Spacecraft

	 
   
The Gold Key series of STAR TREK comics was concerned with the 
adventures of the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise which operated 
under the auspices of the United Federation of Planets' Starfleet. 
Because they weren't constrained by special effects budgets, the comic series could 
deal with fanciful locations and could depict a plethora of new spacecraft and could show 
wildly different aliens. Below are listed most of the spacecraft and flying vehicles seen 
in the 61 issues of the Gold Key series of STAR TREK comics.
Included for each is an image of the vessel, a brief decription and the issue that it appeared in. 
Some of the ships 
listed below were seen in the STAR TREK television series. For these, the description 
will include any differences between the comic and television versions. 
For the most part, the STAR TREK comics stories rarely made extensive use of 
space battles, instead focusing on Kirk and company journeying down to a strange and interesting planet 
and then interacting with the planet's inhabitants. Several of the vehicle pictures shown below 
link to much larger images.


  


 






 

  
   

   
  		
  





	



Federation Starship
    U.S.S. Enterprise



 

  
      Constitution-class Federation starship commanded by Captain james Kirk. 
the Enterprise was one of a dozen faster than light starships that 
made up Starfleet in the 2260's. The ship was 947 feet long and 
possessed a hangar deck which carried several off-ship vehicles such as the 
Galileo and other shuttlecraft.
  

  
   

  		

  
   
  
 








 

  
  
  

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 








 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Shuttlecraft Galileo



 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Standard Federation shuttlecraft which was stored in and deployed from 
the hangar decks of Starfleet starships such as the U.S.S. Enterprise. 
The Galileo had twin impulse nacelles and was usually configured to 
carry seven passengers. Shuttlecraft were used to make planetfall and 
to travel between starships and starbases. 
(Issue #16 "Day of the Inquisitors")  
  		
 




	



U.S.S. Enterprise
    Shuttlecraft Variant
    


 

  
      Alternate shuttlecraft design used by Federation starships. Like the 
Galileo shuttlecraft, this variation was impulse powered and was about 
30 feet long. 
(Issue #14 "The Enterprise Mutiny")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



U.S.S. Enterprise
    Remote Utility Pod
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Small three-seated vehicles used by the Federation to perform repairs in 
space of starship and starbase external structures. These pods had two independently controllable 
manipulatory claws. 
(Issue #33 "The Choice")  
  		
 




	



Klingon Battle Cruiser
    


 

  
      D-7 class warp-driven battlecruiser used by the Klingon Empire. Comparable in 
speed and weaponry to the Federation Constitution-class starships, these 
warcraft were 748 feet long. 
(Issue #61 "Operation Con Game")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Romulan Ship
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Starship design used by the Romulan Star Empire in the 2260's. These ships 
were used by the Romulans to patrol the Neutral Zone between their 
territory and that of the United Federation of Planets. 
(Issue #13 "Dark Traveler")  
  		
 




	



Windjammer Pirate Starship
    


 

  
      Starship used by star pirates led by the cutthroat Captain Black Jack 
Nova. The Windjammer had originally been Captain Ben Cannon's vessel 
until Nova took over, stranding Cannon on a barren planetoid. 
(Issue #12 "The Flight of the Buccaneer")  
  		
 


 
  
  
   
  

  
   
  

  
   
  
 




	





Windjammer Pirate Shuttlecraft
    



 

  
   
  

  
   

  		

  
      Shuttlecraft stored in and deployed from the pirate frigate Windjammer. 
These shuttles were used by the star bucaneers to make planetfall in 
pursuit of their pirate activities. 
(Issue #12 "The Flight of the Buccaneer")  

  		

 





	



Early Lunar Craft
    


 

  
      Small craft used as a method of short-distance transport along the 
surface of Earth's moon. The moon hopper could carry several passengers 
and was used circa the year 2000. 
(Reprint Volume #4 "From Sputnik to Warp Drive")  

  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  

 





	



21st-Century Earth Exploratory Craft
    


 

  
   
  

  
   


  		
  
  
      Ion-Impulse Drive Ships ships used in the early 21st century to explore and colonize the solar system. They are 

used to establish research station on distant moons. 
(Reprint Volume #4 "From Sputnik to Warp Drive")  
  		

 




	



Prison Exile Pod
    


 

