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Defiant Class
The Federation Defiant Class
Catagory:	Escort
Commissioned:	2370-present
Length:	119.5 meters
Width:	90.3 meters
Height:	25.5 meters
Mass:	355,000 metric tons
Decks:	4
Crew:	50 officers and enlisted
Maximum capacity:	150
Phasers:	Pulse Phaser Cannons Type X
Torpedo launchers:	4
Warp reactor:	M/ARA
Normal cruising speed:	Warp 7
Max cruising speed:	Warp 9.2
Maximum speed:	Warp 9.982 (12 hrs)
Armament:	Pulse Phaser Cannons Photon Torpedoes Quantum Torpedoes
Defenses:	Ablative Hull Armor Romulan Cloaking Device (U.S.S. Defiant)
Threat:	High
Estimated Ships:	10
Known Ships:	4

The Defiant class is Starfleet's first true warship, though officially designated as an escort class. The Defiant design project was started after the initial Borg invasion, which left the Federation feeling vulnerable to future attack, on an extremely accelerated schedule. Designed from the ground up as an extremely maneuverable weapons platform featuring quantum torpedoes and rapid fire pulse phasers, the Defiant class is Starfleet's premier class. As thoughts of the Borg diminished, the Defiant program was scrapped after the ship proved to have excessive power and weapons problems. With the coming of the Dominion threat the U.S.S Defiant was stationed at DS9 to hold the Dominion at bay until reinforcement could arrive.

Additional Information

The U.S.S. Defiant was also equipped with ablative armor and a cloaking device from the Romulan Empire making it an even more formidable warship.

Deck Layout

• Deck 1 - Bridge, Ready Room, Transporter Room 1, Lifeboats, Upper Engineering, Crew Quarters, Pulse Phasers
• Deck 2 - Sickbay, Crew Mess, Crew Quarters, Main Engineering, Shuttle High Bay, Brig, Transporter Room 2, Labs, Impulse Engines, Warp Nacelles, Computer Core
• Deck 3 - Cargo Bays, Main Shuttle Bay, Impulse Engines, Warp Nacelles, Torpedo Launchers, Docking Ports, Computer Core, Pulse Phasers
• Deck 4 - Main Deflector, Auxiliary Shuttle Bays, Landing Struts, Warp Nacelles

History

• 2366 - Work on the Defiant project began to counter the Borg threat
• 2367-2369 - Work continued on the Defiant project
• 2371 - The Defiant brought out of mothballs to counter the Dominion threat and stationed at DS9
• 2373 - The Defiant finally engaged the Borg In the invasion of Sector 001
• 2373-2375 - The Defiant class went into full scale production for the coming Dominion war.
• 2375 - The U.S.S. Defiant lost to a unknown Breen weapon.
• 2375 - U.S.S. Sao Paulo renamed to U.S.S. Defiant and stationed at DS9.

Notable Ships

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• Defiant Class

External links

• Defiant Class (Memory Alpha)
• (DITL)
• (ACTD)

Images

The USS Defiant fires its pulse phaser cannons during the Dominion War.	Designed to fight the Borg the Defiant class is Starfleet's unofficial warship until recently it was never put into mass production due to design issues and the reduced Borg threat.	The USS Defiant with battle damage during the Battle Of Sector 001.
The USS Defiant is the only Federation ship fitted with a cloaking device on loan from the Romulan Empire to assess the Dominion threat.	The USS Defiant using its tractor beam to rescue a Cardassian transport.

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