Federation Civilian Ships Database - Whorfin Class

STARSHIP NAME	REGISTRY NUMBER		INFO
S.S. Lakul	NFT-7793		Transport vessel that ferried 150 El-Aurian refugees to Earth in 2293. The Lakul and another El-Aurian ship became caught by the gravimetric distortion surrounding the nexus energy ribbon. The U.S.S. Enterprise-B responded to their distress call and able to rescue 47 passengers from the Lakul before the transport exploded in the energy ribbon. Two of the passengers rescued from the Lakul were Guinan and Dr. Tolian Soran. Former Enterprise Captain James T. Kirk was believed killed during the rescue mission. Star Trek Generations The other El-Aurian refugee ship wasn't identified by name in the movie, but the computer readout screen on the science officer's console of the Enterprise-B bridge gave that ship's name as the S.S. Robert Fox, for the Federation ambassador from TOS "A Taste of Armageddon". The Name was suggested by movie cowriter Ronald D. Moore. Star Trek Encyclopedia II
S.S. Robert Fox	NFT-1327		Transport vessel that ferried El-Aurian refugees in convoy with the S.S. Lakul in 2294. Both transport vessels became caught by the gravimetric distortion surrounding the nexus energy ribbon. The Robert Fox was destroyed from hull stresses before any of her passengers could be ressued. Star Trek Generations The name of the Robert Fox was not mentioned in dialog, but comes from a computer graphic display on the science officer's console on the Enterprise-B bridge. The name was suggested by movie co-writer Ronald D. Moore. Star Trek Encyclopedia II

	Length	approx. 270m
	Passenger capacity	200
	From Ex Astris Scientia - Bernd Schneiders Star Trek Website

	History:
	The Whorfin-class was a type of transport vessel used by the Federation in the late 23rd century. Two Whorfin-class starships, the SS Lakul and the SS Robert Fox, were destroyed by the Nexus energy ribbon in 2293. The Whorfin-class was the first starship in the Star Trek saga to be completely computer generated, as no physical model was built in this design. The class was likely named after Lord John Whorfin, the leader of the evil Red Lectroid army, who posessed the body of Dr. Emilio Lizardo in the movie "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension". Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference