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| role = Heavy Cruiser ...bula''''' is the prototype for the [[Nebula Class|''Nebula''-class]] heavy cruisers. She serves with distinction in [[Fourth Fleet]] at this time.

| displayName = '''''Alita''-class heavy cruiser''' | type = Heavy Cruiser

...idge has been configured similar to old-style ''Constitution''-class heavy cruisers, with a single command chair and duty stations ringing a central command-he * USS ''Apollo'' - NCC-1705 - ''Constitution/Constitution II''-class heavy cruiser

...as a deep-space reconnaissance ship, often leading them to be called scout cruisers in Starfleet parlance. With their advanced long-range sensor suites, they a ...ke excellent partners for large explorers or ''Sutherland''-class research cruisers that can support them. What’s more common is for a ship of this class to

...de explorers, emissaries, light explorers, exploratory cruisers, and heavy cruisers. ...II''-class explorers deliver explorer-grade performance with the crew of a heavy cruiser, representing the core of Starfleet's most current starship design

...e of the twelve original [[Constitution Class|''Constitution''-class heavy cruisers]]. She was refit in the 2270s to [[Constitution Refit Class|the configurati ...er far less maintenance-intensive than she was in her days as a front-line heavy cruiser.

| role = Heavy Escort | type = Heavy Escort

| role = Heavy Cruiser The '''''Excelsior''-class heavy cruiser''' was arguably the most important and iconic design used by the Fe

...ssels derived from components of the [[Excelsior Class|''Excelsior''-class heavy cruiser]] and [[Miranda Class|''Miranda''-class frigate]]. Developed in the ...ew of the other diplomatic comforts found aboard ''Excelsior''-class heavy cruisers. In general, Starfleet preferred to use more prestigious ships for diplomat

| energyWeapons = *1 Triple-Mounted Heavy Phaser Array (Forward) ...which gives them performance roughly equal to that of the light and heavy cruisers of their neighbors.

...of explorers in the early 2360s. By the 2380s, they were considered heavy cruisers, and in 2400 Starfleet moved to transfer them to [[Starfleet Auxiliary]] in ...er an ''Excelsior'', and she remains significantly more capable than light cruisers and smaller, more modern-exploratory vessels.

...atures but being significantly faster and more capable. Like other utility cruisers, they are assigned to missions almost exclusively within Federation space, ...aid, they are still generally relegated to second contact missions, as the heavy responsibility of first contact falls to dedicated explorers and diplomatic

...ite true science vessels, but they have more science labs than other light cruisers. They were designed to serve as a more combat-hardened version of the ''Spr ...lies for complicated experiments. These vessels are bread-and-butter light cruisers that tend to spend most of their lives tasked to Starfleet Science and run

| role = *Heavy Cruiser | type = Heavy Cruiser

...icated easily. These vessels are much faster and better armed than utility cruisers, which makes them ideal for handling engineering missions in dangerous fron ...refugees within hours. These same capabilities also make ''Echelon''-class cruisers ideal for full resettlement missions, where a colony must relocate to anoth

| role = Heavy Cruiser | type = Heavy Cruiser

| displayName = '''''Edison''-class Heavy Frigate''' | type = Heavy Frigate

...y cruisers and ''Sutherland''-class research cruisers. ''Manticore''-class heavy escorts can also use a smaller relay pod, though its range is more limited.

...their weapons are entirely forward facing. The primary energy weapon is a heavy disruptor located on a scythe-shaped extended bow and this is is complement ==Plesh Tral Heavy Raider==

| energyWeapons = *2 Sextuple-Mounted Heavy Phaser Arrays (Forward) *14 Heavy Phaser Emitters

| role = Heavy Cruiser | type = Heavy Cruiser

| energyWeapons = *1x forward-mounted heavy disrupter cannon ...ar'' firing its ventral seige disruptors, flanked by two ''Vor'cha''-class cruisers.]]

