Yes the notch in the front is a forward launch bay. In 2009, Jaeger made these detailed observations about his design, The Saber-class starship was designed by Alex Jaeger at ILM. The ship scale sheet showing the back-up names and registries can be found on John Eaves' blog.Īlex Jaeger, Saber class modelJaeger with a commercial Saber-class model For consistency, Memory Alpha uses the American spelling.ĭuring the pre-production phase of Star Trek: First Contact, the producers approved alternative backups for ship names and registries.

The Star Trek Encyclopedia and ILM both used the American spelling, 'Saber', and the British spelling, 'Sabre', in several places. The ship featured a design more compact than other Starfleet vessels, and was fairly well armed despite its small size the class has featured prominently in the Battle of Sector 001 against the Borg and in the Dominion War. The Saber-class of Federation starship was first introduced in the late 24th century, and was in full service by 2373.

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