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The Ambassador class starship is a rarely seen starship class in the fictional Star Trek universe built in the early 24th century. This starship follows a conventional approach to traditional Federation starship design with a saucer attached to a tubular engineering section with two warp nacelles attached to the hull by pylons running upward. At the bow of the engineering section is the navigational deflector while the shuttlebay is at the stern. The main bridge, lifeboats and dorsal phaser arrays are embedded into the top of the saucer section while the ship's ventral phaser arrays, a sensor dome and more lifeboats occupy the ventral section. The Ambassador class was probably first put into service during the early 24th century in response to the growing tensions with the Romulans, serving in many of the major crises of the 24th century such as the Dominion War and Borg incursions. Due to the availability and strengths of the Excelsior class, Ambassador class vessels supplemented the existing fleet rather than replacing most of the existing vessels. The Ambassador class was believed to have greater maneuverability than Romulan ships of the 2340's.A different version of the class has been seen in the Yamuguchi and Zhukov, possibly a variant or a refit with additional features. The external differences include a modified deflector dish, additional lifeboats, a different sensor dome, and an additional shuttlebay.
The first example of the class seen in a Star Trek series was the USS Enterprise-C in the TNGStar Trek: The Next Generation (also known as ST:TNG or TNG is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. The first live-action television continuation of the 1966 Star Trek television series, The Next Generation is set nearly a ce episode " Yesterday's Enterprise "; the class was designed as a intermediary model between the Excelsior class Enterprise-B and the Galaxy classIn the Star Trek fictional universe, the Galaxy class of starships, named after the USS Galaxy were a make of vessel produced and used by Starfleet, designed to be able to accommodate families as well as crew quarters. The saucer section (the saucer-shape Enterprise-D, intended to suggest an evolution from B to C to D. Though this was the first ship in the class actually seen on Star Trek, Star Trek class-naming tradition holds that the first ship in the class would have been named the USS Ambassador, whose existence is fairly strongly confirmed by its mention in the TNG Technical Manual . The date of the building and launching of the first Ambassador class ships has not been revealed. It's not known how old the Enterprise-C was when she was destroyed. The Ambassador class was designed by Rick Sternbach and Andrew Probert for .
1 Specifications
- Production facility: Earth Station McKinleyIn the Star Trek fictional universe, Earth Station McKinley (also known as McKinley Orbital Spacedock) is a Federation shipyard in synchronous orbit over Earth. The facility is known for the construction and repair of starships in its dry dock facilities, EarthEarth also known as the Earth or Terra is the planet on which we live, the third planet outward from the Sun. It is the largest of the solar system's terrestrial planets, and the only planetary body that modern science confirms as harbouring life. The pla
- Type: Heavy cruiser
- Dimensions:
- Height: 124 m
- Length: 526 m
- Beam: 325 m
- Accommodation: 700 standard
- Propulsion:
- One matter/ antimatter reactor powering two warp engines
- One impulse engine embedded within the engineering hull between the warp nacelles
- Performance: Warp 9
- Weaponry:
- Defenses: Deflector shields
- Auxiliary vessels: Unknown shuttlecraft and/or other vessels in at least one shuttlebay on the engineering hull
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