Constitution-class
The Constitution-class was the mainstay of the Federation Starfleet during the 23rd Century in Star Trek.
Specifications
- Propulsion
- Warp drive capable of Warp 8 (although Warp 9 was occasionally achieved for brief periods[1])
- Impulse engines
- Weapons
- Six phaser banks -- three each on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the saucer section[2]; the forward ventral phaser bank was used most frequently.
- Photon torpedoes fired from forward tubes -- originally built into the saucer, the tubes were moved to the "neck" of refitted Constitution-class starships[3]. There is also at least one aft facing photon tube[4].
- Defenses
- Shields covering all sides.
- Crew
- approximately 432
- Small Craft
- An unspecified number of sublight shuttlecraft in an aft launch bay.
Notes
- ↑ TOS "Obsession"
- ↑ Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- ↑ Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- ↑ ENT: In A Mirror Darkly Part 2"