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Aquashuttle

Design by Kris, ASDB Member

No specs available

The Aquashuttle is based on a design from the TAS episode "The Ambergris Element".

Attucks Class

Design by M. Christopher Freeman

Type: Cruiser-carrier
First commissioned: 2236
Length: 269.5m
Width: 127.0m
Height: 59.8m
Decks: 16
Displacement: 1118000t
Complement: 97 officers + 386 crew
Speed: Warp 6 (cruise), Warp 9 (max.)
Sublight speed: 0.75c (max.)
Armament: 6 phaser banks (2 emitters each), 4 photon torpedo launchers (2 forward, 2 aft)
Defense: Deflector shields
Embarked craft: 6 Class-F shuttlecraft, 14 Class-D17 fightercraft

Named for 21st century astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and commissioned in 2237, the U.S.S. Tyson – and the entire Attucks class of cruiser-carriers – serves a dual role in Starfleet. Though currently used primarily in an exploration capacity this class was originally conceived for deep space fleet combat in the event of open conflict with the Klingon Empire. To that end, the Tyson is more heavily armed than most ships her size. And in addition to her compliment of shuttlecraft she also carries 14 fightercraft in an expansive hanger bay that runs the full length of the primary hull and features two bay doors on the bow of they vessel. 

Thankfully, full-scale war with the Klingon Empire has never been realized, however vessels of the Attucks class have performed admirably in many minor skirmishes involving Klingon adversaries. The Tyson has served in the Battle of Donatu V in 2245 and provided orbital patrol and fightercraft escorts during the colonization of Archanis IV after it was ceded to the Federation by the Klingon Empire. It was also involved in several minor skirmishes during exploration and mapping missions near Klingon space between 2249 and 2264 and sustained heavy damage at Caleb IV in 2267 when caught in the trap set by Klingon captains Kang and Kor. The Tyson is slated for a major refit following completion of her current five year mission. 

Lineage of the Attucks Class  
NCC-1597 U.S.S. ATTUCKS (Commissioned 2236)
NCC-1598 U.S.S. TYSON (Commissioned 2237) 
NCC-1599 U.S.S. COLTRANE (Commissioned 2237) 
NCC-1600 U.S.S. DU BOIS (Commissioned 2237) 
NCC-1601 U.S.S. JEMISON (Commissioned 2238) 
NCC-1604 U.S.S. PARKS (Commissioned 2238) 
NCC-1605 U.S.S. CARVER (Commissioned 2238) 
NCC-1610 U.S.S. GARVEY (Commissioned 2238) 
NCC-1612 U.S.S. KING (Commissioned 2239) 
NCC-1613 U.S.S. WALKER (Commissioned 2239) 
NCC-1619 U.S.S. WHITNEY (Commissioned 2239) 
NCC-1624 U.S.S. DOUGLASS (Commissioned 2240) 
NCC-1625 U.S.S. POINTIER (Commissioned 2240) 
NCC-1631 U.S.S. TUBMAN (Commissioned 2241) 
NCC-1632 U.S.S. THAXTON (Commissioned 2241) 
NCC-1633 U.S.S. AQUIANO (Commissioned 2242)

Cardinal Class

Design by Mark, ASDB Member

Type: Medium cruiser
Commissioned: 2256-2309
Length: 258m
Decks: 15
Mass: 881,500mt
Crew complement: 310
Speed: Warp 7.2 (max. cruise)

Commissioned about a decade after Constitution, this class is designated as a medium cruiser. It shares a few similar design elements to Constitution.

Cavalier Class

Design by Atolm

Type: Multi-mission support ship
First commissioned: 2248
Length: 180m
Width: 200m
Height: 110m
Complement: 40 officers + 60 crew
Speed: Warp 7 (cruise), Warp 8 (max.), Warp 9 (max. emergency)
Armament: phasers: 12 (6 paired) phaser turrets, torpedoes: 2 forward facing photon torpedo tubes
Defense: Shields
Embarked craft: 2 shuttle pods

During the 23rd century, Starfleet's core of engineers were pooled together to come up with an answer for the Federation's need for a small, versatile multi-mission vessel, the Cavalier sported a small, rugged design with a very fluid look that appealed to many of the Fleet's captains. The mission profile for the class was envisioned as a patrol vessel that would be accessible for Federation colony worlds to serve a number of needs such as: 

• Courier 
• Defender 
• Transport 
• Research/exploration surveyor 
• Scout 

Being such a small design, Starfleet saw it as an inexpensive way to protect the outer worlds on their ever expanding borders, as well as defend and fortify the core worlds. Starfleet also used them as follow-up vessels to the more adventurous and famed Constitution-Class. As the Connies would venture further and further into deep space, these ships would be deployed or even built at the newly discovered worlds for them to fortify, thus re-leaving the Connies to their primary mission of deep space exploration.

Ultimately, the Cavaliers became so successful that they have continued to be refitted and their design updated well into the 24th century. The particular vessel pictured here is the TMP variant circa 2275.

Thanks to Walter Matt Jefferies, and every other Trek artist and dreamer to come after.

Class D Observatory

Design by Robert Heckadon

Type: Solar observatory
First commissioned: 2238
Length: 266m
Width: 266m
Height: 162m
Decks: 10
Displacement: 80000t
Complement: 5 officers + 25 crew
Sublight speed: 0.01c (max.)
Armament: none
Defense: Magnetic radiation shield, polarized hull plating

“All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.” – Sarah Zettel

First commissioned in 2238, the Class D solar observatory is designed and built to orbit a star at a relatively close distance and scans 10,000-20,000km below the star's photosphere. It uses a modified navigational deflector dish on top of the space station to emit tachyons to penetrate the photosphere and the rebounding signal acts like ground penetrating radar. The habitat module uses a probe launcher to send solar probes into the star for a more detailed scan, and probes filled with veridium powder to study the fluid dynamics of the star.

