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Ajax Class (2166)

The Ajax-class warships were developed as a more heavily armed version of the Daedalus-class ships towards the end of the Romulan War. The relatively fast ships were supposed to scout and to attack Romulan convoys far outside the Federation territory. The political decision, however, to establish the Neutral Zone and the outposts along its border, did not allow to use this type of ships. Therefore the first four Ajax-class ships were completed as late as 2166 and classified as destroyers. Since their benefit at peace was limited and the larger Hercules-class ships turned out superior, no further Ajax-class ships were commissioned. The Ajax-class design deviated from the Daedalus class in that only few components, most noticeably the warp nacelles were adopted, while the flat hull shape followed a new understanding of warp field dynamics at speeds beyond Warp 3. Unlike the coupled single-beam emitters of the Daedalus, the navigational deflector was implemented in the form of a characteristic "dish". Ajax-class ships were armed with one laser turret, one fixed laser cannon and three missile launchers, two facing forward and one facing backward. Instead of a shuttlebay two docking ports in the saucer underside allowed to keep shuttles permanently docked, also at warp speed. Ajax-class ships were mainly employed for border patrol, but taken out of service after only 25 years.

Preliminary three-view schematics (ca. 1998)

Revised and more detailed version

3D model for Star Trek Armada created by Terradyhne

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