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crash    On many Federation starships, including the NX,
Constitution, Excelsior, Miranda, Nebula, Akira, Ambassador and
Galaxy-classes, the primary hull was usually referred to as the
saucer section, because it has a roughly circular shape while
the Intrepid class starship has a diamond shaped primary hull
saucer section and a Sovereign class starship has an oval shaped
primary hull saucer section, the Defiant, Nova and Prometheus
class starships have a triangle or a U-shaped primary hull
saucer section and the Daedalus and Olympic class starships have
a sphere shaped primary hull. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
USS Enterprise orbiting Rigel XII  The Constitution-class
primary hull     Around Wikia's network  Random Wiki