For a while now I've been tinkering with a project that extrapolates a history of the little mentioned DY series of spaceships. I've collaborated with some of the guys over at ASDB and Mr pre-TOS himself (Masao) and now I'd like to show it to you all and see what you think. It's far from complete and has about as many holes as a swiss cheese that has had a rather unfortunate difference of opinion with a fireing squad, but I hope you can over look that for now.
Well, here it is.
DY-100 Circa 1996 Length 106m Height 30m Beam 36m
Limited production sleeper ship. Secretly developed in the late 1980’s and early 90’s by Khan Singe's fledgling Yoyodyne Corporation (subsidiary of Chronowerx). It was intended to be used to launch long-term manned missions to Mars and the Jovian system. This would eventually prove to be for naught with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the sudden lack of commercial interest in deep space travel in the early to mid 90’s. Despite this 18 were produced as a possible competitor to the American Shuttle and the Russian Buran as a satellite delivery and maintenance platform, but because it was designed as a one-use deep space vehicle the design lacked the facility for atmospheric re-entry 3 were sent into deep space at the end of the Eugenics Wars, all were thought to have been destroyed in orbit by nuclear defense platforms. It is latter discovered that one escaped, SS Botany Bay. Out of the remaining 13, 3 were kept in storage and were later the basis for the up rated DY-200 prototypes. 7 were left in far Luna orbit and were later reactivated to serve the new Luna colony in 2021. The final five went unaccounted for more than 2 centuries until they were discovered being used by The Jupiter Mining Corporation (JMC) as automated intra-system ore freighters in the Alpha Carinae system. The 4 surviving units are now on display in the Starfleet Museum.
Known Ship names
DY 100 NAR 01 - S.S. Botany Bay NAR 03 - S.S. Ahab NAR 06 - S.S. Victoria
DY 100-B NAR 09 - S.S. Sydney NAR 10 - S.S Melbourne
DY-200 Circa 2021 Length 154.8m Height 30m Beam 36m
…3 produced, use for the ISS-Luna run. Prototype was constructed using modular parts of 3 DY-100s. All were thought lost but one was mysteriously found adrift and fully loaded in the ort cloud. Apparently it was set on an unmanned supply run for the Utopia Planitia Base on Mars in 2038, but was struck by a stray asteroid in transit, damaging navigational thrusters and the navigation system causing it to spend the next 257 years in an elliptical orbit of the sun. S.S. Lola is currently on display in the Starfleet Museum.
Known ship names S.S. Lumbago S.S. Lament S.S. Lola
DY-245 Circa 2025 Length 154.8m Height 31.5m Beam 36m
20 produced, an up-rated version of the 200 series, equipped with LIDAR and expanded crew capacity, intended for regular manned flights to Mars in competition with ISA’s Aries Program. Budget cuts and an over ambitious plan to take a small fleet of ships complete with prefab buildings and orbital satellites to establish a permanent presence on the 1st mission caused massive delays leading to the Aries III beating them to it. Later, however, they did become the work horses of the Moon-Mars run delivering regular supplies, vehicles, equipment and mail to the early research bases and later the permanent colonies right up until the early 23rd century. 10 were sold to private companies in the 2160’s to serve as deep space explorers. Out of the 10 that remained in the Terran system, 5 were lost in the *Martian Triangle, 3 were destroyed by terrorist or pirate attacks, 1 crashed on the surface of Europa during a rescue mission and sank beneath the ice flows. The last surviving unit of the Terran fleet, The S.S. Atredies was officially decommissioned during the opening ceremony of the Starfleet Museum’s Orbital Annex in 2213.
*An area of space between Mars and it’s 2 moons credited for the loss of numerous space vehicles and probes from the late 20th century onwards)
Known Ship names DY-245 S.S. Hatteras S.S. Good Hope S.S. Canaveral S.S. Cod S.S. Horn S.S. Broyle S.S. Dorset S.S. Girardeau S.S. Sable S.S. York
DY-245-B S.S. Sadarkar S.S. Fremen S.S. Bene Tleilax S.S. Bene Gesserit S.S. Guild S.S. Imperium S.S. Corrino S.S. Arrakis S.S. Atredies S.S. Harkkonan
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Neat! It's probably the best theory that I've read yet that tries to combine the disparate timelines of "Space Seed," "Future's End," and "One Small Step." I like that reference to Chronowerx...
