Federation Battlecruiser

For the playable version, see Concorde, Presidio, and Geneva Command Battlecruiser.

Federation Battlecruiser

Class:

Battleship

NPC-Rank:

The Federation Battlecruiser is a line of advanced battleships used by Starfleet. In addition to the latest state-of-the-art systems and equipment, the ships hold a hangar for launching Peregrine-class Fighters.

Armament

Fore Weapons

• [Phaser Beam Array]
• [Phaser Beam Array]
• [Quantum Torpedo Launcher]
• [Quantum Torpedo Launcher]

Aft Weapons

• [Phaser Beam Array]
• [Phaser Beam Array]
• [Quantum Torpedo Launcher]
• [Quantum Torpedo Launcher]

Abilities

• Beam Array: Fire at Will II
• Launch Peregrine Fighters
• Torpedo: High Yield II
• Tractor Beam
• Tractor Beam Repulsors

Missions encountered

Unnamed

Federation Battlecruisers can spawn in any encounter involving one or more Federation battleships. Each one is labelled according to its class by default.

• A Battlecruiser of varying class can be seen station-keeping near Drozana Station.
• Federation Battlecruisers are part of Federation fleets raiding Klingon starbases in:
  • “Fleet Alert”
  • “Fleet Transport Defense”
  • “Starbase Fleet Defense”
• “Empire Defense Against Federation Spies”: A Federation task force is hiding in the Kahless Expanse.
• “Officer of the Watch (Daily)”: One possible assignment is to escort a battleship carrying a Starfleet dignitary to the starbase.
• “Starbase 234 System Patrol”: A Federation battleship makes up the last line of defense the player must defeat before taking on Starbase 234.
• “Surface Tension”: Numerous battlecruisers help defend the Sol System from the Undine. Later, six of them accompany the U.S.S. Enterprise-F in the Qo'noS System.
• “Capture the Flag”: A battleship is one of several alliance vessels under attack by the Vaadwaur in the Orlitus System.

Named

• “Delta Flight”: The U.S.S. Bern is part of a mission to attack a Solanae station in the Calbriden System.

Vessels of the Class

Image	Class	Named Vessels
	Concorde-class	U.S.S. Concorde (default)
	Geneva-class	U.S.S. Bern U.S.S. Geneva (default) U.S.S. Keller U.S.S. Nelson
	Presidio-class	U.S.S. Alameda U.S.S. Presidio (default)
	Random	U.S.S. DeWitt

Notes

• The Federation Battlecruiser was added to the game in the Delta Rising expansion alongside the playable Concorde, Presidio, and Geneva Command Battlecruisers. It has largely replaced the older Typhoon-class battleship.
• The 3D holographic traffic control display of ships orbiting Earth Space Dock, located in the administration section of Earth Space Dock, near Captain Sulu, show a Presidio Class starship, the USS Alameda, identified as an "Assault Flag Battlecruiser".

See Also

• Playable version:
  • Concorde Command Battlecruiser
  • Presidio Command Battlecruiser
  • Geneva Command Battlecruiser
• Other Federation battleship designs:
  • Typhoon-class battleship
  • Armitage-class escort carrier
  • Prometheus-class escort
  • Multi-Mission Explorer