Constitution class starship
The
Constitution class was a series of
Starfleet vessel in the
Star Trek fictional universe, first put into service in the mid-
23rd century. Ships of this class were multi-role, but generally used for exploration and diplomacy; however, they were quite capable in combat against ships of most enemy powers of their time, with an armament consisting of six
photon torpedo launchers (four forward-firing, two backward-firing) and three
phaser arrays. In the late 2260s, the surviving Constitution class vessels underwent a large-scale refit with major upgrades in or replacement of every major system, extending the class' lifespan by at least twenty years.
It is unknown if the refitted Constitution class is still in service in the 2370s; however, it is likely, considering the continued active service of the Excelsior and Miranda classes, both from the same era. There is, though, a variant of the class known to be in use, that of a saucer with a normally attached neck from the bottom of which two nacelles are supported by pylons. Ships of this variation was designed and produced at the McKinley Orbital Spacedock in response to the Dominion threat; no names or registry numbers are known.
Specifications
Pre-refit
- Type: Heavy cruiser
- Dimensions:
- Height: 73 m
- Length: 289 m
- Beam: 132 m
- Accommodation: 430 standard
- Propulsion:
- One matter/antimatter reactor powering two Shuvinaaljis Warp Technologies FWF-1 warp engines.
- Three impulse engines (one within the primary hull, two at the aft ends of the nacelles)
- Performance: Warp 8 maximum (Cochrane scale; approximately warp 6.5, new scale)
- Weaponry:
- Defenses: Deflector shields
- Auxiliary vessels: Personnel shuttlecraft
Refitted
- Production facility:
- Originally, San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth
- As of the 2370s, McKinley Orbital Spacedock, Earth
- Type: Heavy cruiser
- Dimensions:
- Height: 71 m
- Length: 305 m
- Beam: 141 m
- Accommodation: 500 standard
- Propulsion:
- One matter/antimatter dual intermix chamber reactor powering two Leeding Engines FWG-1 warp engines
- One intermix-power-deflection/nuclear fusion impulse engine
- Performance: Warp 12 maximum (Cochrane scale; approximately warp 9.3, new scale)
- Weaponry:
- 9 dual phaser emitters
- 2-4 photon torpedo launchers
- Defenses: Deflector shields
- Auxiliary spacecraft:
- 4 personnel shuttlecraft
- Lifeboats
- Possibly travel pod(s)
- Possibly work bee(s)
Known Constitution class ships
- USS Constellation (NCC-1017)
- Commanded by Commodore Matthew Decker. Destroyed in 2267 by a massive planet-eating machine.
- USS Constitution (NCC-1700)
- USS Defiant (NCC-1764)
- Lost in 2268 in a rift into an alternate form of space (entry into this type of space, interspace, was the basis for the failed transwarp project).
- USS Eagle (NCC-956)
- USS Endeavor (NCC-1695)
- May have aided in rescuing Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy from Rura Penthe in 2293.
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
- USS Enterprise-A (NCC-1701-A)
- Rather than a new ship, the Enterprise-A may have been a rechristening of the Yorktown.
- USS Excalibur (NCC-1664)
- Damaged severely by the Enterprise in 2268 while Richard Daystrom's M5 computer was in control of the ship.
- USS Exeter (NCC-1672)
- Commanded by Captain Ronald Tracey. The ship was found in 2268 in orbit over Omega IV, its crew dead. Presumed recovered.
- USS Farragut (NCC-1647)
- Commanded by Captain Garrovick. The Farragut was James T. Kirk's first starship post. In 2257, a gaseous lifeform attacked the ship, killing approximately two hundred crewmembers.
- USS Hood (NCC-1703)
- The Hood was one of the ships faced by and nearly destroyed by the Enterprise in the M5 computer test.
- USS Intrepid (NCC-1831)
- Destroyed by a spacefaring organism in 2268.
- USS Kongo (NCC-1710)
- May have aided in rescuing Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy from Rura Penthe in 2293.
- USS Lexington (NCC-1709)
- The Lexington was one of the ships faced by and nearly destroyed by the Enterprise in the M5 computer test.
- USS Potemkin (NCC-1657)
- The Potemkin was one of the ships faced by and nearly destroyed by the Enterprise in the M5 computer test.
- USS Yorktown (NCC-1717)
- In 2286, the Yorktown was disabled temporarily by a probe in search of humpback whales. It may have later been rechistened as the Enterprise-A.
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