...sion of the one found on stock [[Excelsior Class|''Excelsior''-class heavy cruisers]], but not quite as sophisticated as the model found on the newer ''[[Excel ...and far surpassed by the new [[Duderstadt Class|''Duderstadt-''class light cruisers]] in the size range above. Given the nature of their missions, ''Centaur II

...l replicators. This also allows her to support science vessels and smaller cruisers in a similar but more limited fashion than the ''[[Odyssey Class|Odyssey]]' As with the [[Constellation Class|''Constellation''-class heavy cruiser]] to which a direct lineage can be traced from the Sagan, the ship�

...argest ships are assigned to the majority of deep space assignments, other cruisers still serve with distinction in a wide variety of exploratory capacities. U <div class="card-caption">''Nebula''-class heavy cruiser</div>

...ign aspects of both the ''Shangri La'' and ''Constitution II''-class heavy cruisers, the ''Constitution III'' was designed to be twice the size of the original By the 2390s, Starfleet had built ''Odyssey''-class heavy explorers and both ''Ross'' and ''Obena''-class explorers at a steady pace.

...e of equipment and systems. Crewmen in this role will be used to doing the heavy lifting, scrubbing conduits and sealing stem bolts. They will often be rost ...of factors in their work. Starship based officers (especially aboard light cruisers and smaller) may find themselves focused more on technical and efficiency d

...the same primary hull and nacelles of the much larger ''Excelsior''-class heavy cruiser, but upon closer inspection it is clear that it merely uses general ...ur''-type design shared the overall arrangement of typical Starfleet light cruisers, though at a smaller scale, more suitable as a replacement for the ''Akula'

...ephaestion|USS ''Hephaestion'']], an [[Excelsior Class|''Excelsior''-class heavy cruiser]]. He served both as a shuttle pilot and as a relief flight control ...irst crew of the starship ''Lexington'', a [[Nebula Class|''Nebula''-class heavy cruiser]]. Thanks to his experience with ''New Orleans''-class operations (

...board ''Galaxy''-class explorers and [[Nebula Class|''Nebula''-class heavy cruisers]], limited only by the smaller number of actual pallets it could mount. One ...ice, along with the large fleet of [[Inquiry Class|''Inquiry''-class heavy cruisers]], Starfleet is able to keep the ''Intrepid'' assigned to the role it is be

...as proven incompatible with the power generation systems used aboard their cruisers and frigates, they have made significant strides in adapting Dominion shiel ...have ever been observed by outsiders. Their shipbuilding philosophy favors heavy armament over defensive capabilities, relying on alpha strikes to cripple t

...lon Prime, in the years that followed to obtain these valuable substances. Heavy ice mining stations were constructed on Avalon III in the early 2300s. In t Avalon II is an ocean world that has large quantities of heavy water. This substance makes the planet an excellent natural fuel source for

...ration shows commonality with both the [[Ambassador Class|Ambassador-class heavy cruiser]] and the [[Galaxy Class|''Galaxy''-class explorer]], thanks to a r Envisioned as early as the 2330s, when the first Ambassador-class heavy cruisers were rolling off of the assembly lines as a complement to the larger ship w

...of her size, but not quite to the level that she would be classified as a heavy escort, like the more robust Manticore and Prometheus-class starships. The ''Argonaut''-class ships are comparable to other light cruisers designed in the 2360s and 2370s for their standards of accommodation. All c

...e'', ''Soyuz'', and ''Centaur''-types. While ''Constellation''-class heavy cruisers were able to carve out a niche for themselves between the ''Miranda'' and '

...served as testbeds for the ''Galaxy''-class explorer and ''Nebula''-class heavy cruiser, they are the most capable, most successful, and most numerous of t ...navigational controls, coupled with its large computer core and relatively heavy armament, can lead to certain strains and issues with EPS networking and po

...four massive space doors doors to handle [[Odyssey Class|''Odyssey''-class heavy explorers]]. As with older stations, this facility has a four-armed docking ...''Inquiry''-class exploratory cruiser. These bays can each service a dozen cruisers and twice that many smaller starships. Unlike the main bay, these facilitie

...place was that many of Starfleet’s auxiliary vessels were repurposed light cruisers or frigates (such as the ''Miranda''-class transport and science vessel var ...oard the ship are also restricted to hand phasers only, no rifles or other heavy ordnance.

...e of a Sovereign-class explorer, while the other four are limited to light cruisers or frigates. These bays are always pressurized and are sealed off from the The lower facility does not have space doors, and is used by starships up to heavy cruiser sizes that are not staying at the station for very long, as well as

...ty a Changeling infiltrator who had led the fleet into an ambush; although heavy casualties were inflicted on the Jem'Hadar ships, the entire combined fleet