Technical Specs

The Providence has an overall length of 641 meters, an overall width of 473 meters, and an overall height of 133 meters. The gross vehicle mass of this ship is 5,000,000 metric tons. The ship has a standard crew complement of 1,012 persons, with a maximum evacuation capacity of 15,000 persons. The environmental standard on the ship is equivalent to M-class. The maximum sustainable speed is warp 9.2 and the maximum rated speed is 9.8.

The design includes two hull sections: a saucer-shaped primary hull, and a detachable secondary hull which houses the ship's primary engines. They can be reversibly separated, and are both equipped with independent flight and combat capabilities. Generally, civilians and non-essential personnel would evacuate to the saucer module, while the senior staff confronted a threat in the battle section, which contained the majority of weapons systems. The saucer is able to withstand a crash landing on a planetary surface. However, in dire situations, the saucer section can still be used in combat.

Command and control systems
The computer system on board the Galaxy-class is isolinear-based. Computer systems are concentrated in a computer core, which is accessible through a maintenance room. There is a starboard computer core. Each Galaxy-class vessel carries a total of three independent computer cores; two located in the saucer section and one in the engineering section.

Propulsion systems
Galaxy-class ships achieved warp flight through two warp nacelles, which house multiple pairs of warp coils. The warp core is one of the most powerful in Starfleet, generating approximately 12.75 billion gigawatts of power. The efficiency of the warp drive can be tweaked to a point where it rivalled the new Intrepid Classes. The warp core spans twelve decks in the engineering hull. The deuterium tanks are above the core, while antimatter storage pods surrounded the base of the core on Deck 22.

The acceleration delay between slow-reverse impulse and top warp speed, or about warp 9, was 0.300 milliseconds. Warp speeds above 9.3 are beyond the red line. The maximum warp speed is warp 9.6, which can be maintained for a few hours. It is also possible to achieve warp 9.65. Warp 9.8 os also achievable in theory, but at extreme risk. As of the year 2366, the Galaxy-class vessel, was known to have been the fastest ship in Starfleet. There are three impulse engines, two on the saucer section and one in the stardrive section. In early ships, only the impulse engine in the stardrive section was usually active.

Scientific systems
Galaxy-class ships supported a wide variety of scientific equipment and laboratories studying many different disciplines. The departments often have to compete for limited resources such as sensor time, which were allocated by the operations officer or, the executive officer.

In addition to sensors, Galaxy-class ships are equipped with a variety of probes and scientific devices that can be launched from the torpedo launchers. These included basic scanner probes and reconnaissance probes, class-A probes and probes from class-1 to class-5. The ships are also equipped with a number of space buoys including the basic stationary beacons, warning buoys and emergency buoys.

Tactical systems
The Galaxy-class is equipped with twelve phaser banks, distributed in phaser arrays at various points along both hulls. One array is located on the dorsal of the battle section and can only be used following a separation. Multiple phaser beams can be fired simultaneously from a single array. There are also fore and aft torpedo launchers on the engineering section. Each launch tube is capable of firing at least five photon torpedoes simultaneously, each torpedo capable of being independently targeted. In the 2360s, Galaxy-class ships typically carried about 250 photon torpedoes. The torpedo launchers are also capable of launching probes. The Galaxy-class also carries antimatter mines and supported a high-capacity deflector shield grid.

Crew support
While Starfleet policy permitted the immediate family of officers and crew to stay aboard starships prior to the advent of the Galaxy-class, it was the first class specifically tailored to accommodate civilian as well as Starfleet personnel. Civilians were allowed to hold varying positions in the science division aboard the Galaxy-class.

Main engineering
Engineering systems spanned twelve decks of the engineering section. Engineering itself is located on Deck 22, and is an open-plan facility, directly accessible from the corridor. Consisting of two levels, it provides direct access to the vessel's warp core and primary engineering support systems. The corridor bulkhead houses the Master Situation Monitor. Inside the main section, the master systems display is the operational focus of the room. Beyond this, heading towards the warp core, the chief engineer's office and several support consoles are located on the left, and the assistant chief engineer's console on the right. These form part of the bulkhead protecting the main part of engineering from the warp core. Access to the upper level, a circular area surrounding the warp core, is provided by a ladder to the left of the warp core or an elevator on the right. The upper level has access to other warp core maintenance systems.

Engineering can also serve as a backup to the main bridge if it was damaged or disabled.

In the event of a major failure, such as an imminent warp core breach, engineering is equipped with isolation doors and force fields to contain various sections of the facility, usually to seal off the warp core prior to detonation or ejection.

Medical facilities
The Galaxy-class medical department was charged with providing health care to the ship's company and all attached personnel.

Sickbay
There are at least three sickbay wards aboard the ship, with at least one in the saucer section and another in the stardrive section. There are four recovery biobeds on the periphery of the room with a main surgical biobed opposite them, covered by a large overhead sensor cluster and capable of hook up to a surgical support frame. Equipment storage and various control panels were located throughout sickbay. The chief medical officer's office was a small space just off the main sickbay, with desk and workspace for the CMO. A small foyer connected the office to the sickbay; it contained a replicator terminal. Separate, private recovery rooms were also located near sickbay, as was a nursery and a diagnostic centre. A Galaxy-class sickbay also had the facilities to isolate parasitic protoviruses.

Medlabs
Galaxy-class ships havde at least four medical laboratories of varying sizes. There are a small laboratory accessible through the foyer outside the chief medical officer's office where minor experiments run by on-duty personnel can be monitored. Other larger medlabs similar to standard science labs are elsewhere.

Surgical suite
Surgeries too complicated for the sickbay ward could be conducted in a separate surgical area which had a large variety of bio-support systems.

Morgue
A morgue facility with storage slots for several bodies was located adjacent to sickbay.

Counselor's office
The ship's counselor had their own office, located on Deck 12. Crew members needing emotional support could meet in private with the counselor here.

Scientific department
The Galaxy-class starship houses over one hundred separate scientific research labs. Very few of the research labs remained under the same discipline of science for more than six months. Most share the same design; only a few have extremely specialized equipment.

Stellar cartography
Stellar cartography was located on Deck 5. There are at least two laboratories based there; one, a smaller facility similar to the other labs aboard the ship another, a much larger cylindrical room spanning three decks. The walls of the room were designed to be a three-dimensional display.

Cybernetics lab
Aboard the Galaxy Class, the cybernetics lab are a circular room, with a raised platform in its center containing a shell which could hold a cybernetic body. The entire assembly could retract into the ceiling and was directly controlled by a console to the side. There were additional wall-mounted consoles throughout the room. Another laboratory was of a rectangular design, although it still featured the shell assembly.

Arboretum
The arboretum was capable of studying and supporting a wide variety of plant life, and also doubled as a social area.

Cetacean labs
The Galaxy-class starship carried a complement of cetaceans. Among the crew, these facilities were also known as "the dolphin tanks" or the "aquatic lab."