Defiant class
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| STARSHIP CLASS | |
| Defiant class | |
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| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Service period: | 2370 onwards |
| Dimensions | |
| Length: | 119.5 meters |
| Width: | 90.3 meters |
| Height: | 25.5 meters |
| Specifications | |
| Crew: | 40 |
| Maximum speed: | Warp 9.982 |
| Cruising speed: | Warp 6 |
| Armaments: | 4 Pulse-phaser cannons 2 Photon/Quantum torpedo tubes |
| Defenses: | Shields Ablative armor |
| Auxiliary craft: | 1 Type-10 shuttlecraft 4 Shuttlepods |
The Defiant-class was a type of Federation starship in use in the 24th century, the first starship Starfleet ever created purely for warfare, though officially identified as an escort.
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[edit] Overview
The Defiant was a compact design, packing a great deal of weaponry into a very small manoeuvrable target. The class has a compact warp core that produces enough energy to power a vessel four times larger than the class. The vessels have ablative armour to absorb enemy weapons fire and were fitted with powerful pulse-phaser cannons and torpedo launchers. In an extreme situation the Defiant classes nose section which contained the vessels stock of torpedoes could be separated as a last resort to act as a large projectile. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)
The compact Type-10 shuttlecraft was designed alongside the Defiant class and two can be held in the a Defiant classes shuttle bay.
[edit] History
The Defiant class was one of many new Starfleet classes developed in response to the Borg threat following Starfleet’s tragic losses in the Battle of Wolf 359. The class was the first Starfleet ever developed purely as a warship but following the Borg's early incursions the expected Borg Invasion never materialised and the prototype USS Defiant spent much of its time in space dock in the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. Rising hostilities with the Dominion spurred the Defiant into full service and the USS Defiant was assigned to Deep Space Nine in 2371 and fitted with a Romulan cloaking device to defend the station from Dominion attack and conduct undercover operations in the Gamma Quadrant.
By the time the situation escalated into full-scale war several Defiant class starships had been put into service and performed admirably. The original USS Defiant was destroyed by a Breen energy dampening weapon in 2375. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)
Following the Dominion War Starfleet developed a variant of the Defiant class, the first and so far only vessel of this type, the USS Incursion is fitted with a holographic masking system and is operated by Starfleet Intelligence. (TNG video game: Away Team)
[edit] Known vessels
Ajax • Alaska • Albatross • Aldebaran • Armstrong • Ark Royal • Avenger • Baracus • Barracuda • Baton Rouge • Bennington • Boxer • Champion • Cheyenne • Cobra • Concord • Condor • Cormir • Corvus • Crockett • Dauntless • Defiant (I) • Defiant (II) • Drake • Eagle • Eclipse • Falkirk • Fargo • Formidable • Franklin • Gallant • Galahad • Gauntlet • Gawain • Grainer • Grant • Halberd • Harmony • Havoc • Helena • Horizon • Hornet • Hurricane • Illustrious • Incessant • Iwo Jima • Javelin • Kant • Kingfisher • Law • Lee • Leyte • Logan • Loki • MacGoohan • Man-o-War • Matador • Maya • Medvedev • Merrimack • Michigan • Mongoose • Monitor (I) • Monitor (II) • Monsoon • Morgana • Moscow • Myrmidon • Narcissus • Neptune • Nomad • Pendragon • Pleiades • Portmeirion • Potemkin • Python • Quillon • Ramses • Ranger • Raven • Redoubtable • Relentless • Renegade • Revere • Rockford • Rome • Saladin • São Paulo (I) • São Paulo (II) • Savannah • Scorpion • Sioux • Sirocco • Snake Eyes • Spitfire • Stalwart • Stromming • Tenacious • Thor • Ticonderoga • Titan • Treplev • Triumph • Triton • Tsunami • Turin • Valiant (I) • Valiant (II) • Valorous • Vanya • Victoria • Victorious • Vigilant • Voltaire • Warspite • Wasp • Wolverine • Zeppelin
| table of Defiant-class registry numbers | |
|---|---|
| USS Defiant | NX-74205 |
| USS Gallant | NCC-74206 |
| USS Valiant | NCC-74210 |
| USS Saladin | NCC-74350 |
| USS São Paulo (later renamed USS Defiant) | NCC-75633 |
| USS Valiant | NCC-75418 |
| USS Redoubtable | NCC-75634 |
| USS Stalwart | NCC-75635 |
| USS Incessant | NCC-75636 |
[edit] Incursion type
- USS Incursion (NX-74808)
[edit] Mirror universe
- The following Defiant-class starships were built in the mirror universe.
[edit] Apocrypha
The RPG The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon, published by Last Unicorn Games after they had lost their Star Trek licence listed two other Defiant-class starships: USS Victorious (NCC-66012) and the USS Nemesis (NCC-72495).
[edit] External links
- Defiant class article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Defiant class article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon Star Trek wiki.
