USS Constitution

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U.S.S. Constitution
Constitution in 2258
Affiliation:	Federation
Navy:	Starfleet
Registry:	NCC-1700
Type:	Starship/Heavy Cruiser
Class:	Constitution-class
First Appearence:	"Haze Grey and Underway"
Status:	Commissioned: May 8, 2258
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"Let justice be done though the heavens should fall."

— John Adams

The USS Constitution was the lead ship of the Constitution-class starships launched May 30, 2254 and commissioned under Captain Hale May 8, 2258. She is now under the command of Captain Ethan Sumpter.

The Constitutions website can be found at http://uss-constitution.starfleetuk.org.

Contents 1 Profile 2 Specifications 2.1 Class Specifications 2.2 Accommodations 2.3 Dimensions 2.4 Warp 2.5 Armaments 2.6 Defences 2.7 Transportation 2.8 Auxilary Vessels 3 Interior Design 3.1 Bridge 3.2 Sickbay 3.3 Crew Quarters 3.4 Rec Deck 3.5 Deck Plan 3.5.1 Saucer Section 3.5.2 Stardrive Section 4 See Also

Profile

Construction began on the USS Constitution at the San Francisco Fleet Yards Riverside Iowa "skunk works" Annex in November 2249, under the direction of Admiral William M. Jefferies. In 2250, while the Constitution was under construction, work began on the second vessel of the class, the unnamed NX-1701. Both ships while of technically the same class would follow radically different paths at first.

Construction was completed on the Constitution in 2254, and she began a series of shakedown cruises. Wanting to keep the ship at the forefront of starship technology Constitution docked back at Riverside in early 2257 to undergo a minor refit to specifications closer to the second prototype ship. Her weapons refitting is due to start testing of a new directed energy weapons system called a Phaser along with the second ship in 2258.

After, what seemed like hundreds, of shakedown cruises and test the Constitution was finally officially comissioned into the fleet under the command of Captain Keith F. Hale on May 8, 2258.

Specifications

Class Specifications

• Expected Hull Life: 100 Years
• Resupply Time: 5 Years
• Refit: 10 years
• Computer Core: Duotronic (with vocal interface)

Accommodations

• Crew: 430
  • Officers: 103
  • Enlisted: 327
• Passenger Limit: 100
• Evacuation Limit: 500

Dimensions

• Overall Length: 288.6 metres
• Overall Beam: 127.1 metres
• Overall Height: 72.6 metres
• Decks: 22

Warp

• Power Core: Class III Warp drive (Dilithium-Mediated)
• Cruise Speed: Warp 6
• Maximum Cruising Speed: Warp 8
• Maximum Warp Velocity:Warp 8.5 (for 12 hours)

Armaments

• Primary: 8 Type II phaser banks
• Secondary: 3 torpedo launchers (photonic warheads) (2 fore, 1 aft)
• Torpedo Complement: 100

Defences

• Shields: Heavy (Graviton-based Deflector Shielding System)
• Hull: Duranium alloy hull
• Additional: Deflector screens (navigational standard) [deflects harmful interstellar material such as meteorites, cosmic radiation, etc.]

Transportation

• Six (4) Personnel
• Two (2) Cargo

Auxilary Vessels

• Shuttle Bays: 1
• Halley (NCC-1700/1) Class F
• Dali (NCC-1700/2) Class F
• Wright (NCC-1700/3) Class F
• Michelangelo (NCC-1700/4) Class F

Interior Design

Bridge

The type-one "explorer type" bridge was created specifically for the Constitution-class starships. Since it's initial design, it has been adopted by subsequent designs as well.

Well suited to a multitude of classes and roles, the type one contains crew workstations for Science, Tactical, Flight Control and Navigation as well as Engineering Control and Communications the type one is well suited to a multitude of classes and roles.

Sickbay

Crew Quarters

Rec Deck

Deck Plan

Saucer Section

• Deck 1
  • Main Bridge

• Deck 2
  • Science labs

• Deck 3
  • Science labs, Life support

• Deck 4
  • Crew quarters, Senior Staff quarters

• Deck 5
  • Crew quarters, Captain's quarters

• Deck 6
  • Crew quarters

• Deck 7
  • Sickbay, Transporter room, Briefing room, Computer core, Impulse engines

• Deck 8
  • Food preparation, recreation deck, Ship's laundry

• Deck 9
  • Observation deck, Freight and cargo

• Deck 10
  • Botany section, Archaeology and anthropology

• Deck 11
  • Phaser controls

Stardrive Section

• Deck 8
  • Dorsal interconnects, Life support

• Deck 9
  • Atmospheric system

• Deck 10
  • Engineering circuit bay

• Deck 11
  • Auxiliary communications juncture

• Deck 12
  • Interial dampening system

• Deck 13
  • Auxiliary control

• Deck 14
  • Engineering support, water storage

• Deck 15
  • Deuterium fuel storage

• Deck 16
  • Deuterium fuel storage

• Deck 17
  • Hangar deck

• Deck 18
  • Shuttlecraft maintenance

• Deck 19
  • Main Engineering, Brig, Crew quarters

• Deck 20
  • Power distribution subsystems

• Deck 21
  • Life support systems, Cargo bays

• Deck 22
  • Cargo bays

• Deck 22
  • Antimatter storage pod

See Also

• Star Trek: USS Constitution
• Constitution-class