...ge. They are distinguished from Starfleet [[:Category:Heavy Cruisers|heavy cruisers]] by their range.
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=== Heavy Explorers ===
''Heavy explorers are the largest vessels in Federation service, capable of extende
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=== Heavy Explorers ===
''Heavy explorers are the largest vessels in Federation service, capable of extende
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...bula''''' is the prototype for the [[Nebula Class|''Nebula''-class]] heavy cruisers. She serves with distinction in [[Fourth Fleet]] at this time.
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...st iconic design was the [[Constitution II Class|''Constitution II''-class heavy cruiser]], and the [[Miranda II Class|''Miranda II'']] that was built along
...y of vessels stemming from the [[Constitution Class|''Constitution''-class heavy cruiser]] made up the bulk of the fleet, older classes remained in service
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| displayName = '''''Alita''-class heavy cruiser'''
| type = Heavy Cruiser
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...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
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...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
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...counter to the [[Akira Class|''Akira'']] and [[Alita Class|''Alita''-class cruisers]] in service with Starfleet.
...der both proportionally and literally than older Cardassian destroyers and cruisers. The purpose of this wide hull is to provide a huge forward firing arc for
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...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
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...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.
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| type = Heavy Escort
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The '''''Excelsior''-class heavy cruiser''' was arguably the most important and iconic design used by the Fe
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...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
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| 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.
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...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.
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...addition to the even larger [[Ambassador Class|''Ambassador''-class heavy cruisers]] to push the ''Miranda II'' to second-line surveys and scientific missions
...cruiser was actually more heavily armed than the Constitution-class heavy cruisers she served alongside, thanks to the rollbar pod with two forward and two af
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...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
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| energyWeapons = *6x Heavy Polaron-Phaser Arrays (3 Forward, 3 Aft)
...as a direct counter to the Federation's [[Odyssey Class|''Odyssey''-class heavy explorer]] and the Klingon Empire's [[Bortasqu' class|''Bortasqu'<nowiki/>'
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| energyWeapons = *1x forward-mounted heavy disrupter array
*6x heavy disruptor cannons
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