The Centaur-type was a Federation starship design operated by Starfleet during the 24th century. Its overall design was compact, featuring only a saucer section connected directly to a small secondary weapons pod, which housed four photon torpedo tubes. The ships's nacelles were connected directly to the pod. The weapons pod was of the same configuration as the pod on the Miranda-class line of vessels. The design did not feature a visible deflector dish or large engineering hull as was common on Federation ship configurations.