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The Ambassador Class ship was launched in 2332 under the command of Captain Rachel Garrett.
The Enterprise NCC 1701-C was the third Ambassador-Class vessel to be built and was
commissioned in 2332 the Enterprise C served with great distinction for 12 years before she
was destroyed in 2344 at the decisive moment in the battle a photon torpedo created a rift in the
space-time and the Enterprise was thrown 22 years into the future during the battle the Enterprise-C
took more than 400 casualties and launched her entire senior staff apart from Captain Garrett,
The sacrifice of the Enterprise-C played an important role in cementing
the relationship between the Federation and the Klingon empire.
For a size comparison let's start with a smaller Enterprise-A
it is around 288 meters or 947 feet in length and has a width of 137 meters or 450 feet
the larger enterprise C is around 526 meters or 1726 feet in length
she has a width of 320 meters on 1050 feet,
while the Galaxy class Enterprise-D is around 621 meters or 2037 feet in length
with a width of 457 meters or 1532 feet
when she was launched the USS Enterprise C was one of the largest ships Starfleet has ever built
at 526 meters she was three-quarters as long as the Constitution-class Enterprise in a deeper
engineering hull gave her a significant larger living volume than an immediate predecessor the
Enterprise B. She has 36 decks and a crew of 530 the ship can sustain cruising speed at warp 8.4
The Enterprise-C has managed to have similar design language as the Enterprise-A
while being a public transition between the Excelsior and the Galaxy-Class ship
that came before and after just like its predecessor, it has two separate hull
a primary and secondary with an interconnecting dorsal
on the bottom of the primary hull were three ventral emitter phaser strips
and at the center was the dorsal sensor array.
At the front of the secondary hull was a navigational deflector assembly
and several escape pods hatch and are located on the neck was the thermal regulator assembly
and the docking port for the vessel
further back was the L-shaped warp nacelle support pylons with the lateral phaser strip
on the lower edge of the pylon. The pylon design reflects changes in the advanced starship design
on later ships, the nacelles were drop-in position slightly below the saucer section
similar to previous design the ship comes equipped with two warp nacelles and a Bussard collector located
at the front, the warp nacelles were the most important part of the ship's propulsion system
inside the nacelles and at the front was the Bussard's collector assembly
the Bussard particle shifter assembly in the main stage flux tuner assembly
toward the black with the plasma converters several warp coils
and the non-propulsive field manipulation warp coil.
Located at the top of the nacelles was the plasma dump ports and the
dorsal photonics spill ports on the side was the Bussard's dump ports
and pre-staged intercooler and at the back was the aft RCS thrusters assemblies
at the aft end of the saucer the section was the shutter bay doors
and right below it was the impulse engine assembly
toward the back was the landing pad and the shutter bay doors for the secondary hull
on top and center of the primary hull was the main
bridge with the additional five phasers emitter strips,
One on the front port starboard and two on the aft in addition, the ship comes equipped with four
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Similar to the constitution class ships the Ambassador class also
inherent mainly the design philosophy of his predecessor.
we had a shuttle bay at the aft end of the ship a shutter bay environmental system
and an aft lounge the enterprise was designed for deep space exploration
and was equipped with an unusually high number of shuttercrafts.
At the top of the secondary hull was the slush deuterium tank,
shutter craft maintenance lift and the aft torpedo launcher.
The warp core ran the height of the secondary hull with the hatch and the underside.
The ambassador class was one of the first Starfleet design that could inject its warp core in case
of a catastrophic matter anti-matter containment failure. Next to the warp core was the engineering
computer core and the navigational deflector emitter and assembly the Enterprise C secondary
hull was also designed with the forward torpedo launcher tube and torpedo launcher mechanism.
The impulse engine also featured a significant upgrade from the previous generation of vessels
and Enterprise C was the most maneuverable ship of all time
at the heart of each engine was a nuclear fusion reactor that was powered by deuterium.
Located on deck 4 on the primary hull shutter bay 1 was a facility dedicated to the shuttlecraft
operations in addition the ship also has several vertical and horizontal turbolift shafts
that enable personnel and crew to access all decks using the ship's network of shafts.
The computer core was at the center of the starship's computer system,
they provided an enormous amount of memory and faster than light data processing for essential ships
operations the computer systems were among the first to use iso linear circuitry an advanced optical
system that replaced the enhanced duotronic circuitry that had been used on starships
since 2240. As with most Ambassador-class starship the main bridge was at the very
top and was easily accessible and at the opposite end was the sensor dome
close to the main bridge was the conference room and further down was the enlisted mess.
Toward the left of the computer core was the training gym
the brick and the environmental systems
and on the right was the stellar cartography the main sick bay and the transporter room.
because the Enterprise C only appeared in one episode
much of the interior space information was left out details regarding the crew and
captain's quarters in main engineering were not mentioned on the schematics but the overall layout
and design philosophy was very similar to the constitution class and the galaxy class starship
the main bridge of the enterprise C was located at the very top of the saucer section on deck 1.
all the ship's major systems were controlled from the bridge in an emergency situation our bridge
function could be rerouted to main engineering the captain's chair was in the center of the
room immediately behind the operation management and tactical station several of the consoles were
located around the edge of the room on the raised platform with the operators facing the
console which includes the science station auxiliary systems and engineering station.
The circular room was dominated by the main view screen located near the main view screen was the
helm and navigation behind the bridge were the captain's head and the secondary ahead
for the officers which were rather unusual to have two separate restrooms on the bridge.
The captain's ready room was situated next to the main bridge
which allowed the captain to work in seclusion and hold meetings in private.
In addition the main bridge also comes equipped with two turbolifts
while the Enterprise C was repaired in the future and made batter ready unfortunately
she was also attacked by the Klingons and Captain Garrett was killed during the battle
The enterprise C sacrifice did not die in vain because of the destruction of the
Enterprise C and captain scared willingness to enter battle with little chance of winning
the Klingons see the sacrifice as honorable, proof that the federation could be a worthy ally
ushering in a much more peaceful period in history, I hope you enjoyed this brief
but unique view and cross-section of the ill-fated historic Enterprise C
unfortunately the information I have researched under Enterprise C only shows the exterior cross
section and the deck layout of the bridge and if you want to see more technical 3D animation
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