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The '''''Akira''-class''' was a class of [[Federation]] [[starship]] that was in service with [[Starfleet]] by the early [[2370]]s. [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards]] was one of the sites this class was constructed at in [[2371]]. ({{VOY|Relativity}})
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The '''''Akira''-class''' was a class of [[Federation]] [[starship]] that was in service with [[Starfleet]] by the early [[2370]]s.
   
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== History ==
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''Akira''-class starships were featured prominently in the [[Battle of Sector 001]] and the [[Dominion War]]. ({{film|8}}; {{DS9|Call to Arms}}, et al.)
  
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Starships of this class were constructed at [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards]] by [[2371]]. ({{VOY|Relativity}})
   
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It quickly became a common fixture in Federation [[fleet]] deployments, appearing on the [[front line]]s of numerous engagements, including against the [[Borg]] at the [[Battle of Sector 001]] in [[2373]], and in the [[Dominion War]], where several vessels of this class were assigned to Starfleet's [[Second Fleet]], which participated in [[Operation Return]] in [[2374]], the [[second Battle of Chin'toka]], and the [[Battle of Cardassia]] in [[2375]]. They were also frequently stationed near [[Deep Space 9]] during the war. ({{film|8}}; {{DS9|Favor the Bold|Sacrifice of Angels|Statistical Probabilities|The Magnificent Ferengi|Afterimage|Field of Fire|The Changing Face of Evil|What You Leave Behind}})
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Several ''Akira''-class ships were stationed near [[Deep Space 9]] during the war. ({{DS9|The Magnificent Ferengi|Afterimage}})
 
   
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An additional noted engagement happened in [[2374]], where an ''Akira''-class, and two {{class|Defiant}} escorts successfully engaged three [[Romulan]] ''[[D'deridex class]]''-class warbirds after [[Tal Shiar]] agents hijacked and stole the {{class|Prometheus|Prometheus-class}} prototype {{USS|Prometheus|Prometheus-class}}, and tried to take the ship back to Romulan space for study. The ''Akira''-class, in conjunction with the ''Prometheus'', and the ''Defiant''-class escorts, destroyed one of the warbirds. ({{VOY|Message in a Bottle}})
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As well, several were involved in most of the major battles of the war. In [[2374]], they saw action during [[Operation Return]] and the [[First Battle of Chin'toka]], where at least two ships of the class were destroyed by [[orbital weapon platform]]s. ({{DS9|Favor the Bold|Sacrifice of Angels|Tears of the Prophets}})
 
   
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At least one member of the class was within a [[light year]] of [[Earth]] in [[2378]]. ({{VOY|Endgame}})
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In [[2375]], they were involved in the [[Second Battle of Chin'toka]] and the [[Battle of Cardassia]]. ({{DS9|The Changing Face of Evil|What You Leave Behind}})
  
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[[File:Akira class model.jpg|thumb|right|Freeman's shelf model]]
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[[Admiral]] [[Alonzo Freeman]] kept a [[model]] of an ''Akira''-class starship in his [[ready room]] in [[2381]]. ({{LD|First First Contact}})
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In [[2384]], at least 8 ships of this class intercepted the {{USS|Protostar}} in a restricted [[sector]] near the [[star]] [[Gamma Serpentis]]. They were part of an [[armada]] which included {{type|Centaur}}, {{class|Defiant}}, and {{class|Sovereign}} starships. ({{PRO|Mindwalk|Supernova, Part 1|Supernova, Part 2}})
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In [[2401]], four ships of this class were sent by Starfleet to join an [[armada]] opposing a unknown [[Borg]] [[vessel]]. The Borg liaison sent to the {{USS|Stargazer|NCC-82893}} briefly commandeered this vessel and others, before the crew managed to engage their [[auto-destruct]] system. ({{PIC|The Star Gazer}})
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Later that year, eighteen ships of this class participated in [[Frontier Day]] celebrations near [[Sol Station]]. Along with the rest of the fleet, these ships were seized by the [[Borg Collective]] after their younger crews were [[assimilate]]d by a [[Borg]] signal transmitted via [[Jack Crusher]]. ({{PIC|Võx|The Last Generation}})
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By [[2402]], at least two ships of the class, the {{USS|Sentinel}}, and the {{USS|Wersching}} were retired from service, and placed on display at the [[Fleet Museum]] in orbit of [[Athan Prime]]. ({{PIC|Võx|The Last Generation}})
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== Technical data ==
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=== Physical arrangement ===
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[[File:Akira class destroyed by orbital weapon platform.jpg|thumb|Overview of design]]
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The ''Akira''-class design ditched [[Starfleet]]'s usual saucer-secondary hull-nacelle design, and more closely resembled the {{class|NX}} with its catamaran shaped hull. The engineering section was tucked under the main saucer, which housed the main [[deflector]], and some of the ship's tactical systems. The nacelles were connected via long catamaran type structures, which in turn connected to a large weapons pod, housing several [[photon torpedo]] launchers. The catamaran pylons offered a degree of protection for the main [[bridge]], which retained its traditional location at the top of the saucer. ({{film|8}}; {{DS9|Call to Arms}}, et al.)
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=== Tactical systems ===
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[[File:Akira class in neutral zone.jpg|thumb|An ''Akira''-class firing forward phasers]]
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The ''Akira''-class design incorporated a multitude of tactical systems, including at least three [[phaser array]]s, and housed numerous [[photon torpedo]] launchers along the port and starboard sides of the ventral primary hull, at least one launcher forward of the deflector, and several located on the aft weapons pod, which rotated into place before firing. ({{film|8}}; {{LD|Grounded}}; {{PRO|Supernova, Part 1}})
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=== Command and control systems ===
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By [[2401]], the computer systems on board the class had been overhauled to include the [[Fleet formation mode]], also known as Starfleet emergency protocol NX12.11, designed to place all Federation starships within a fleet under the automated control of the Starfleet mainframe. ({{PIC|Võx}})
   
