seaQuest DSV 4600 UEO seaQuest DSV 4600 First appearance To Be or Not to Be Affiliation UEO seaQuest DSV 4600 (2014) Launched seaQuest DSV 4600-II (2021) General characteristics Class seaQuest Registry DSV 4600 Maximum speed 160 knots (300 km/h) Spector Class sub-fighters Fighters Sea Speeder 3 Classes Stinger Auxiliary craft Sea Launch Shuttles Sea Crab Torpedoes: E-Plasma Torpedoes Plasma Torpedoes Armaments EMP Torpedoes Lasers SLBMs Torpedo Intercepts Flash Warheads Defenses Countermeasures Anti-ballistic missile Propulsion Aqua Return Jets Twin Fusion Reactor using Tritium extracted from Power sea water Length 1,007 feet (307 m) The UEO seaQuest DSV 4600 and the UEO seaQuest DSV 4600-II are the two titular submarines featured in the science fiction television series "seaQuest DSV", which ran for three seasons on NBC from 1993-1996. The original seaQuest was featured in the show's first season, while the second boat was featured in the second and third seasons. Design specifications The seaQuest was the brain child of Captain Nathan Bridger, who designed the boat in the early 21st century, but Bridger left the Navy three years before construction on the ship was completed. Upon its completion,seaQuest was the largest submarine and deep submergence vehicle ever constructed, measuring 307.1 m from stem to stern with a crew of 88 military and 124 science personnel. The ship could travel at speeds up to 160 knots (295 km/h) and was propelled by twin fusion reactors. The seaQuest was coated in a genetically engineered bio-skin that remained completely inert against (most) marine bacteria and organisms with a crush depth of more than 9 km of water. The ship is equipped with a complement of standard torpedoes, as well as nuclear tipped SLBMs (believed to be named the Triton II), intercepts, sea to air missiles, and state-of-the art laser banks, as well as a specialized "grapnel torpedo", which, when fired, would impact a target and allow the seaQuest to tow or retract. The ship was also equipped with a series of WSKRS (pronounced "whiskers"; Wireless Sea Knowledge Retrieval Satellites): small sensor probes that were remotely controlled by the ship's sensor chief. The WSKRS, codenamed "Mother", "Junior", and "Loner", served as the "eyes and ears of of seaQuest " and could relay telemetry data back to the ship miles (kilometers) away. In a pinch, the WSKRS could also be used as an emergency power supply and could be reconfigured for communication purposes. A special"Hyper-Reality Probe" was also part of the seaQuest' s arsenal which allowed the operator to manually control the probe and conduct delicate repair operations or investigate various anomalies. The ship's communications buoy could also be detached to enable contact with surface bound vessels. The ship was also equipped with a series of sea launch shuttles, as well as a series of speeder shuttles, a series of sea crab-class vehicles and, eventually, a specialized, high-speed, one-man submersible namedThe Stinger by one of the designers, Lucas Wolenczak. In 2032, the boat was equipped with two high-speed spector-class sub-fighters: high speed submersibles capable of engagements up to speeds approaching 300 knots (554 km/h), comparable to (but not equal to) the Lysander-class sub-fighter engineered by Deon International. seaQuest featured an emergency override called the "Dead Man's Codes"; in the event that the ship's crew was incapacitated or dead, the codes could be used to bring the ship to any location on the globe by remote. The helm control has the final authority over the boat's course (Episode: "And Everything Nice"). The UEO Secretary General kept one set of the codes while another set was flash-fed into the computer banks and scrambled at random intervals. Originally designed as a purely military vessel, the seaQuest underwent a refit in 2017 following the Livingston Trench Incident and the signing of thethe United Earth Oceans Organization charter. Command History seaQuest DSV 4600 Captain Marilyn Stark: 2015-2017 Captain Nathan Bridger: 2018-2019 seaQuest DSV 4600-II Captain Nathan Bridger: 2021-2022 (presumed destroyed) Captain Oliver Hudson: 2032-onward Bridge Crew seaQuest DSV 4600 First Officer: Commander Jonathan Ford Chief Engineer: Lt. Commander Katherine Hitchcock Chief Medical Officer/Chief Science Officer: Dr. Kristin Westphalen Chief Security Officer: Chief Manilow Crocker Communications Officer: Lieutenant J.G. Tim O'Neill Weapons Officer: Lieutenant Dalton Phillips (2018), Lieutenant Obatu (2019) Sensor Chief: Chief Miguel Ortiz Supply and Morale Officer: Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg Senior Helmsmen: Helmsman Carleton (2018), Chief William Shan (2019) seaQuest DSV 4600-II First Officer: Commander Jonathan Ford Chief Engineer: Lieutenant Lonnie Henderson (2032) Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Wendy Smith (2021 – –2022), Dr. Perry (2032) Chief Security Officer: Lieutenant James Brody (2021 – –2032) Chief Computer Analyst: Lucas