Olympic Class

The Olympic-class starship was a type of vessel in service with Starfleet during the late 24th century.

Design

The Olympic-class was a type of Federation starship in service in the 24th century. They entered service in 2361 and arose out of a need for Starfleet to replace the fleet of aging hospital ships that were at their disposal.

USS McCoy in Earth Orbit 2398

Appearance and facilities

Unlike most over Federation starships, the Olympic-class vessels don't possess a saucer section for its command hull, but a spheroid-shaped command hull akin to the design of the Daedalus-class of starships that were in service in the 23rd century. The added space granted by a spheroid command hull, allows most of the ship's laboratories and wards to be included.

While the engineering hull of the Olympic-class are like any other design in use by Starfleet, extra sections were added to the sides of the engineering hull, which contained additional laboratories and wards. These proved invaluable, as they could be used to treat highly contageous patients and have the separated by the main sections of the ship. All of the facililites abord these ships were equipped with the latest medical equipment and staffed by some of the best medical personnel that served in Starfleet.

Another feature that was included into the Olympic-class was that its modularity, which meant that Starfleet could easily equip the vessels with different facilities that depended on the type of mission it would be sent on. Laboratories and wards could easily be replaced with other modules that could be customized for medical research, disaster relief, combat surgery, epidemic research, evacuation and triage, or just general humanitarian aid.

Designed primarily for medical emergencies, the Olympic featured a spherical primary hull, rather than a saucer. The Olympic had at least two transporter rooms, and quarters were located on deck 5.

In Q's anti-time future, the sensors and weapons systems of these vessels were very limited. While armed with phasers, they were no match for the shields of the Klingon attack cruisers of that era.

USS McCoy during the Battle for Sector 001 in 2407

Dimensions:

• Length: 330.50 m
• Width: 155.63 m
• Height: 124.89 m

Specifications:

• Classification: Hospital ship
• No. of decks: 27
• Crew: 750
• Speed: Warp 9.2
• Armaments: 4 phaser arrays, fore and aft torpedo launchers
• Defenses: deflector shields
• Auxiliary craft: 2 shuttlecraft, 4 shuttlepods