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Realities of Possibility – Part Three: Sporefleet

Arwyn Blair
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A title banner in a stylized typeface typical of the Star Trek universe, that reads "Realities of Possibility Sporefleet."

Welcome to the next entry of “Realities of Possibility,” where the concept of parallel universes serves as a means to discuss alternate playable options for Star Trek Adventures.

In this edition, we are diving into a reality where a different version of the United Federation of Planets discovered a civilization with the knowledge necessary to make the displacement spore drive a viable method of propulsion. This intellectual exchange resulted in the first type of Starfleet vessel with a spore drive (in their reality) to go into limited production: the Stamets class.

In addition to the ship frame PDF download below, here is an animation of the Stamets-class in action, courtesy of the 3D Blender Artist who brought my ship concept and design to life: Tekknonerd.

You can learn more about Tekknonerd’s creations on his webpage: The Stellar Cartographer. I thought others might be interested in what goes into digitally creating a starship from scratch, so I invited Tekknonerd to answer some questions in an interview, for which he generously accepted. The transcript of our interview will be available in a future blog post.

If you are curious about other articles in the Realities of Possibility series, links to the articles are provided in the buttons below:

REALITIES OF POSSIBILITY I
REALITIES OF POSSIBILITY II
  • A forward view of the spherically shaped Stamets-class starship.
    Stamets-class Forward View
  • A port view of the Stamets-class, showing the curved circular Port nacelle and a clear view of the transparent aluminum that reveals the interior of the sphere.
    Stamets-class Port View
  • The aft of the Stamets-class, showing its main hangar bay, as well as three additional shuttle bays. The four impulse engines are also clearly viewed.
    Stamets-class Aft View
  • A ventral view of the sphere shaped Stamets-class, showing a clear view of the aquatic ops ring that runs around the circumference of the bottom of the engineering decks.
    Stamets-class Ventral View (including aquatic ops ring)
  • A close up of the forward-dorsal hull of the Stamets-class, showing a two deck civilian promenade.
    Stamets-class Civilian Promenade
  • A close up of the Auxiliary Support Vessel hangar bay located in the aft of the Stamets-class. A Nova class vessel is safely berthed in the hangar bay, sitting on its landing struts.
    Stamets-class Auxiliary Support Vessel Hangar
  • A close up of the Stamets-class that shows more details of the spore cultivation deck, the oxygen farm / recreational forest and lake, and the multi-axial rotating displacement rings.
    Stamets-class Spore Cultivation Deck, multi-axial ring rotation drive, and oxygen forest
Master System Display in 24th Century LCARS format of the U.S.S. Straal
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