U.S.S. PHOENIX LIBRARY COMPUTER - FEDERATION STARSHIP DATABASE [GALAXY-CLASS STARSHIP (MARK II)]
| USS Galaxy | USS James T. Kirk | USS Victor Murdock | |
| USS Phoenix-A | |||
Five subatomic unified energy impulse engines
Two additional warp nacelles located embedded in the saucer, extrude from hull in separation mode
Standard maneuvering thrusters
5 x TYPE-3 burst fire photon torpedo tubes + 300 torpedoes. 100 quantum torpedoes
4 Antimatter spread emitters
1 Dorsal Type XVI Phaser Cannon
3 Class I rapid-fire pulse Phaser emitters
MSS (Multi-layered Shield System)
Heavy Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 18 cm Ablative armor,
High level Structural Integrity Field
Multi-Vector Assault Mode
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 9.9
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 9.999 for twelve hours
Standard : 5 years
Major : 20 years
Beam : 470 m
Height : 145 m
Decks : 44
SHUTTLES:
2 TYPE-9 Personnel Shuttles
2 TYPE-14 Cargo Shuttles
2 TYPE-10 Shuttlepods
6 TYPE-11 Personnel Shuttles
4 TYPE 14 Personnel shuttles
1 to 2 Starfighter Squadrons
RUNABOUTS:
3 Danube Class Runabouts
2 Mustang-class Assault Runabouts
1 Delta Flyer-class Runabout
OTHER:
One Type-S Captain's Yacht
However, in the nearly three years since the Galaxy herself was refitted to those specifications, it has become clear that the Quick design was not without it's flaws. Most notably, the massive power consumption required by the Phaser cannon, the warp field inefficiencies caused by the third nacelle, and of course, the "Quick Virus", the Engineering slang for the number of minor technical malfunctions outside the range of normal operating parameters.
Commanders Dickson, Boardman, and Weber of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with Captain Montgomery Scott, Master Chief Miles O'Brien, Commander Geordi LaForge and Dr. Leah Brahms continued their work on this proposed design even while the Galaxy II was still in refits.
When the Galaxy suffered significant battle damage, the three SCE commanders were successfully able to lobby to refit the premiere Galaxy-Class vessel to this new design, in the wake of the perceived failure of the previous refit.
The process was pushed through at an accelerated pace, alongside the refitting of the Starship Miranda to a Pathfinder II in record time, with both vessels being completely refitted in only three months. Captain Scott, and Commanders Dickson, Boardman and Weber oversaw both projects, bringing massive numbers of SCE personnel to Starbase 212 to complete the work.
There are numerous changes in this version of the Galaxy-Class starship than it's predecessors. The SCE took advantage of the Galaxy's massive damage to create an almost new ship. Indeed, the saucer section was scrapped entirely, and replaced with the salvaged saucer section from the Enterprise-D, retrieved from Viridian III. The existing space frame was a large advantage, however.
The ships computer and data network systems were among the first things upgraded, switching the primary focus from isolinear chips to the more powerful bioneural gelpacks, prototyped in the Intrepid and Sovereign classes, allowing a forty six percent increase in computer processing power and efficiency.
Warp and impulse drive systems received the next overhaul, with the third nacelle's complete removal (made simpler by the fact that it, and it's mounting, had been sheared off in combat) The original nacelles were completely replaced with newer, more efficient ones, while the Stardrive impulse engine was retooled, and much larger impulse engines were added to the saucer to increase the ship's sublight maneuverability. Two small nacelles, capable of propelling the saucer section at Warp Five, were added to the primary hull, as Starfleet has since discovered that a saucer without warp drive is essentially a very large lifeboat.
Shuttlebay Four, located in the lower part of the Stardrive, was reduced in size, returning some of the parts storage areas to Engineering. This was made possible with the addition of a new, fifth Shuttlebay, designated the "Starfighter Bay'. Full training and support facilities for up two Starfighter squadrons were installed.
Weapons systems recived the next upgrade, first among which was the phaser cannon. It's power relays were completely replaced, allowing it to be not as much of a drain on power as it was in the previous design. The new, upgraded warp core has also helped with that particular issue. Two additional torpedo tubes, in the fore and aft of the saucer section were added, as well as three pulse phaser arrays (Also known as Defiant-Type), two fore, one aft. The standard phaser arrays were also upgraded to Venture/Sovereign specifications.
Sensor capacity was increased over thirty percent with the installation of a new primary sensor array in the saucer section, and the Stellar Cartography and Astrometrics labs recieved complete overhauls.
Escape pod systems were upgraded to allow for quicker launch, as well as a larger crew compliment. The hull received numerous changes as well, with the addition of ablative armor to the ship's defenses.
