[Yagami Crewman]

Thinking on the size of the ship and the number of shuttles present, Do you think she could have been a colony transport of some kind? Perhaps even bringing in colonists to the Tarsus IV colony.

[Enterprise NCC-1701-A]

i think maybe the kelvin was just one ship of her class. and i hope they name the ship class Kelvin Class.

[jtrek79]

long range scientific vessel like the uss equinox

[Thascales]

Colony ship, interesting idea. I really liked the Kelvin, and would love to know more about her (commission a Kelvin series plx Paramount :P).

[NCC-73515]

Survey vessel

[Thomas455]

Looked like Akula class.

[raymondconlon]

Originally Posted by Yagami Crewman

Thinking on the size of the ship and the number of shuttles present, Do you think she could have been a colony transport of some kind? Perhaps even bringing in colonists to the Tarsus IV colony.

oooooo, like the suggestion that the ship was taking them to Tarsus IV.

Not sure what type the ship was (they were on a survey mission, though I don't know if a vessel that size would be built to take on such a singular mission) but i think it is a sign that the subsequent USS Enterprise and its various technological and architectural differences were not really the result of any time-tampering but just a much needed redesign to fit 21st Century expectations for what real space interstellar spaceships would look like: BIG!

..... sorry if none of that makes sense!

[Lord Tribble]

USS Kelvin
Expendable class

crewed entirely by redshirts

[jtrek79]

guys a thought,

the jelly ship reminded me of the ship from the classic amiga game r-type

[horatio]

Originally Posted by NCC-73515

Survey vessel

Seems pretty straightforward. Wasn't she near the Klingon border or did I mix up something?