Are these articles going to be added to the Starfleet Museum? You mention in the article that these ships were on display there.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
They aren't in the SFM yet, but maybe one day. Since the SFM is mostly for military designs, we have to work out some UESN/UESPA versions of these ships. We can then logically include the more-extensive civilian backstory.
"Mr pre-TOS himself ": I'd hate to have that on my tombstone.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote: Neat! It's probably the best theory that I've read yet that tries to combine the disparate timelines of "Space Seed," "Future's End," and "One Small Step." I like that reference to Chronowerx...
Thats strange, I was just thinking that the Chronowerx reference was a little too much. I also snucked in a little from "The Ultimate Computer" just for kicks.
quote: Are these articles going to be added to the Starfleet Museum? You mention in the article that these ships were on display there.
As the man said, nothing has been finalised yet but talks are underway. If anyone is interested, some perliminary schematics of these ships are up on display over at the ASDB.
quote: "Mr pre-TOS himself ": I'd hate to have that on my tombstone.
You are what you do I guess that makes me "Mr plagerist"...long story.
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Posted by OnToMars (Member # 621) on :
I like it! An excellent bridge between the present, various episode's past/future conjectures, and regular Star Trek.
Two little nitpicks: ISS! It's a personal preference, but I would just assume it not exist in Star Trek at all. Though, with the theme of the article being to reconcile mostly everything, it does fit.
And the Martian Triangle: Neat idea! Would make for a great science fiction book. But as the moons orbit at different speeds and inclinations around Mars, the space between them is in constant flux. Perhaps with a little more explanation, it would plausible.
But definitely an awesome tapestry!
Posted by Woodside Kid (Member # 699) on :
Back a few years ago (1984, if memory serves), I used to have a blueprint sheet depicting the DY 100 through 500. I lost it during one of my transfers while I was still in the Air Force, so I can't tell you much in the way of specifics (or even who produced it). About the only thing I do remember clearly was that it gave the launch date for the DY-100 class as being 1987!
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote: Two little nitpicks: ISS! It's a personal preference, but I would just assume it not exist in Star Trek at all. Though, with the theme of the article being to reconcile mostly everything, it does fit.
Well I haven't seen the new series yet (it comes out on the 7th over here) but from what I gather the space station is depicted in the opening credits, also a model of it or an early concept of it is displayed in Sisko's office. This does imply that there was a permanent space station in the late 20th - 21st century in trek history, I just used the name ISS because I forget exactly what they're calling it now...plus they'll probably change their minds so any specific name would date rapidly.
quote: And the Martian Triangle: Neat idea! Would make for a great science fiction book. But as the moons orbit at different speeds and inclinations around Mars, the space between them is in constant flux. Perhaps with a little more explanation, it would plausible.
This is something I had a little trouble with, I'm aware that some real mars probes (Russian and American) have gone missing or have malfunctioned in this area, added to that the fictional Ares IV disappearance, I felt that mars deserved a mysterious reputation.
So I used the term Martian Triangle as a sort of spacer's nickname, not meant to be an exact area, just a generic zone inside the orbits of the moons, where strange stuff happens. The triangle bit is just to convey all of the myth without explaining it, by associating it to the Bermuda Triangle. I suppose I could write a separate article that goes into the history and myth but that’s a job for another day.
Just a quick thought that just came to me, perhaps a malfunctioning Preserver’s Obelisk buried in the Cydonian desert caused it all the disappearances….or maybe its more Klingons playing target practice…
quote: Back a few years ago (1984, if memory serves), I used to have a blueprint sheet depicting the DY 100 through 500. I lost it during one of my transfers while I was still in the Air Force, so I can't tell you much in the way of specifics (or even who produced it). About the only thing I do remember clearly was that it gave the launch date for the DY-100 class as being 1987!
Thats very interesting, has anyone else encountered this chart?
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I guess that makes me "Mr plagerist"...long story.![[Mad]](mad.gif)
It's a personal preference, but I would just assume it not exist in Star Trek at all. Though, with the theme of the article being to reconcile mostly everything, it does fit. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)