Constitution II class Heavy Cruiser specifics:



The Constitution II class heavy cruiser has 21 Decks:

Primary Hull:

01 Main Bridge, Ready Room

02 Briefing Room

03 Senior Crew Quarters, Junior Crew Quarters, Crew Quarters

04 Crew Quarters, Laboratories, Main Deflector, Main Impulse Drive, Deuterium Tanks, Main Engineering

05 Laboratories, Crew Quarters

06 Laboratories

07 Sickbay, Shuttlebays, Transporter Room, Briefing Room

08 Anti-matter Storage, Cargo

09 Cargo

10 Cargo

11 Main Sensor Array

Secondary Hull:

12 Photon Torpedo Storage

13 Photon Torpedo Bay

14 Warp Engineering

15 Warp Engineering

16 Engineering Support

17 Main Deflector Control, Shuttlebay

18 Shuttle Hanger, Cargo

19 Cargo

20 Botanical Garden

21 Matter-Antimatter Containment, Tractor Beam

Length - 305 metres

Beam - 140 metres

Height - 75 metres

Mass - 620,000 metric tonnes

Crew Complement - 450

Maximum Evacuation Limit - 1000 persons

Maximum M/AMRA power output - ? Teradynes per second

Maximum Sustainable Velocity - Warp 10 [OCU] for 12 hours

Maximum Exploration Endurance - Warp 8 [OCU] for 1 year

Standard 6 Person Transporters - 2

Emergency 22 Person Transporters - 3

Cargo Transporters - 3

Shield Output - 310,500 terajoules

Directed Energy Weapons - Eighteen [18] Type VII phaser emitters

Maximum Phaser Power Output - 6000 terawatts

Maximum Phaser Range - 300,000 kilometres

Two [2] Photon Torpedo Launchers - 2 fore

Torpedo Explosive Yield - 18.3 isotonnes

Torpedo Spread - 1 per launcher

Maximum Torpedo Range - 2 million kilometres

Torpedo Load Status - 100 Type II photon torpedo warheads

Shielding systems are designed to exceed ? x 10~5 kw primary energy dissipation rate.

Type 3 Shuttlecraft - 4





By the mid-2290s, more Constitution class had entered service in the latest configuration pioneered by the U.S.S. Levant, NCC 1843. With the Constellation, Excelsior, Oberth and Miranda classes delivered in larger and larger numbers, older classes such as Constitution class could now have an amended role to explore as a secondary ship, the Constellation and Shangri-La classes replacing it on longer range missions and Excelsior class now the number one explorer and first contact ship.

The Constitution class still has a role within Starfleet. This famous design has been found to be very flexible and readily re-configured with the latest technology. Whilst Constellation class has the range to go further, Excelsior class has more facilities and prestige, yet the Constitution class is still a good all-round cruiser. And the design is battle-proven through some of the worst encounters Starfleet has ever had to face. Constitution II class is now being replaced by the Shangi-La and Excelsior class starships, now under construction. The design still is anticipated to be in service for another decade.





Below is a list of Constitution II class vessels:

Name	Registry	Notes
Potemkin	1657	Seen in TOS Ultimate Computer, mentioned in ST: VI.
Ranger	1707	Seen in Starfleet Academy.
Sol	1713	Mentioned on PADD in ST: Experience and in TNG.
Apollo	1725	From Chekov's Missions. DC Fontana alt listed as Tori (Bird).
Atlantis	1778	From Chris Martin's superb CGI artwork
Discovery	1798
Tikopai	1800	Sub-class upgraded to latest Constitution specification
Musashi	1804	Seen in Starfleet Academy.
Agincourt	1813	Seen in Starfleet Academy.
Levant	1843	Seen in Ships of the Starfleet volume 1 as Constitution II upgrade.
Ticonderoga	1844	Seen in Ships of the Starfleet volume 1 as Constitution II upgrade.
Raritan	1845	Seen in Ships of the Starfleet volume 1 as Constitution II upgrade.
Temeraire	1846	Seen in Ships of the Starfleet volume 1 as Constitution II upgrade.
America	1847	Seen in Ships of the Starfleet volume 1 as Constitution II upgrade.
Scipion	1848	Seen in Ships of the Starfleet volume 1 as Constitution II upgrade.
Endeavour	1895	Hero vessel from Star Trek: Vanguard and Star Trek: Seekers. Mentioned ST: VI.
Explorer	1966	Seen and lost in ST: New Worlds.
New Jersey	1975	Academy training ship. Original TOS Constitution class design. Fleet Museum in Picard Season 3.
Challenger	2032	Operation Retrieve in ST: VI.
Trojan	4200	Captain Jacob McNeil in command. In a Starfleet Academy mission they simulated that he had nervous breakdown and attacked Klingon and Starfleet ships in 2283, bringing the Federation to the brink of war. In reality, the ship still serves with distinction.

Author's Notes:

The registry numbers of the Constitution class are taken from Greg Jein's list from T-Negative magazine in 1975. In the starships from La Fayette to Krieger where registries are unknown, where possible Franz Joseph's registries have been used. Greg matched the registries to the list in Commodore Stone's office in Starbase 11, seen in TOS episode 'Court Martial'. Eagle, seen in an Okudagram in Star Trek VI, was given the registry by Mike Okuda of NCC 956. This is outwith the normal range of registries for the Constitution class and counter to registry established for it by Greg Jein in 1975. Therefore the Author has chosen to go with Greg Jein's list, which ironically was written the same year as Franz Joseph's 'Starfleet Technical Manual'.

The Trek Place website is the source for these names and Greg Jein's registries. The additional Constitution class are from D.C. Fontana and Bob Justman's memos of August 8th and 9th 1967, featured in Stephen Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry's book 'The Making of Star Trek'. The 11 names selected by Bob Justman were: Enterprise, Essex, Excalibur, Lexington, Yorktown, Endeavour, Eagle, Constellation, Hornet, Wasp and La Fayette. [Obviously Constitution must have been the twelfth]. Greg Jein selected the following names for the twelve (as per Tomorrow is Yesterday): Constitution, Eagle, Endeavour, Enterprise, Essex, Excalibur, Exeter, Hood, Intrepid, Lexington, Potemkin and Yorktown.

With the appearance of the Bozeman in TNG with the 1986 Okudagram displays on the Bridge, I have set the facts to match continuity. The 2270s refit bridge for me is the briefly-seen Star Trek IV bridge - as I have used on the Potemkin. This is the look for the Constitution class refits from the 2240s original production run. For the new-build 2280s Enterprise variant (yes, it's Enterprise variant as Enterprise was the first vessel so refit, as per 1980s fan technical manuals) I imagine a hybrid Star Trek V/VI bridge with the sleek controls of the Star Trek V bridge but with the colour displays from Undiscovered Country. Finally the newest variants have the bridge like the Sheffield, with the Enterprise B helm and Navigator stations and Tactical station at the back like on the Enterprise B.