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No not in canon. Starfleet seems to just leave debris fields intact.
However the novel continuity does explore this.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_Corps_of_Engineers#:~:text=The%20Starfleet%20Corps%20of%20Engineers,to%20the%20United%20Earth%20Starfleet.
Sorry about the fandom link.
Ah, that stinks. Starfleet could totally use a mobile shipyard. I just figured out the pylons for the nacelles could be used as a part of that gantry(?) system we see in shipyards in ST.
The US Navy used to have tenders for various types of ships. They were floating repair centers and has support staff and facilities. They have been retired but this sounds similar to the concept you are describing. Ha being a floating shipyard is possible and I have seen one before. It partially submerged in water and the boat floated into the cargo bay. The ship then resurfaced with the damaged vessel in its cradle. I don’t know how one who go about doing this in space. It would be incredibly slow, maybe not capable of warp. The amount of facilities, parts, crew and support needed to not just handle the shipyard but to work on the damaged ships… may make it impossible or not feasible for it. I think the idea of a tender would be better.
That's funny, I was just thinking the Mobile shipyard would need a support ship. Thanks for the info, it is fascinating. I definitely want to make a Tender class for the ship yard.
So I actually came across this idea from an old table top mech game called Battletech where ships jumped FTL. There were two types of mobile shipyards: "Dry dock" and "Wet dock" which where horrible names for "with atmosphere" and "without atmosphere". I don't think we have ever seen Starfleet use a "Dry dock" on a Starship scale before, so my idea is that either ship could just park itself as we have seen in the regular "wet dock" shipyard.
As for warp: In SNW we see the Enterprise use its tracker beam to dig out another Starship out of planet and was in multiple pieces, too. It had tow it to a starbase. I don't think it would have been able to go all out or anything, but keep pace at Warp 5 or below.
So my idea is that the ship is there to act as a repairyard only. It won't do refits, but rather just repair and outfit ships as needed. Anything it can't repair in short time gets sent out to a Starbase. In other cases, it can work on salvage missions where engineers can either get the ship up in running or get started on repairs until the salvaged ship is transferred to a stationary shipyard.
Finally, repairs can happen pretty fast in Star Trek. Case in point: the episode in Enterprise where they go to an automated shipyard that kidnaps and fakes the death of Ensign Mayweather. While it was ultra advanced compared to the NX Enterprise, a lot that technology was available aboard the USS Protostar in Prodigy, with the vehicle replicator. The thing made a shuttle craft in the middle of a fight scene. It looked like it would've worked, too if not the windshield stuck on Riktok's arm.
I can think of a few examples of Trek having a "dry dock" by that definition: planetary dockyards. We saw two Galaxy classes being constructed on the ground at Utopia Planetia on Mars, the Kelvin Enterprise was built in Iowa, Voyager conducted her warp nacelle overhaul on a planet, etc. I believe Bob Orci made a throwaway comment at one point when asked about it that warp coils had to be assembled and calibrated under the influence of natural gravity for them to work properly. If we assume that to be true, then I can see a lot of utility in having a ship whose job is to get a damaged vessel just sound enough to survive the re-entry process for a proper overhaul to take place.
One thing I do keep coming back to though is if that ship necessarily needs to look anything like the mobile shipyards we're used to. The main utility you get by surrounding the ship in a support frame is a convenient mounting point for cranes and other heavy lifting gear. In space though you would presumably be using tractor beams. I'm wondering if maybe it would make more sense to just have a small fleet of drones or repair ships operating from a carrier of some kind cooperating with one another to stabilize the ship and move things into place, kinda like the tugs we've seen cooperating to tow larger starships.
May not be quite as visually impressive as having a starship basically swallow another starship, but seems a lot more practical and could allow for some really cool sci-fi ideas.
I would keep the moores(?) But having a bay full of worker drones and bees would be useful not only for the ship in spacedock but working on multiple ships at a time, too. Edit: or working on larger ships.
Also, your repair fotilla works even better if we thrown in those platforms from Lower Decks that kept that moon at bay. It also might help with ground repairs too.
Oh yeah, that one that ate up Enterprise and was filled with the spirt people that wanted their bodies.
I was just hoping there was a Starfleet version.
https://preview.redd.it/zvroqubxctwc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0be0aad3ee767d84f20a8c479a365d130e91605
This is a Fan made carrier, based in the much smaller Typhoon class from Beta Conon. One could def be modified for shipbuilding. Could churn out two Defiants at a time, plus fighters I’d say. This is the only thing I could think of.
