Affiliation:
United Federation of Planets
Active:
24th Century - 25th Century
Propulsion:
- Impulse Drive
- Warp Drive
Armaments:
- Phasers
- Phaser Cannons
- Photon Torpedoes
- Quantum Torpedoes
Defences:
- Ablative Armor
- Deflector Shields
Miscellaneous:
- Officially an escort vessel, conceived as Starfleet's first warship
- Intended to defend the United Federation of Planets against the Borg
- Put in storage due to design problems & decreased urgency of the Borg threat
- 2371: Prototype pulled out of storage when the Dominion threat emerged;
- Design issues were fixed by Chief of Operations Miles O'Brien
