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The ''Galaxy'' class is a fictional class of ''. DESIGN Design and construction of the ''Galaxy''-class began in the 2340s, with the first ships being commissioned in the 2360s.2 According to dialog in the ''Next Generation'' episodes " 11001001 "3 and " Booby Trap "4, designers of the USS ''Enterprise''-D included Orfil Quinteros and Leah Brahms . The ship's design features a Saucer Section connected via a vertical pylon to the Stardrive Section . Affixed to the rear of the stardrive section are two pylons, and atop each is a Warp Nacelle . In real life, the ''Galaxy''-class was designed by during the first season. Richard D. James designed and rebuilt the sets for the remaining six years, while Zimmerman returned for ''Star Trek: Generations''. TECHNICAL DETAILS AND CAPABILITIES Saucer separation The ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' is capable of '', ( 1994 ) The ''Enterprise'' is the only ''Galaxy''-class starship seen in any of the television series to perform saucer separation. Command The main bridge of the ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' is located on deck 1. Three distinct ''Galaxy''-class bridge variants have been seen: the ''Enterprise'' bridge in ''The Next Generation'' (which undergoes a redesign in the first two seasons), the ''Enterprise'' bridge in ''Star Trek: Generations'', and the USS ''Odyssey'' bridge in the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episode " The Jem'Hadar ".8 The ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' also has a secondary Battle Bridge on deck eight of the secondary hull for use when the ship has undergone a saucer separation. It is first seen in the ''TNG'' episode " Encounter At Farpoint " and again in " The Arsenal Of Freedom ", with an updated version appearing in " The Best Of Both Worlds ". Science and research The ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' supports an array of scientific disciplines, with laboratories and departments devoted to Stellar Cartography , Exobiology , Cetology , Astrophysics , Cybernetics , Archaeology , Cultural Anthropology , Botany , Hydroponics , and planetary Geoscience s. Tactical The ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' is armed with twelve Type X Phaser arrays and three Photon Torpedo launchers, each capable of firing ten individual torpedoes at a time. One phaser array is mounted on the "cobra head" of the secondary hull while a photon torpedo launcher is mounted on the ventral aft of the saucer; both are inoperative while the saucer and stardrive sections are docked. The ship also has a high capacity shield grid and, according to dialog in the ''Next Generation'' episode " Conundrum "9, at least 275 photon torpedoes. Transportation The ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' has at least six transporter rooms and twenty transporter systems. The ship has one large main shuttlebay in the saucer section, supported by two smaller bays in the stardrive section. The ship carries a variety of shuttlecraft and a captain's yacht. Medical and life support systems The ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' includes a Sickbay and a number of labs and other medical facilities. The shuttlebays, cargo bays, and other areas of the ship can be converted into triage wards; such conversion of a cargo bay appears in the ''TNG'' episode " Ethics "10. Other areas, such as Ten-Forward , can serve as emergency shelters. Such use of Ten-Forward occurs in the ''Next Generation'' episode " Disaster ".11 Crew support Various ''Next Generation'' episodes show that the ''Galaxy''-class ''Enterprise'' has amenities such as Holodeck s, an Arboretum , a School ,12 a Gym nasium,13 Amphitheater s,14 and a Bar .15 According to "Encounter at Farpoint", several ''Enterprise'' crewmembers' civilian family members are aboard, and some civilians work aboard the ship, such as the bartender Ben in "Lower Decks"16 and Botanist Keiko O'Brien in " Rascals "17 and other episodes. KNOWN ''GALAXY''-CLASS STARSHIPS The non- Canon '' Star Trek Encyclopedia '' identifies each of the following vessels as ''Galaxy''-class ships. In addition to these vessels, several unnamed or unidentifiable ''Galaxy''-class ships appear in ''DS9'' † In "Where Silence Has Lease", William Riker reads the phantom ''Yamato'' REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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