Nebula class

Nebula-class was a type of Federation starship in use in the 24th century, named for galactic gas clouds known as nebulae.

Special Weaponry
During the Dominion War, Starfleet worked on a key number of tactical upgrades to all types of starship that would be used in combat against Dominion forces. The key aim was to increase their defensive and offensive capabilities so that they could remain in a fire-fight a lot longer. Through this design strategy, the Nebula-class was able to gain an impressive array of specialised weapons and defensive systems. Whilst these tactical upgrades were used sparingly during the Dominion War, the systems were heavily used during the Borg incursions of 2376 and 2377. (TNG games: Armada & Armada II).


 * Shield Disruptor: This weapon was based on technology adapted from the Breen Energy dampening weapon. It disables the shields of a group of enemy ships for a short time, allowing weapons to damage the hull and systems directly.


 * Gemini Effect: The Gemini Effect was created as a result of Dr. Paul Manheim's temporal research in 2364. The effect creates a temporal disturbance in the space-time continuum, allowing two of the same ship to exist simultaneously in different locations.


 * Point Defense Phaser: The initial concept for this weapon goes back as far as the 20th century, with the Strategic Defense Initiative. Perfected in 2374, the PDP destroys incoming torpedoes before they can do any damage.


 * Engineering Team: Allows this ship to repair a allied ship, restore shields @ 50% capacity. (Star Trek: Armada) (Star Trek: Armada II)

Known vessels

 * USS Nebula (NCC-60202) (NCC-60202)
 * USS Honshu (NCC-60205)
 * USS Farragut (NCC-60597) (NCC-60597)
 * USS Nightingale (NCC-60805) (NCC-60805)
 * USS Bougainville (NCC-61809) (NCC-61809)
 * USS Monitor (NCC-61826) (NCC-61826)
 * USS Merrimac (NCC-61827) (NCC-61827)
 * USS Lexington (NCC-61832) (NCC-61832)
 * USS Proxima (NCC-61952) (NCC-61952)
 * USS Hera (NCC-62006) (NCC-62006)
 * USS Chesapeake (NCC-62010) (NCC-62010)
 * USS Bellerophon (NCC-62048) (NCC-62048)
 * USS Discovery (NCC-62049) (NCC-62049)
 * USS T'Kumbra (NCC-62100) (NCC-62100)
 * USS Leopard (NCC-62344)
 * USS Berkeley (NCC-64720)
 * USS Temeraire (NCC-65387) (NCC-65387)
 * USS Phoenix (NCC-65420) (NCC-65420)
 * USS Khitomer (NCC-66613)
 * USS Ulysses (NCC-66808) (NCC-66808)
 * USS Leeds (NCC-70352)
 * USS Bonchune (NCC-70915)
 * USS Prometheus (NCC-71201) (NCC-71201)
 * USS Endeavour (NCC-71805) (NCC-71805)
 * USS Sutherland (NCC-72015)

Unknown registry
USS Aldebaran (Nebula class) • USS Aristotle • USS Bell (Nebula class) • USS Boyle • USS Cousteau • USS Crick • USS Curie • USS Darwin • USS Descartes • USS Edison • USS Einstein • USS Euclid • USS Faraday (Nebula class) • USS Fermi • USS Foucault • USS Galileo • USS Gallant (Nebula class) • USS Garuda • USS Gates • USS Godel • USS Hawking (Nebula class) • USS Hegel • USS Heisenberg (Nebula class) • USS Himori • USS Hubble (Nebula class) • USS Jacobus • USS Jah'tor • USS Kelvin • USS Kerra'don • USS Knuth • USS Koerner • USS Melbourne (Nebula class) • USS Newell • USS Newton (Nebula class) • USS Nobel (Nebula class) • USS Ockham • USS Oppenheimer • USS Pascal • USS Pasteur (Nebula class) • USS Pavlov • USS Pythagoras (Nebula class) • USS Saladin (Nebula class) • USS Salk (Nebula class) • USS Schrodinger • USS Schweitzer • USS Scott (Nebula class) • USS Tesla • USS Tomaselli • USS Zimmerman

Apocrypha
The RPG The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon, published by Last Unicorn Games after they had lost their Star Trek licence listed several other Nebula class starships: USS Osiris (NCC-69903), USS Denali (NCC-70258) and USS Shanghai (NCC-55203).