SPACECRAFT of EARTH Volume One: 1957-2063 7TH EDITION 2380 Edited by Lieutenant General Scott A. Akers, SFMC The definitive reference guide to historical spacecraft SPACECRAFT OF EARTH Volume One: 1957-2063 By Lieutenant General Scott A. Akers, SFMC A joint project of The Jaxon Information Institute Panda Press Interstellar & the Defense Forces Institute Masthead CHIEF EDITOR / PUBLISHER Lieutenant General Scott A. Akers Chief Historian, Office of Fleet Historian TECHNICAL EDITOR Admiral Chris Wallace Chairman– Starfleet Advanced Starship Design Bureau PRODUCTION EDITORS Admiral Allyson M. W. Dyar Vice Admiral Kurt F. Roithinger Starfleet Command PROJECT COORDINATOR Major William M. Myers Office of Fleet Historian HISTORICAL CONSULTANTS Admiral Alex Rosenzweig Starfleet Command Copyright © 2380 by the Office of Fleet Historian, Starfleet Command, New Masada Facility General Robb J. Jackson Previous Editions: 2366, 2360, 2348, 2331, 2326, and 2302 Starfleet Marine Corps Historian LAYOUT CONSULTANT This document prepared and published by Jaxon Information Institute (Seattle Metroplex, Earth) for the Office of Colonel John Adcock Fleet Historian Starfleet Marine Corps Memory Alpha Cataloging Data: GRAPHICS UFPI ITP/SP 3632459346-3000/18 Commodore David Pipgras Office of Graphic Design This edition of Spacecraft of Earth is authorized for viewing only in member star systems of the United Federation SUPPORT STAFF of Planets, its territories and possessions, affiliated star systems, and select independent and neutral star sys- tems. Doctor Michael Okuda, PhD. Doctor Rick Sternbach, PhD. Special acknowledgements to Anthony Rowley, Don Willits, John Adcock, Chris Wallace, Alex Rosenzweig, Kurt Doctor Andreas Kitabatu al-'Qalb, PhD. Roithinger, Allyson Dyar, and Donna Francis without whose much needed assistance this project could not have been completed. For Dawn CONTENTS Preface 08 Chronology 31 Ship Classifications 101 Appendix 137 Index 141 Credits PREFACE This work is different in many ways, from the publications usually presented in this format. Its name SPACECRAFT OF EARTH implies that it is a technical manual, and it is. But it is also much more. This work is a short cut to the his- tory of that planet, whose influence upon the Federation is so obvious that it is often taken for granted. While Vulcan is known as the mind of the Federation; the citizens of Earth, known as Man, Human, or Terran, and sometimes dero- gatorily as Earthers are the heart of the Federation. And with heart, emotions, drive, guts, and even greed the Humans have led the expansion of the Federa- tion into the galaxy. This has caused conflict, it has caused growth but most of all it has left an indelible human stamp upon interstellar affairs in the Alpha Quadrant. Seventy-eight years ago, General Robb J. Jackson I, SFMC-ret. wrote the first official vessel history of Earth and founded the now famous Jaxon Information Institute on Earth, and now six editions later you hold the latest version of this chronology. Read this history, brief as it is, allow it to lead you to further study. Use it as a reference guide. Ask questions, and understand that History like the Present and even the Future is very fluid, and the more we understand yesterday, the further we will understand today and tomorrow. As an ancient Earth Politician was paraphrased to say: “those who do not un- derstand the past, are condemned to repeat it”. Time and time again, the po- litical leaders of the Federation and of her enemies have made mistakes that a simple study of Earth’s past would have shown what would happen BEFORE thousands even millions of lives had been lost. So read, enjoy, and question and most of all, learn. LGen Scott A. Akers, SFMC “Duke” Akers SPACECRAFT OF EARTH Volume One: 1957-2063 Chronology 1903 1936 Orville and Wilbur Wright conduct the first powered heavier Hitler's Germany takes over Czechoslovakia, the US and UK continue to Honor Washington than air flight on Earth. Treaties, & World Peaceways rises to the level of 4th largest political party in both countries. 1912 1939 April 14th, the HMS Titanic sinks in route from Lon- don to New York, of the few survivors is a young Poland invaded and France and England declare War, Churchill is appointed First Sea Lord woman named Edith Keeler, a baby named James again. Japan cordons off China. A. Kirk, and a doctor Gottfried Weissnacht who later recovers and returns to Europe. 1940 Germany overruns all of France, bombs London, Churchill becomes Prime Minister. Lend Lease defeated in US Senate and Neutrality vigorously restated. Japan occupies the Dutch East Indies. 