A sleeper ship was a type of Earth spaceship in service in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The crew of the ship would be placed in suspended animation for all or part of a journey.

Sleeper ships proved necessary because of the time involved in space travel, as it could take years to travel from one planet to another. However, at some point after 2018, propulsion technology advanced and sleeper ships were gradually phased out. (TOS episode: "Space Seed")

Despite this, many sleeper ships left Earth bound for other planets with the hopes of colonizing them. Amongst the many planets colonized by Earth sleepers ships was Macedon III. (TOS - Star Trek II Short Stories short story: "Under Twin Moons")

The Federation did launch a sleeper ship project of it's own just after its founding. The sleeper ship was attempting to reach the Magellanic Clouds. This would be a journey of several hundred years. The crew that was put in suspended animation was specifically chartered with the statement that the descendents would be defined as Federation personnel and must obey all rules and laws of the Federation. Because of this, any descendents would not be subject to the Prime Directive as the sleeper ship Betelgeuse (Sleeper Ship) had in 2239. The Federation sleeper ship was later recovered by the USS Enterprise (Ambassador-class). (TNG novel: The Forgotten War)

Contents 1 Types of sleeper ship 2 Appendices 2.1 Connections 2.2 External link

Types of sleeper shipEdit

• DY-100-class

AppendicesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

Starship classification
By type	argosy • assault ship • attack cruiser • attack fighter • battle cruiser • battle frigate • battleship • bird-of-prey • bomber • cargo transport • carrier • colony ship • combat support tender • construction ship • corsair • corvette • courier • cruiser • cutter • destroyer • dreadnought • escort • explorer • fast attack ship • fast cruiser • flagship • freighter • frigate • fuel transport • gunboat • heavy cruiser • heavy destroyer • heavy escort • hospital ship • liaison cutter • light cruiser • light frigate • medical frigate • medium cruiser • mining freighter • missile cruiser • monitor • passenger liner • patrol cruiser • personnel carrier • prison barge • repair tender • research vessel • research cruiser • runabout • scout • sleeper ship • star battleship • star cruiser • strike cruiser • super carrier • support frigate • surveyor • tanker • tender • timeship • transport • troop transport • tug • warbird • warpshuttle
Alphanumeric	I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI

External linkEdit

• Sleeper ship article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.