Exploration ships and the Enterprise Model

So Star Frotniers is really different from Star Trek and this is one of the reason I always like it so much is those differences and the aliens too I suppose. With the news of the decommission of the CVN 65 Enterprise and comparisions to Star Trek's Enterprise it got me thinking about exploration ships in Star Frontiers.<br /><br />We have the very cool, classic and beloved assualt scout which fit the real role the designers had in mind: a star ship vehicle for the player character party that would have some punch and be able to land on planet. This is the true design role of the ship but its only something you consider on the meta game level. From its name we can deduce that its design roles in setting are military and scouting (scouting is also a military role as well) assualt implies a hard hitting shock trooper kind of heavy cavalry kind of attack that is usually followed by more steady units that can stand and occupy. I think a wave of assualt scouts can fulfill this role well enough and there low hull points does require a slower 2nd wave that will occupy after the first assualt (much of that is metaphorical way of describing space combat) However, as a scout ship its a little pitiful as its engines enforce an overhaul every jump so they jump into a system and discover something they should report right away and they cant- because overhaul and astrogation computations just take time- time that such a small ship might not have. <br /><br />Eleanor Mores is a assualt scout trimmed down on the military role with its own logistics tail left in orbit. its ok for what it was used for but I dont really like it for an exploration craft.<br /><br />So that got me thinking about a KHs design for a Star Trek ish exploration vessel. something that can truck its own supplies and go on a log term exploration mission like the enterprise. Something big enough to have labs like the KHs book lists as possible ship equipment. <br /><br />One consideration is does it have weapons and how many? I suppose light stuff just for defense- no torps <br /><br />Something at least frigate sized with a lander?<br /><br />Thoughts?