Miranda class/Design History & Achievements

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ASDB Technical Database Starfleet Ship Classes Explorers Cruisers Escorts Science Ships Support Ships Small Craft Space Stations Historical Starship Database Non-Federation Starships Registry Number Ship Registry Reference Starship Components Advanced Starship Design Bureau Starfleet Vessel Register Starfleet Corps of Engineers Engineering Systems Academy Library Edit this nav EXPLORERS Ambassador • Cardiff • Chariot • Excelsior • Excelsior II • Galaxy • Intrepid • Juneau • Luna • Nebula • Odyssey • Sovereign • Vesta Miranda Class Medium Cruiser Commissioned: 2283 Specifications Class Profile Design History & Achievements Gallery Individual Vessels Pulse Phaser Cannon One of the first starships to employ pulse phaser cannons, the Miranda class fed its pair of cannons directly off of the same power transfer conduits that supplied the ship's warp nacelles. Thus, these weapons were able to deliver a considerable amount of punishment compared to the standard set of type-7 phaser emitters also installed along the vessel's saucer. This innovative design principle of channeling energy directly from the warp plasma conduits to the phaser cannons has remained largely unchanged for later ships that employed these types of weapons such as the Defiant class. Hull Variant Configurations (2360s)

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