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The ship's two [[warp nacelle]]s were mounted by [[pylon]]s to the port and starboard sides of the ship's engineering hull, each at a near-forty-five degree upward angle, fore of the ship's flight deck doors. The nacelles featured a flared housing around the [[Bussard collector]]s and the aft section contained components that extended and retracted when entering or exiting [[warp]]. The uppermost section of the nacelles were parallel in height to the ship's [[bridge]]. |
The ship's two [[warp nacelle]]s were mounted by [[pylon]]s to the port and starboard sides of the ship's engineering hull, each at a near-forty-five degree upward angle, fore of the ship's flight deck doors. The nacelles featured a flared housing around the [[Bussard collector]]s and the aft section contained components that extended and retracted when entering or exiting [[warp]]. The uppermost section of the nacelles were parallel in height to the ship's [[bridge]]. |
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The ''Constitution''-class's primary command center, the main bridge, was located on top of the vessel's primary hull, on A Deck. From here, the [[commanding officer]] supervised the entire starship's operation, flanked on all sides by stations controlling the vessel's primary functions. A large [[window]] augmented with computer displays served as a [[viewscreen]], located at the fore of the bridge. |
The ''Constitution''-class's primary command center, the main bridge, was located on top of the vessel's primary hull, on A Deck. From here, the [[commanding officer]] supervised the entire starship's operation, flanked on all sides by stations controlling the vessel's primary functions. A large [[window]] augmented with computer displays served as a [[viewscreen]], located at the fore of the bridge. |
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The Constitution-class, also known as Starship class, was launched by Starfleet in the latter half of the 23rd century in the alternate timeline. This class of starship differed greatly from its prime universe counterpart in both configuration and scale, but was exemplified by the USS Enterprise in both realities. (Star Trek)
History
The alternate Constitution-class dates back to at least 2255 with the construction of the USS Enterprise in Riverside, Iowa on Earth. The design of the starship class markedly differed from its prime universe counterpart following the temporal incursion by Nero and the destruction of the USS Kelvin in 2233. (Star Trek)
Following its launch in 2258, the Constiution-class USS Enterprise served the United Federation of Planets in a variety of tasks, including survey missions and military operations. The class wasn't placed into long duration service until the Enterprise was assigned a five-year mission after 2259. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Physical Arrangement
The Constitutuion-class USS Enterprise docked at Starbase 1
The Constitution-class starship followed the traditional saucer section-engineering section-warp nacelle layout common to most Starfleet vessels, but dwarfed in size many starship classes in service alongside it. Where the prime universe Constitution-class of the same period featured a similar, but geometrically simplified construction, the alternate Constitution-class displayed a more organic physical arrangement. (Star Trek)
The uppermost section of the ship composed the primary hull - or the saucer section. The saucer section was joined to the engineering hull by a stout "neck" that terminated along the dorsal side of the engineering hull fore of the shuttlebay. The engineering hull was conical in shape, capped by the main deflector to the fore and the main shuttlebay to the aft. The shuttlebay and flight decks comprised a large portion of the engineering section as did main engineering and its related hardware. At least one smaller independent launch bay was located forward of the main shuttlebay. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
The life support center of this class was located aft of the warp nacelles. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Upper deck corridor of the Constiution-class
The ship's two warp nacelles were mounted by pylons to the port and starboard sides of the ship's engineering hull, each at a near-forty-five degree upward angle, fore of the ship's flight deck doors. The nacelles featured a flared housing around the Bussard collectors and the aft section contained components that extended and retracted when entering or exiting warp. The uppermost section of the nacelles were parallel in height to the ship's bridge.
Inside the Constitution-class, upper sections were predominantly white with polished black floors, while the lower decks progressively displayed less aesthetic design. Crewman workstations often had little personal space to work in. The engineering decks consisted of conduits, tanks, and catwalks spanning each section. (Star Trek; Star Trek Into Darkness)
Command and control systems
Main bridge of the USS Enterprise in 2259
The Constitution-class's primary command center, the main bridge, was located on top of the vessel's primary hull, on A Deck. From here, the commanding officer supervised the entire starship's operation, flanked on all sides by stations controlling the vessel's primary functions. A large window augmented with computer displays served as a viewscreen, located at the fore of the bridge.
Piloting and navigation functions were carried out at the helm console, located in the center of the bridge, positioned to the front of the elevated command chair. This console consisted of three main sections - navigation and ops stations and primary tactical control. Behind and flanking the captain's chair were two forward-facing workstations for a junior science officer (port) and a junior communications officer (starboard), supplemented by free-standing data screens. The senior science officer's and com officer's stations were located along the starboard back wall of the bridge. Numerous other stations occupied the walls of the bridge as well, generally populated by engineering division crew members to starboard and science division personnel to port.
The bridge also featured a turbolift along the aft-port wall and at least one airlock doorway to the ship's corridors.
