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The Constitution-class was a type of Federation starship operated by Starfleet during the 31st century and into the 33rd century. Like its predecessor Constitution-classes, it featured a saucer section and secondary hull with two warp nacelles connected by pylons.
History[]
The Constitution-class active prior to "The Burn"
In 3069, this class saw the loss of at least seven ships to The Burn. Ships with active warp cores were destroyed when their dilithium became inert, resulting in antimatter explosions. (DIS: "People of Earth")
As of 3188, one wrecked ship of the class orbited Hima, and another was in the vicinity of Sahil's relay station. (DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 1")
Dorsal saucer section detail
In 3189, the fleet at Federation Headquarters included ships of this class. The collective energy of this fleet sustained a distortion field that concealed the headquarters' location. On first sight, Lieutenant junior grade Joann Owosekun immediately identified its design lineage to the Constitution-class, estimating it could sustain a crew of 2,000. (DIS: "Die Trying")
In 3190, various Constitution-class starships participated in the evacuation of Earth when Earth was under siege from the Dark Matter Anomaly that was sent by Species 10-C. (DIS: "Coming Home")
After Earth was saved, several were seen in orbit when United Earth announced its intention to rejoin the Federation. (DIS: "Coming Home")
The Constitution-class was still in service during the 33rd century, when several starships of this class participated in a ceremonial honor-formation at Federation Headquarters for the launch of Zora and the USS Discovery's Red Directive mission. (DIS: "Life, Itself")
Ships commissioned[]
- Named
- USS Armstrong (NCC-317856)
- USS Excalibur (NCC-1664-M)
- USS Noble (NCC-325002)
- Unnamed
- Uncertain
- USS Janeway
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-?)
Appendices[]
Appearances[]
- DIS:
- "That Hope Is You, Part 1" (Season 3)
- "People of Earth"
- "Die Trying"
- "Scavengers"
- "Unification III"
- "The Sanctuary"
- "There Is A Tide..."
- "That Hope Is You, Part 2"
- "Kobayashi Maru" (Season 4)
- "Anomaly (DIS)"
- "Choose to Live"
- "All Is Possible"
- "...But to Connect"
- "All In"
- "Rubicon"
- "Coming Home"
- "Red Directive" (Season 5)
- "Under the Twin Moons"
- "Jinaal"
- "Erigah"
- "Lagrange Point"
- "Life, Itself"
Background information[]
The Constitution-class was designed by Ryan Dening. [1] [2] [3]
The Constitution-class name comes the updated second edition of Star Trek: Shipyards - Starfleet Ships 2294 to the Future reference book that was released on 24 August 2021, highlighting the class vessel USS Armstrong.
USS Armstrong was slated to receive its own outing in the British Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection partwork publication. A tooling master for the display model was in effect already produced, as had been the in-universe article as reproduced in the Shipyards reference book for the accompanying magazine, with regular production set to go. [4] The release came to naught however, due to the August 2022 bankruptcy of Collection (and reference book) publisher Eaglemoss Collections.
Apocrypha[]
According to the Shipyards reference book, a 32nd century Constitution-class was 1,399.82m in length and could accommodate a crew of up to 2,000.
In Star Trek Online, this class was referred to as the Kirk-class.
External link[]
- Kirk class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Kirk-class Temporal Heavy Battlecruiser at the Star Trek Online Wiki