Saratogo – The Odyssey Class follows the primary, secondary, and twin nacelles design that has become the standard hull arrangement for Starfleet ships. These ships also have the stream lined design that allows the ship's warp filed to be more energy efficient and lest damaging to the fabric of space.
The primary hull houses the ship's main bridge module at the top of the primary hull. The primary hull also houses the medical and science labs. The bulk of the ship's crew and guest quarters are located in the primary hull. The secondary engineering and warp core are also housed in the primary hull. This secondary core can be used as an auxiliary power source for the ship or to power the primary hull warp coils while the primary hull is operating in independent flight mode. With these warp coils the primary hull is able to cruise at warp 6 or maintain an emergency speed of 8.89 for up to twelve hours. There are two of the ship's four impulse engines that are housed within the primary hull allowing this hull to reach a top sub-light speed of 1/3 the speed of light. The ship's single shuttle bay is also housed within the primary hull
The two hulls are connected by two neck structures that extend from the ventral surface of the primary hull and attach to the dorsal surface of the secondary hull.
The secondary hull houses the ships main warp core. The Odyssey class carries a single Aquarius Class escort cruiser in a dedicated docking cradle at the aft most point of the secondary hull between the connect points between the secondary hull and the warp nacelle support pylons. The ship's second pair of impulse engines are housed within the support pylons. These pylons hold the twin nacelles so they flank the bridge module and the ramscoops have a clear forward line of sight. Major ship systems such as the main deflector dish and long range sensor systems are housed within the secondary hull.
The Odyssey Class is equipped with Regenerative Shielding System to protect the ship from hazardous conditions. These ships are also equipped with nineteen Type XII Phaser arrays spread across the dorsal and ventral surface of the primary and secondary hull. There are also six torpedo launchers where four of the launchers cover the forward firing arch and the other two cover the aft firing arch.