  
      One-way prison shuttle pod used by one planet to exile those of their 
people that were convicted of any of various crimes. The pods were 
programmed to touch down on one of the explosive planetoids located in 
a nearby asteroid belt. 
(Issue #2 "The Devil's Isle of Space")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Zartan Air Vehicle
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Atmospheric air transport vehicle used by the technologically advanced 
humanoid inhabitants of the planet Zarta. 
(Issue #3 "Invasion of the City Builders")  
  		
 




	



Air Transport Vehicle
    


 

  
      Atmospheric air vehicle used by the inhabitants of the planet 
	Numero Uno. 
(Issue #5 "The Ghost Planet")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  

 




	



Rebel Army Bomber
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Bomber aircraft used by Justin II's green rebel army in their war 
against Justin I's forces. 
(Issue #5 "The Ghost Planet")  
  		
 




	



Justin I Government
   Attack Craft
    


 

  
      Attack aircraft used by Justin I's orange army against Justin II's 
green rebels. 
(Issue #5 "The Ghost Planet")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 








Twin Orbital Space Habitats
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Massive space stations employed by Justin I and Justin II as their base of operations. 
(Issue #5 "The Ghost Planet")    
  		
 



	



Orbital Space Shuttle
    


 

  
      Space shuttle design used by Justin I and Justin II to travel between 
their planet and their twin orbital space habitats. 
(Issue #5 "The Ghost Planet")  
  		

  
   

  		

  
   
  
  
 




	



Deep Space Rocket
    


 

  
      Dressler, the mad, war-craving ruler of a tiny kingdom on Earth. When 
the rest of Earth's people condemned his actions. When Earth forces were 
closing in on his kingdom, Dressler opted to flee the Earth using this 
rocket. 
(Issue #7 "The Voodoo Planet")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Exploration Ship
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Exploratory starship used by the technologically advanced humanoids from 
the "galaxy" Trann. 
(Issue #8 "The Youth Trap")  
  		
 




	



20th Century Earth
  Colonization Ship
    


 

  
      Earth starship created by a small peace movement that wished to flee 
Earth during that planet's Eugenics Wars. It was built and launched in 
1997. The ship eventually found its way to a planet in the Vega VI 
sector and its crew settled there. 
(Issue #10 "Sceptre of the Sun")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Space Transport
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Small space cruiser used by Kirk, Spock and McCoy when they embarked on 
an undercover mission as space pirates. The U.S.S. Enterprise chased the 
small vessel with Kirk's team aboard to Tortuga VI in order to convince 
observers that they were wanted by the Federation. 
(Issue #12 "The Flight of the Buccaneer")  
  		
 




	



Utopian Airbus
    


 

  
      Flying transport vehicle used on the lush planet Utopia, home of the 
galactic Traveler. 
(Issue #13 "Dark Traveler")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Porto Sled
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Means of personal transportation on the planet Utopia. Niklon, the 
controller of robots on the paradise world rebelled and sent such 
vehicles against the planet's inhabitants. The porto sleds were piloted 
by robots. 
(Issue #13 "Dark Traveler")  
  		
 




	



Hover Sked
    


 

  
      Personal transport sked used on one of the many planets visited by the 
galactic Traveler. 
(Issue #13 "Dark Traveler")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Lost Ships at the Museum
   at the End of Time
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      A huge comet collided with the planet Kragar III, destroying it. In a 
freak occurance, a piece of the planet - the land surrounding a museum 
- was snatched up and carried off into space. At great speed the museum 
zoomed through space and was thrown into a hole in the fabric of space. 
It came to rest in limbo, and over the decades, starships were similarly 
drawn to limbo and trapped there. These craft landed on the museum 
grounds and their pilots stayed and lived in the museum building. 
(Issue #15 "Museum at the End of Time")  
  		
 




	



Early Russian spacecraft
    


 

  
      Russian planetary landing craft from early in Earth's space program. A 
model of the vehicle was an exhibit in the museum which found itself 
trapped in limbo. 
(Issue #15 "Museum at the End of Time")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Short-Range Emergency
   Escape Shuttle
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Ship used to evacuate a larger 
	deep space starship. 
(Issue #18 "The Hijacked Planet")  
  		
 




	



Small Decoy Craft
    


 

