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Fanart of the Typhoon class battleship featured in Cryptic Studios’ Star Trek Online.

The Typhoon class battleship was meant to fill gaps left behind by capital ships lost during the Dominion War, while providing a vessel that has more staying power and offensive capability than any other Starfleet ship in service at the time. Specifically designed to provide a dedicated anti-capital-ship platform, the vessel was not outfitted with the usual suite of scientific laboratories and multipurpose sensors, instead serving as a dedicated warship.

A move highly contentious, both in Starfleet and wider Federation society, given not only the cost and size of the vessel, but also the perception that Starfleet was already increasingly militarizing at the cost of its diplomatic and scientific mandate. Consequently, most ships of the class were never completed or canceled before construction began, the few completed ships ended up serving with distinction in the series of high-intensity conflicts that marked the turn of the 25th century, such as the Federation-Klingon War and the Iconian War.

Most of the Typhoons ended up being lost in those conflicts and surviving ships were ultimately decommissioned early, as more capable and numerous battlecruisers were introduced. While ultimately overshadowed by these newer ships, such as the Avenger and Inquiry, it nevertheless served as an important stepping stone towards the realization of larger and more complex supercapitals, such as the Odyssey class.

The model was built in Blender, textured with GIMP and finally rendered with Cycles.

Description

Fanart of the Typhoon class battleship featured in Cryptic Studios’ Star Trek Online.

The Typhoon class battleship was meant to fill gaps left behind by capital ships lost during the Dominion War, while providing a vessel that has more staying power and offensive capability than any other Starfleet ship in service at the time. Specifically designed to provide a dedicated anti-capital-ship platform, the vessel was not outfitted with the usual suite of scientific laboratories and multipurpose sensors, instead serving as a dedicated warship.

A move highly contentious, both in Starfleet and wider Federation society, given not only the cost and size of the vessel, but also the perception that Starfleet was already increasingly militarizing at the cost of its diplomatic and scientific mandate. Consequently, most ships of the class were never completed or canceled before construction began, the few completed ships ended up serving with distinction in the series of high-intensity conflicts that marked the turn of the 25th century, such as the Federation-Klingon War and the Iconian War.

Most of the Typhoons ended up being lost in those conflicts and surviving ships were ultimately decommissioned early, as more capable and numerous battlecruisers were introduced. While ultimately overshadowed by these newer ships, such as the Avenger and Inquiry, it nevertheless served as an important stepping stone towards the realization of larger and more complex supercapitals, such as the Odyssey class.

The model was built in Blender, textured with GIMP and finally rendered with Cycles.