Wolenczak Chief Science Officer: Ensign Lucas Wolenczak (2032) Communications Officer: Lieutenant J.G. Tim O'Neill Weapons Officer: Lieutenant James Brody (2021 – –2032), Lieutenant J.J. Fredericks (2032) Sensor Chief: Chief Miguel Ortiz (2021 – –2022) Senior Helmsmen: Seaman Lonnie Henderson, Seaman Anthony Piccolo, Petty Officer Tyler, Lieutenant J.J. Fredericks (2032) Sub-Fighter Pilots: Lieutenant J.J. Fredericks (2032), Lieutenant James Brody (2032), Warrant Officer Anthony Piccolo (2032), Lt. Commander Heiko Kimura(2032) History seaQuest DSV 4600 The seaQuest mission patch, introduced in 2018. Under the command of Captain Marilyn Stark, the seaQuest converged on the Livingston Trench where a showdown between various undersea confederations could have erupted in nuclear war. The seaQuest almost instigated hostilities when Stark planned to fire first in violation of NORPAC orders. Commander Ford instantly relieved her of command and the situation was defused. Thirteen months later, after an extensive scientific refit, the new UEO lured retired Captain Nathan Bridger aboard the ship as part of a VIP tour, however, once aboard, the seaQuest shoved off, effectively trapping Bridger aboard. Ford, under the orders of Admiral William Noyce, behaved in a very cowardly manner in an attempt to lull Bridger to take command. The ploy worked and Bridger signed aboard as captain. ("To Be or Not to Be") The seaQuest unwittingly brought aboard biochemist and war criminal Dr. Rubin Zellar several weeks later after Zellar had assumed the identity of his ice prison's warden. With free rein on the seaQuest , Zellar held the crew hostage with a toxin frozen in ice and gained access to the missile control room where he coerced Bridger and Ford to activate the ship's missiles and fire them towards UEO Headquarters in Pearl Harbor. However, Bridger had wisely disabled all the missiles once the crew learned of Zellar's true identity and disaster was averted. ("Games") The ship suffered significant damage when the communications buoy was struck by lightning several weeks later. With all power knocked offline, an away team stranded in a hurricane on the surface of the water, and a downed French sight-seeing submarine to search for, Bridger suggested that one of the WSKRS could be used to power the bridge stations enough to locate the French ship, save the away team and return to the ship to drydock for repairs. ("Bad Water") Several months later, seaQuest was hijacked by a group of ecologic extremists led by Colonel Steven Shrader, who planned to the use the ship's computer to obtain "shut-down codes" for various global pollutants. Shrader's plans were foiled when Commander Ford flooded the boat, causing Shrader and his men to panic and attempt to escape. However, Shrader failed to realize that because the seaQuest was sinking, the increased water pressure would crush his ship. He ultimately died in the attempt, while Lucas and Krieg were able to activate Captain Bridger's prototype "hull siphons" which pumped the flooding water out of the boat and refloated the ship. ("Nothing But the Truth") The seaQuest was also involved with several space-related incidents, such as the recovery of theWayfarer , the first manned space vessel to reach Mars as well as uncovering an ancient derelict alien starship which had been entombed in an underwater ridge for over a million years. The crew discovered that there were still active holographic projections aboard the ship that boarded theseaQuest and expressed their desire to have formal introductions with the human race. The bridge crew elected to send a message to the alien home world themselves and not tell the military about what had truly happened. ("Such Great Patience") Unfortunately, the seaQuest met her ultimate demise at the end of its tour of duty when Captain Bridger ordered all hands to abandon ship and locked the ship's autopilot into a direct course with a lava well that threatened to raise ocean temperatures and melt the polar ice caps. Detonating the ship's nuclear weapons. the massive explosion of the seaQuest was enough to seal the rupture and avert ecologic catastrophe. ("Higher Power") seaQuest DSV 4600-II With the UEO so impressed with the original seaQuest' s performance, they quickly provided the funds to commission a new boat, which entered service in 2021 with some new bridge crew members. The new ship's first task was to stop the G.E.L.F. (Genetically Engineered Life Forms) terrorists from destroying the world's oxygen production facilities. Bridger was able to convince the G.E.L.F. leader that destroying the human race would also result in their annihilation as well. ("Daggers") Months later, the seaQuest was thrust 250 years into the future, where the crew discovered that mankind had annihilated itself due to its dependence on computers for entertainment. Lucas was able to deactivate the remaining computer system, allowing the only two humans left on Earth to rely on each other to survive and repopulate the species.