With the advent of the threats from the Romulan, Dominion and Borg, Starfleet invested in sixty seven new enhanced weapon pods for the Nebula class most of the vessels now carry this as a standard item.Īs part of Starfleet's war effort many of its ships have been upgraded to increase their combat capabilities.

Like the Galaxy class they have received regular upgrades to their systems, most notably a new warpcore design. In service the Nebula Cass has proved highly satisfactory, and in many ways these ships form the backbone of Starfleet's exploratory and scientific programs. This flexibility actually allows the Nebula design to accomplish almost almost identical missions despite its smaller size. Although the basic Nebula design has approximately 80% of the capability of a Galaxy Class vessel in most areas, the addition of the mission pod brings that figure up to 95% or more in that specific area. This enables the vessel to carry any one of a variety of special equipment Mission Pods - current models include a Sensor Pod, an enhanced Tactical Pod, a colony transport pod, an emergency field hospital unit, or a science laboratory pod. Compared to the Galaxy Class the Nebula has a more compact shape the engineering hull is mounted directly to the underside of the saucer section, a measure which saves some 200 meters in length. In the year 2343 the design for a new multi-mission starship, the Nebula Class starship, was approved.

Nebula class starship model