 
== Ships commissioned ==
  
== Ships commissioned ==
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*{{USS|Thunderchild}} (NCC-63549)
  
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! Name !! Registry !! Notes !! Status !! Date
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| {{USS|Akira}} || [[NCC]]-62497 || || Active || 2401
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| {{USS|Avalon}} || NCC-63887 || || Active || 2401
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| {{USS|Firesword}} || NCC-64280 || || Active || 2401
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| {{USS|Helios}} || NCC-63284 || || Active || 2401
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| {{USS|Rabin}} || NCC-63293 || || Active || 2401
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| {{USS|Sentinel}} || NCC-68455 || || Retired, Preserved || 2401
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| {{USS|Thunderchild}} || NCC-63549 || || Active || 2401
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| {{USS|Wersching}} || NCC-63328 || || Retired, Preserved || 2401
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| {{USS|Masaka}} || NCC-63277 || || Active || 2401
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| {{USS|Spector}} || NCC-63898 || || Active || 2401
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*[[Unnamed Akira class starships|Unnamed ''Akira''-class starships]]
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*[[Akira unnamed 000|Unnamed ''Akira''-class starships]]
   
 
== Appendices ==
  
== Appendices ==
 
=== Appearances ===
  
=== Appearances ===
 
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*{{film|8}}
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* [[Star Trek films|TNG films]]:
  
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** {{film|8}}
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*{{DS9}}
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* {{DS9}}
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**{{e|Call to Arms}}
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** {{e|Call to Arms}}
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**{{e|Favor the Bold}}
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** {{e|Behind the Lines}}
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**{{e|Sacrifice of Angels}}
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**{{e|Statistical Probabilities}}
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** {{e|Favor the Bold}} (also on a computer display)
  
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** {{e|Sacrifice of Angels}}
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**{{e|The Magnificent Ferengi}}
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** {{e|Statistical Probabilities}}
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**{{e|Tears of the Prophets}}
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** {{e|The Magnificent Ferengi}}
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**{{e|Afterimage}}
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** {{e|Tears of the Prophets}}
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**{{e|The Changing Face of Evil}}
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** {{e|Afterimage}}
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**{{e|What You Leave Behind}}
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** {{e|The Changing Face of Evil}}
  
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** {{e|What You Leave Behind}}
  
 
*{{VOY}}
  
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** {{e|Message in a Bottle}}
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**{{e|Message in a Bottle}}
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** {{e|Relativity}}
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**{{e|Relativity}}
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** {{e|The Voyager Conspiracy}} (on [[astrometrics]] screen)
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**{{e|The Voyager Conspiracy}} {{small|(on [[astrometrics]] [[screen]]}})
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** {{e|Endgame}}
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**{{e|Endgame}}
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*{{LD}}
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**{{e|First First Contact}} {{small|([[model]])}}
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**{{e|Grounded}} {{small|({{dis|flashback|story device}})}}
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**{{e|Twovix}}
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*{{PIC}}
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**{{e|The Star Gazer}}
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**{{e|Farewell}}
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**{{e|The Bounty}}
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**{{e|Võx}}
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**{{e|The Last Generation}}
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**{{e|Mindwalk}}
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**{{e|Supernova, Part 1}}
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**{{e|Supernova, Part 2}}
 
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=== Background ===
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=== Background information ===
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The [[name]] of the ship class was never mentioned on screen, but is derived from production sources.
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A design sketch of the USS ''Akira'' shows the vessel bearing the [[registry]] NCC-2497. In an unpublished interview with author [[Larry Nemecek]], designer Jaeger said he simply used the four-digit number of his then-phone extension for that registry; to conform to Starfleet practice, the number "6" was added by [[Mike Okuda]] and the film's art department to make "62497," a number then approved by producer [[Rick Berman]]. At the same time, Jaeger said, two other ship names and registries were approved as back-ups, if needed, to the USS ''Thunderchild'' actually seen on film as NCC-65549: the USS ''Rabin'' (named after former Israeli Prime Minister {{w|Yitzhak Rabin}}) as NCC-63293, and the USS ''Spector'' (NCC-63549). The ship scale sheet showing the back-up names and registries can be found on [http://johneaves.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/ship-scales-from-st-first-contact/ John Eaves' blog].
  
