Constellation class (Starship Saladin)

First of her kind, the USS Constellation NX-1017 heralded a new starship class at the beginning of the 2250's.

CONSTELLATION CLASS SPECIFICATIONS: STD. SHIP’S COMPLEMENT: OFFICERS (COMMAND)…………………....………………..…….43 CREW (ENSIGN GRADE)……………………...……………..…187 CREW (ENLISTED)…………………………………………………..200 PARTICULARS: DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE – METRIC………... 200,000 STD. RANGE………………………………....12 YEARS AT L.Y.V. MAX. SAFE CRUISING SPEED……..……………....W/F 5.5 EMERGENCY SPEED……………………………..……....W/F 7.5 PHASE CANNON BATTERIES………………..….12 BANKS MAIN PHASERS……………………………….…...…1 BANK OF 2 PHOTON TORPEDOES………………………..…..……..…1 BANK LENGTH OVERALL – METERS………………………………320 BREADTH OVERALL – METERS…………………..……….125 HEIGHT OVERALL – METERS…………………………….…....63 PRIMARY HULL DIA. – METERS……………………….….125 SEC. HULL LENGTH – METERS……………………….……115 SEC. HULL MAX. DIA. – METERS…………………………….27 PROP. UNIT L.O.A. – METERS…….…………………….……158 PROP. UNIT MAX. DIA. – METERS…………...………….....30

The ship was commanded by Captain Robert April until his posting as captain of the USS Enterprise for her early test runs. His first officer, Matthew Decker was promoted to captain of the Constellation and oversaw her refit to Constitution Class some years later. As Commodore, Decker led the fleet to Organia to repel the Klingon invasion of the Federation. ("Errand of Mercy"] and later, was killed when the Constellation was lost in battle against the robotic planet killer also known as ["The Doomsday Machine"].