Drawn by: Michael A. Taylor
Copyright: 2021
Long considered the back bone of the Starfleet, the Constitution class of ships became the fore runner for the defense of the Federation for many years after the peace accords with the Klingon Empire were signed. With the success of the Aries class of ships. Starfleet needed and better equipped and armed ship of the line to manage the defense of the border. The Constitution was created to fill this role. By the 2389, the Constitution classes of ships were reaching their serviceability limit. Star fleet was left with the decision of decommissioning the entire class and starting from scratch. Or find a way to update and upgrade the entire class of ships.
It was decided that the entire class of ship should undergo and entire upgrade and refit. The first ship of the class to undergo this was the Uss Enterprise Ncc-1701. She was decommissioned and the entire ship went through a refit. The new design added approximately 20,000 metric tons to the ships overall weight. The ships length was increased from 289 meters to 300 allowing for an increased science and laboratories. The greatest improvement to the ship was the new weapons systems. The phaser power was now channeled through the ships warp core. The torpedo systems were moved from the saucer section to the primary hull. The ships sensor and navigation systems were updated as well. With the new warp drive the ships speed was increased from a top speed of warp 6.8. The new warp drive and nacelles improved the ships top speed to 7.2.
With updates and new design systems, the operational life of the Constitution class should work well into the near future.
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