The Galaxy Class III prototype was completed aboard the USS Galaxy in October of 2378, and the ship launched for it's first mission. Initial trials having gone well, two additional starships, the USS James T. Kirk and the USS Victor Murdock were completed shortly thereafter. Due to the destruction of the Nebula-class starship Phoenix in 2381, a fourth Galaxy-class Mk III vessel, bearing the registry number NCC-65420-A was built to honor it's memory, with a scheduled launch date of stardate 59696.5. (2382)
After several years of studying the Quantum "Slipstream" drive that the crew of the starship Voyager brought back from the Delta Quadrant, Starfleet developed it's own version of the Slipstream drive. Just prior to it's first mission, the starship Phoenix was privileged to be the first starship to be equipped with the new drive system, dubbed the "Jump drive", in addition to it's existing warp drive.
| Deck 1 | Main Bridge, Captain's ready room, Conference lounge, Cloaking device, Temporal sensor array [subdeck]—Bridge module ejection systems, Emergency computer and environmental systems, Cloaking device maintenance and access |
| Deck 2 | Junior officers' quarters, Crew lounges, Pulse Phaser EPS taps, Cloaking device subsystems |
| Deck 3 | Crew quarters, Guest quarters, Shuttle control booth, Departure lounge, Shuttlecraft subsystems |
| Deck 4 | Main Shuttlebay, Shuttlecraft storage and service, Crew quarters, Cargo bays, Phaser practice range |
| Deck 5 | Crew quarters, Senior staff quarters, Shuttlecraft hangar, Mass transporters, Computer core systems |
| Deck 6 | Transporter rooms one through four, Environmental systems |
| Deck 7 | Environmental systems, Transporter support |
| Deck 8 | Crew quarters including captain's quarters, Guest quarters, Crew lounges, Science labs, Stellar Cartography, Astrometrics, Battle Bridge, Ready room, Conference room |
| Deck 9 | Crew quarters, Guest quarters, Umbilical connects, Computer core systems, RCS thrusters, Impulse engine subsystems, Lateral sensor arrays, Umbilical connects, Docking latches, Brig |
| Deck 10 | Ten-Forward Lounge, Crew support systems, Computer core access, Photon torpedo magazines, Holodecks, Saucer impulse engines, RCS thrusters, Life support, Engineering subsystems, Lateral sensor array |
| Deck 11 | Holodecks, Temporal investigations, Saucer torpedo launcher, Computer subsystems, Swimming pool, Science labs, Contingency accommodations |
| Deck 12 | Medical complex, Sickbay wards one and two, Medlabs, Surgical suites, Gymnasium, Cetacean lab, Auxiliary deuterium tanks, Primary gangway |
| Deck 13 | Cargo bays, Life support systems, Crew support, Brig, Impulse engine subsystems, Main impulse engines, Transporter rooms 5-6 |
| Deck 14 | Cargo bays, Crew lounges, Saucer deflector array |
| Deck 15 | Saucer engineering systems, Deflector subsystems, Extendable docking ports, Cargo loading doors, Science department, Phaser cannon maintenance, Engineering support |
| Deck 16 | Cargo systems, Phaser cannon connects, Environmental support, Contingency crew quarters, Science labs, Phaser cannon connects and power taps |
| Deck 17 | Phaser cannon emitter array, Phaser cannon fusion reactors, Contingency crew quarters, Science labs |
| Deck 18 | Phaser cannon exhaust systems, Contingency crew quarters, Sickbay ward three |
| Deck 19 | Contingency crew quarters |
| Deck 20 | Contingency crew quarters, EPS systems/distribution |
| Deck 21 | Engineering labs, Crew lounges |
| Deck 22 | Torpedo magazine, EPS monitoring, Crew support facilities |
| Deck 23 | Torpedo magazine |
| Deck 24 | Torpedo magazine, Crew lounges, Nacelle—Control room upper level (P/S) |
| Deck 25 | Docking ports, Forward torpedo launcher, Torpedo magazine, Nacelle-Control room lower level (P/S) |
| Deck 26 | Deuterium tanks, Shuttlecraft subsystems |
| Deck 27 | Deuterium tanks, Shuttlebay two |
| Deck 28 | Deuterium tanks, Shuttlecraft hangar |
| Deck 29 | Deuterium tanks, Nacelle—Docking ports, Nacelle crew lounge (P/S) |
| Deck 30 | Deuterium injectors, Warp core endcaps, Phaser cannon warp core power taps |
| Deck 31 | Science labs, Crew quarters |
| Deck 32 | Crew quarters |
| Deck 33 | Engineering systems, Star drive computer core systems, Slipstream drive computer core systems |
| Deck 34 | Structural systems, Star drive computer core systems, Slipstream drive computer core systems, Photon torpedo magazine |
| Deck 35 | Aft torpedo launcher, Photon torpedo magazine, Sensor array subsystems, Main deflector subsystems |
| Deck 36 | Main Engineering, Pylon structural systems, Power transfer conduits, Main deflector access, Lateral sensor arrays, RCS thrusters |
| Deck 37 | Waste management, Tactical shuttle high bay, Cargo, Mass transporters |
| Deck 38 | Ventral cargo loading doors, Tactical shuttle high bay, Cargo bays, Brig |
| Deck 39 | Tactical shuttlecraft bay, Security, Brig |
| Deck 40 | Antimatter containment, Engineering support |
| Deck 41 | Antimatter containment |
| Deck 42 | Antimatter containment, Antimatter generators, Antimatter injectors |