  
      In the mid 2260's the ambitious entrepeneur and performer Anzar used such a craft to stage a distraction which allowed his partner, Allura, to escape from the U.S.S. Enterprise after she stole the digitized world of Styro. 
(Issue #18 "The Hijacked Planet")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Federation Transport
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Personal transport ship used by Federation special investigator Jay 
Nordyke. Nordyke landed in the Enterprise's hangar deck on stardate 
24:92.5 while he was on a mission to look into ghost sightings at 
Asteroid Mila XA. 
(Issue #19 "The Haunted Asteroid")  
  		
 




	



Invasion Starship
    


 

  
      Forces that intended to take over the lush world that was home to the 
kingdom of Caeminon used a fleet of such ships to attack the surface. 
(Issue #22 "Siege in Superspace")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Galactic Space
   Patrol Vessel
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      One-man starship design used by a force of galactic police 
authority that operated within the parallel dimension called superspace. 
(Issue #22 "Siege in Superspace")  
  		
 




	



Space Mining Ship
    


 

  
      Used to mine the iron rich planetoids in the Ferrous Asteroid Belt 
which was discovered in the mid 2160's. 
(Issue #24 "The Trial of Captain Kirk")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Kujal Rocket Ship
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Defense and transport ships used by the miniature humanoid inhabitants 
of the planet Kajal in the little explored space sector 119-D. 
(Issue #25 "Dwarf Planet")  
  		
 




	



Exploratory Space Craft
    


 

  
      Ship design used by humanoid travelers that landed on the wandering 
asteroid Tactis II. It's two crewmembers eventually died on the planetoid. 
(Issue #28 "The Mimicking Menace")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Tritian Perimeter
   Defense Ships
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Small police craft used by the xenophobic 
	inhabitants of the planet Tristas to guard their borders. 
(Issue #31 "The Final Truth")  
  		

 




	



Quodarian Starscout Craft
    


 

  
      Small transport ship routinely used on the planet Quodar. 
(Issue #31 "The Final Truth")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Herculan Rocket Plane
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Used by Colonel Mynota on the planet Hercula. 
	Was a suborbital craft armed with heat beams. 
(Issue #32 "The Animal People")  
  		
 




	



Mobita Aircraft
    


 

  
      Air transport planet used by the inhabitants of the planet Mobita. 
(Issue #38 "One of Our Captains is Missing")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Earth Transport Craft
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Small low altitude craft used on Earth in the mid 2260's as intracontinental 
	transportation. 
(Issue #39 "Prophet of Peace")  
  		
 




	



Earth Security
   Police Craft
    


 

  
      Air ships used by Earth state security forces in the mid 2260's. 
(Issue #40 "Furlough to Fury")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Evictor Starship
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Giant exodus starship used by the Sanoorans to evacuate their world 500,000 years ago just before 
a rogue star was due to make a close pass to the planet causing destruction and radiation contamination. 
In the mid 2260's the Sanoora returned to their homeplanet in the ship when the radiation had dissipated. 
Upon finding a humanoid civilization which had arisen from the castoff population they left behind, 
demanded that the planet be evacuated to allow them to recolonize. This giant starship was six miles (9656 meters) in diameter. 
(Issue #41 "The Evictors" and 
	Issue #50 "The Planet of No Life") 
  		
 





	



Nrakan Defense Ship
    


 

  
      Armed interplanetary spacecraft used in the defense fleet of the planet 
    Nraka. Dozens of ships of this type fought a pitched battle to repel the Evictor ship used by the 
	Sanoorans who returned in the mid 2260's to reclaim their planet which they fled half a million 
	years ago due to a coming planetwide cataclysm. 
(Issue #41 "The Evictors" and 
	Issue #50 "The Planet of No Life")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Federation Personal Transport
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Used on stardate 19:26:03 to transfer Starfleet technical advisor Barbara McCoy 
to the U.S.S. Enterprise who was tasked with acting as a special technical avisor in the field of xenobiology. 
The ship was small enough to enter the Enterprise's hangar deck. 
(Issue #43 "World Beneath the Waves")  
  		
 




	



Evacuation Spaceships
    




 

  




 
  
