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STARSHIP CLASS
Akira class
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Type:	heavy cruiser
Dimensions
Length:	464.6 meters
Width:	316.7 meters
Height:	87.4 meters
Mass:	3,055,000 metric tons
Specifications
Decks:	26 decks
Crew:	500 4500 personnel evacuation limit
Speed:	Cruise: Wp 6 Max. Cruise: Wp 9.2 Max. Emergency: Wp 9.8
Armaments:	6 Phaser arrays 15 Photon tubes
Defences:	Ablative armor Deflector Shields
Auxiliary craft:	10 Work bees 40 Fighters 10 Shuttlecraft 5 Shuttlepods

The Akira-class was a type of Federation heavy cruiser used by Starfleet in the late 24th century. Built in response to the Borg threat and rising hostilities with the Dominion, Akira class vessels are fast manoeuvrable attack ships. (ST roleplay module: Starfleet Operations Manual)

They were registered as Class-3 heavy cruisers. (DS9 video game: Dominion Wars)

History

The Akira class was initially conceived during rising hostilities with the Cardassian Union, the project at first was just a test in starship design, however following Starfleet’s disastrous losses to the Borg in the Battle of Wolf 359 Starfleet began a major program of starship development and building to meet any future Borg threat.

The USS Akira was launched in 2368 and the Akira class went on become a major player in the fleet. The class performed admirably against the Borg on their return and was involved in numerous battles in the Dominion War. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)

Features

The Akira class is heavily armed with an amazing fifteen photon torpedo launchers. However its defining feature is its shuttle bay which exists through the length of the ship allowing the Akira class to act as a fighter carrier. Its complement of forty fighters exit through the forward shuttle doors and return through one of two aft bays. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)

Note: The Akira-class heavy cruisers were equipped with Type 10 Phasers, Mk 80 torpedo launchers, and LF-35 linear warp engines. These starships are designed to operate for 18 years without a major overhaul and refit. (ST roleplay module: Starships)

Known ships

Two Akira class ships help evacuvate a Bajoran colony

Akira class aft view

• USS Akira (NCC-62497)
• USS Geronimo (NCC-62501)
• USS Black Elk (LUG RPG suppliment The Price of Freedom: NCC-62505; Deciper RPG supplement Starships: NCC-62878)
• USS Osceola (NCC-62743)
• USS Susquehanna (LUG RPG suppliment The Price of Freedom: NCC-62797; Deciper RPG supplement Starships: NCC-63419)
• USS Nez Perce (NCC-62891)
• USS Rabin (NCC-63293)
• USS Mateo (NCC-63302)
• USS Red Cloud (NCC-63306)
• USS Thunderchild (NCC-63549)
• USS Devore (NCC-64088)
• USS Delestrez (NCC-64013) Celestia's model
• USS Spector (NCC-65549)
• Unknown (NCC-63646)
• USS Geronimo (NCC-69302)
• USS Jupiter (NCC-71267)
• USS Leyte Gulf (NCC-71427)
• USS Bondar
• USS Carla Romney
• USS Essex
• USS Garneau
• USS Gryphon
• USS Kali
• USS Sentinel (Sovereign-class in Invasion!)
• USS Sharansky
• USS Singh
• USS Templar

Apocrypha

• The RPG The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon, published by Last Unicorn Games after they had lost their Star Trek licence listed two other Akira-class starships: USS Avenger (NCC-69925) and the USS Martel (NCC-73196).

