Miranda Class

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Registry #	Ship Name	Information
NCC-????	USS Miranda	Class ship
NCC-?????	USS Sitak	Destroyed trying to retake Deep Space Nine
NCC-1837	USS Lantree	Quarantined after entire crew lost to genetic virus; Scuttled by NCC-1701-D
NCC-1864	USS Reliant	Lost at Genesis Planet
NCC-1867*	USS Saratoga	Disabled during probe incursion of 2286 while patrolling the Neutral Zone
NCC-31860	USS Majestic	Destroyed trying to retake Deep Space Nine
NCC-31905	USS ShirKahr	Participated in the invasion of the Chin'Toka system
NCC-31910	USS Nautilus	Participated in the invasion of the Chin'Toka system
Modifications

*There is some confusion as to Saratoga's registry number: page 321 of the Star Trek Encyclopedia states NCC-1867; page 289 of the same book claims NCC-1937. Oops!

The Miranda class starships were designed and built as a follow-up class to the Constitution Class starships, and introduced in the late 23rd century to supplement the capabilities of the Constitutions. Many components of the Mirandas are pulled from the Constitution class: the saucer and the warp nacelles, most obviously. These ships, being smaller and slightly less-capable than the Constitution class, were procured as a less expensive production line to project Federation presence and power into more areas than could be accomplished with the existing Constitution fleet. The result of this design philosophy was a relatively formidable warship which could be produced more quickly and less expensively than the Constitution class.