The Animated STAR TREK series had one significant advantage over its live action precursor, that of being able to inexpensively show any ship or device that the series art director imagined. It is common knowledge that special effects such as making spaceships fly or space phenomenons pulsate, are terribly expensive to do in a live action series. The animated series was able to show a great number of technological items that would have been cost prohibitave to attempt in live action. The original series encompassed some 80 hours of programs and showed about a dozen spaceships. The animated series spanned only 11 hours and brought a whopping 30 spaceships and vehicles (including some dozen ships seen in the "The Time Trap") into the STAR TREK Universe. Below is a list of vehicles from the Animated STAR TREK series. Each name in the following list is a link to a page devoted to that ship.

U.S.S. Enterprise Constitution-class Federation starship commanded by Captain James Kirk. U.S.S. Enterprise Main Bridge Description and layout of the nerve center of the great starship. Aquashuttle Federation small craft used for exploration of water worlds. Copernicus Federation small craft used for long-range personnel transport. Heavy Shuttlecraft Federation small craft used for exploration of planets with hazardous environments. Scouter-gig Federation powered boat used for reconnaissance on water worlds. S.S. Bonaventure Federation galactic survey vessel, launched in 2115. S.S. Huron Federation cargo vessel. Starfleet Cargo Drone Unmanned robot cargo ship. Klingon/Romulan Battle Cruiser Warship design used by the Klingon and Romulan Empires. Orion Vessel Unusual ship design used by Orion piartes. Traitor's Claw Kzinti Police Cruiser used by Chuft Captain and his crew. Vulcan desert Flyer Small hovercraft used for transportation on Vulcan. Personal Starship One-man starship used by philanthropist Carter Winston. Scout Craft Interstellar scout vessel used for medium range transportation. Karla 5's Ship High-Warp Cruiser used in a "negative" universe. Kukulkan's Ship Starship used by ancient being known by the Aztecs and Mayans on Earth. Vedalan Land Vehicle Mission vehicle provided by the Vedala to a special team to carry out a secret mission. Ancient Pod Ship Huge ship used 300 million years ago by an insectoid race. Phylosian Ship Type of ships used by the sentient plants of Phylos. Draman Patrol Ship Small police craft used by Demos of Dramia. Hover Robots Robots used by the computer on the amusement-park planet. Uniforms and Insignia Starfleet attire and symbology.

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