Starship classes of the United Federation of Planets
By name	Aakenn • Achernar • Achilles • Advance • Aegian • Aeolus • Aerie • Akira • Akula (destroyer) • Akula (frigate) • Alaska • Ambassador • Andes • Andromeda • Andor • Antares • Anton • Apache • Apollo • Archer • Ariel • Ascendant • Ashanti • Avenger • Babcock • Bader • Baker • Baton Rouge • Bode • Bolarus • Bonaventure • Bonhomme Richard • Bradbury • Brenton • Canada • Canopus • Capella • Centaur • Centaurus • Challenger • Chandley • Charger • Chariot • Chesapeake • Cheyenne • Chimera • Christopher • Cle Dan • Cochise • Cochrane • Constellation • Constitution • Continent • Copernicus • Cygnus • Daedalus • Danube • Decatur • Decker • Defender • Defiant • Deneva • Derf • Dollond • Doppler • Dreadnought • Drexler • Durrett • Eagle • Edward • El Dorado • Enterprise (23rd century) • Enterprise (alternate future) • Epoch • Epsilon • Erewon • Excalibur • Excelsior • Federation • Fenlon • Fermi • Fiji • Freedom • Frontier • Gagarin • Galaxy • Geneva • Genser • Graceful • Grayson • Griffon • Hale • Hardin • Hermes (scout) • Hermes (fast cruiser) • Heston • Hogan • Hokule'a • Horizon • Huron • Icarus • Incursion • Indomitable • Intrepid • Iowa • Istanbul • Iwo Jima • Karekh • Keith • Keppler • Kethkin • Kiev • Kitty Hawk • K'Kmarak • Kolm-An • Korolev • Larson • Lauro • Laweya • Legacy • Lenthal • Lexington • Liberty • Loki • Loknar • London (troop transport) • Luna • Mackenzie • Makin • Mann • Marklin • Marshall • M'Benga • Mediterranean • Merced • Midway • Miranda • Mission • Missouri • Mockingbird • MoKal • Monoceros • Moscow • Nebula • Nelson • New Orleans • Newport • Niagara • Noble • Nomad • Northampton • Norway • Nova • Oberon • Oberth • Odin • Odysseus • Okinawa • Olympic • Oppenheimer • Orion • Osaka • Overfield • Paladin (destroyer) • Paladin (24th century) • Philadelphia • Pinnacle • Piper • Polarity • Pollux • Portsmith • Premonition • Prometheus • Proxima • Ptolemy • Pyrenees • Rakota • Ranger (cruiser) • Ranger (scout) • Reliant • Remora • Renaissance • Rickenbacker • Rigel • Royal Sovereign • Saber • Sagan • Saladin • Samson • Santa Fe • Sawyer • Scorpio • Scylla • Sequoia • Sherman • Shi'Kahr • Sierra • Siva • Solar • Sovereign • Soyuz • Springfield • Steamrunner • Surak • Sydney • Venture • Tangent • Thomas Paine • Thucydides • Thufir • Ticonderoga • Tikopai • Tritium • Typhon • Ukora • Ulysses • Ural • Utah • Vesta • Vigilant (scout) • Vigilant (tactical escort) • Voyager • Wambundu • Wilkerson • Wei-Fa • Wellington • Wells • Yeager • Yorkshire • Zodiac • unnamed
By type	Federation cargo ship • Federation colony ship • Federation construction ship • Federation galaxy ship • Federation mining freighter • Federation repair ship

External links

• Akira class article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Akira class article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon Star Trek wiki.
• Stephen Pugh's vessels of Star Fleet
• Akira Class Technical Manual - A Wiki of specs, media, and information on the best class of starship in the Fleet.

The Star Trek Expanded Universe Database is for fanon and related content. See Memory-Alpha.org for the canon Star Trek wiki.

STARSHIP
Name:	USS Martel
Registry:	NCC-73196
Class:	Akira
Type:	heavy cruiser
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Status:	active

The USS Martel (NCC-73196) was an Akira-class Federation starship in service in the late 24th century.

The Martel was a heavy participant in the Dominion War as part of the 605th Tactical Wing, Starfleet Eighth Fleet, spending the first two-thirds of the war defending Andoria and later often fought along the front lines. During the early part of 2374, the Martel was commanded by Captain Anderson Matthews. (LUG RPG: The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon)