Universe : | Prime Timeline |
Affiliation : | Humans |
Class Name : | J Class |
Type : | Cargo Ship [1] |
Unit Run : | plus 13 others built in total. 4 have been lost in all. 11 have been retired from service. |
Commissioned : | 2095 - 2105, remained in service until 2205 |
Dimensions : | Length : 339 m Beam : 140 m Height : 59 m Decks : 8 |
Mass : | 855,000 metric tons |
Crew : | 15 |
Armament : |
2 x plasma cannon [1] , total output 2 TeraWatts |
Defence Systems : | Light Monotanium Single hull plus 0.2 cm Polarised armour. [1] Low level Structural Integrity Field |
Warp Speeds (TOS scale) : |
Normal Cruise : 1.5 Maximum Cruise : 1.85 [1] Maximum Rated : 2 [1] for 1 hours. |
Strength Indices : (Galaxy class = 1,000) |
Beam Firepower : 0.04 Torpedo Firepower : - Weapon Range and Accuracy : 2 Shield Strength : - Hull Armour : 5.31 Speed : 4 Combat Manoeuvrability : 440 |
Overall Strength Index : | 8 |
Diplomatic Capability : | 2 |
Expected Hull Life : | 100 |
Refit Cycle : | Minor : 5 year Standard : 5 years Major : 50 years |
In an alternate timeline, at least one J class ship was part of the fleet which took the remnants of Humanity to Ceti Alpha V after the Earth was destroyed. [4]
Canon source | Backstage source | Novel source | DITL speculation |
# | Series | Season | Source | Comment |
1 | Generic canonical information | |||
2 | ENT | 2 | Horizon | |
3 | ENT | 1 | Broken Bow | |
4 | ENT | 3 | Twilight |
Source : | Generic canonical information |
Series : | ENT Season 2 |
Episode : | Horizon |
Series : | ENT Season 1 |
Episode : | Broken Bow |
Series : | ENT Season 3 |
Episode : | Twilight |
The Horizon was carrying various cargos, including 30,000 tons of ore. Dumping some of this allowed the ship to increase its top speed from Warp 1.85 to Warp 2; since not all the ore is dumped, presumably the ship could get slightly above warp 2 with no cargo at all. This is actually pretty fast for a Human ship, especially one as old as the J class - which is said to be fifty years old in the episode. Perhaps some of the high warp technology developed for Enterprise is beginning to make its way onto civilian ships?
The Horizon is fitted with two plasma cannon, and performs very impressively in battle with the pirate vessel in the episode. Mayweather has upgraded the cannon, but this has only increased their firepower by 80% - yet they comfortably defeat a vessel many times their size.
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