| STARSHIP CLASS | |
| Prometheus | |
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| Type: | heavy/tactical cruiser |
| Length: | 418.25 m |
| Beam: | 173.47 m |
| Draft: | 78.73 m |
| Max. warp: | warp 9.982 |
| Armaments: | 18 Type-X phaser arrays, 6 quantum torpedo launchers |
| Defenses: | Regenerative shields, ablative armor, multi-vector assault mode |
| Crew: | 175 |
The Prometheus-class was a type of starship that saw service with the Federation Starfleet during the 24th century. (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Prodigy)
History
In 2374, the class prototype USS Prometheus was launched and temporarily hijacked by Romulan Tal Shiar agents before being foiled by its onboard and the USS Voyager's EMHs. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle")
Star Trek: Prometheus
Star Trek: Phoenix-X
In 2368, preliminary schematics were in the design stage, where Admiral Theseus and others illicitly obtained copies for planned special operations. By 2370, after a two-year transwarp testing phase, a clandestine deal was struck to discretely construct the USS Phoenix-X with working transwarp. When the discretion fell to corruption, the ship was stifled to hide incriminations. By 2371, Mirror O'Brien obtained his own copy before putting it into construction in the Mirror Universe. ("The Recruited", "Mirrorlyness!", "Secret Occurrences")
In 2374, a few months after the launch of the USS Prometheus, the Phoenix-X was dug out of suffocation and similarly launched from the Beta Antares Fleet Yards to meet its first crew at Deep Space 9. ("The Tiloniam System", "Experimentalism", "Secret Occurrences") In 2375, in the Mirror Universe, the Terran Rebellion having struggled with its construction for years, launched the Mirror Phoenix-X. ("Pure Evil", "Mirrorlyness!")
RIS Bouteina
This class version was built with a maximum evacuation capacity of 3,700 on initial units but, by 2385, due to the threat the next generation of MVAM-capable Hydran carriers posed, they were updated to 8,000. The USS Hercules was the first unit and, after the Evacuation of Romulus, many veterans of the Evacuation have pushed for even higher evacuation capacity. ("Relief and Refuge")
Hydran variant
| STARSHIP CLASS | |
| Prometheus (Hydran) | |
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| Armaments: | 18 Type-X gatling phasers, 3 hellbore cannons, 3 fusion beams |
| Defenses: | Regenerative shields, ablative armor, multi-vector assault mode, cloaking device |
By 2389, the Hydran Kingdom built their own version of the Prometheus class. It was the first class of Hydran starships designed with the cloaking device in mind, unlike most Hydran ships, where the cloaking device was generally considered an afterthought. The HMS Prometheus was the lead ship of that class. (RIS Bouteina: "Hystelic Kingdom")
Appendices
| Prometheus-class starships |
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| Prototype: USS Prometheus - USS Prometheus (PDN) - USS Prometheus (Prometheus) |
| USS Aegis - USS Alaska - USS Bell - USS Black Knight - USS Cerberus - USS Constitution - USS Gerentaika - USS Hercules - USS Interstellar - USS Mawson - USS Milan - USS Niagara - USS Olympus - USS Ottawa - USS Pandora - USS Phoenix-X - USS Praetorian - HMS Prometheus - USS Titan - USS Tombstone - USS Zealous |
| Mirror Universe: ISS Phoenix-X |
| Constar Completed: USS Raincross |
| Starfleet International: USS Abraham Lincoln - USS Blackstone - USS Jaresh-Inyo - USS Oklahoma - USS Panther - USS Resolute - USS Typhon |
| Trekmania: USS Ariel - USS Earnest - USS Guardian - USS Miranda - USS Nirvana |
Sources
- Specifications from the Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 1: The Ships of Starfleet.
External links
- Prometheus class article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Prometheus class article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.