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Article about "Starship class" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (237 words) |
 | A starship class is the basic design of a starship. |
 | In most science fiction universes, a ship's class will generally be named after its first ship, known as the class leader or pathfinder. |
 | Classes of starships, like their terrestrial counterpart, are used to save effort and money - it's considerably easier and cheaper to build multiple units to the same set of plans than to develop a new unique plan for every individual starship. |
| List of Starfleet ship classes at AllExperts (2621 words) |
 | It is believed by some fans that the Apollo class is a reduced-size counterpart to the Ambassador class, similar to the relationship of the Miranda class to the Constitution class or of the Nebula class to the Galaxy class. |
 | **The Buran was one of the 39 starships destroyed by the Borg in the Battle of Wolf 359. |
 | The Freedom class of ship follows a highly unusual design: the primary hull is an elliptical saucer with a pylon running downward and aftward from its bottom and attaching to a single Galaxy class nacelle. |