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Constitution
Class Refit
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 In
2269, the USS Enterprise was selected to be the
first ship to undergo such a refit and went into
spacedock in Earth orbit for eighteen months of
work. Never in Starfleet history (up until that
time) had any vessel been so comprehensively updated,
essentially a new vessel was built onto the bones
of the old, replacing virtually every major system.
The Enterprise was rushed out of Spacedock in
2271 to face the threat presented by the entity
known as V'Ger, which was destroying everything
in its path as it advanced towards Earth. She
succeed in averting the danger and proceeded on
her shakedown cruise.
Once the Enterprise was through her shakedown
cruise successfully the remaining Constitutions
where refitted in quick succession and the Miranda
and Akula class ships in service were readied
for similar refits. The new ships proved to be
more than capable of carrying out their normal
exploratory and scientific roles, while in the
combat arena they where judged an easy match for
the refit Klingon K'T'Inga class. The Constitutions
continued in service, and once again the Enterprise
set the standard for the rest of the ships to
follow. After her shakedown the ship conducted
another five year exploratory mission under Admiral
Kirk before being transferred to training duties
in 2277 under Captain Spock. She continued in
this role for a further eight years, and many
of Starfleets most successful officers went into
space for the first time aboard this ship. In
2285 the Enterprise suffered heavy battle damage
while preventing Khan from stealing the Genesis
Device, the ship was to be retired at this point,
but Kirk and his officers stole her and took her
to Genesis to retrieve Captain Spock's regenerated
body from the planet. The Enterprise was attacked
and crippled by a Klingon Bird of Prey while at
Genesis, and was subsequently destroyed by Admiral
Kirk shortly after the Klingon crew boarded to
take control.
The USS Yorktown, NCC-1717, was subsequently renamed
as the second Starship Enterprise, NCC-1701-A,
and assigned to the Captain Kirk. The Yorktown
had recently emerged from a major refit and repair
following it's encounter with 'the whale probe',
and the ship suffered many technical problems,
nevertheless, she went on to serve the remainder
of her service life with distinction. The most
notable mission of the Enterprise-A where the
actions she and the USS Excelsior participated
in at the Khitomer conference, as the Enterprise
escorted the Klingon Chancellor to the first meeting
assassins beamed over to the Klingon ship and
killed the chancellor. Kirk and his chief medical
officer where arrested and convicted of this crime,
and sentenced to life imprisonment on the penal
asteroid of Rura Pente; Kirk promptly escaped
and took the Enterprise to the conference at Khitomer,
preventing another assassination attempt and saving
the peace process. The Enterprise-A went into
retirement shortly after this mission, and she's
now apart of the Starfleet Museum. Most of the
remaining Constitutions where decommissioned over
the next twenty years as the Excelsior class became
available in numbers. The ten that remained in
service received refits to their systems several
times over the years to keep pace with current
technology. However two of the class were lost
fighting the Borg, one at Wolf 359 and the other
in Sector 001 a few years later. In 2335, four
of the remaining eight Consitutions were mothballed
while a second major refit of the class was designed.
Of the other four, they were all active at the
beginning of the Dominion war. Two are still in
operation, including the class leader, USS Constitution.
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| Type: |
Explorer
(Battle Cruiser) |
| Length: |
75 meters |
| Height: |
140 meters |
| Width: |
305 meters |
| Decks: |
23 |
| Crew: |
officers:
65
enlisted crew: 200
civilians: 100 |
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Warp: |
Warp
9.5 ( For 12 hours ) |
| Armaments: |
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-phasers:
12 type-VIII phaser banks
torpedoes:
launchers: 3 |
| Defenses: |
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Auto
modulated shield system |
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None |
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