Perseus class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

The ***Perseus*-class**, named for a mythological character on Earth, was a type of spacecraft developed by Starfleet in the mid 23rd century. It was the first pure warship used by Starfleet, which proved to be quite controversial at the time.

## History

In the 2250s, a shift occurred in the designs coming from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. The move served to quickly rebuild Starfleet's ranks after the devastating losses of the First Federation-Klingon War and focused on developing classes with narrower mission profiles than the *Constitution*-class, while still adapting many of the technological advances which came from the missions of those vessels. This shift, coupled with combat reports from the war, prompted the development of a more economical and maneuverable combat vessel than the *Ranger*-class. This new class, dubbed *Perseus*, was the first pure warship developed by Starfleet.

Inspired by the form of the *Walker*-class, the *Perseus* was built in the minimalistic design popular in the era.

## Technical information

As with the *Gemini*-class, the design of the *Perseus* shirked the secondary hull design of the *Constitution* and *Ranger*-classes and returned to earlier profiles like the *NX* and *Walker*-classes.

The class incorporated several state-of-the-art systems for the time and was the first to incorporate the M6 Computer. Designed to provide rapid tactical analysis of the battlefield, the M6 had none of the troublesome drawbacks of its infamous predecessor.

Vessels of the class were equipped with a Mark III Photon-charged deflector dish, Mark III Kara-Stein combat impulse engines, a Mark III prototype resilient deflector shield array, a Mark III Hyper-charged warp core, and a Topaline coolant life support system.

## 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

* Perseus class article at *Memory Beta*.
* Perseus Temporal Escort article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* Perseus Class Escort article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* "Federation member worlds express concerns over new heavily armed Starfleet escort," *TTC Jayce's Navy Interstellar* 104, no. 7 (Stardate 6424.2): 11-12.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ "Federation member worlds express concerns...," *TTC JNI*, 12.