Sovereign class
 
Overview
 
Affiliation United Federation of Planets
Used by Starfleet
Type Explorer
Operational phase 2372-
Construction yard San Francisco Fleetyards, Earth
Ships constructed 2
Description At the end of the 24th century, Starfleet commissioned the Sovereign class, a starship class equipped with the newest technology and an unusually large potential at defensive, propulsion, and scientific sensor systems, what makes this ships of this class as universally applicable as the substantially larger Galaxy class vessels. Nevertheless, the ships of the Sovereign class, which have a very elongated saucer section, were designed for enhanced functionality and performance and not for comfort and extensive fittings.  Thus, these ships rarely assigned to diplomatic missions and do not support families, but are used to accomplish escort, attack, and long-distance research missions.  The class is particularly well-built for these tasks because of its highly developed defensive systems and the extraordinarily fast warp drive, which is only slightly slower than the Intrepid class, which, however, is much smaller.
 
Ships constructed
   
Name    Registry number Commissioned Used until
USS Sovereign (prototype)
USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E 2372
 
History
 
2370s The prototype of the Sovereign class, the USS Sovereign, is commissioned.
  
Technical specifications
   
Dimensions Length 685 m, width 250 m, height 88 m
Mass 3.2 Mt
Structure Oblong-elliptical saucer section and a drive section with 2 elongated warp nacelles.
Deck count 24
Computer systems 2 cores; isolinear
Propulsion systems
   Warp drive Maximum speed warp 9.95
   Impulse drive 2 impulse engines
   Maneuvering drive RCS engines
Armament Type XII phasers, maximum output 7.2 MW
Photon torpedoes
Quantum torpedoes
Defensive systems High speed deflector shield grid
Other systems Tractor emitter, holodecks, Emergency Medical Holographic Program
  

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