Rewrites: May 2016 & September 2018
Oberth Class Information: Memory Alpha LINK and Memory Beta LINK
I have never been a big fan of this class of ship. It seems like it was simply designed to be nothing more than cannon fodder, or if it was lucky, a personnel transport for a brief walk on appearance in an episode. When you sit down and actually read the specifications on Memory Alpha and Memory Beta, it really isn't well suited to do any sort of deep space exploration unless it was part of a small fleet of more heavily armed vessels. Although it is unique in it's looks, there are some design issues with the ship that have caused all sorts of fan confusion in regards to the secondary hull and what it is actually used for and whether it is manned or not.
I say all of that because, when you actually look at my collection of this type of ship, I apparently am a big enough fan to collect and built quite a few of it.
In this article, we WILL NOT be discussing the pre-built and pre-painted models from Eaglemoss, Furuta or MicroMachine. If you want to see a more in depth discussion of those models, check out my review of the at THIS LINK.
I also shared at the end of my Cozmo Heavy Industries 1:2500 Oberth Support Vessels Review that I had acquired enough parts to build a third ship. As a result, I imagined these three ships serving together as a mini fleet.