All operations on the bridge and elsewhere aboard the Constitution-class vessel were performed on touch-screen consoles and displays. The ship's primary computer core was capable of being linked to cybernetic personnel for analysis. (Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness)
Propulsion systems
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The USS Enterprise preparing to go to warp
The Constitution-class cruiser was outfitted with a single twin-exhaust impulse drive unit mounted at the back of the saucer section where the primary and engineering hulls join. The saucer section of the ship was also fitted with numerous ventral RCS thrusters which could operate in space, in a planetary atmosphere and - if required - within a planet's ocean. (Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness)
Warp propulsion was powered by the warp core that comprised of multiple warp reactors. Energy from the matter/antimatter intermix was fed to the two warp nacelles. When going to warp, the impulse reactors would deactivate and the tail of the warp nacelles would expand when the ship jumped to warp speed. The multiple warp reactors could be ejected in cases of extreme emergency.
USS Enterprise refit impulse and warp propulsion systems
Unlike the ship's prime reality counterpart, both impulse and warp drive were regulated from the bridge, with engineering serving as monitoring and maintenance mid-flight. If not disengaged, external inertial dampeners will negate acceleration to warp velocity. (Star Trek)
By 2259, the several smaller reactors were replaced by one large warp core that was housed in a large hemispherical containment unit, with a large electrical coupler at its center allowing distribution of power to the rest of the ship. The warp core was isolated from the rest of engineering by several radiation doors. Sometime later, a wider, single-exhaust impulse engine was installed on the Enterprise. The fins on the warp nacelles were also refitted with new sets of warp drive components. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Engineering
Main engineering was aesthetically bare-bones. The entire section was occupied by and controlled machinery required to keep the ship operating. Pipes, conduits, and tanks typically occupied the floor while catwalks spanned the space overhead. The warp core and its ejection systems were located here, as well as the dilithium chamber. (Star Trek; Star Trek Into Darkness)
Tactical systems
The saucer section of the Constitution-class was armed with six phaser banks, all with twin ball-turrets. Each of the twelve turrets was capable of emitting a rapid fire phaser blast barrage. The banks were located on the dorsal and ventral sides of the saucer section. The phasers could be used for assault on an enemy ship or as point defense against enemy torpedoes. (Star Trek)
The main forward torpedo bay and torpedo launcher were located on the flared section of the neck connecting the primary hull and the secondary hull, and at least 12 photon torpedoes could be loaded simultaneously into torpedo tubes. The torpedoes could be fired rapidly in a barrage from the launcher. The ventral aft torpedo launcher was located at the bottom mid-section of the secondary hull. (Star Trek)
In 2259, the Enterprise was refitted with several additional broadside torpedo tubes on both sides along the longitudinal axis of the engineering section. They were capable of being loaded with the larger advanced long-range photon torpedoes developed by Starfleet for use against the Klingons. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
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Transporter systems
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A Constitution-class transporter room
The transporter room aboard the Constitution-class occupied a corridor room of the saucer section. The back of the room was a circular alcove containing the transporter pad. The transporter control system was located just inside the room's entry, and was shielded from the transporter pad by either a glass or transparent aluminum wall. The control system was illuminated by lamps attached to the control board by flexible necks.
Transporter target lock was attained by using a joystick control to lock onto the target(s) designated for transport. Although able to lock on to a moving target and negate the target's momentum upon rematerialization, using the system in such a way required a highly skilled operator. The transporter chief typically wore a miniature heads-up display in front of the left eye. (Star Trek; Star Trek Into Darkness)
Ships commissioned
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Appendices
Background information
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The Enterprise's dedication plaque
The Constitution-class was designed by Ryan Church based on the original design by Matt Jefferies.
The ship's dedication plaque lists the Enterprise as Starship class, the same as its prime universe counterpart, while the ship's dossier on the official movie website identifies the Enterprise as a Constitution-class heavy cruiser. [1]. The Enterprise canonically identified as a Constitution-class starship in a view screen graphic in Star Trek: Into Darkness that was seen on the main bridge of the USS Vengeance. [2]
The website also notes that she is being "held in Beta Testing Ward 956 - approved for combat". The maximum speed of the Enterprise is given as warp 8.
Configuration
According to the Enterprise Tour, the bridge is located on A Deck and the sickbay on G Deck. The stated crew size is stated to be 1100.
According to the Starship Visual Simulator, which was available on a Blu-ray Disc for the first movie,
1.) The primary hull houses the ship's crew quarters, impulse drive, main bridge, sickbay, and science laboratories. This section is protected by phaser turrets on the ventral and dorsal sides. On the main bridge, there are fourteen seated crew positions. An undetermined number of escape pods are located in this section.
2.) The secondary hull houses the ship's drive systems, hangar deck, main torpedo launcher, navigational deflector, and living and work spaces for the engineers. This section is protected by phaser turrets, a forward facing main torpedo launcher on the neck pylon, and a aft facing torpedo launcher located on the ventral side of the hull in a recessed alcove. An undetermined number of escape pods are located in this section, with a majority of them being in the neck pylon. There is a tractor beam located at the rear of the ship which assists shuttles during landing into the hangar deck.
