Defiant class starship

In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Defiant class of starship is a variety of space-faring vessel used by Starfleet. The Defiant class vessels are Starfleet's most advanced warships, created in the 2370s in response to the Borg threat. The basic form of a ship of this class is a hemi-saucer fore and a squared-off aft; from this, a short, rectangular extension attaches at the front of the hull, housing the navigational deflector and an emergency M/A warhead, and two long rectangles housing the engines extend from the sides. Unusually for Starfleet vessels, the Defiant class' warp engines are not parallel, their axes intersecting less than a ship-length aft of the starship.

The Defiant project was began in 2366 by Starfleet's Advanced Starship Design Bureau at Utopia Planitia and constructed at Antares Fleet Yards. Admiral Batelle Toh was responsible for the project.

Table of contents

1 Specifications 2 Known Defiant class starships 3 External links

Specifications

• Production facility: Antares Fleet Yards, Antares IV
• Type: Escort
• Dimensions:
  • Height: 30.1 m (four decks)
  • Length: 170.68 m
  • Beam: 134.11 m
• Mass: 355,000 Tonnes
• Accommodation: 40 standard; 150 limit
• Propulsion:
  • One matter/antimatter reactor powering two four-coil warp engines
  • Two nuclear fusion impulse engines
• Performance: Warp 9.5 cruise; warp 9.982 for twelve hours
• Weaponry:
  • Four phaser cannon
  • Two torpedo launchers
  • One detachable hull section containing an M/A explosive
• Defenses:
  • Deflector shields
  • Ablative armor
• Auxiliary vessels:
  • One type-ten shuttlecraft
  • Zero to four shuttlepods
  • 26 six-person lifeboats

• USS Defiant (NX-74205)
  • The pathfinder of its class. The Defiant was assigned to the space station Deep Space Nine in 2371 for protection against the Cardassians and the Dominion. It was lost in 2375 in the invasion of the Chin'toka system.
• USS São Paulo (NCC-75633)
  • Assigned to Deep Space Nine after the Defiant's destruction and rechristened as the USS Defiant.
• USS Valiant (NCC-74210)
  • Destroyed in 2374 by the Dominion.
• USS Valiant (NCC-75418)
  • Assigned to an area near the Romulan neutral zone in 2379 as defense against the Reman threat.

External links

• "Defiant class" at LCARScom.Net
• "Defiant class" at Memory Alpha
• "Defiant problems" at Ex Astris Scientia