Eclipse class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

The ***Eclipse*-class** was a type of spacecraft developed by Starfleet in the early 25th century. It was part of the intel line of starships operated by Starfleet Intelligence for information gathering and espionage. It was classified as a scale 7 intel cruiser and vessels typically served as a mobile intelligence hubs for SI.

## Technical information

### Physical description

Designed to conduct covert missions and intelligence-gathering in hostile space, the basic form of the *Eclipse*-class was both essentially similar to, yet dramatically different from, the classic profile of Starfleet cruisers.

In its standard configuration, the *Eclipse*-class bore the familiar combination of a saucer-shaped primary hull with outboard warp nacelles attached by slender pylons. The cruisers differed in the forms of these elements as they were designed to minimize the ship's visibility to enemy sensors and the naked eye.

The saucer and nacelle shapes were flattened, with thin edges and tapered angles. Like the *Cheyenne*-class, the *Eclipse'*s secondary hull blended with the primary saucer, housing the main deflector along the ventral surface of the saucer. Four flattened, low-profile warp nacelles attached at close angles to short pylons at the rear of the secondary hull. Weapon hardpoints were blended into the hull surface, but still allowed for a wide range of fire.

Vessels of the class were equipped with a cloaking device and active sensor arrays to assist in the stealth and information-gathering requirements of the class's missions. The active sensor arrays allowed the starship to gather information about and expose vulnerabilities in its target. Translucent panels along the front edges of the saucer shielded instruments that coordinated data from the class's active sensor probe.

### Deck plan

The following was the standard internal layout of *Eclipse*-class vessels.

### Tactical systems

*Eclipse* cruisers were built with Starfleet's ablative hull armor, but also incorporated the Caitian Defense Force's sensor-refractive coating.

Though built for stealth and espionage, the *Eclipse* was also formidable armed. The class mounted fifteen Annular Confinement Beam-jacketed Type-X phasers, four Type-VII phasers, and four variable-payload launch tubes.

## Ships commissioned

 USS *Innsbruck* |  | 2406-2411
 USS *Skarbek* | NCC-63111

## Appendices

### Connections

**Project groups:** **Union Station** (*Geneva* • *Concorde* • *Presidio*) • **Century Cruiser** (*Springfield* • *New Orleans* • *Challenger* • *Niagara* • *Freedom II* • *Galaxy* • *Nebula* • *Cheyenne*) • **Multi-Mission explorers** (*Brigid* • *Esquiline* • *Palatine*) • **Deep Shadow** (***Eclipse*** • *Phantom* • *Scryer*) • **Miracle Worker** (*Scott* • *Daystrom* • *Tucker* • *Gagarin*) • **Aeronaut** (*Mercury* • *Ajax* • *Icarus* • *Shran*)

**Other named classes:** *Aegian* • *Aerie* • *Akula* • *Atlas* • *California* • *Centaur* • *Challenger* • *Cheyenne* • *Constellation* • *Constitution III* • *Crossfield* • *Curry* • *Daedalus* • *Dauntless* • *Excelsior II* • *Freedom II* • *Gemini* • *Glenn* • *Guardian* • *Inquiry* • *Iwo Jima* • *Jupiter* • *Lexington* • *Niagara* • *Obena* • *Okinawa* • *Parliament* • *Perseus* • *Pioneer* • *Ranger* • *Sagan* • *Solanae* • *Springfield* • *Turing* • *Ulysses*

**Auxiliary craft:** *Aero* • Class C • Class F • *Danube* • *Flyer* • *Gondola* • *Kodai* • *Mollard* • *Peregrine* • *Selenic* • Type 4 • Type 5 • Type 6 (Type 6A • Type 6S) • Type 7 • Type 8 • Type 9 (Type 9A) • Type 10 • Type 11 • Type 14 • Type 17 • Type 19 • *Valkyrie* • *Venture* • *Waverider* • *Yellowstone*

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • Security • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

### Sources consulted

* Eclipse class article at *Memory Beta*.
* Eclipse Intel Cruiser article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ Derived from MSDs created by Dodye and Lee Arundel.