Odyssey class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

Forward view

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Class development project patch (Thomas Marrone).

The ***Odyssey*-class** was a type of spacecraft developed by Starfleet in the late 24th century.

## Description

The *Odyssey* was an extension of the *Constitution*-class design lineage of a large multirole cruiser. In peacetime, it was intended to serve in the role of an explorer on long-term deep space missions. In wartime, the class was meant to act as the hard-hitting core of large starship formations, though it was fully capable of solo operations.

## History

### Design and construction

First conceptualized in 2375 by Commander Adam Ihle, what would become the *Odyssey*-class was intended as a counter to dreadnoughts like the Jem'Hadar battleships encountered during the Dominion War. Ihle continued to refine his plans, which he named the *Verity*-class, including many of the technologies brought by USS *Voyager* from its time in the Delta Quadrant. It was not until the USS *Enterprise*-E encountered the massive *Scimitar* in 2379 that Starfleet Command finally ordered active development of Ihle's design, at the same time re-designating it the *Odyssey*-class.

Construction began on two vessels of the class at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards in 2380: USS *Odyssey* and USS *Verity*. When the Federation Council learned of the imminent destruction of Romulus and Remus, resources were ordered diverted to evacuation efforts. Though technically the lead ship of the class, USS *Odyssey* was behind in its construction so it was mothballed and all efforts were devoted to completion of USS *Verity*, which was slated to lead the Federation's evacuation program of Romulan space. Launched at the end of 2381, the *Verity* led the efforts to remove Star Empire citizens to safer areas before the attack on Mars in 2385 abruptly ended the Federation's aid.

### Legacy

By the end of the Iconian War, all vessels of the class were destroyed or in need of serious repairs. The Advanced Starship Design Bureau saw it as an opportunity to expand upon the original design. The *Odyssey* was classified as Block I, with the new project designated Block II. The first design developed was named *Yorktown*-class, after the vessel serving as its base, and classifed as Block II/S. Two other Block II designs greatly expanded upon the original *Odyssey* and were designated the *Sojourner*-class (Block II/E) and *Endeavour*-class (Block II/T). When 2410 came to a close, all of the *Odyssey*-class starships that had survived the war had been refit into one of the new designs. After the Hur'q Conflict, recommendations by Chief Engineer Kirayoshi O'Brien and Captain Va'Kel Shon of the USS *Enterprise*-F were implemented into the subclasses, further advancing the abilities of the vessels.

## Technical specifications

### Physical arrangement

The *Odyssey-*class used the same basic saucer-hull-nacelle arrangement common to most Starfleet capital ships. Like so many cruisers before it, the design was composed of two hull sections: an ovular, domed primary hull, and a detachable secondary hull housing the main engines and warp drive. They could be reversibly separated, affording the stardrive section improved agility.

The stardrive section was reminiscent of an enlarged *Sovereign*-class, with the saucer fitted to a triangular dock that mated to the engineering hull by two slender necks. The warp nacelles were long, wide-spread, and mounted to the engineering hull by aft-swept pylons.

### Deck plan

The following was the standard internal layout of key facilities aboard *Odyssey*-class vessels.

### Command systems

#### Main bridge

In the traditional Starfleet standard, the main bridge of the *Odyssey*-class was located on Deck 1. It contained chairs for the commanding officer and two staff in the center facing a large viewscreen. The flight control and operations stations sat to either side of the viewscreen. Behind the command platform were four consoles, one for mission operations, one for engineering, and two for science. Overlooking these stations and the command area were two tactical stations. At the rear of the cavernous bridge was a seven-pad transporter.

Two bridge turbolifts were located on the port side, with the entrance to the ready room on the starboard. An observation area was between the viewscreen and the forward viewport. The lower deck was below the observation area and served as the executive conference room.

