(My design and vision only)

 

Spec Info

OVERVIEW  
Designation Tactical Heavy Cruiser (see Ship Designations)
Commission Dates 2343-present
Crew 550
Ships Built/Remain in service 6 / 3
TACTICAL  
Weapons 10 Phaser Arrays, 3 Photon Torpedo Launchers (Stock 375) (upgraded to Quantums, 2371)
Shield Strength 6.0 (original shield strength)
Offensive Power 78.0
Special Power With full deployment of Peregrine unit, power rises to 130
OTHER STATS  
Maximum Cruising Speed Warp 8.99 (upgraded to 9.975, 2371)
Mass 4.53 million metric tonnes
Length 612M
Decks 30

Mid 24th century Heavy Cruiser built in small numbers. Named after the Egyptian King from the 13th century BC, this class did not have construction picked up into the 2350's, as resources were channeled into the Nebula and Galaxy Class projects, which were faster, had superior arms, and were planned to be the primary flagship classes. But the Rameses prototype, designed as an Tactical Cruiser, came equipped with a special tactical response fighter unit, and in tight combat situations could launch up to 15 Peregrine Class attack fighters from the huge, multi-tiered aft launch bay. It was an experimental idea for the larger starships to have this unique capability. Colossus Class was the only other later class to possess this tactical measure.

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Peregrine Class

NAME OF VESSEL REGISTRY STATUS
USS Rameses NX -52183 OR
USS Jakarta NCC 52290 OR
USS Kadesh NCC 52185 D
USS Warlord NCC 52188 OR
USS Orpheus 2 NCC 52190 PD
USS Dreadnought 1 NCC 52370 D

KEY

O= Operational
OR= Operational after Refit or Repairs
DD= In Drydock for repairs or refit *
T= Training Vessel
U= Under construction prior to preliminary trials
D= Destroyed
Sc= Scrapped or Decommissioned
PD= Presumed Destroyed
M= Missing

*A ship would visit drydock for many reasons, including refits, repairs, servicing upgrades, preliminary trials and testing of new components, and spacedock for similar reasons, as well as crew rotation, reassignment, prep period before redeployment, and so forth.

As this class is only of my own speculation, all specs and stats appearing here are hypothetical. The explanations about this data, such as ship designations, weapons, offensive power etc, see Spec Definitions.