Federation class

The Federation-class was a type of 23rd century Federation dreadnought-type starship constructed by Starfleet.
Details for the Federation-class starship were depicted on bridge displays aboard the in 2285. The specs stated: "Dreadnought class, Model: MK X, Prop: impulse power, 3 space/warp units, D.W.T: 285,000, Under construction." ()
Several Federation-class display models were showcased on the counter of Guinan's 10 Forward Avenue bar in 2401, where they were sold as mementos to commemorate Frontier Day. ()
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=== Background information ===
The bridge monitors in and made use of a cycling video depicting whole pages from the Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph. At one point, a diagram of a starship (pictured above) also depicts a barely visible outline above it, which the Star Fleet Technical Manual shows to be the Federation-class. (pg. 01-04-00)
It took four decades before another – more clearly and far less ephemeral this time – in-universe canon reference became featured in a Star Trek live-action production with the appearance of the display models on Guinan's bar counter in the third season opening episode of . These models originated from Eaglemoss Collections' Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection partwork series (identifiable by their very distinctive model stands), some of them modified such as the gold-plated ones in the left display case on the bar counter. The Federation-class models were modifications of the Collections original configuration Constitution-class models by adding a third nacelle on top of the primary hull. A crisp behind-the-scenes bar set picture was posted by showrunner Terry Matalas on his account, and where the models were more clearly discernible as set dressings. As Matalas' pictured showed, there were least four Federation-class models thus modified on set. Somewhat enigmatically though, Picard production designer Dave Blass answered with a curt and unclarified "no" to an in the meantime deleted inquiry on his Twitter account whether or not the three-nacelled shipmodels were indeed Federation-class. 
=== Apocrypha ===
The Technical Manual listed the USS Federation as being the prototype of the class.
The Federation-class was included in the Star Fleet Battles series because the company was allowed to use material from the original series and the Technical Manual only.
The Dreadnought! by Diane Carey also featured a vessel of similar design, the USS Star Empire.
The game Star Trek: Tactical Assault also featured a variant of this class as a "Federation Dreadnought". According to the Star Fleet Technical Manual, a total of twenty vessels were planned, including the (NCC-2120).
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