Type: Explorer | Counter Cloack cruiser
Unit Run: USS Sidewinder NX-85696
Commissioned: 2372 - present

Length: 445 m
Beam: 192 m
Height: 117 m
Decks: 30
Mass: 1,978,000 tons

Crew: 278

Weapons: 2x Quantum torpedo tubes,  type X - b Phaser array

Warp Normal cruise: Warp 7.5
Warp Maximum cruise: Warp 9.5
Warp Maximum rated: Warp 9.75

Expected hull life: 100 years

History:
The USS Sidewinder NX-85696 was developed alongside the USS Lakato, which was a Excelsior class starship armed to the teeth. While the Lakota was developed for warfare, the Sidewinder was developed for exploration. But the vessel was also equiped to detect cloacked vessels. Because the dominion war was raging, the sidewinder development project was put back years. Even when the vessel was completed it was only really put to the test 3 years later.

The Sidewinder is based upon the Excelsior class starship. Nevertheless there are significant differences between both vessel. The most obvious is the difference between the secondary hull and the warp nacelles. The vessel is also equiped with a new type of warp core. Thanks to the core the vessel is able to produce 1/3 more energy than the average excelsior class.

The vessel was able to maintain Warp 9.75 for 13 hours, breaking the record set by the USS Lakota. The vessel is currently under the command of captain Gwen Mulder. Her mission to explore the region's near the neutral zone.

3 views of the Starship Sidewinder

3 views of the Starship Sidewinder in drydock orbiting earth