Star Trek: Every Starfleet Starship Class Ranked Worst To Best

67. Kobiashi Maru

This vessel featured in the no-win scenario that Starfleet cadets had to undergo in order to test their ability to handle this kind of pressure. It was designed by John Eaves and Alex Jaegar, based on original blueprints for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and the novel The Kobiashi Maru.

Alex Jaeger stated that the look of the Kobiashi Maru for Star Trek was based on their initial ideas for the Excelsior - the variant of the Armstrong type ship. It was to have been effectively the same ship, though retrofitted for cargo passage.

As the ship has only ever been seen in a situation where it requires aid - that does not suggest that it is the strongest vessel in the fleet!