Guide talk:Constitution

Ship Variants

Prototype Notes

Constellation Fusion Testbed (2226)

• Blank 1 image
• no livery, no registry, no name

Constellation Dilithium Testbed (2238)

• Horizon hull (i.e., Blank 1)
• upward pylons
• streamlined saucer on the dorsal side, just below the bridge, like an early version of the Pilot saucer probably pre-Siva
• PB-31 nacelle
• "standard" neck
• livery, NX registry, non-USS name

Republic Pre-production Prototype (2238)

• Republic saucer & neck
  • both "boxes" still here, but bottom one ribbed
  • small, cramped hangar in the bottom "box" (not on stern)
• use the secondary hull as seen on File:Constellation (PB-31).png
  • needs to be more narrow than either the Horizon or the pilot Enterprise secondary hulls
• no weapons
• livery, NX registry, non-USS name

Constitution Production Prototype (2241)

• same as "Republic Pre-production Prototype"
• with weapons
• livery, NX registry, non-USS name
• saucer from the Constellation Dilithium Testbed Siva (I) (2240) saucer as a base, with 'updates'.

Enterprise Production Prototype (2245)

• 1st Pilot pre-1st Pilot
• secondary hull should be wider than above Republic
• full livery, registration, USS name
• on ventral of secondary hull:
  • "main tractor beam assembly"
  • antimatter access/jettison doors
• PB-31A
• SRM entry should be named "Constitution Heavy Cruiser (Production Standard)"

Constitution Operational Standard (2245)

• same as "Enterprise Production Prototype", except...
• ("essentially a") Saladin SBE type impulse engines, just over half the size of the Enterprise's SBA type

Constellation Operational Standard (2245)

• same as "Enterprise Production Prototype"

Republic Operational Standard (2245)

• retains the Republic saucer
• secondary hull overhauled to match File:Republic (first).png
• no phasers (lasers instead)

Production Notes

USS Farragut (224x)

• same as "Enterprise Production Prototype"
• Note: won't receive it's own SRM entry, but might visually fit (ortho) onto the Enterprise production prototype entry.
• Note: should get it's own DA release

Constitution Flt II (2250)

• 2nd Pilot

Bonhomme Richard refit/newbuilds (2250s)

• 2x aft-firing torpedo launchers above shuttle bay (select vessels)
• lasers replaced by phasers
• twin phasers replace the auxiliary cargo hold (fantail) (select vessels)
• 2x (single) phasers on the ventral secondary hull (not fantail) (different select vessels)
• PB-32 mod 3 nacelles
• single particle cannons removed

Victory newbuilds (mid-2260s)

• same as Bonhomme Richard, but with all weapons

Saucer Variants

Stored in the "Saucers" file within "Constitution project"

• "Republic" saucer (Saucer 1 Republic (revised)": Constellation Fusion Testbed (2226), Republic Pre-production Prototype (2238)
• pre-Siva (Saucer 2 Constellation): Constellation Dilithium Testbed (2238)
• Siva saucer (Saucer 3): Constitution Production Prototype (2242)
• pre-1st Pilot (Saucer 4): Enterprise Production Prototype (2245)
• EPP impulse variant (Saucer 5): Constitution Production Standard (2245)
• 1st Pilot (Saucer 6 First Pilot): Bonhomme Richard (mid-2250s)
• 2nd Pilot (Saucer 7 Second Pilot): some post-Pike upgrade
• Series (Saucer 8 Kirk): post-2nd Pilot upgrade
• (2nd Pilot (Vance alt)): Victory tactical cruiser (mid-2260s)

Ship dimensions

This was the first of the Adrasil collaborations in which he provided the dimensions, based on the (more accurate) Captshade ship scale measurement ruler.

SRM TOC

• 01 Constellation fusion testbed (2226) (DONE)
• 02 Constellation dilithium testbed (2238) (DONE)
• 03 Republic prototype (2238) (DONE)
• 04 Constitution production prototype (2241) (DONE)
• 05 Enterprise production prototype (2245) (Note: Production Standard on the BPs)
• 06 Constitution operational standard (2245) (USS Constitution)
• 07 Constellation operational standard (2245) (USS Constellation)
• 08 Republic operational standard (2245) (USS Republic)
• 09 Constitution production standard (224x) (USS Farragut) (Note: no BPs necessary)
• 10 Constitution Flt II (2250) (USS ________)
• 11 Bonhomme Richard (2250) (Note: all original Constitutions, including Constellation but not Republic nor Potemkin, achieve this standard eventually)
• 12 Constitution Flt III (2264) (USS ________)
• 13 Victory (2265)