The Sovereign-class one of the most advanced starships of the Federation Starfleet as of the late 24th
century. Construction of the first Sovereign-class vessel began in 2365 at the San Francisco Fleet Yards and
was completed in 2372. The launch of the ship was on stardate 49827.5. Only two ships of this class are in
service. They are among the most state of the art classes in the entire Federation Starfleet, engines,
computers, and weapons are all highly advanced systems.
Even though it has yet to be seen the Sovereign-class does have the ability to perform emergency saucer
separations for combat situations. They have two shuttlebays, one on the primary hull and the other at the
end of the engineering hull which carry even the most advanced
Type 11 shuttlecraft. Another type of support craft is the
Captain's Yacht which is located underneath the primary hull.
When deemed necessary the Sovereign-class can be piloted by a joystick that rises from the floor on command
and is tied into helm control.
Only one ship of this class has been seen, the Enterprise, and the understood class ship USS Sovereign, no
other ships of this class are known to exist. It seem likely however that Starfleet will make plans to put
this class into mass production if they haven't already.
The Sovereign-class was designed by production designer Herman Zimmerman with illustrator John Eaves.
Rick Sternbach did the working construction drawings of the model, which was built at Industrial Light &
Magic (ILM).
A possible registry for the USS Sovereign as NCC-75000 has been more or less approved by Mike Okuda.
Related Links:
Designing the Enterprise-E,
Sovereign Class Variations (EAS)
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