   
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The total number of ''Akira''-class vessels present at Frontier Day was established by ''Picard'' Research Assistant [[Jörg Hillebrand]]. {{Twitter|gaghyogi49/status/1654542725058789381}}
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Neither of the latter ships ever appeared on screen, although the CGI file used for the Akira-class seen in the ''Voyager'' episode {{e|Message in a Bottle}} was numbered NCC-63549, ostensibly the ''Spector'', and was used by the ''[[Star Trek Fact Files]]''. The ship allegedly appeared in one of the battle scenes from the [[DS9 Season 6|sixth]] and [[DS9 Season 7|seventh]] seasons of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', but this has not been verified.
  
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According to the {{STE|4|1|14}}, the ''Akira''-class was named after the anime fantasy film {{wt|Akira (1988 film)|Akira}}. "''Along with the {{wt|Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed}} {{wt|Lockheed P-38 Lightning|P-38 Lightning}}, the ''Akira''-class starship helped to inspire [[Doug Drexler]]'s design of the {{Class|NX}} {{Enterprise|NX}} from {{S|ENT}}.''"
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According to designer, [[Alex Jaeger]], "''This was my gunship/battlecruiser/aircraft carrier. It has 15 [[torpedo launcher]]s and two [[shuttlebay]]s &ndash; one in front, with three doors, and one in the back. I really got into it with this one, with the whole idea that the front bay would be the launching bay, and then to return they'd come into the back, because they'd be protected by the rest of the ship.''" (''[[Star Trek: The Magazine]]'', {{m|July|1999}}, Issue 3)
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A design sketch of the USS ''Akira'' shown the vessel bearing the [[registry]] NCC-2497. In an unpublished interview with author [[Larry Nemecek]], designer Jaeger said he simply used the four-digit number of his then-phone extension for that registry; to conform to Starfleet practice, the number "6" was added by [[Mike Okuda]] and the film's art department to make "62497," a number then approved by producer [[Rick Berman]]. At the same time, Jaeger said, two other ship names and registries were approved as back-ups, if needed, to the USS ''Thunderchild'' actually seen on film as NCC-63549: the {{USS|Rabin}} (named after former Israeli Prime Minister {{w|Yitzhak Rabin}}) as NCC-63293, and the USS ''Spector'' (NCC-65549). The ship scale sheet showing the back-up names and registries can be found on {{Eavesdropping|2009/06/15/ship-scales-from-st-first-contact/|John Eaves' blog}}.
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The latter ship's name has appeared on screen in a graphic from the {{s|PIC}} episode {{e|Vox}}. The CGI file used for the ''Akira''-class seen in the ''Voyager'' episode {{e|Message in a Bottle}} was ostensibly the ''Spector'', and was used by the ''[[Star Trek Fact Files]]''. The ship allegedly appeared in one of the battle scenes from the [[DS9 Season 6|sixth]] and [[DS9 Season 7|seventh]] seasons of {{s|DS9}}, but this has not been verified.
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The scale of the CGI mesh, according to a January 20, 1998 post in the newsgroup alt.tv.star-trek.ds9, by DS9 Visual Effects Supervisor [[David Stipes]], was 860 feet or 262.13 meters, the length used when he blocked shots in DS9. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.star-trek.ds9/msg/f3804ef9a7be443a?hl=en] However, the measurement used by Visual Effects Supervisor [[Gary Hutzel]], according to an in-house chart dated 5/15/98, was 840 feet.[http://larrynemecek.blogspot.com/search/label/VFX]
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According to a size chart of Alex Jaeger, the ''Akira''-class would be roughly 500 meters (1640.4 ft) in length. {{Eavesdropping|2009/06/15/ship-scales-from-st-first-contact/}}
   
 
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{{See-list|Akira class model|| ''Akira''-class model}}
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Responsible for the look of four new ship classes, introduced in ''First Contact'', [[Alex Jaeger]] commented on the ships he designed for that movie, "''the main reason they look really different is that from a distance, the producers wanted them to be completely new looks, because we introduced a new ''Enterprise'' in the film and didn't want it to get lost.''" ([[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 3]], page 48)
  
   
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[[File:Alex Jaeger, Akira class model.jpg|thumb|Jaeger and an ''Akira'' class [[Studio_model#Study_model| study model]]]]
  
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The ''Akira''-class was one of those four new classes designed by Jaeger at [[Industrial Light & Magic]] in {{y|1996}}, and was inspired by the {{Class|Miranda}} and the [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]] designs. It was named after the Japanese animated film ''{{w|Akira (film)|Akira}}''. (''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'')
  
   
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In parts of his Nemecek interview that ''were'' published in ''[[Star Trek: The Magazine]]'', designer Alex Jaeger stated that he created the ''Akira'' as a sort of "carrier/gunship," armed with fifteen [[torpedo launcher]]s. Visual inspection of the hull and design drawings show all fifteen: ten on the ships weapons pod, one forward torpedo launcher over the deflector dish and also four flanking torpedo launchers on the saucer.[http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/alex-jaeger-week-the-akira-class/]
  
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*Accommodation: 500 officers and crew; 4,500 personnel evacuation limit.
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*Power Plant: One 1,500 plus Cochrane warp core feeding two nacelles; one impulse system.
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*Dimensions: Length, 464.43 meters; beam, 316.67 meters; height, 87.43 meters.
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*Mass: 3,055,000 metric tonnes.
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*Armament: Six type-10 phaser emitters; <!--THIS IS THE INFORMATION FROM THE DS9 TECH MANUAL, NOT WHAT ALEX JAEGER SAID-->Two<!--THIS IS THE INFORMATION FROM THE DS9 TECH MANUAL, NOT WHAT ALEX JAEGER SAID--> photon torpedo launchers.
   
