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Defiant Class: 2366 - Still in Service
| OVERVIEW (Spec Info) | |
| Designation | Escort (see Ship Designations) |
| Commissioned | 2366 |
| 1st Construction Period | 2366-2372 |
| Most Recent Ship Commissioned | USS Viking 3 - 2378 |
| Crew | 50 |
| Ships Built / Remain in service | 26 / 18 |
| TACTICAL | |
| Weapons | 2 Type XI Phaser Cannons, 4 Type X Phaser Arrays, 3 Quantum Torpedo Launchers (Stock 325) |
| Shield Strength | 7.2 (Integrity complemented by hull armouring) |
| Offensive Power | (129.6) |
| OTHER STATS | |
| Maximum Cruising Speed | Warp 9.2 (Upgraded 2371) |
| Mass | 115,845 metric tonnes |
| Length | 120M |
| Decks | 4 |
This class contributes to Starfleet’s covert battle fleet. In one respect these are not officially normal Starships, but more special ops/battleships. And indeed, Defiant Class vessels have a designation as an ‘Escort ship’, (or 'Corvette' in peace time). It's successes so far have included confrontations with the Borg, Romulans and Dominion/Jem'Hadar forces. Several of the advanced systems used on Defiant Class were experimental, such as ablative armour and Quantum Torpedoes. The former was also speculatively tested on two Rigel Class upgrades during 2365. This addition alone contributed greatly to Defiant Class' immense battlefield prowess. Many know the existence of this armada now, as it is generally no longer considered to be classified. But only few, even in some of the hierarchies of traditional Starfleet circles would know about all the others covert classes…(see Classified Classes -see nav bar at the top if you're using frames, or go here to select)
| NAME OF VESSEL | REGISTRY | STATUS |
INFORMATION |
| USS Defiant 2 | NX -74205 | D | By Breen/Dominion forces, 2375 |
| USS Defiant 3 | NCC 74205 | O | Formerly The Sao Paulo (see below) |
| USS Warrior 2 | NCC 74218 | O | - |
| USS Colossal | NCC 74219 | D | - |
| USS Trojan | NCC 74222 | D | - |
| USS Thunderer | NCC 74206 | O | - |
| USS Battleaxe | NCC 74603 | D | - |
| USS Valiant 5 | NCC 74210 | D | By Dominion forces, 2374 |
| USS Vindicator | NCC 74209 | O | - |
| USS Centurion | NCC 74220 | PD | - |
| USS Dauntless | NCC 74232 | O | - |
| USS Victorious | NCC 74385 | O | - |
| USS Dreadnought 2 | NCC 74960 | O | - |
| USS Endurance | NCC 74221 | O | - |
| USS Daredevil | NCC 74591 | O | - |
| USS Nemesis | NCC 76183 | D | - |
| USS Scimitar | NCC 74223 | O | - |
| USS Divine Wind | NCC 74812 | DD | |
| USS Rebellious | NCC 76111 | O | |
| USS Invincible | NCC 76121 | DD | |
| USS Heroic | NCC 74500 | DD | - |
| USS Fury | NCC 76688 | O | - |
| USS Sabretooth | NCC 74224 | D | - |
| USS Bold 4 | NCC 78155 | DD | - |
| USS Mosquito | NCC 75195 | O | |
| USS Viking 3 | NCC 78186 | O | - |
| USS Gladiator | NCC 79058 | U | |
| USS Arrogant | NCC 78850 | U | |
| USS Juno | NCC 78151 | U |
Footnote *
-The USS Defiant, having been destroyed was replaced by the USS Sao Paulo, which was conveniently renamed USS Defiant... The reason this was done was so that the creators could get away with using stock footage of the old Defiant in supposedly new battle scenes -which weren't, for the battle scenes used in 'What You Leave Behind' were actually originally from 'Sacrifice Of Angels', A real cop-out I thought, especially as this was in the finale. It's unusual enough for a ship to be commissioned that is in the same class as its same-named predecessor, but let alone have the same registry number. It will take some extreme explaining away by us fleet junkies, for it challenges our theories of ship naming and numbering....
Other than the Enterprise and Enterprise-A. the other known example of this dual naming in a class was the two Saratoga's, which were both Miranda Class variants.
Further points regarding Defiant Class
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.
The listed specifications for ship classes are partly hypothetical, but some data such as ship lengths, weapon stats and crew complements are in some cases canon. For an explanation on the specs, and what the Ship designations mean, see Spec Definitions.
