Editing Miranda Class (section)

==Ships Commissioned==
*USS Athana
*USS Brattain (NCC-21166)
*USS Lantree  (NCC-1837)
*USS Majestic (NCC-31060)
*USS Nautilus (NCC-31910)
*USS Reliant  (NCC-1864)
*USS Saratoga (NCC-1867)
*USS Saratoga (NCC-31911)
*USS ShirKahr (NCC-31905)
*USS Sitak
*USS Tian An Men (NCC-21832)
*USS Trial (NCC-1948)

===Background===
====Name====
The name ''Miranda''-class was not mentioned in dialog on screen, but was devised by the art department of TNG to refer to this design. The name was used on several pieces of on screen signage referring to these vessels, and is also used by official references such as the ''Star Trek Encyclopedia''. 

The name "Miranda" may refer to a character from the play "The Tempest" by Earth playwright William Shakespeare. Shakespeare invented the name, which is a play on "admired" for the play. In the play, Miranda is the daughter of the wizard Prospero. She exclaims the famous line once referenced by Captain Jean-Luc Picard "Brave New World...", one of the most appropriate of all Shakespeare quotations for the Federation's message of peaceful exploration of the unknown.

However, it is also possible that the class was named for Miranda, the smallest and innermost moon of Uranus (which was in turn named after Shakespeare's Miranda).


=====Technical Manual=====

The following information of specifications and defenses comes exclusively from the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual'':

* Type: Medium Cruiser
* Production Base: ASDB Integration Facility, Starbase 134 Integration Facility, Rigel VI
* Accommodation: 220 officers and crew; 500 personal evacuation limit
* Power Plant: One 1500 plus Cochrane warp core feeding two nacelles; one impulse system
* Dimensions:
** Length: 277.76 meters
** Beam: 173.98 meters
** Height: 65.23 meters
* Mass: 655,000 metric tons
* Performance: Warp 9.2 for 12 hours
* Armament: Six type-7 phaser emitters; two pulse phaser cannons; two photon torpedo launchers

[[Category: Federation Starship Classes]]