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USS Timberwolf NCC-63385
Akira Class battlecruiser

Displacement: 1,055,000 mt
Overall Length: 455 m
Overall Draft: 83 m
Overall Beam: 292 m
Velocity: Warp 7 (Cruising speed)
Warp 9 (Max cruise)
Warp 9.8 (Max velocity)
Complement: 100 officers
400 crew
Embarked Craft: 20 Viper fighters (two Marine squadrons)
2 Type 11 shuttles
2 Type 10 shuttles
2 Type 10B cargo shuttles
5 Type 15 shuttlepods
Phasers: 6 Type X Phaser Arrays
Missiles: 15 Photon Torpedo launchers (seven in pod, eight in saucer: two forward, three each to port and starboard)
Some data courtesy of ASDB Image from ST in Sound and Vision
This battlecruiser is an unusual ship design for Starfleet, but she was built to occupy a niche between exploration ships like the Galaxy Class and the aging ships serving defensive roles, such as the Excelsior Class. The Akira Class is extremely well-armed; with an impressive array of torpedo tubes and carrying two squadrons of fighters, she can stand up against just about any known ship in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. An interesting item is the class's through-deck hangar bay, allowing it to launch fighters from the front while recovering them aft or vice versa. In a pinch, the ship could carry up to 60 fighters the size of the Viper in its hangars or even more shuttlecraft to help in an evacuation, for example.

However, the Akira Class is not just a combat warship and contains limited science labs and is often called upon for dealing with local crises and other matters, freeing up the exploration vessels for their primary roles.

The Timberwolf saw action in various battles during the Dominion War. Afterward, she was rotated back through the shipyards, along with most of the Fleet over the next few years, for repair and refitting. Many of her systems were upgraded, including a completely new bridge module that was first deployed on the Sovereign-Class USS Enterprise. Unfortunately, time and assets did not allow for the photon torpedos to be replaced with the quantum variety, a change that would have increased combat power dramatically.

The ship has recently been assigned to the region near the Romulan neutral zone.
An artist's rendering showing an aft view of an Akira Class and its three shuttlebays. The two larger bays, port and starboard, are used for normal flight operations, while the smaller central bay contains shuttlepods and access to certain cargo bays. Image courtesy of Federation Starship Datalink.
The new bridge of the Timberwolf. The stations are:
(Counterclockwise from viewer)
Outer stations:
Port Engineering (secondary systems)
Mission Ops
Port Science
Master Situation Display
Starboard engineering (propulsion)
Environment
Starboard Science
Inner stations:
Engineering
Tactical main (port) (phasers, shields)
Tactical main (starboard) (torpedoes)
Damage control

(Facing forward)
Left console: Ops
Right console: Helm

Central trio: Open command seat, Captain's Chair, XO's Chair
Image courtesy of Ex Astris Scientia and Star Trek Fact Files
Image courtesy of STinSV
image courtesy of Andrew Hodges