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The ***Name*-class** was a Starfleet starship class first introduced in the early 2410s. It was one of the largest and powerful Federation starship classes of its time, with production starting shortly after the Iconian War.

## History

### Design and development

The *Name'' Class Starship Development Project took place at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. Numerous technologies implemented on* Name*-class starships were tested aboard earlier*

### Early years

Service aboard a *Name*-class starship was extremely prestigious assignment and they attracted some of Starfleet's finest officers. They were noted for their impressive abilities among Federation citizens and other races in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Some *Name*-class ships were able to house large civilian populations; many assigned personnel even brought their families aboard to live with them.

## Technical data

### Physical arrangement

Ships of these class had an overall length of 1,104 meters, and an overall height of 202 meters. The gross vehicle mass of this ship was 5.2 million metric tons. The ship had a standard crew compliment of 2,200 persons, with a maximum evacuation capacity of 15,000 persons. The environmental standard on the ship was equivalent to M-class. The maximum sustainable speed was warp 9.8 and the maximum rated speed was warp 9.95.

* **Length:** 1,104 meters
* **Beam:** 405 meters
* **Height:** 202 meters
* **Hull sections:** Primary hull and secondary hull
* **Mass:** 5.2 million metric tons
* **Decks:** 46 total, 42 habitable

The design included two hull sections: a chevron-shaped primary hill, and a detachable secondary hull which housed the ship's primary engines. They could be reversibly separated, and both were equipped with independent flight and combat capabilities. Generally, civilians and non-essential personnel would evacuate to the chevron module, while the senior staff confronted a threat in the battle section, which contained the majority of the weapons systems. However, in dire situations, the chevron section could still be used in combat. The chevron was able to withstand a crash landing on a planetary surface.

The interior space of the *Name*-class was left somewhat customizable and could be modified depending on the mission or the situation that was required.

### Command and control systems

The computer system on board the *Name*-class was bio-neural based. One major distinction that the *Name*-class had in comparison to other classes was it's positronic AI core, named ZARA. Each *Name*-class vessel carried a total of four independent computer cores; two located in the primary hull and the other two in the secondary hull.

### Propulsion

*Name*-class ships achieved warp flight through two warp nacelles, which housed multiple pairs of warp coils. The warp core was one of the most powerful in Starfleet, generating approximately 15 billion gigawatts of power. The effciency of warp drive could be tweaked. The warp core spanned \_\_ decks in the engineering hull. The deuterium tanks were above the core, while anti-matter storage pods surrounded the base of the core on Deck 42.

The acceleration delay between slow-reverse impulse and top warp speed, or about warp 9.95, was 0.150 milliseconds. Warp speeds above 9.75 were beyond the red line. The maximum speed was warp 9.95 which could be maintained for a few hours.

There were four impulse engines, two per hull.

### Scientific systems

*Name*-class ships supported a wide variety of scientific equipment and laboratories studying many different disciplines. The departments often had to compete for limited resources such as sensor time, which were allocated by the operations officer, or on occasion, the first officer.

In addition to sensors, *Name*-class ships were equipped with a variety of probes and scientific devices that could be launched from the torpedo launchers. These included basic scanner probes and reconnaissance probes, class-A probes and probes from class-1 to class-5. The ships were also equipped with a number of space buoys including the basic stationary beacons, warning buoys, and emergency buoys.

### Tactical systems

The *Name*-class starship had similar weaponry to other flag-ship classes at the time, these included quantum torpedoes, photon torpedoes, and numerous phaser banks and arrays.

* **Phasers:** 18x type-XV phaser emitters
* **Torpedo launchers:** 5x multi-compatible torpedo launchers
	+ **Munitions:** 500 photon; 250 quantum; 25 transphasic
* **Shields:** GE-224 Covariant Deflector Shield Grid