#### Auxiliary bridge

Located on Deck 13 in the secondary hull, the auxiliary bridge, sometimes referred to as the "battle bridge," served as a secondary central command facility in the event that the main bridge was unusable or inaccessible. It also served as the primary command facility of the stardrive section during saucer separation scenarios.

### Propulsion systems

Powered by a single Yoyodyne 46A M/ARC warp core, the most powerful developed by Starfleet at launch, *Odyssey*-class vessels were propelled by two primary Charon Yards hyper impulse drive units and ten Zhiv/Ren SR83 impulse thrusters. While the primary impulse engines were located at the connection point between the saucer and stardrive sections, a set of secondary impulse units were integrated into the nacelle support pylons. Additionally, the primary hull carried a pair of Charon Yards engines that were used during saucer separation scenarios.

Four gimbaled warp field governors were embedded in the dorsal hull and provided stability in warp transit.

In addition to the impulse engines and warp drive, the *Odyssey-*class was the first design since the *Vesta*-class to include a quantum slipstream propulsion system as a standard feature. The dual-neck design afforded the vessel improved stability under slipstream. This, coupled with sixteen Q-phase variance compensators (two which were only operational during saucer separation), enabled the starships to sustain the field twice as long as any other class and gave them the highest effective faster-than light speed ever achieved by a known Alpha Quadrant civilization at the time, equivalent to warp factor 34.71.

### Science and remote sensing systems

An advanced and varied sensor package was equipped on the class, making the vessels powerful explorers while also providing for enhanced combat capabilities. Standard equipment on the *Odyssey*-class was four DYN-75 multi-band linear sensor suites, four omniwave passive sensor matrices, and a single J-DOME planetary sensor array.

### Tactical systems

#### Defenses

Designers at the San Francisco Fleet Yards used the most advanced deflector shield technology available on the *Odyssey*-class. A GE-219 deflector shield grid projected unimatrix shields with regenerative, multi-spectrum, covariant, and metaphasic properties around the vessels. Nexus Defense Screens, that protected the crew from the effects of the Nexus and similar phenomena, were also integrated into the shield systems.

The *Odyssey's* active protection system (APS) consisted of three Type VII phasers and complex cyber-electromagnetic countermeasure (CEMCM) systems. The latter allowed each starship to create powerful fields that provided some protection against sensor scans, target locks, digital assaults, and other CEM attacks. The CEMCM could also be employed offensively, for sensor disruption and signal scrambling. One of the phaser turrets was only employed during saucer separation, as it was located on the dorsal side of the forward secondary hull.

The boarding prevention systems (BPS) of the cruisers included passive internal sensor systems, to detect and locate unknown entities aboard, and inhibitors attuned to only Federation transporter signals.

#### Armaments

With the saucer docked, vessels of the class mounted eighteen Type-X phasers, enough to be able to hit any point in surrounding space with at least four beams simultaneously. Two additional phaser arrays were available during saucer separation. This was supplemented with a single Type-IX phaser, located on the dorsal hull, and two Type-VIII phasers for increased forward firepower. All made use of integrated Annular Confinement Beam-jacketing devices.

Six variable-payload launch tubes gave the class added firepower. The launchers were split evenly between fore and aft-facing. Both photon and quantum torpedoes were carried as standard ordnance, but the *Odyssey*-class also carried a complement of tricobalt devices for the bombardment of heavy targets.

#### Auto-destruct systems

Intended as a last resort, the *Odyssey*-class was equipped with an auto-destruct system. It could only be activated by special command authorization and would destroy all key systems and facilities to prevent their recovery by threat forces.

### Auxiliary systems

#### Navigational deflector

The navigational deflector of the class was an adaptation and evolution of that used on the *Guardian*-class. The system's main control station was located on Deck 27.

#### Tractor beams

The class mounted three tractor beam emitters, two facing fore and one aft.

#### Transporter systems

A total of twenty-two emitter arrays on the exterior hull were connected to the *Odyssey's* transporter systems, which included four active transporter pads.

