Artemis Class

The Artemis-class starship was a type of cruiser introduced by Starfleet in the late 23rd century and discontinued shortly thereafter. The entire series of Artemis Class vessels were constructed on Earth's Pasadena Shipyards in California.The mission profile of the Artemis-class varied from performing various scientific roles to emergency disaster response/relief. The Artemis-class was present in several skirmishes during the Federation-Klingon Cold War.

Technical Data

Physical Arrangement

The Artemis-class is considered an experimental engineering prototype of the Miranda-class, and thus shares many similarities in design. The Artemis-class was composed of a single primary hull, consisting of a saucer that was similar to that of the Miranda-class. However, the bridge module, positioned on top in the center, was shaped like the Constitution-class module.

Mounted over the primary hull were two nacelle pylons connected to the warp nacelles. The design also included a superstructure (or "foil") fitted immediately below the primary hull, as a ventral extension of the dorsal nacelle pylons. This superstructure was equipped with port and starboard phaser banks, and the central housing supported the main navigational deflector dish. By 2271, the main deflector would be replaced with torpedo launchers, and undergo an overall refit; appearing more similar to that of an inverted Miranda Class.

The reconfigured coloration, which replaced the overall white with a blue-grey metallic hull came as a result of the transition from studio model to CGI model. In addition, a small number of the CGI Artemis vessels in the 2012 feature film included an additional red glow placed where the rear torpedo launcher was located that matched that of the impulse engines.

Design features of the primary hull included a docking port located on the forward section of the ship; the aft section included two shuttlebays, separated by the vessel's impulse engines. These shuttlebays were visually numbered; "1" being on the rear-port side, and "2" on the rear-starboard side.

Tactical Systems

Standard to all Artemis-class vessels were 2 dual phaser banks located on the primary hull. The underside "foil" or arched portion of the superstructure contained two more phaser emitters on each side that could fire both forward, aft, and to the ship's flanks. Prior to the 2270s, the photon torpedo launchers were housed in the primary hull, both fore and aft.

Interior Design

Main Bridge

The design of Artemis-class bridge during the mid- 23rd century shared a similar layout to contemporary vessels of that era. Located on Deck 1 of the saucer section, the Main Bridge housed the command center of the Artemis-class. The design lineage of the main bridge was a fairly standard floor plan for a Federation starship. Against the forward bulkhead was placed the ship's viewscreen, with side-by-side navigation and helm consoles. The captain's chair was directly aft of the aforementioned stations. Several variations exist in the layout of the surrounding stations.

At the rear and center of the bridge was the turbolift entryway. The primary stations were located along the rear of the bridge, included the tactical station on the port side of the bridge. Along the rear starboard side of the bridge were the primary science station and communications station.