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Starfleet Starship Recognition Manual
Volume One: Ships of the Line 2268
Writer & Illustrator:
Neale Davidson
Copyright:
2005
Summary:
This book probably really started somewhere in the late 1970's.
Back then, I was a little tyke interested in the 'gee whiz' aspects
of science fiction, particularly the ships and technology shown on
Star Trek while it was in syndication. To whet my appetite even
more, my uncle was a 'fictional technology' fan as well and had a
large number of 'Starship' books, both official and not, from the
early days of Star Trek's fandom. Needless to say, I got into them
an awful lot, much to his chagrin.
Of course, still as a little tyke, I was tracing the drawings from
Franz Joseph's Technical Manual and making new ship designs of my
own. I didn't know a thing about warp dynamics and all the other
details now called 'Treknology'. I simply wanted to make a lot of
new ships and have fun drawing them.
Since that time, there's been a number of new Star Trek television
shows, countless fan publications, role-playing games, and other
odds and ends that helped flesh out the Trek universe I grew up
with. And, naturally, there were more ships the fuel my imagination.
(Several of those ships appear here.)
So this book goes out to my uncle Mike, who was kind enough not
only to put up with my getting into his cool things all the time,
but for also encouraging me to dream and imagine, especially during
those times I needed to look forward the most.
It also goes out to both the creators of Star Trek, and the many
fans who joined into the spirit of the series and the universe it presented
with their own creative works. Thank you to all of you for
filling a young boy's dreams.
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