Federation Zanzibar-Class Scout

##Federation Zanzibar-Class Scout##

**Overview:**

The Zanzibar-class scout cruiser was commissioned in 2342. It was primarily designed for the Daystrom Institute's new Reflex Array drone network. Each ship carries a dorsal structure containing four drone launch bays, four drone recovery bays, and a large data transceiver array, with a second set of transceivers mounted on the ventral warp nacelle housing. Each cruiser would deploy, direct, and recover a complete network of twenty sophisticated sensor drones.

This drone network could thoroughly rapidly map an entire star system, down to the composition and orbital details of each asteroid and comet, much faster than a heavy cruiser or explorer. They were also used to conduct in-depth analyses of nebulae, and occasionally served as a complete early warning system for border incursions. Zanzibar-class ships also had great success using this drone network to thoroughly scan and model spatial ion storms and quantum filaments. They were