Defiant class

Defiant class (DS9-537)
Defiant class (DS9-537)

The Defiant class, first commissioned in 2370,[1] differed from most other Starfleet designs in many ways. It was primarily designed for military purposes, having been developed to fight the Borg, beginning in the months before the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2366. Following that incident, Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko joined the development team at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. Besides conventional weapons, the ship had pulse phaser cannons and quantum torpedo launchers. While other ships of the class were built, the U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205 was the only Starfleet vessel equipped with a cloaking device, due to a special amendment to the Treaty of Algeron, intended to allow the Defiant to covertly gather data on the Dominion, which would then be shared with the Romulan Star Empire.[1]

Ships of the class

Name Registry
U.S.S. Ajax[24] Unk.
U.S.S. Avenger[10] Unk.
Capital Gain (Mirror)[21] Unk.
U.S.S. Dauntless[20] Unk.
U.S.S. Defiant[1] NX-74205
Defiant (Mirror)[2] Unk.
U.S.S. Defiant (renamed from Sao Paulo)[8] NCC-75633
U.S.S. Gallant[17] NCC-74206
U.S.S. Horizon (Legacy) [20] NCC-75668
U.S.S. Incessant[17] NCC-75636
Jadzia (Mirror)[21] Unk.
U.S.S. Alexey Leonov[22] Unk.
U.S.S. Merrimack[10, 12, 22] Unk.
U.S.S. Monitor (Shatnerverse)[3, 13, 19] Unk.
U.S.S. Neptune[9, 11] Unk.
U.S.S. Redoubtable[17] NCC-75634
U.S.S. Resolute[16] Unk.
U.S.S. Saladin[18, 23] NCC-74350
U.S.S. Stalwart[17] NCC-75635
Terra Victor (Mirror)[21] Unk.
U.S.S. Ticonderoga[4, 6, 15] Unk.
U.S.S. Valiant[5] NCC-74210
U.S.S. Valiant[10, 12, 14, 15] NCC-75418

Specifications

Length 170.68 meters[7]
Width 134.11 meters[7]
Height 30.1 meters[7]
Mass 355,000 metric tons[7]
Decks 4[7]
Crew 40[7]
Evacuation Limit 150[7]
Shuttlecraft 1[7]
Maximum Speed Warp 9.982 for 12 hours[7]
Weapons pulse phaser cannons;[1] quantum torpedo launchers[1]

References

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 DS9, Library, Mirror, Next Generation, Ships

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