A tender is a type of class 2 starship in the inventory of the United Federation of Planets Starfleet and other starfaring governments.
Tenders vary in displacement and capability, from shuttle tenders (e.g. USS Scopus) up to "Murphs" — Pearl-class mobile repair facilities. Their purpose is to repair and maintain starships when starbase facilities are not immediately available. Tenders have stores of tools and spare parts — and, by the early 24th century, replicators. They are crewed by engineers and technicians and may even have alien technologies officers who are familiar with the technology of non-Federation civilizations.
- As hospital ships are designed to handle casualties beyond the capacity of any one starship's sickbay, so are tenders designed to effect repairs beyond the current or expected scope of a single starship's damage control teams.
In 2295, upon completion of a mission in the Tengen system, USS Malverne was scheduled to dock at Komarov Station, but docked instead at Shadowstar Station, where the fleet tender Puget Sound was located. (Star Trek: Malverne: "Police Action")
Tender classes[]
- Breen Confederacy
- Cardassian Union
- Klingon Empire
- Federation
- Andes-class
- Grin'ki-class
- Hephaestus-class
- Krakatoa-class
- Osaka-class
- Sierra-class
- Ural-class
- Romulan Star Empire
See also[]
- Combat support tender
- Drydock
- Mobile repair facility