3.) The nacelles house the ship's Bussard collectors, field coils, and warp coils. The collectors capture interstellar hydrogen via an electromagnetic field and convert the gas into fuel for the ship by a nuclear fission process. The field coils transmit subspace emissions that can be used for the sensor and communication systems. Plasma gases that are generated by the warp coils are expelled by exhaust ports located at the rear of each nacelle.
4.) In both sections, there are corridors and turbolifts. Corridors are equipped with communication terminals, safety features designed to keep the crew alive during emergencies, and emergency power supplies. There are access panels adjacent to doors that can restrict access to a compartment. There are passenger and freight turbolifts on the ship.
Size
There are several conflicting behind the scenes accounts regarding the scale of the Constitution-class starship ranging from between a length of 1500 meters to a length of 294 meters.
- 1500 - 900 meters: Star Trek illustrator John Eaves recalled that, before he finished working on the movie in October 2007, the size of the Enterprise had been very much undefined, anywhere between 3000 and 5000 feet (900 and 1500 meters). [3] [4]
- 1200 meters: According to a metric size chart dated September 10, 2007 in Star Trek - The Art of the Film (p. 145), the ship was 1200 meters in length (3900 feet).
- 900 meters: According to the Post Magazine article Star Trek Returns, the ship was 3000 feet in length (900 meters). [5]
- 760 meters: In the Starships bonus feature on the Star Trek Blu-ray release, Alex Jaeger shows an ILM size chart dated January 14, 2008, with the Enterprise length at 2500 feet (760 meters). Earlier (on his blog), Jaeger had quoted the same figure from an unspecified early chart, adding that the size may have been somewhat reduced later on. [6] Experience the Enterprise also uses these dimensions: Length: 2500 feet (760 meters), saucer diameter: 1100 feet (340 meters) and height: 625 feet (190.5 meters) [7]
- 725.35 meters: The length of the ship as 2379.75 feet (725.35 meters) was also portrayed in the Starships bonus feature on the Star Trek Blu-ray release and in Star Trek - The Art of the Film (p. 160 Note 4). Gizmodo blog writer Jesus Diaz was the first to reveal this number, citing as his source a "David B." of Bad Robot Productions. [8] Bob Plant of Round 2 Models provided the exact same figure, saying it was specified by the licensor of their planned model kit, who in turn had obtained it from ILM. [9] "My gosh, yes — JJ did make the ship that big. According to our (very reliable) source, the “actual” size of the ship is 2379.75 feet long. It’s a whopper. A 1/2500-scale kit would put the assembled model at about 11.5″ inches long, which is just right for standard size packaging." [10] In a separate interview, Plant also asked Enterprise designer Ryan Church, who said that he was unable to address the changed size (compared to that of the original series Enterprise) and that ILM or J.J. Abrams could probably better answer the question. [11]
- 718.4 meters: According to a May 26, 2009 CG Society article on ILM's visual effects work for the film, the length of the ship was 2357 feet (718.4 meters). "One challenge was to sell the weight and scale of the ships that ranged from a 30 foot shuttle to the new Enterprise at 2,357 feet long, to the nemesis ship, the Narada, five miles long." [12]
- 600 meters: In an interview for Studio Daily, ILM model supervisor Bruce Holcomb has stated that the ship is 2000 feet in length (600 meters). [13]
- 370 meters: In the article on Star Trek in Cinefex #118, it is noted that "the reconfigured ship was a larger vessel than previous manifestations — approximately 1,200-feet-long (370 meters) compared to the 947-foot ship (288.6 meters) of the original series". The statement is immediately followed by a quote from Visual Effects Art Director Alex Jaeger: "Once we got the ship built and started putting it in environments, it felt too small. The shuttle bay gave us a clear relative scale — shuttlecraft initially appeared much bigger than we had imagined — so we bumped up the Enterprise scale, which gave her a grander feel and allowed us to include more detail."
- 294 meters: The Revell model of May 2013 is 588 millimeters long, with a stated scale of 1:500. This equals to a length of 294 meters or 965 feet. [14]
Apocrypha
The video game Star Trek D-A-C features various named Constitution-class ships. According to the game, the ships could also be armed with quantum torpedoes in the late-2250s. According to the mobile phone video game, Star Trek: The Mobile Game, the Enterprise was equipped with a massively powerful phase cannon capable of slicing through and destroying multiple starships.
USS Cairo at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works, a Constitution-class ship used as a Starfleet Academy training vessel in 2255, is mentioned the novel The Delta Anomaly.
According to a MSD schematic seen on the cover of the comic Star Trek Ongoing, Issue 19, a typical Constitution-class starship had:
- Primary hull: Computer Core P/S, Impulse Reaction System, Junior Officers Quarters, Lower Sensor, Main Bridge, Main Sickbay
- Secondary hull: Antimatter Fill Port, Battle Bridge, Cargo Bay Aft, Cargo Conveyor, Eng Computer Core, Main Engineering, Main Shuttle Bay, Photon Torpedo Launcher bow and aft, Primary Nav Deflector, Tractor Beam Emitter, Warp Reactor core
- Warp Nacelles: Field Geometry Sensor, Subspace Field Coil System
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