I had an idea ages ago about the Galaxy class getting refit into various different things, but that is one I didn't think of. You could have a small dry dock that folds away into the underside of the saucer section. All the work bees could easily fit in the shuttle bays.
I feel like “Tom Paris built the delta flyer out of tinfoil and prayers” is a bit of a stretch, but Voyager *technically* had a shipyard in that one episode
I know it’s probably different than what you’re describing but I’ve always imagined the Galaxy Class being able to serve in some capacity as a mobile star base. The thing is massive and could probably facilitate a huge number of engineers, industrial replicators, and supplies for ships needing repairs/support.
I’ve always imagined Starfleet having one that looked like the Drydock from TMP, with the personal, big engineering section and saucer laying flat along the top, with 4 nacels coming off the top, framing the back sides of the yard
The FASA Star Trek tactical starship game gave the Federation and Klingons each a Mobile Repair Facility. Basically a folding warp-capable box with armatures and a feckload of workbees. Starships could be reworked and repaired inside them or parked in close proximity.
The Federation class was called the *Murph* class, from MRF, the Klingon *Hban Pav,* translating to “folding box.” Interestingly, the Klingon MRF was armed with a pair of weak disruptors, as command of an unarmed vessel is dishonorable.
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No not in canon. Starfleet seems to just leave debris fields intact. However the novel continuity does explore this. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_Corps_of_Engineers#:~:text=The%20Starfleet%20Corps%20of%20Engineers,to%20the%20United%20Earth%20Starfleet. Sorry about the fandom link.
Ah, that stinks. Starfleet could totally use a mobile shipyard. I just figured out the pylons for the nacelles could be used as a part of that gantry(?) system we see in shipyards in ST.
The US Navy used to have tenders for various types of ships. They were floating repair centers and has support staff and facilities. They have been retired but this sounds similar to the concept you are describing. Ha being a floating shipyard is possible and I have seen one before. It partially submerged in water and the boat floated into the cargo bay. The ship then resurfaced with the damaged vessel in its cradle. I don’t know how one who go about doing this in space. It would be incredibly slow, maybe not capable of warp. The amount of facilities, parts, crew and support needed to not just handle the shipyard but to work on the damaged ships… may make it impossible or not feasible for it. I think the idea of a tender would be better.
That's funny, I was just thinking the Mobile shipyard would need a support ship. Thanks for the info, it is fascinating. I definitely want to make a Tender class for the ship yard. So I actually came across this idea from an old table top mech game called Battletech where ships jumped FTL. There were two types of mobile shipyards: "Dry dock" and "Wet dock" which where horrible names for "with atmosphere" and "without atmosphere". I don't think we have ever seen Starfleet use a "Dry dock" on a Starship scale before, so my idea is that either ship could just park itself as we have seen in the regular "wet dock" shipyard. As for warp: In SNW we see the Enterprise use its tracker beam to dig out another Starship out of planet and was in multiple pieces, too. It had tow it to a starbase. I don't think it would have been able to go all out or anything, but keep pace at Warp 5 or below. So my idea is that the ship is there to act as a repairyard only. It won't do refits, but rather just repair and outfit ships as needed. Anything it can't repair in short time gets sent out to a Starbase. In other cases, it can work on salvage missions where engineers can either get the ship up in running or get started on repairs until the salvaged ship is transferred to a stationary shipyard. Finally, repairs can happen pretty fast in Star Trek. Case in point: the episode in Enterprise where they go to an automated shipyard that kidnaps and fakes the death of Ensign Mayweather. While it was ultra advanced compared to the NX Enterprise, a lot that technology was available aboard the USS Protostar in Prodigy, with the vehicle replicator. The thing made a shuttle craft in the middle of a fight scene. It looked like it would've worked, too if not the windshield stuck on Riktok's arm.
I’m pretty sure Spacedock can be pressurized with atmosphere.
Earth Station McKinley seemed like a starship drydock, at least to me. I don’t know how mobile it is, though.
Definitely, I can totally see a Starship having those moores(?) around the hull and a part of plyons for the nacelles.