1926 Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fuel rocket from his research 1941 facility in Auburn, Massachusetts. Russia attacked, Spain join the Axis powers, Brazil join the Axis. British retaliates in North Africa and defends Egypt - Axis bombs 1930 and closes Suez Canal. World Peaceways prevent passing of the Edith Keeler founder of World Peaceways dies in a pedestrian/automobile accident on the "OIL" act; the German European way to see a movie. World Peaceways continues on under the leadership of Dr. Gottfried POGROM begins. Japan attacks Weissnacht who returns from Europe, where is genetic research is held in high regard. Pearl Harbor - but misses the US Carriers, Japan also attacks Phil- ippines and Guam. 1933 Adolph Hitler takes over Austria, the US Government charters World Peaceways, and Gen- 1942 eral Douglas McArthur is censored and dismissed. Russia retreats and loses Leningrad, World Peaceways declared subversive, and Dr. Weissnacht disappears. Montgomery pushes Rommel back to Tobruk, US wins at Midway. 1943 1946 Russia loses Stalingrad, evacuates Moscow. US -British forces take North Africa, US takes United Nations is established along lines of the US Model. Germany & Japan become UN Guadalcanal, US on full war footing. Russia begins to regain territory. Doctor Gottfried protectorates. Marshall Plan proposed. US Begins with A-4 and High Altitude Jets. Soviets Weissnacht sets up his Eugenics Lab in Brazil with Nazi backing. occupy German and Italian Borders in the East. Greece goes communist. Turks threatened by Soviet Encroachment. 1944 1947 Moscow occupied and then retaken by the Soviets. The US takes the Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands. Allies take Italy, Brazil and Spain quit the Axis and surrenders to the Allies. Roswell Incident US and British field jets against the Nazis, who field their own. France invaded at Normandy Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis break in November. Sound Barrier Iron Curtain Goes up US army helps Turkey, while the Marshall Plan begins India and Pakistan declare Independence Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Phillip Mountbatten 1948 Gandhi is assassinated 1945 Marshal Plan Proposed as the Constantinople Airlift Begins The State of Israel comes into existence Allies surge through France steamroller to the Ardennes Forest. Soviets retake territory to Kai Shek elected in China prewar borders. US retakes the Philippines. Allies capture V2 facilities intact, and Allied Sci- Truman elected entists are able to build A-2 version and shell Berlin. Hitler killed in an A-2 Attack that de- Atlee appoints Lindsey Tribunal, Churchill chairs Hague Conference on European Unity stroys his bunker, (rumors abound he committed suicide). Germany surrenders to the west- ern Allies as the Soviets reach the pre-war eastern border. Japan is nuked via a newer mis- sile the A-3 and they subsequently surrender. 1949 Mainland China goes Communist as Kai Shek's forces take over Tai-Wan/Formosa Eire, and Indonesia gains Independence Israel enters UN Apartheid becomes law in South Africa Mysterious Multinational organization takes over Eugenics Program, moves labs to the Pun- jab area of India. J. Edgar Hoover assassinated. German V1 “Buzz bomb” and V2 Rockets Constantinople Airlift ends; Soviets withdraw front line forces from Greece. 1950 1955 Korean War Italy, Germany and France establish European Union Eugenics baby - Noonian Singh is born in Agar India Churchill resigns as Prime Minister Peron survives constitutional challenge in Argentina Raids across Israel/Jordan border Increase United States Air Force Academy opens 1951 AFL and CIO merge Atomic powered Electricity first used in USA Churchill becomes Prime Minister again Albert Einstein Dies Korean War Continues First report on the artificial manufacture of Diamonds at 2700C Peron elected President of Argentina- supports the Eugenics Secret Society in his country 1956 1952 Tito, Nasser and Nehru meet discuss alliance Korean War Continues France, Great Britain and Israel attack Egypt: the US and Odessa dissolved, random elements absorbed by mysterious shadow organization the USSR force France and Great Britain to withdraw Eisenhower elected president USSR invade Hungary Pakistan becomes an Islamic Republic 1953 Oral Vaccine against Polio developed. Eisenhower reelected Korean War Finishes Japan admitted to the United Nations Mossad destroys Odessa’s last HQ in Brazil, Dr. Weissnacht Martin Luther King emerges as the Civil rights Leader in the United States. dies and the eugenics program suffers set back Attack on Chimera HQ destroys much of the information and controls on the First Generation Stalin Dies, Beria disappeared, and Khrushchev comes to power of Eugenics Children. New Headquarters is set up in the Punjab. Queen Elizabeth II crowned Tito becomes president in Yugoslavia Coup in Persia 1957 1954 Harold Macmillan become Prime Minister of England Eisenhower formulates