GENERAL NOTES

The Defiant class is Starfleet’s first true warship, though officially designated as an escort class. The Defiant design project was started after the initial Borg invasion, which left the Federation feeling vulnerable to future attack, on an extremely accelerated schedule. Designed from the ground up as an extremely maneuverable weapons platform featuring quantum torpedoes and rapid fire pulse phasers, the Defiant class is Starfleet’s premier class. As thoughts of the Borg diminished, the Defiant program was scraped after the ship proved to have excessive power and weapons problems. With the coming of the Dominion threat, and after developing technologies to solve Defiant's problems, the Defiant class project was re-instated with production commencing through 2405.

Number In Service: 20

Class List:

NCC-5115 USS Defiant
NCC-5116 USS Catawba
NCC-5117 USS Navajo
NCC-5118 USS Mohawk
NCC-5119 USS Sioux
NCC-5120 USS Apache
NCC-5121 USS Edenton
NCC-5122 USS Beaufort
NCC-5123 USS Brunswick
NCC-5124 USS Redstone
NCC-5125 USS Robinson
NCC-5126 USS Oriole
NCC-5127 USS Cormorant
NCC-5128 USS Black Hawk
NCC-5129 USS Cardinal
NCC-5130 USS Shrike
NCC-5131 USS Agile

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Class: Defiant
Type: Escort Destroyer
Length: 171 meters
Height: 30 meters
Width: 134 meters
Decks: 4

VESSEL COMPLEMENT (STANDARD)

Total: 50
Officers: 5
Crew: 45

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Impulse Propulsion System (IPS):
- Type: Omni-directional Sublight

Warp Propulsion System (WPS):
- Type: Static Warp/Transwarp

Warp Speeds:
- Standard Cruise Speed: Warp 6
- Maximum Cruise Speed (for 25 hours max) : Warp 9.5
- Maximum Sustainable Speed (for 8 minutes max): Warp 9.52
- Maximum Emergency Speed (destruction after 90 seconds): Warp 9.55

Transwarp Speeds :
- Standard Engage Speed: Warp 13 (Transwarp Factor 4
- Maximum Ship Sustainable Speed: Warp 14 (Transwarp 5)
- Maximum Emergency Speed (Destruction after 46 seconds): Warp 14.2 (Transwarp 5.2)

TACTICAL SYSTEMS

Phaser Systems:
- Type: Mark X
- Total: 2 banks
- Maximum Effective Range: 500,000 km

Pulse Phaser System
- Type V Fixed
- Emitters: 4 (foreward)
- Maximum Range: 100,000 km

Quantum Torpedo Systems:
- Type: Mark XII Seeking/Direct
- Total: 3 tubes - 2 fore, 1 aft
- Maximum Effective Range: 4,700,000 km
- Number of casings: 200

Deflector Shield Systems:
- Type: Mark XI Multiphasic (Nested)

Bio-regenerative Hull Matrix:
- Type: Mark II

Ablative Armor
- Type III

Cloaking Device - Mark IV

OTHER SYSTEMS

Transporters:
- Personnel Transporters: 2
- Emergency Transporters: 5
- Cargo Transporters: 0

Holodecks:
- Main: 0
- Personal: 0

Computers:
- Main Processors: 1 Mark XII
- Dedicated Sub-Processors: 3 Mark VII
* Main Bridge
* Primary Engineering
* Primary Tactical

Shuttlebays:
- Total: 1

Embarked Craft (standard):
- Personnel Shuttles: 2