This vessel can be assigned to a starbase garrison. See Starship specifications for detailed information on this classes shuttlecraft capability.
This class has planetary landing capability.
On the Nova Class the Waverider Shuttle docking port is referred to as Shuttlebay 1, despite the fact that the Waverider is the only craft capable of using the port.
| Deck | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bridge, Captain's Ready Room, Conference Room |
| 2 | VIP Quarters, Executive Officer's Office, Senior Officers' Quarters, Observation Lounge, Mess Hall, Transporter Room 1, Holodecks 1&2, Storage, Main Computer Core, Primary Impulse Engine, Saucer Impulse Engine |
| 3 | Counselor's Office, Security Office/Brig, Armory, Junior Officers Quarters, Cargo Bay Transporter, Aft Cargo Bay, Auxiliary Deflector Control, Aft Torpedo Launching Systems |
| 4 | Sickbay, Chief Medical Officer's Office, Arboretum, Botany Lab, Geology Labs, Planetary Development Lab, Chief Science Officer's Office, Crew Quarters, SIF Systems, Dorsal Main Phaser Emitters, Aft Saucer Phaser Emitters, Aft Ship Phaser Emitters, Ventral Main Phaser Emitters, Ventral Sensor Dome, Transporter Room 2, Main Shuttlebay, Flight Control, Torpedo Magazine, Torpedo Loading Mechanism |
| 5 | Storage, Crew Quarters, Astrophysics Lab, Stellar Cartography, Torpedo Launching System (forward), Deuterium Surge Tanks, Fusion Generators |
| 6 | Main Deflector Control, Operations Office, Repair Bay, Deuterium Fuel Storage, and Multi-Purpose Labs, Cargo Bays 1-3, Dueterium Injection System |
| 7 | Main Engineering, Dilithium Reaction Chamber, Engineering Lab, Chief Engineer's Office, Cargo Transporters, Warp Core |
| 8 | Anti-Matter Storage Pods, Warp Core Ejection Systems, and Anti-Matter Pod Ejection Systems, Phaser Emitter, Tractor Beam Systems, Landing Struts |