Hope class starship (Star Trek)

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Hope Class (sometimes erroneously identified as 'Olympic Class') Medical Ship

In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet's Hope class is a class of starship that makes its only featured appearance in an alternate future in Star Trek: The Next Generation's final episode. Hope class starships function as hospital ships and are distinguished by a large, spherical primary hull attached to the curved engineering section. One large shuttlebay is located atop the engineering hull and opens toward the vessel's stern. The sphere is covered with portholes, lifeboats and a blue rectangular navigational deflector. The warp nacelles are attached to the secondary hull by backward-angled, upward-curving pylons. The general layout resembles the earlier, 22nd century Daedalus class.

In real life, the Hope class was designed by Bill George of Industrial Light and Magic.

[edit] Naming error

The official name for this class of starship is "Hope class", based on the dedication plaque aboard the USS Pasteur (TNG: "All Good Things..."). However, the ship is sometimes referred to as "Olympic class". This is because modelmaker Bill George built the ship independently from the official Star Trek production. During the making of "All Good Things", a new model was needed, and George's was used. However, George used the "Olympic class" name, and in some venues this name became associated with the design. However, Mike Okuda dubbed it "Hope class" during the production.

The non-canon Star Trek Fact Files also use the erronous name of "Olympic class" to describe the Pasteur in one of its issues.^{[citation needed]} The Star Trek Encyclopedia, written by Okuda, also gives the ship designation as "Olympic", with only a side note reference to "Hope".

[edit] Known Hope-class starships

USS Nobel (NCC-55012) 

Named for Alfred Nobel, the starship Nobel is ordered by Admiral Marcus Holt of space station Deep Space Three to search for the missing USS Hera (NCC-62006) (TNG: "Interface").

USS Pasteur (NCC-58925) 

Named for scientist Louis Pasteur, the starship Pasteur is commanded by Captain Beverly Picard in 2395 in an alternate universe created by Q as part of a test of humanity. In that universe, the Pasteur carries Ambassador Jean-Luc Picard to the Devron system where the ship is attacked by two Negh'Var class battleships, causing a warp core breach. The crew and passengers are rescued by the USS Enterprise-D under Admiral William Riker's command.

[edit] External links

• "Olympic class" at Memory Alpha
• "Olympic class" at LCARScom.Net
• "Olympic class" at the Neutral Zone Starship Database