• Length: 685 meters
• Width: 224 meters
• Height: 88 meters
• Weight: 3,255,000 metric tons
• Cargo capacity: 58,299 metric tons
• Hull: Duranium-tritanium composite with micro-fiber reinforced ablative armor.
• Number of Decks: 24 Total, 22 Habitable.
• Accommodation: 885 (130 Officers - 725 Enlisted Crew)
• Classification: Explorer [Defensive/Explorer/Diplomatic]

• Funding for Akira Class Development Project Provided by: Advanced Starship Design Bureau; United Federation of Planets Defense Council.
• Development Project Started: 2365
• Production Start Date: 2373
• Production End Date: Still in Production
• Current Status: In Service

• Deck 1: Captain's Ready Room, Main Bridge, Briefing Room, Observation Lounge
• Deck 2: Junior and Senior Officers Quarters
• Deck 3: Docking Ports 1-3 (Port/Starboard/Aft), Officers Quarters, VIP/Guest Quarters
• Deck 4: Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, Holosuites
• Deck 5: Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, Primary Computer Core, Gymnasium
• Deck 6: Primary Computer Core Control, Cargo Bay 1 and 2, Upper Primary Computer Cores 1-2, Upper Main Shuttlebay, Impulse Engines (P/S)
• Deck 7: Sickbay, Chief Medical Officer's Office, Counselor's Office, Primary Science Labs, Primary Computer Core, Impulse Engines (P/S), Main Shuttlebay
• Deck 8: Primary Computer Core, Junior Officers and Crew Quarters, Secondary Science Labs, Firing Range, Main Impulse Engines, Phaser Range, Chief Tactical Officer's Office, Main Brig, Secondary Weapons Control, Secondary Armory, Upper Shuttlebay Maintenance and Support, Upper Aft Lounge, Transporter Rooms 1-2
• Deck 9: Recreation Deck, Living Quarters, Holodecks, Dorsal Docking Port, Environmental Support, Transporter Rooms 3-4, Lower Shuttlebay Maintenance and Support, M/ARA Deuterium Injector Assembly, Aft Lounge
• Deck 10: Upper Engineering Support Area, Secondary Deflector Control, Living Quarters, Deuterium Injector Assembly
• Deck 11: Main Engineering, Primary Maintenance Support Center, Fore Torpedo Bay Control, Living Quarters, Hydroponics, Stellar Cartography, Deflector Control, Secondary Navigational Deflector
• Deck 12: Lower Engineering, Primary Systems Support Compartment, Environmental Support, Living Quarters, Forward Torpedo Magazine
• Deck 13: Living Quarters, Deuterium Storage, Power Distribution, Operations Department Office, Forward Torpedo Launcher (1)
• Deck 14: Living Quarters, Cargo Bay 3 - Primary Cargo Bay, Lower Forward Torpedo Bay Control, Deuterium Storage, Captain's Yacht Docking Station, Upper Shuttlebay 2
• Deck 15: Secondary Computer Core Control, Living Quarters, Transporter Rooms 5 and 6, Secondary/Aft Tractor Beam Control and Emitter, Shuttle Bay, Navigational Deflector, Main Engineering Upper Level, Shuttlebay Maintenance and Support, Upper Secondary Computer Core, Plasma Transfer Conduits
• Deck 16: Secondary Computer Core, Primary Shuttle Maintenance Hangar, Tertiary Science Labs, Navigational Deflector, Main Engineering Lower Level
• Deck 17: Secondary Computer Core, Primary Machine Shop, Stellar Cartography, Chief Science Officer's Office, Microlabs, Navigational Deflector, Aft Tractor Emitter
• Deck 18: Main Tractor Beam Control and Emitter, Environmental Control, Aft Torpedo Control, Navigational Deflector
• Deck 19: Transporter Rooms 5 and 6, Waste Management, Environmental Support, Aft Torpedo Launchers (2), Torpedo Magazine
• Deck 20: Brig, Armory, Power Transfer Conduit Control Center, Environmental Support, Forward Torpedo Launchers (2), Torpedo Magazine
• Deck 21: Tertiary Maintenance Support Center, Secondary Systems Support, Gravimetric Polaron Generators, Antimatter Storage Pods, Forward Tractor Emitter
• Deck 22: Anti-matter Storage Pods, Antimatter Generator
• Deck 23: Antimatter Injector Assembly, Anti-matter Storage Pods, Anti-matter Injection Reactors
• Deck 24: Antimatter Injector Assembly, Anti-matter Storage Pods

Pursuant to Starfleet Exploration Directives 902.3 and 914.5, Starfleet Defense Directives 138.6, 141.1 and 154.7, and Federation Security Council General Policy, the following objectives have been established for a Sovereign Class Starship:

1. Provide a multi-mission mobile platform for a wide range of scientific and explorative research projects.
2. Replace Excelsior, Ambassador, and New Orleans class Starships as the primary instrument of Federation deep-space defense.
3. Provide autonomous capability for full execution of Federation defensive, cultural, scientific, and explorative policy in deep space or border territory.
4. Serve as a frontline support vehicle during times of war and emergencies.
5. Provide a mobile platform for testing and implementation of mission-specific or new technology of any kind.