| STARSHIP CLASS | |
| Aventeur | |
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| Type: | mission spacecraft |
| Length: | 126.0 m |
| Beam: | 25.5 m |
| Draft: | 59.3 m |
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The Aventeur was a class of Western Alliance Space Agency mission spacecraft in service during the early and mid-21st century, operated jointly by the alliance members NASA and ESA. (The ships were turned over to the ISA in 2018, when that agency was formed under the New United Nations.) The vessels were tasked with multi-year manned exploration of the outer planets of the Sol system.
The standard complement was 15: 3 crew members and 12 scientific mission members. The ship had a 30-year endurance, heavily enabled by the near-constant use of the emerging cryosleep technology.
The first six vessels were named for early North American explorers (of differing nationalities). The ships were assigned Grand Tours, where they underwent prolonged and relatively slow transits to the outer system, landing team members on surfaces of terrestrial worlds. The most historical of the Grand Tours was led by Commander Shaun Geoffrey Christopher, whose landing on the Saturnian moons of Dione and Enceladus uncovered evidence of extraterrestrial mining.
- Lewis and Clark - Aventeur I (2009-2039): Jupiter & Saturn
- Ponce de León - Aventeur II (2012-2026): Uranus
- Alexander Mackenzie - Aventeur III (2016-2028): Neptune
- John Powell - Aventeur IV (2019-2037): Saturn & Pluto
- John Frémont - Aventeur V (2022-2029): Jupiter & Neptune (recalled in 2026)
- Stephen Long - Aventeur VI (2025): Saturn & Uranus (canceled)
Background (Delta Dynamics)[]
The primary inspiration for the Delta Dynamics' version of the Aventeur class came from Timo Saloniemi's Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet, from which he (presumably) took inspiration from the Stan and Fred Goldstein-authored (with illustrations by Rick Sternbach) Spaceflight Chronology (published in 1980).
See Also[]
| Aventeur-class starships (Delta Dynamics) |
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| Lewis And Clark - Ponce de León - Alexander Mackenzie - John Powell - John Frémont - Stephen Long |
| Class Article: Aventeur class |