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The Mars class was a type of Federation starship operated by Starfleet during the 32nd century into the 33rd century. It featured a diamond-shaped primary hull, with detached chevron-shaped nacelles each to the lower port and starboard.

From its appearance, Commander D. Nhan theorized it was a scout ship. (DIS: "Die Trying")

History[]

In 3189, the fleet at Federation Headquarters included the USS Le Guin, a ship of this class. The collective energy of this fleet sustained a distortion field that concealed the headquarters' location. (DIS: "Die Trying")

After Osyraa's assault on Federation Headquarters and subsequent escape with the captured USS Discovery, a ship of this class was part of the Federation/Ni'Var fleet that pursued Discovery and the Emerald Chain flagship Viridian. (DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 2")

In 3190, a ship of this class was already housed in the Archer Spacedock at the station's unveiling and the re-opening of Starfleet Academy. (DIS: "Kobayashi Maru")

In the 33rd century, several starships of this class participated in a ceremonial honor-formation at Federation Headquarters for the launch of Zora and the USS Discovery's Red Directive mission. (DIS: "Life, Itself")

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Uncertain
Unnamed

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The Mars-class was originally designed as the USS Liu Cixin (NCC-325060) (β) by Ryan Dening, [1] with the assistance of Frank Yang, a staff member of his own North Front Studio design company. (Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection, issue 15, p. 12)

The name of this class comes from concept art released by CBS on Twitter and Facebook.

Apocrypha[]

Issue 15 of the Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection states the length of the class as being 573.53 meters or 1,173' as calculated off the CGI model by VFX Art Director William Budge. (pp. 3, 14)

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