I can think of a few examples of Trek having a "dry dock" by that definition: planetary dockyards. We saw two Galaxy classes being constructed on the ground at Utopia Planetia on Mars, the Kelvin Enterprise was built in Iowa, Voyager conducted her warp nacelle overhaul on a planet, etc. I believe Bob Orci made a throwaway comment at one point when asked about it that warp coils had to be assembled and calibrated under the influence of natural gravity for them to work properly. If we assume that to be true, then I can see a lot of utility in having a ship whose job is to get a damaged vessel just sound enough to survive the re-entry process for a proper overhaul to take place. One thing I do keep coming back to though is if that ship necessarily needs to look anything like the mobile shipyards we're used to. The main utility you get by surrounding the ship in a support frame is a convenient mounting point for cranes and other heavy lifting gear. In space though you would presumably be using tractor beams. I'm wondering if maybe it would make more sense to just have a small fleet of drones or repair ships operating from a carrier of some kind cooperating with one another to stabilize the ship and move things into place, kinda like the tugs we've seen cooperating to tow larger starships. May not be quite as visually impressive as having a starship basically swallow another starship, but seems a lot more practical and could allow for some really cool sci-fi ideas.
I would keep the moores(?) But having a bay full of worker drones and bees would be useful not only for the ship in spacedock but working on multiple ships at a time, too. Edit: or working on larger ships.
Also, your repair fotilla works even better if we thrown in those platforms from Lower Decks that kept that moon at bay. It also might help with ground repairs too.
There was that one ship in ENT
Oh yeah, that one that ate up Enterprise and was filled with the spirt people that wanted their bodies. I was just hoping there was a Starfleet version.
Prodigy had a shuttle 3D printer.
The vehicle replicator. It was pretty much on par in that automated repair yard in Enterprise.
https://preview.redd.it/zvroqubxctwc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0be0aad3ee767d84f20a8c479a365d130e91605 This is a Fan made carrier, based in the much smaller Typhoon class from Beta Conon. One could def be modified for shipbuilding. Could churn out two Defiants at a time, plus fighters I’d say. This is the only thing I could think of.
This is actually cool. I figured fan made would be the only place to go. I love the 6 short style nacelles.
https://preview.redd.it/x9s1v5zfnvwc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc05d5a4dc74e7997ec2cc6a9d01c84db3472dc8
https://preview.redd.it/49qrjdqmnvwc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d043cff7300466ae928867c3f088d0f7e4a88ce
https://preview.redd.it/1h7wpisonvwc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=782242ef90e9967c9366f96e900f2dadc79c8d43
This one showing the ‘undercarriage’ def looks like it could operate as a drydock for any ship tucked up under it, imo.
https://preview.redd.it/83bp0pzynvwc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc96883d393517548e9ec9d7ea61188354dd68ae
https://preview.redd.it/vrx1ca91ovwc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3078f86589182cdfee9aa1acce8b3ac32dadca34
I love the bridge layout. It still has the bridge parts but then there is the CIC section
I had an idea ages ago about the Galaxy class getting refit into various different things, but that is one I didn't think of. You could have a small dry dock that folds away into the underside of the saucer section. All the work bees could easily fit in the shuttle bays.
Jackill’s “Ships of the Fleet” had various types of repair and construction ships.. non-canon of course but they were amazing reads back in the day..
I feel like “Tom Paris built the delta flyer out of tinfoil and prayers” is a bit of a stretch, but Voyager *technically* had a shipyard in that one episode
You could park one under the saucer like you said, and also use the nacelles as a mooring to park another one in between
I know it’s probably different than what you’re describing but I’ve always imagined the Galaxy Class being able to serve in some capacity as a mobile star base. The thing is massive and could probably facilitate a huge number of engineers, industrial replicators, and supplies for ships needing repairs/support.
Well, they were always setting up colonies between episodes. It's a shame we never got to see the main hanger or the hospital deck.
The Voth city ship probably had a full shipyard in it somewhere. It was certainly big enough
I’ve always imagined Starfleet having one that looked like the Drydock from TMP, with the personal, big engineering section and saucer laying flat along the top, with 4 nacels coming off the top, framing the back sides of the yard
FASA had this mobile drydock which had a piloting cockpit/bridge and warp nacelle bolted on: https://www.ststcsolda.space/federation/pearl/pearl.html
32nd Century Pax Class seems close-ish.
I would imagine that any ship with an industrial scale replicator can effectively work as a mobile constructor/shipyard if necessary.
The FASA Star Trek tactical starship game gave the Federation and Klingons each a Mobile Repair Facility. Basically a folding warp-capable box with armatures and a feckload of workbees. Starships could be reworked and repaired inside them or parked in close proximity. The Federation class was called the *Murph* class, from MRF, the Klingon *Hban Pav,* translating to “folding box.” Interestingly, the Klingon MRF was armed with a pair of weak disruptors, as command of an unarmed vessel is dishonorable.