Appearances
In the episode "A Distant Star" Captain Sheridan tells the crew in C&C, "Take a good look people... if you're supremely lucky, you'll see two like her in your lifetime." Sheridan's comment conveys the rare nature of Explorer-class vessels. Indeed, "A Distant Star" is the only regular episode* in which an Explorer-class vessel appears.
An identical ship to the Cortez is seen for a few seconds in the background in the 4th season episode 'Rising Star'.
In the series Crusade, we learn that Captain Matthew Gideon was the captain of an Explorer-class ship. This was not the EAS Cerberus, however. The Cerberus was an Omega-class destroyer.
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