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STARFLEET TECHNICAL ORDER

AUTHENTICATED STARDATE 6922.8

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BALLARD CLASS CARGO CARRIER
EARLY DEEP SPACE TRANSPORT VESSEL

PARTICULARS:

• CREW 33
• CARGO 100 kT
• WEIGHT 30 kT
• STD. RANGE 1 YEAR AT W/F 4
• MAX. SAFE CRUISING SPEED W/F 4
• EMERGENCY SPEED W/F 4.5
• LENGTH OVERALL 121 m
• BREADTH OVERALL 48 m
• HEIGHT OVERALL 40 m
• EMBARKED CRAFT 1 HSM

SEE BOOKLET OF GENERAL PLANS FOR DETAILS

I always thought it would be fun to imagine that the next thing to come after Matt Jeffries' DY100 design might be Daedalus derived. I created this design and named it in homage to the late J.G. Ballard, mostly because of the cognitive dissonance, which I thought might amuse him.

On Drexfiles, you can see a ship John Eaves designed for Enterprise. His angular and modular design seems to combine the modular backbone of the DY100 with design features from The Animated Series such as the front end of the Huron.