Venture Class

required to carry out these tasks. The Galaxy Class was ideal for these types of missions, but those that had not been destroyed in the Dominion War or twenty-year-old birds of prey were outfitted with heavy weaponry and had been converted over to a role of space control along the Federation's boarders. Hence, the Venture class Exploration heavy cruiser was born. While designed around the Ambassador Class space frame, Venture carries many of the non-lethal design and technology improvements used in the Sovereign Class while containing the space to carry out a more varied portfolio of missions. The economics of the times is seen in its smaller volume when compared to the Galaxy Class.
The Sovereign Class is a fantastic ship of war, however, Starfleet quickly found that it lacked the space to conduct scientific research and exploration and at the same time house the specialists