The Discovery was built from the ground up to be a test bed for the experimental spore drive, based on the research of Paul Stamets and his colleagues. In contrast, the crew of the Glenn took bolder risks to develop it more quickly, resulting in an accident which killed the entire crew and crippled the ship. The Discovery only used it in short bursts while attempting to perfect it into a reliable drive system. Much research and refinement remained to be done as of late 2256, but if perfected, it had the potential to instantly traverse vast galactic distances in the blink of an eye. ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings")īoth the Discovery and its sister ship, the USS Glenn, were equipped with an experimental spore drive for field testing. ( DIS: " The Red Angel") The ship's facilities were able to accommodate three hundred discrete scientific missions, a Starfleet record at the time.
( DIS: " Choose Your Pain") However, by 2257, following the Federation-Klingon War the complement increased to over two hundred during the investigation of the Red Angel. In 2256, the ship had a crew manifest of approximately 136. ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings")Īs a Crossfield-class starship, the Discovery was officially designated a science vessel. Its motto was a quote from Galileo Galilei: " All things can be understood once they are discovered the point is to discover them." ( DIS: " Context Is for Kings", " Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")īy November of 2256, it was still considered impressive and new, fresh out of the shipyards and equipped with some of Starfleet's most advanced technologies, in contrast to the older USS Shenzhou.
The Discovery was launched into service from the San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth.
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