Saber class starship (Star Trek)

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Saber class

First appearance	Star Trek: First Contact
Last appearance	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Affiliation	Starfleet
General Characteristics
Propulsion	Warp drive Impulse drive
Power	Warp core

In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Saber class starship is a type of starship produced and used by Starfleet in the 24th century. The basic form of the ship is that of an elliptic saucer-shaped hull, with the width of it being fore to aft and its length the ship's width abeam. From the tips of the ellipse, two nacelles, each housing a warp engine run aft; between them, from the center of the primary hull, an extension of the hull, slightly longer than the nacelles, runs aftward, housing the engineering section, and in an underslung construction on its ventral side, the navigational deflector. The ship's phaser strips and lifeboats occupy the dorsal saucer. Two impulse engines are located between the engineering hull and the engines, one on each side of the ship. The Bussard ramscoops are found on the front edge of the saucer, one near each end of it. An indentation at the center of the front of the saucer may be a shuttlebay.

In real life, the Saber class was designed by Alex Jaeger at Industrial Light and Magic and rendered as a computer-generated visual effect. This ship first appeared in the motion picture Star Trek: First Contact and later appeared in at least ten episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

The Saber class appears in Star Trek Armada II as a quick response ship; however in the game they do not have the indentation at the front.

The "Saber" class also appears in Star Trek: Starfleet Command III as the basic "frigate" ship that Federation players start with.It also serves this function in Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars.

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[edit] Known Saber class starships

USS Yeager (NCC-61947): Named for Chuck Yeager, the starship Yeager fought in the Battle of Sector 001 in 2373.
USS da Vinci (NCC-81623): Non-canon ship, from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers series of novels and named for the Italian polymath, Leonardo da Vinci.