The Constellation-class frigate is not, in fact, a dedicated warship. It is instead a scientific vessel with secondary combat capabilities, launched in 4130 in the hopes of starting a whole new era of peaceful, scientific exploration. However, RAS Constellation's brief service - including an attack on Darth Acheron's dreadnaught Ravager - have shown that her pulse-lancers and remarkable speed, acceleration and agility have made her a powerful combatant as well as the best vessel in the galaxy for exploring the final frontier. One more point of interest on Constellation is her extremely low crew complement. Because the ship is designed for extremely long-range missions with few stops for resupply, the number of crewmembers (who need to be fed, after all) was lowered dramatically by automati