screen, the Vico was not a reuse of the USS Grissom studio model from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, as the Oberth-class model was considered too valuable to cut up. Instead, a new model was built from molds taken from the Grissom model. (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection issue 36, p. 17)

External link

SS Vico at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-|        Name= SS ''Vico''
+|        name= SS ''Vico''
-|       Class= {{ShipClass|Oberth}}
+|       class= {{class|Oberth}}
-|    Registry= NAR-18834
+|    registry= [[NAR]]-18834
+| owner      = {{Federation}}
-| Affiliation= [[United Federation of Planets]]
-|      Status= Wrecked
+|      status= Wrecked
-|  Datestatus= 2368
+|  datestatus= 2368
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-The '''SS ''Vico'' (NAR-18834)''' was an [[Federation]] {{ShipClass|Oberth}} [[science vessel]] that operated out of [[Starbase 514]] during the mid-[[24th century]]. The ''Vico'' was not a [[Starfleet]] [[starship|vessel]]. In [[2368]], the ''Vico'' explored an astronomical formation known as a [[black cluster]].
+The '''SS ''Vico'' (NAR-18834)''' was a [[24th century]] [[Federation]] {{Class|Oberth}} [[starship]]. The ''Vico'' was designed for traveling through gravitional wavefronts.
+In [[2368]], the ''Vico'' was sent to explore an astronomical formation known as a [[black cluster]]. During its mission, the [[science vessel|research vessel]] communicated with [[Starbase 514]].
-While exploring the cluster's interior, the ''Vico'' began to encounter severe gravitational wavefronts, and in order to compensate, the ''Vico'' increased [[deflector shield|shield]] strength.  Unknown at the time, the cluster contained a phenomenon that reflected the ship's shield output, so the more the ''Vico'' increased its shield strength, the more the wavefronts were amplified.  This continued to occur until the ''Vico'' essentially destroyed itself with its own shields.
+While exploring the cluster's interior, the ''Vico'' began to encounter severe gravitational wave fronts, and in order to compensate, the ''Vico'' increased [[deflector shield|shield]] strength. Unknown at the time, the cluster contained a phenomenon that reflected the ship's shield output, so the more the ''Vico'' increased its shield strength, the more the wave fronts were amplified. This continued to occur until the ''Vico'' crew diverted warp power to the shields, at which point the wave fronts essentially destroyed the ship with its own shields.
-Two days later, when the ''Vico'' was located by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, only one survivor, [[Timothy (Vico)|Timothy]], was discovered aboard. ({{TNG|Hero Worship}})
+Two [[day]]s after the [[starbase]] lost contact with the vessel, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} investigated the disappearance of the ''Vico''. The wrecked ship was located by the ''Enterprise''-D, with only one survivor, {{dis|Timothy|Vico}}, aboard. ({{TNG|Hero Worship}})
-:''The Vico was either named for Giambattista Vico, an Italian philosopher who was born in {{w|Naples}} in 1668 and died in 1744, or the [[Vico system]], a Federation [[star system]].''
-:''It is possible that the registry number, NAR-18834, is used in honor of the {{SS|Seattle}}, a [[22nd century]] starship with the same registry. In actuality, the same parts of the [[okudagram]] were used across episodes.''
+== Personnel ==
-{{OberthClassStarships}}
+{{See-list|SS Vico personnel||SS ''Vico'' personnel}}
-[[Category:Federation starships|Vico]]
+{{Oberth class starships}}
+== Appendices ==
+=== Background ===
+According to the call sheet, the scenes aboard the ''Vico'' were filmed on Friday {{d|25|October|1991}} on [[Paramount Stage 16]].
+The [[warp nacelle]]s and dorsal surface of the engineering hull of the ''Vico'' bore [[Starfleet]]-like pennants. According to the {{ste|4|2|458}}, as the ''Vico'' had a {{dis|SS|registry}} designation and it did not have a [[NCC]] [[registry]] prefix, the authors assumed it was not a Starfleet ship.
+Curiously, the ''Vico'' registry, [[NAR18834]], is also the name of a [[22nd century]] ship class.
+Unlike most other ''Oberth''-class vessel seen on-screen, the ''Vico'' was not a reuse of the {{USS|Grissom|NCC-638}} [[studio model]] from {{film|3}}, as the [[Oberth class model|''Oberth''-class model]] was considered too valuable to cut up.  Instead, a new model was built from molds taken from the ''Grissom'' model. (''[[Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection]]'' issue 36, p. 17)
+===External link===
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