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USS Sao Paulo (Defiant class) (II)
- For other uses, see USS Sao Paulo.
| STARSHIP | |
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| USS Sao Paulo | |
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| Class: | Defiant-class |
| Registry: | NX-74205-A |
| Affiliation: | Federation, Starfleet |
| Launched: | 24th century |
| Status: | active (2409) |
The USS Sao Paulo was a Federation Defiant-class escort/destroyer starship in Starfleet service in the 24th century. This ship was in active service around the 2370s decade. (ST video games: Armada, Armada II)
This ship was the successor in name to another that honored a city in Brazil on Earth's South American continent. The previous Sao Paulo had been renamed Defiant. (DS9 episode: "The Dogs of War")
In the early 25th century, the Sao Paulo underwent an extensive refit that replaced or updated all of its major components, including the addition of quad phaser cannons tied directly into the ship's engines for power. (STO video game: Star Trek Online)
- No specific history or definitive final fate was established for this vessel in the Armada series as its name was selected for a destroyer by the Armada I, II game developers, and is placed randomly each time the ship appears. In Star Trek Online, it is revealed that the second Defiant-class USS Sao Paulo was the first ship of a refit subclass named for itself, some 35 years after the first USS Sao Paulo was renamed Defiant.
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