NX Miranda

[MRJOHN]

The name Miranda-class was not mentioned in dialog on-screen, but was devised by the art department of TNG to refer to this design. The name was used on several pieces of on-screen signage referring to these vessels, and is also used by dedicated references such as the Star Trek Encyclopedia.

The name "Miranda" may refer to a character from the play The Tempest by Earth playwright William Shakespeare. Shakespeare invented the name, which is a play on the term "admired". In the play, Miranda is the daughter of the wizard Prospero. She exclaims the famous line once referenced by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, "Brave New World...", one of the most appropriate of all Shakespeare quotations for the Federation's message of peaceful exploration of the unknown.

According to an early final draft of the script for "Unnatural Selection" the USS Lantree was identified as a "class R Starfleet supply ship" rather than a "class 6 Federation supply ship" 


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[FarShot]

That's pretty nifty!  Post-Nem based on the color scheme?

[FourChan]

Nice and sweet ship, good concept, I want it.