Eagle Class

The Eagle class is a parallel development to the Buenos Aires class and is likewise classified as a heavy cruiser. Saucer and warp drives of the two ship types are essentially identical, including the impulse-powered auxiliary craft (the "boat"). Eagle-class ships are lighter, overall somewhat less powerful but more versatile. Already in their basic configuration they feature recent sensor and weapons technology as well as extensive scientific laboratories and a variety of auxiliary vessels. In addition to the standard equipment, the ships can be supplemented with different sensor and weapon modules, which are fully compatible with the Pacifica class. Most of the Eagle-class ships are currently equipped with a combined photon torpedo and long-range sensor pod.

The original operation area was mainly well inside Federation space. Actually, with the exploration programs already being well-equipped, Starfleet assigned half of the ships to monitor the trade routes between the core worlds. Then, during the Dominion War, almost all ships of the fast but only moderately armed class were equipped with attack fighters and ordered to the Tholian and Talarian borders. Here, they successfully prevented incursions, largely without the support of other ships. Considering the recently necessary rearmament of Starfleet, it is expected that the more heavily armed Akira-class starships will be the preferred design in the future, although Eagle-class starships performed unexpectedly well in the crisis. Contracts for the production twelve more ships of the class had been signed just prior to the Dominion War. It is possible that they will be built as modified Eagle variants.

 

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Credits

Thanks to Will Harless for his drawing and Atlantis/27 for the 3D model.

 

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