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He further stated in his July 1999 "Designing the ''Akira''-class" interview, appearing on page 48 of the [[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 3|''Star Trek: The Magazine'', Volume 1, Issue 3]], "''This was my gunship/battlecruiser/aircraft carrier. It has 15 torpedo launchers and two shuttlebays &ndash; one in front, with three doors, and one in the back. I really got into it with this one, with the whole idea that the front bay would be the launching bay, and then to return they'd come into the back, because they'd be protected by the rest of the ship.''"
  
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The ''[[Star Trek: The Dominion War]]'' {{novel}} ''[[Behind Enemy Lines]]'' features the ''Akira''-class starships {{mb|USS Carla Romney|USS ''Carla Romney''}} and the {{mb|USS Sharansky|USS ''Sharansky''}}.
   
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The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Millennium|Millennium]]'' novel ''[[The Fall of Terok Nor]]'' mentions two ''Akira''-class starships, the {{mb|USS Bondar|USS ''Bondar''}} and the {{mb|USS Garneau|USS ''Garneau''}}, both named after [[Canadian]] [[astronaut]]s {{w|Roberta Bondar}} and {{w|Marc Garneau}}.
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In June 2009 Jaeger commented about the overall design of the ''Akira''-class on the web blog of [[Doug Drexler]]: <blockquote>"Set nestled between the catamaran split secondary hulls the bridge is nicely protected. Just on either side of the bridge in a notch on top of the secondary hulls are the shield generators. This further protects the command unit of the ship since one of its duties is launching smaller craft, communication protection is a must. At the back of the bridge there are emissary docking hatches and just below that the circular hatch is the captain's lifeboat. The rear view at the back of the saucer is the main shuttle bay and shuttle control center. This area is also well protected tucked down between the hulls and below the weapons pod flanked by the Nacelles. This serves as a safe haven for the smaller craft in a fire fight and a calm entry point. Also in this protected center region are most of the sensor arrays for the transporters and communications with the remainder of the sensors atop the weapons pod. Moving forward the notch in the front of the saucer is the forward launch bay doors(3). This is for the fast exit of small craft into battle. There are extra shield generators on either side of this notch as this would be a target for enemy ships. Surrounding most of the saucer section is the phaser array strip. Also on the saucer there are flanking torpedo launchers. At the rear of the saucer are the impulse engines. Underneath is the deflector dish, 2 flanking phaser arrays and a forward facing torpedo launcher. You'll also notice that the ''Akira'' class utilizes the escape pods from the ''Sovereign'' Class, but the panel details more like the Galaxy class. That's because I imagined this ship was commissioned right before the "E" and served as a testbed for the new escape pods. At the rear is the weapon's pod with spreads of both photon and quantum torpedo launchers. And of course the warp nacelles. This overall design makes for a much more narrow side profile and a more friendly crew environment as the engineering folks are no longer in 'the bowels' of the ship :) Also the crew get a better view of their own ship as the split hull allows for more windows and a view of the bridge, something that's not very common in the previous ship designs."[http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/alex-jaeger-week-the-akira-class/]</blockquote>
  
   
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The ''Akira''-class starship {{mb|USS Gryphon (Akira class)|USS ''Gryphon''}} features heavily in the DS9 novels set after {{e|What You Leave Behind}}. The ''Gryphon'' was commanded by {{mb|Elaine Mello}}. In ''[[Lesser Evil]]'', [[Kira Nerys]] is given command by Captain Mello when the ''Gryphon'' is sabotaged by its [[first officer]] {{mb|Alejandro Montenegro}} after he was infested by a [[Parasitic being|Bluegill]] [[parasite]] who intended to use the ship to attack {{dis|Trill|planet}}, but Kira was able to stop Montenegro and regain control of the ''Gryphon''.
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This design was further notable as an inspiration for [[Doug Drexler]]'s design of the {{EnterpriseNX}}, the central ship of the fifth ''[[Star Trek]]'' series, [[Star Trek: Enterprise|of the same name]].[http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/enterprise_design_comment.htm] In defending the NX class, and contrasting the two designs, ''Star Trek'' scenic artist [[Geoffrey Mandel]], stated that "''while the ''Akira'' is a rather ugly, bowlegged vessel from some angles, the NX-01 is streamlined and elegant, and looks good from almost any angle. Having been around then, I also know that [the ''NX''-class designer] [[Doug Drexler]] and John Eaves did ''exactly'' what the producers asked them to.''" [http://www.trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=xCW9imJ8mIzUQ]
  
   
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The {{USS|Sentinel}} mentioned in {{DS9|Treachery, Faith and the Great River}} is described as an ''Akira''-class starship that [[Lt. Commander]] [[Sonya Gomez]] served on during the [[Dominion War]] as chief engineer, according to [[Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers|Pocket SCE]]: ''[[War Stories, Book 1]]'' and had the registry NCC-68455. The ship would make it canonical appearance in [[PIC Season 3|Season 3]] of ''Picard''.
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[[File:Akira class ILM CGI model.jpg|thumb|[[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]]'s original [[CGI model]] of the ''Akira''-class]]
  
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Jaeger's design, being an early favorite of the producers, was quickly approved and Jaeger proceeded to produce blueprints for the modelers at ILM who had to build and map the [[CGI model]]. Orthographic views and wire meshes of their model have been published in [[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 3|''Star Trek: The Magazine'', Volume 1, Issue 3]], page 49 and 51. A year later ILM was requested by Paramount to hand over their models made for ''First Contact'', amongst them the ''Akira'', to [[Digital Muse]] in preparation for use in the upcoming DS9 episode {{e|Sacrifice of Angels}}. Due to software differences, the model had to be largely rebuilt in {{w|LightWave 3D}} and was remapped at a higher resolution in the process, but was completed early enough to be already showcased in {{e|Call to Arms}}.[http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/alex-jaeger-week-the-akira-class/][http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=17454]
  
   
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The DS9 novel ''[[Original Sin]]'' features the ''Akira''-class {{mb|USS James T. Kirk (NCC-63719)|USS ''James T. Kirk''}} (NCC-63719), named in honor of [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}. The ''James T. Kirk'' was commanded by {{mb|Elias Vaughn}} and had an illustrious service history which included exploration and defensive missions.
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A foam core [[studio model|camera test model]] used for {{film|8}} was sold in January 2009 in a [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] for $86.85 and is one of the few physical representations of the class constructed by the production staff. {{stala|10184}}
  
   
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The ''[[Star Trek: Destiny]]'' novel ''[[Gods of Night]]'' features the ''Akira''-class {{mb|USS Constant|USS ''Constant''}}. During the {{mb|Borg Invasion of 2381|Borg invasion}} of [[2381]], the ''Constant'' was assigned to defend the planet [[Khitomer]], along with the {{mb|USS Ranger (Nebula class)|USS ''Ranger''}} and {{mb|USS Arimathea|USS ''Arimathea''}}. Although the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} signaled of an incoming Borg cube, the fleet of three vessels had little chance of defending the [[Klingon]] planet. The ''Constant'' was destroyed first after the cube adapted to their weaponry; although the vessel was able to launch [[escape pod]]s, they were all consumed by the ship's destruction.
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The scale of the CGI mesh, according to a January 20, 1998 post in the newsgroup alt.tv.star-trek.ds9, by DS9 Visual Effects Supervisor [[David Stipes]], was 860 feet or 262.13 meters, the length used when he blocked shots in DS9. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.star-trek.ds9/msg/f3804ef9a7be443a?hl=en] However, the measurement used by Visual Effects Supervisor [[Gary Hutzel]], according to an in-house chart dated 5/15/98, was 840 feet.[http://larrynemecek.blogspot.com/search/label/VFX]
  
   
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The short story "On the Spot" in the anthology book ''[[The Sky's the Limit]]'' features the ''Akira''-class USS ''Korolev''.
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The following information of specifications and defenses comes exclusively from the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual]]'':
  
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[[File:Akira class Legacy.jpg|thumb|''Akira''-class ship from ''Star Trek Legacy'']]
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The [[Decipher]] [[games|role-playing games]] supplement ''{{dis|Starships|Decipher}}'' lists several ''Akira''-class starships, including {{mb|USS Geronimo (NCC-62501)|USS ''Geronimo''}} (NCC-62501), {{mb|USS Osceola|USS ''Osceola''}} (NCC-62743), {{mb|USS Black Elk|USS ''Black Elk''}} (NCC-62878), {{mb|USS Nez Perce|USS ''Nez Perce''}} (NCC-62891), {{mb|USS Mateo|USS ''Mateo''}} (NCC-63002), {{mb|USS Red Cloud|USS ''Red Cloud''}} (NCC-63306), and {{mb|USS Susquehanna|USS ''Susquehanna''}} (NCC-63419).
   
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The [[Activision]] PC game ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]'' includes the {{mb|USS Devore|USS ''Devore''}} (NCC-64088), {{mb|USS Geronimo (NCC-69302)|USS ''Geronimo''}} (NCC-69302), and {{mb|USS Kali (Akira class)|USS ''Kali''}}.
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The Activision PC game ''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'' includes the {{mb|USS Jupiter (NCC-71627)|USS ''Jupiter''}} (NCC-71267) and {{mb|USS Templar (Akira class)|USS ''Templar''}}, as well as many others. In both this game and the sequel, ''[[Star Trek: Armada II]]'', these vessels have an advanced weapon called the "{{mb|chain reaction pulsar weapon|chain reaction pulsar}}" which bounces a bolt of energy off of enemy shields, damaging several ships consecutively. The ''Jupiter'' was also a promotional card for the ''[[Star Trek Customizable Card Game]]'', where it was listed as being "under the command of Captain [[Satelk]]."
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* Accommodation: 500 officers and crew; 4,500 personnel evacuation limit.
  
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* Power Plant: One 1,500 plus Cochrane warp core feeding two nacelles; one impulse system.
  
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''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars]]'' includes the {{mb|USS Singh|USS ''Singh''}}.
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* Dimensions: Length, 464.43 meters; beam, 316.67 meters; height, 87.43 meters.
  
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* Armament: Six type-10 phaser emitters; two photon torpedo launchers.
  
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The ''Akira''-class is featured in the game ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command III]]'', where it is classified as a heavy cruiser.
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The ''Akira''-class is featured in ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' as the prototypical example of a "Strike Wing Escort", a class of tactical starship blending the weaponry an escort with the capacity to field smaller vessels such as [[shuttlecraft]], [[runabout]]s, or [[attack fighter]]s in combat. Other Strike Wing Escort classes fielded by Starfleet with designs derived from the ''Akira''-class include the game-original ''{{mb|Armitage class|Armitage}}'', ''{{mb|Alita class|Alita}}'', and ''{{mb|Thunderchild class|Thunderchild}}'' classes. The in-game model has been updated multiple times to improve its level of detail and make it more screen accurate, the most recent of which was used in {{s|PIC}}. In 2024, the game released a new mission depicting the [[Battle of Wolf 359]] in a [[Holodeck simulation]] where players are embodying one of the 40 fleet vessels engaged against [[Locutus' cube|Locutus' Borg Cube]]. One ''Akira''-class ship, the USS ''Kaneda'', is depicted as one of the destroyed ships during the battle. Her registry number is NX-62498 which suggest it was a [[prototype]] years prior the initial launch of the USS ''Akira'' [[commission]].
   
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[[File:USS Perpetual, STO.jpg|thumb|The ''Akira''-class USS ''Perpetual'' as seen in the original ''[[Star Trek Online (Perpetual Entertainment)|Star Trek Online]]'']]
  
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[[File:AkiraBS.jpg|thumb|''Akira''-class ship from ''Starfleet Command III'']]
  
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[[File:Akira_class_Legacy.jpg|thumb|''Akira''-class ship from ''Star Trek Legacy'']]
  
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* The [[Decipher]] [[games|role-playing games]] supplement ''[[Starships (Decipher)|Starships]]'' lists several ''Akira''-class starships, including USS ''Geronimo'' (NCC-62501), USS ''Osceola'' (NCC-62743), USS ''Black Elk'' (NCC-62878), USS ''Nez Perce'' (NCC-62891), USS ''Mateo'' (NCC-63002), USS ''Red Cloud'' (NCC-63306), and USS ''Susquehanna'' (NCC-63419).
  
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* The [[Activision]] PC game ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]'' includes the USS ''Devore'' (NCC-64088), USS ''Geronimo'' (NCC-69302), and USS ''Kali''.
  
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* The Activision PC game ''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'' includes the USS ''Jupiter'' (NCC-71267) and USS ''Templar'', as well as many others. In both this game and the sequel, ''[[Star Trek: Armada II]]'', these vessels have an advanced weapon called the "chain reaction pulsar" which bounces a bolt of energy off of enemy shields, damaging several ships consecutively. The ''Jupiter'' was also a promotional card for the ''[[Star Trek Customizable Card Game]]'', where it was listed as being "under the command of Captain [[Satelk]]."
  
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* The {{USS|Sentinel}} mentioned in {{DS9|Treachery, Faith and the Great River}} is described as an ''Akira''-class starship that [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Commander]] [[Sonya Gomez]] served on during the [[Dominion War]], according to [[Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers|Pocket SCE]]: ''[[Wildfire#War Stories|War Stories, Book 1]]''.
  
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The Akira-class was a class of Federation starship that was in service with Starfleet by the early 2370s.

History

Starships of this class were constructed at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards by 2371. (VOY: "Relativity")

It quickly became a common fixture in Federation fleet deployments, appearing on the front lines of numerous engagements, including against the Borg at the Battle of Sector 001 in 2373, and in the Dominion War, where several vessels of this class were assigned to Starfleet's Second Fleet, which participated in Operation Return in 2374, the second Battle of Chin'toka, and the Battle of Cardassia in 2375. They were also frequently stationed near Deep Space 9 during the war. (Star Trek: First Contact; DS9: "Favor the Bold", "Sacrifice of Angels", "Statistical Probabilities", "The Magnificent Ferengi", "Afterimage", and more)

An additional noted engagement happened in 2374, where an Akira-class, and two Defiant-class escorts successfully engaged three Romulan D'deridex class-class warbirds after Tal Shiar agents hijacked and stole the Prometheus-class prototype USS Prometheus, and tried to take the ship back to Romulan space for study. The Akira-class, in conjunction with the Prometheus, and the Defiant-class escorts, destroyed one of the warbirds. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle")

At least one member of the class was within a light year of Earth in 2378. (VOY: "Endgame")

Akira class model

Freeman's shelf model

Admiral Alonzo Freeman kept a model of an Akira-class starship in his ready room in 2381. (LD: "First First Contact")

In 2384, at least 8 ships of this class intercepted the USS Protostar in a restricted sector near the star Gamma Serpentis. They were part of an armada which included Centaur-type, Defiant-class, and Sovereign-class starships. (PRO: "Mindwalk", "Supernova, Part 1", "Supernova, Part 2")

In 2401, four ships of this class were sent by Starfleet to join an armada opposing a unknown Borg vessel. The Borg liaison sent to the USS Stargazer briefly commandeered this vessel and others, before the crew managed to engage their auto-destruct system. (PIC: "The Star Gazer")

Later that year, eighteen ships of this class participated in Frontier Day celebrations near Sol Station. Along with the rest of the fleet, these ships were seized by the Borg Collective after their younger crews were assimilated by a Borg signal transmitted via Jack Crusher. (PIC: "Võx", "The Last Generation")

By 2402, at least two ships of the class, the USS Sentinel, and the USS Wersching were retired from service, and placed on display at the Fleet Museum in orbit of Athan Prime. (PIC: "Võx", "The Last Generation")

Technical data

Physical arrangement

Akira class destroyed by orbital weapon platform

Overview of design

The Akira-class design ditched Starfleet's usual saucer-secondary hull-nacelle design, and more closely resembled the NX-class with its catamaran shaped hull. The engineering section was tucked under the main saucer, which housed the main deflector, and some of the ship's tactical systems. The nacelles were connected via long catamaran type structures, which in turn connected to a large weapons pod, housing several photon torpedo launchers. The catamaran pylons offered a degree of protection for the main bridge, which retained its traditional location at the top of the saucer. (Star Trek: First Contact; DS9: "Call to Arms", et al.)

Tactical systems

Akira class in neutral zone

An Akira-class firing forward phasers

The Akira-class design incorporated a multitude of tactical systems, including at least three phaser arrays, and housed numerous photon torpedo launchers along the port and starboard sides of the ventral primary hull, at least one launcher forward of the deflector, and several located on the aft weapons pod, which rotated into place before firing. (Star Trek: First Contact; LD: "Grounded"; PRO: "Supernova, Part 1")

Command and control systems

By 2401, the computer systems on board the class had been overhauled to include the Fleet formation mode, also known as Starfleet emergency protocol NX12.11, designed to place all Federation starships within a fleet under the automated control of the Starfleet mainframe. (PIC: "Võx")

Ships commissioned

Named
Name Registry Notes Status Date
USS Akira NCC-62497 Active 2401
USS Avalon NCC-63887 Active 2401
USS Firesword NCC-64280 Active 2401
USS Helios NCC-63284 Active 2401
USS Rabin NCC-63293 Active 2401
USS Sentinel NCC-68455 Retired, Preserved 2401
USS Thunderchild NCC-63549 Active 2401
USS Wersching NCC-63328 Retired, Preserved 2401
Uncertain
Name Registry Notes Status Date
USS Masaka NCC-63277 Active 2401
USS Spector NCC-63898 Active 2401
Unnamed

Appendices

Appearances

Background information

The name of the ship class was never mentioned on screen, but is derived from production sources.

The total number of Akira-class vessels present at Frontier Day was established by Picard Research Assistant Jörg Hillebrand. [1]

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 14), the Akira-class was named after the anime fantasy film Akira. "Along with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Akira-class starship helped to inspire Doug Drexler's design of the NX-class Enterprise from Star Trek: Enterprise."

According to designer, Alex Jaeger, "This was my gunship/battlecruiser/aircraft carrier. It has 15 torpedo launchers and two shuttlebays – one in front, with three doors, and one in the back. I really got into it with this one, with the whole idea that the front bay would be the launching bay, and then to return they'd come into the back, because they'd be protected by the rest of the ship." (Star Trek: The Magazine, July 1999, Issue 3)

A design sketch of the USS Akira shown the vessel bearing the registry NCC-2497. In an unpublished interview with author Larry Nemecek, designer Jaeger said he simply used the four-digit number of his then-phone extension for that registry; to conform to Starfleet practice, the number "6" was added by Mike Okuda and the film's art department to make "62497," a number then approved by producer Rick Berman. At the same time, Jaeger said, two other ship names and registries were approved as back-ups, if needed, to the USS Thunderchild actually seen on film as NCC-63549: the USS Rabin (named after former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin) as NCC-63293, and the USS Spector (NCC-65549). The ship scale sheet showing the back-up names and registries can be found on John Eaves' blog.

The latter ship's name has appeared on screen in a graphic from the Star Trek: Picard episode "Vox". The CGI file used for the Akira-class seen in the Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle" was ostensibly the Spector, and was used by the Star Trek Fact Files. The ship allegedly appeared in one of the battle scenes from the sixth and seventh seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but this has not been verified.

The scale of the CGI mesh, according to a January 20, 1998 post in the newsgroup alt.tv.star-trek.ds9, by DS9 Visual Effects Supervisor David Stipes, was 860 feet or 262.13 meters, the length used when he blocked shots in DS9. [2] However, the measurement used by Visual Effects Supervisor Gary Hutzel, according to an in-house chart dated 5/15/98, was 840 feet.[3]

According to a size chart of Alex Jaeger, the Akira-class would be roughly 500 meters (1640.4 ft) in length. [4]

Studio model

Technical Manual

The following specifications and defenses come from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual (p. 153):

  • Production Base: ASDB Integration Facility, Antares Fleet Yards, Antares IV.
  • Type: Heavy Cruiser.
  • Accommodation: 500 officers and crew; 4,500 personnel evacuation limit.
  • Power Plant: One 1,500 plus Cochrane warp core feeding two nacelles; one impulse system.
  • Dimensions: Length, 464.43 meters; beam, 316.67 meters; height, 87.43 meters.
  • Mass: 3,055,000 metric tonnes.
  • Performance: Warp 9.8 for 12 hours.
  • Armament: Six type-10 phaser emitters; Two photon torpedo launchers.

Apocrypha

Novels

The Star Trek: The Dominion War novel Behind Enemy Lines features the Akira-class starships USS Carla Romney (β) and the USS Sharansky (β).

The Millennium novel The Fall of Terok Nor mentions two Akira-class starships, the USS Bondar (β) and the USS Garneau (β), both named after Canadian astronauts Roberta Bondar and Marc Garneau.

The Akira-class starship USS Gryphon (β) features heavily in the DS9 novels set after "What You Leave Behind". The Gryphon was commanded by Elaine Mello (β). In Lesser Evil, Kira Nerys is given command by Captain Mello when the Gryphon is sabotaged by its first officer Alejandro Montenegro (β) after he was infested by a Bluegill parasite who intended to use the ship to attack Trill, but Kira was able to stop Montenegro and regain control of the Gryphon.

The USS Sentinel mentioned in DS9: "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" is described as an Akira-class starship that Lt. Commander Sonya Gomez served on during the Dominion War as chief engineer, according to Pocket SCE: War Stories, Book 1 and had the registry NCC-68455. The ship would make it canonical appearance in Season 3 of Picard.

The DS9 novel Original Sin features the Akira-class USS James T. Kirk (β) (NCC-63719), named in honor of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise. The James T. Kirk was commanded by Elias Vaughn (β) and had an illustrious service history which included exploration and defensive missions.

The Star Trek: Destiny novel Gods of Night features the Akira-class USS Constant (β). During the Borg invasion (β) of 2381, the Constant was assigned to defend the planet Khitomer, along with the USS Ranger (β) and USS Arimathea (β). Although the USS Enterprise-E signaled of an incoming Borg cube, the fleet of three vessels had little chance of defending the Klingon planet. The Constant was destroyed first after the cube adapted to their weaponry; although the vessel was able to launch escape pods, they were all consumed by the ship's destruction.

The short story "On the Spot" in the anthology book The Sky's the Limit features the Akira-class USS Korolev.

Games

STO (Perpetual) USS Perpetual,

The Akira-class USS Perpetual as seen in the original Star Trek Online

Akira class Starfleet Command

Akira-class ship from Starfleet Command III

Akira class Legacy

Akira-class ship from Star Trek Legacy

The Decipher role-playing games supplement Starships lists several Akira-class starships, including USS Geronimo (β) (NCC-62501), USS Osceola (β) (NCC-62743), USS Black Elk (β) (NCC-62878), USS Nez Perce (β) (NCC-62891), USS Mateo (β) (NCC-63002), USS Red Cloud (β) (NCC-63306), and USS Susquehanna (β) (NCC-63419).

The Activision PC game Star Trek: Bridge Commander includes the USS Devore (β) (NCC-64088), USS Geronimo (β) (NCC-69302), and USS Kali (β).

The Activision PC game Star Trek: Armada includes the USS Jupiter (β) (NCC-71267) and USS Templar (β), as well as many others. In both this game and the sequel, Star Trek: Armada II, these vessels have an advanced weapon called the "chain reaction pulsar (β)" which bounces a bolt of energy off of enemy shields, damaging several ships consecutively. The Jupiter was also a promotional card for the Star Trek Customizable Card Game, where it was listed as being "under the command of Captain Satelk."

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars includes the USS Singh (β).

Star Trek: Away Team includes the USS Leyte Gulf (β) (NCC-71427).

The Akira-class is featured in the game Star Trek: Starfleet Command III, where it is classified as a heavy cruiser.

The Xbox 360/PC game Star Trek: Legacy allows control of Akira-class ships as cruisers with names such as USS Akira, USS Spector, USS Rabin, and USS Thunderchild.

The Akira-class is featured in Star Trek Online as the prototypical example of a "Strike Wing Escort", a class of tactical starship blending the weaponry an escort with the capacity to field smaller vessels such as shuttlecraft, runabouts, or attack fighters in combat. Other Strike Wing Escort classes fielded by Starfleet with designs derived from the Akira-class include the game-original Armitage (β), Alita (β), and Thunderchild (β) classes. The in-game model has been updated multiple times to improve its level of detail and make it more screen accurate, the most recent of which was used in Star Trek: Picard. In 2024, the game released a new mission depicting the Battle of Wolf 359 in a Holodeck simulation where players are embodying one of the 40 fleet vessels engaged against Locutus' Borg Cube. One Akira-class ship, the USS Kaneda, is depicted as one of the destroyed ships during the battle. Her registry number is NX-62498 which suggest it was a prototype years prior the initial launch of the USS Akira commission.

  • Akira-class ship names from Starfleet Command III:
    • USS Akira
    • USS Aquino
    • USS Begin
    • USS Cristiani
    • USS Galtieri
    • USS Gorbachev
    • USS Grant
    • USS Kennedy
    • USS Kravchuk
    • USS Landsbergis
    • USS Lincoln
    • USS Mitterand
    • USS Ramos
    • USS Reagan
    • USS Shamir
    • USS Shevardnadze
    • USS Sihanouk
    • USS Thatcher
    • USS Thunderchild
    • USS Yeltsin

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