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: [[Impulse engine]]s
: [[Impulse engine]]s
;Weapons: Six [[phaser]] banks -- three each on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the saucer section<ref>''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''</ref>; the forward ventral phaser bank was used most frequently.
;Weapons: Six [[phaser]] banks -- three each on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the saucer section<ref>''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''</ref>; the forward ventral phaser bank was used most frequently.
: [[Photon torpedo]]es fired from forward tubes -- originally built into the saucer, the tubes were moved to the "neck" of refitted ''Constitution''-class starships<ref>''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''</ref>.
: [[Photon torpedo]]es fired from forward tubes -- originally built into the saucer, the tubes were moved to the "neck" of refitted ''Constitution''-class starships<ref>''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''</ref>. There is also at least one aft facing photon tube<ref>''ENT: In A Mirror Darkly Part 2"</ref>.
;Defenses: [[Shield]]s covering all sides.
;Defenses: [[Shield]]s covering all sides.
;Crew: approximately 400
;Crew: approximately 432
;Small Craft: An unspecified number of sublight [[shuttle|shuttlecraft]] in an aft launch bay.
;Small Craft: An unspecified number of sublight [[shuttle|shuttlecraft]] in an aft launch bay.



Revision as of 06:12, 7 September 2008

The Constitution-class starship Enterprise.

The Constitution-class was the mainstay of the Federation Starfleet during the 23rd Century in Star Trek.

Specifications

Propulsion
Warp drive capable of Warp 8 (although Warp 9 was occasionally achieved for brief periods[1])
Impulse engines
Weapons
Six phaser banks -- three each on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the saucer section[2]; the forward ventral phaser bank was used most frequently.
Photon torpedoes fired from forward tubes -- originally built into the saucer, the tubes were moved to the "neck" of refitted Constitution-class starships[3]. There is also at least one aft facing photon tube[4].
Defenses
Shields covering all sides.
Crew
approximately 432
Small Craft
An unspecified number of sublight shuttlecraft in an aft launch bay.

Notes

  1. TOS "Obsession"
  2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  3. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  4. ENT: In A Mirror Darkly Part 2"