El Dorado class

The El Dorado-class was a type of Federation starship in use during the 24th century.

Design features
The El Dorado has a circular saucer that is connected by a short neck to a engineering section with a roughly oval cross-section. It has three warp nacelles mounted dorsally on the engineering section, with the middle one positioned slightly forward of the outside pair.

The ship is also equipped with a large shuttlebay arrangement. It has two doors on the forward leading edge of the saucer to launch craft from. Then it has projections to port and starboard that hold landing bays for craft. Repair bays connect the side bays to the forward launching bay. This gave the ship the ability to carry up to twenty-five Starfleet Attack fighters.

This ship's phaser arrays are split between the saucer and the engineering sections. Each section has an array on the dorsal and ventral sides. There is also a fifth array that is located on the engineering hull where it joins to the saucer section so it is concealled unless the ship is separated.

The torpedo launchers are arranged with two facing forward and one aft. They are all located on the engineering hull.

Ships commissioned

 * USS El Dorado
 * USS Oaxaca (NCC-72417)

Reference

 * The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon