Miranda Class

Name: Miranda
Craft: United Federation of Planets Miranda-Class Cruiser
Type: Cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 277.76 x 173.98 x 65.23 meters
Ship Mass: 655,000 metric tons
Starship Size: 5
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Autopilot: 2D+1
Crew: 200; Skeleton: 20/+10
Passengers: 35
Cargo Capacity: 45,000 metric tons
Consumables: 2 years
Warp Drive: 5.001 / 5.8 / 7.2 (12 Hours)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 1D+1
Space: 8
Hull: 3D
Shields: 1D+1
Sensors

• Passive: 40 / 1D+2
• Scan: 120 / 2D+2
• Search: 150 / 3D
• Focus: 4 / 3D+2

Weapons

• 2 Type VII Phaser Cannons (channeled)

Fire Arc: 180 degrees forward dorsal
Location: forward port, forward starboard
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-2/5/15
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Rate of fire: 3
Damage: 3D+1

• 6 Type VII Phaser Banks

Fire Arc: 180 degrees forward ventral, 180 degrees starboard ventral, 180 degrees port ventral, 180 degrees forward dorsal, 180 degrees starboard dorsal, 180 degrees port dorsal
Location: forward ventral, starboard ventral, port ventral, forward dorsal, starboard dorsal, port dorsal
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-2/5/15
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Rate of fire: 3
Damage: 2D+2

• 4 Photon Torpedo Launchers

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 2 aft
Location: forward starboard, forward port, aft starboard, aft port
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-15/50/175
Ammunition: 40 Type II Photon Torpedoes total
Spread: 4
Damage: 4D

• Class Beta Tractor Beam

Fire Arc: forward
Location: forward ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 4D+2

• 2 Class Alpha Tractor Beams

Fire Arc: Shuttlebay
Location: Shuttlebay x2
Crew: 1
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+2
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 3D

Miscellaneous:

• Crew Quarters:

• Barracks: House 120 crewmembers
• Spartan: 40
• Basic: 20
• Expanded: 10

• Decks: 11
• Escape Pods: 120

• Capacity per Pod: 12

• Year Commissioned: 2274 (Earth Reckoning)

Transporters

• Personnel: 2

• Range: 26,000 km
• Capacity: 6 persons

• Emergency: 3

• Range: 13,000 km
• Capacity: 22 persons

• Cargo: 3

• Range: 26,000 km
• Capacity: 200 kg

Complement

• Shuttle Craft: 4
• Probes: 30

Description: The Miranda-class was a type of Federation starship in use in the 23rd and 24th centuries.

The name derived from Prospero's daughter in The Tempest by William Shakespeare. (TOS video game: Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator)

History

One of Starfleet's most successful classes, the Miranda-class began its life in the early 23rd century, serving in the 2250s as complimentary class to the Constitution-class, with which it shares many construction components. (ST reference: Starship Spotter; EV comic: "Cloak and Dagger")

While the early Miranda-class vessels were successful, the final configuration of the class did not come about until the 2270s and 2280s when the Miranda-class vessels and the similar Anton-class series underwent refit. The refitted Anton-class vessels were sometimes referred to as Reliant-class. The renewed Miranda-class design, again using components from the Constitution-class refit (Enterprise-subclass) proved so successful that Starfleet rapidly commissioned a number of new vessels. (FASA RPG module: Federation Ship Recognition Manual; ST reference: Starship Spotter)

The new refitted version of the Miranda was designed by Ray Olesen. (video game Starfleet Command)

Reliant-type refits, and newly commissioned Miranda-class vessels in the refit configuration, served well into the 24th century and still made up a significant proportion of Starfleet a century after the first Anton-class vessels underwent refit. The class served with distinction in the Dominion War and while the class took quite a beating in the conflict many still remained in service at the end of the 2370s (ST reference: Starship Spotter; DS9 episode: "What You Leave Behind"; TTN novel: Taking Wing, et al.)

Features

Part of the Miranda-class' extreme success is due to their versatility; they perform well in combat, scientific research or even as cargo ships. This versatility is enhanced by an array of interchangeable and removable elements allowing the vessels to be specialized for missions. These components include additional sensor pods and weapons arrays and most obviously the option to have a roll bar housing additional systems over the main saucer section. The variability is so extensive one variant has been deemed a class in its own right; the Soyuz-class.

The Miranda-class in its most common configuration features two pulse-phaser cannons which draw power directly from the warp plasma feeds running into the warp nacelles making the class a formidable opponent. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)

In the mid-24th century, this class of starship was sometimes referred to as a "frigate." (TNG novel: The Buried Age)

Source:

• Memory Alpha: Miranda-class
• Memory Beta: Miranda class
• Ship Recognition Manual vol 4 (Spacedock) (pages 57-59)
• thedemonapostle