This ship was used in Starfleet Academy bridge crew training simulations for the Class of 2288. (TOS video game: Starfleet Academy) This ship was never seen in-game nor listed in the in-game Library Computer. Captain Sulu actually misidentifies the USS Hawking as the Faraday in a simulated mission from the game's expansion pack, Starfleet Academy: Chekov's Lost Missions. Named after Michael Faraday, a British scientist (a physicist and chemist).