The USS Andromeda was active around 2257. To orient himself in the mycelial network, Lieutenant Stamets envisioned his surroundings as the USS Stamets.

While Lieutenant Stamets was assigned to Discovery, Straal served on the Glenn. They were equipped with an experimental propulsion technology, the displacement-activated spore hub drive, co-developed by the astromycologists Paul Stamets and Justin Straal. ( STO - Mirror of Discovery short story: 'From the Desk of Starfleet Intelligence')Īt least two Crossfield-class starships served as testbeds for experiments to end the Federation-Klingon War of 2256-2257, the USS Discovery and the USS Glenn. In the mirror universe, its counterpart was the ISS Crossfield. The USS Crossfield (NCC-1029) was the first ship of its class. In the 2360s decade, a B-24-CLN-type vessel resembled the Crossfield class, although both saucer section and nacelles were rounder, and lacked negative spaces. Shuttlebays were also present on Crossfield-class starships, with force fields being utilized to contain the atmosphere, as with all Federation starships. The ships had deflector shield capability for defense.Ĭrossfield-class starships were also equipped with tractor beams for towing spacial objects. Ships of this class also included a regular warp drive for faster-than-light propulsion. ( DIS episode: ' The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry') The outer and middle sections housed rings that could rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise respectively, so as to provide excess energy cavitation.

When engaging the spore drive, the ship went into black alert, which alerted the crew to the drive's activation. To facilitate the operation of the spore drive, the saucer section was divided into three concentric sections separated by gaps. The ship's armament included phase cannons, phasers, and photon torpedoes. Based on that, former Commander Michael Burnham concluded the USS Discovery was either a science vessel or a warship. The wide, flat shuttlebay was situated at the rear of the triangle, between the back-sweeping nacelle pylons and impulse engines.Ī Crossfield was capable of conducting over three hundred scientific studies simultaneously. The navigational deflector emitted blue light and was mounted at the front tip of the secondary hull. The design consisted of a saucer section made of a central sphere and two rings, a wide triangular secondary hull, and two elongated warp nacelles.

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