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| UEO seaQuest DSV 4600 | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "To Be or Not to Be" |
| Last appearance | "Weapons of War" |
| Information | |
| Affiliation | US/NorPac, later UEO (4600), UEO (4600-II) |
| Launched | seaQuest DSV 4600 (2014) seaQuest DSV 4600-II (2021) |
| Combat vehicles | Spector-Class sub-fighters Sea Speeder 3 Classes |
| Auxiliary vehicles | Stinger Sea Launch Shuttles Sea Crab |
| General characteristics | |
| Class | seaQuest |
| Registry | DSV 4600 |
| Armaments | Torpedoes: E-Plasma Torpedoes Plasma Torpedoes EMP Torpedoes Lasers SLBMs |
| Defenses | Torpedo Intercepts Flash Warheads Countermeasures Anti-ballistic missile |
| Maximum speed | 160 knots (300 km/h) |
| Propulsion | Aqua Return Jets |
| Power | Twin Fusion Reactor using Tritium extracted from sea water |
| Length | 1,007 feet (307 m) |
The UEO seaQuest DSV 4600 and the UEO seaQuest DSV 4600-II are the two titular submarines featured in the science fiction television series seaQuest DSV , which ran for three seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1996. The original seaQuest is featured in the show's first season, while a second ship with the same name is in the second and third seasons. The ship (as well as all CGI work) were done on the Emmy Award-winning hardware/software package Video Toaster. [1] This was one of the first shows to use all CGI and no physical model work.
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. It is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, as well as medium-sized or smaller vessels, such as the midget submarine and the wet sub.
Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that has been called the "literature of ideas". It typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, time travel, parallel universes, fictional worlds, space exploration, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific innovations.
SeaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future"—originally the year 2018 in the first season—seaQuest DSV originally mixed high drama with realistic scientific fiction. It originally starred film star Roy Scheider as Captain Nathan Bridger, designer and commander of the eponymous naval submarine seaQuest DSV 4600. Jonathan Brandis also starred as Lucas Wolenczak, a teenaged computer genius placed aboard seaQuest by his father and Stephanie Beacham as Kristin Westphalen, the chief medical officer and head of the seaQuest science department. In the third season, Michael Ironside replaced Scheider as lead of the series and starred as Captain Oliver Hudson. Also present was a dolphin character called Darwin who, due to technological advances, was able to communicate with the crew. Steven Spielberg expressed interest in the project and served as one of the show's executive producers during the first two seasons.