  
      Three ship designs used by the race of intelligent diminutive humanoids who 
	once worshipped their ancient supercomputer called Wotam. They used such ships to leave their world 
	and colonize another planet since their sun's supernova was imminent. 
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Individual Hovercraft
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Personal transport craft used by the members of the  technologically advanced humanoid civilization on the planet Beta Niobe III in the mid-to-late 2260's. 
(Issue #47 "This Tree Bears Bitter Fruit")  
  		

 




	



Federation Shuttlecraft
    


 

  
      Federation shuttlecraft. Used by Kirk and Spock to pick up Professor Patrick Moore on planet M317 
to then transport him to a scientific conference on Beta Aurigae. 
(Issue #48 "Sweet Smell of Evil")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  

 




	



Experimental Starfleet
   Hyperwarp Ship
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      New ship design created to test a new hyperwarp drive capable of 
propelling vessels at warp 13 (2197 c). A fleet of five ships (registry number X-1 though X-5) were 
lost in the vicinity of Gamma Canaris N when they were first launched around 2267. 
(Issue #49 "A Warp in Space")  
  		

 




	



Sanooran Transport Ship.
    


 

  
      Used by Dahri a guide to transport Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Jinz to see the 
sipreme council. 
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Special Federation Missile
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Special Federation missile which converted to a hovering helicraft used by Enterprise crew to 
demonstrate to the Sanoorans the Federation's chemical means to eliminate radiation contamination from the 
planet's soil. 
(Issue #50 "The Planet of No Life")  
  		
 




	



Mazdan Battlecruiser
    


 

  
      Mazdan battleship used by the inhabitants of the planet Mazda in their 
war with the Arimans. The Mazdan people had originated on the 
neighboring planet Arima. 
(Issue #51 "Destination Annihilation")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Ariman Battle Barge
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Ariman battleship used by the inhabitants of Arima in their war with 
their neighboring planet Mazda. 
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Raider Ship
    


 

  
      Transport ship used by raiders who violated the planetary atmospheric lock on the Federation animal 
conservation preserve on the planet Salvum. The raiders made off with animals that were taken to the 
planet Grotus where they would be used in animals fights. 
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Survey Plane
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Helicopter design used by the custodians of the Federation animal 
conservation preserve on the planet Salvum. 
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Federation Transport Spaceship
    


 

  
      Old style Federation medium-sized transport spaceship. Kirk, Spock and Scotty used the ship to go undercover 
as unsavory traders on a mission to planet Grotus in search of rare animals stolen from the Federation animal 
conservation preserve on the planet Salvum. 
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Stoyak Attack Hovercraft
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Anti-gravity attack craft used by the Stoyak people on the planet Bira III in their battles with the telekinetic 
savage Garda people who also inhabited their world. 
(Issue #55 "A World Against Itself")  
  		
 




	



21st Century Earth
   Evacuation Rockets
    


 

  
      Mass evacuation ships used by the inhabitants of 21st century Earth in 

an alternate timeline caused by Kirk, Spock and McCoy's interference 
with Hannibal's historic battle via the Guardian of Forever. 
(Issue #56 "No Time Like the Past")  
  		

  
   

  		
  
  
   
  
 




	



Space Pod
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      One of many launched by a race of technologically advanced bipedal lizard people. The being that 
would be known as the great Vrunon on the planet Jodarr, landed on that planet several years earlier as a 
prenatal spore enclosed in such a space pod. 
(Issue #57 "Spore of the Devil")  
  		
 




	



Agricultural Flyer.
    


 

  
      Flying chemical spraying craft used for agricultural purposes by the inhabitants of Njura. 
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Rebel Attack Craft
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Type of fast attack ships used by patriotic rebels from neighboring planets in their 
	successful uprising against Njuran Emperor Kring in the 2230's. 
(Issue #59 "To Err is Vulcan")  
  		
 




	



Marauder Ship
    


 

  
      Attack ship used by the space marauder Zar-tan to menace the 
	inhabitants of Terrellian II. 
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Harry Mudd's Spaceship
    


 

  
   
  

  
   

  		
  
  
      Small starship used by Harcourt Fenton Mudd during a time 
	in the mid 2260's when he duped the crew of a Klingon battlecruiser into buying 
	quantities of unstable dilithium. 
(Issue #61 "Operation Con Game")  
  		
 




	














   
   
   
   
   
   
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