### Auxiliary craft systems

#### Shuttlebays

The main shuttlebay, or Shuttlebay 1, of the class was situated on the aft rim of the saucer section, flanked by the impulse engines. Directly above the facility was Shuttlebay 2. Three hatches provided access to the expansive facilities and a wide afterdeck extended aftward of the doors. The forward-facing Shuttlebay 3 was located above the navigational deflector in the stardrive section.

#### Auxiliary craft

The standard complement of the class was thirty shuttlecraft, fourteen shuttlepods, six runabouts, and twenty-four workpods. Each vessel also carried two berthed craft, an integrated craft or and an *Aquarius*-class corvette. The captain's yacht, as integrated craft of cruisers were typically known, was docked on the ventral hull just aft of the planetary sensor array. Use of the craft was left at the discretion of the starship's commanding officer, with the intended purpose being for diplomatic and personal use by said officer. The *Aquarius* corvette berth was at the aft of the secondary hull. Both berths included supply and servicing systems for the respective vessels.

The cruisers had three hundred and forty berths for its six hundred and eighty Type A Mark VII Autonomous Survival and Recovery Vehicles (ASRV). Each berth slotted two pods, stacked atop one another, and each unit was rated for six standard individuals. An additional sixteen Type C Mark X pods could accommodate up to two cetacean personnel each. All together, these provided for the evacuation of over 4,000 individuals. Both types carried enough consumables and other supplies to last two hundred and forty days. Connecting multiple lifeboats would extend that limit. All ASRV had navigational processors, impulse microthrusters, and emergency subspace communication systems.

### Crew support systems

Holding an M-class environmental standard, *Odyssey* vessels carried an operational crew of 1,600 and a standard complement of 2,100. The maximum evacuation capacity was 18,000.

Holographic projectors were equipped throughout *Odyssey*-class vessels. These allowed for emergency holograms to be quickly activated at any location at the time of need. The dedicated photonic core of the class stored the programs for five Emergency Medical Holograms, five Emergency Engineering Holograms, twelve Emergency Security Holograms, and a single Emergency Command Hologram.

#### Medical facilities

The *Odyssey*-class contained three sickbay wards, all three rated Class G. Two were located on Deck 12 as part of a vast medical complex, which also included a morgue, a dozen private recovery rooms, several specialist suites, and three medical laboratories. The main sickbay, and the chief medical officer's office, was located starboard and was mirrored by Sickbay 2 to port. The third sickbay ward was located on Deck 30 in the stardrive section and had an adjacent medlab. Each ward contained forty biobeds, but could be converted to a hundred each for Sickbays 1 and 2 and seventy in Sickbay 3.

## Ships commissioned

After the initial run, it became standard practice to name *Odyssey*-class vessels for prominent cities on Federation member worlds.

## Gallery

An *Aquarius*-class on approach to an *Odyssey*-classThe USS *Enterprise*-F, flagship of the Federation
## 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

* Odyssey class article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Odyssey class article at *Memory Beta*.
* Odyssey star cruiser article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* "Starfleet's New Odyssey: The Future of the Super-Capital Starship," *TTC Jayce's Navy Interstellar* 244, no. 6 (Stardate 84208.8).
* Star Trek Online: USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-F Official Breakdown video by Spacedock.
* *Star Trek Adventures - Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook* by Modiphius Entertainment.
* Odyssey Class Star Cruiser artwork by Thomas Morrone posted at ArtStation.
* Odyssey class article at Bravo Fleet - Star Trek RPG and Community.
* Odyssey class article at *Star Trek Expanded Universe*, a fanon wiki.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ USS *Enterprise*-F Official Breakdown.
2. ↑ "Starfleet's New Odyssey," *JNI,* 82-83.
3. ↑ *STO* website: "Legendary Command Dreadnought Cruiser."
4. ↑ Taken from MSD created by Tim Davies.