The station's hull is made of a triple layer of corrugated tritanuim, 30cm thick, with trisilicate aerogel filling the corrugation spaces. Aside from adding rigidity and strength to the tritanium's carbon nanotube structure, the aerogel is also used for micro-meteor protection and, more importantly, thermal insulation. Starships typically use a 20cm thick dual layer of corrugated tritanium, and space stations of the observatory's size class uses a single layer.

Starships and space stations typically transfers excess heat and thermal energy waste to a series of borite crystals which recycles 70% of the waste energy back into electrical energy for primary systems. However due to the amount of thermal energy the station receives from the sun, the excess heat is transferred to the primary heat exchanger on the bottom of the station and vents the thermal energy in the form of infrared radiation.

Critics were very harsh over the observatory using an environmentally hazardous refrigerant, specifically ozone depleting, for the station's thermal regulation systems, citing accusations of cost cutting measures in favour of the military budget. The designers defended the decision since the station orbits a star, not a planet. As well even worst case scenario, the likelihood of the refrigerant even reaching a planet is extremely improbable even with a catastrophic rupture. Plus it would take more than 1000 observatories orbiting a single class M planet to cause any significant damage to the planet's ozone layer.

Cost cutting rumours have also stated that instead of using conventional gravity generators, the observatory actually uses an ion turbine to create a vacuum effect to pull the crew down to the deck plate.

Though a variation of this method of mimicking gravity without centrifugal forces has been used before during the late 21st century, the rumour was easily dismissed because installing this archaic form of artificial gravity would in reality increase the cost of the station substantially.

Though the Class D solar observatory has mostly been replaced with other observatories, including the type used at Amargosa, Earth considered recommissioning one of the Class D observatories for the star in the Romulan Empire known as Hobus when in 2387, long range observations indicated that not only the star showed the signs of going nova, but that the nova may produce what was archaically known as a white hole, sometimes referred to as a miniature big bang, which the explosion may have the potential of traveling faster than light.

Despite a new relationship with the Romulans, Earth was not granted permission to post an archaic observatory in Romulan space.

Class-D17

Design by M. Christopher Freeman

Type: Fightercraft
First commissioned: 2236
Length: 7.3m
Width: 4.5m
Height: 1.7m
Complement: 2 officers + crew
Speed: Warp 2 (max.)
Sublight speed: 0.4c (max.)
Armament: 2 phaser emitters, 1 photon micro-torpedo launcher
Defense: Deflector shields

The Class-D17 is a radical reconstruction and repurposing of the aging Class-D shuttlepod space frame. The Class-D provided the perfect platform on which to build an agile mobile weapons craft for both starbases and the new Attucks class cruiser-carriers. A streamlined hull design has reduced crew capacity from four to two, a flight officer and weapons officer. And with the addition of phaser and micro-torpedo systems as well as modernization of the engine systems the craft is a match for any Klingon equivalent. 

The dual phasers emitters are swivel-mounted to provide a wide forward firing arc and the micro-torpedo launcher provides a little more bite than most existent Starfleet fightercraft. In hazardous environments or to protect from hostile return fire all viewports are equipped with retractable duranium covers. 

The fightercraft's main propulsion units are compact twin impulse engines. The craft is also capable of short-range warp flight. Warp travel, however, burns through its limited fuel reserve quickly and is generally used for quick jumps in combat situations.

Class T

Design by Harry, ASDB Member
Second 2D drawing by Kris, ASDB Member

Type: Cargo handler

This vehicle moves containers and other large cargo in starports and drydocks in the TOS era. It is restricted to sublight propulsion.

Hayes Class

Design by Robert Heckadon

Type: Battleship
First commissioned: Stardate 6313.3
Length: 235m
Width: 97m
Height: 47m
Decks: 16
Displacement: 420000t
Complement: 30 officers + 220 crew
Speed: Warp 5 (cruise), Warp 8 (max.), Warp 8.6 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.9c (max.)
Armament: 5 phasers, 2 banks each; 4 photon torpedoes
Defense: Cast rodinium deflector shields

Vice Admiral Rittenhouse is dead. And with him, his plans against the Federation. The Star Empire, the first Federation class dreadnought, which was both Rittenhouse’s ultimate weapon and the instrument of his downfall, has been decommissioned and recycled. And from the advise of Captain James T. Kirk, Commodore Stephen Harper was “asked” to resign from Starfleet, for he urged the Federation council to use Vaughan Rittenhouse’s dreadnoughts as powerful military deterrents, that would instead spark an intergalactic “cold war.”

The Federation class dreadnought program was then cancelled with the 3 partially completed dreadnought being “disarmed” and converted to extremely long range exploration cruisers. Replacing the heavy artilleries and shields with science labs, fuel refineries, and cryogenic sleeping chambers. Though being able to travel to parts of the galaxy where the Constitution class can’t, it is no longer combat effective.

But some increasing tensions between the Federation and the Klingons convinced Starfleet to commission ships that would double as MACO transport ships and as battleships that were as combat effective as the Constitution class, but also with the intent that the ship would not accidentally spark a conflict it was meant to stop. Thus brings forth the introduction of the Hayes class battleship.

The Hayes class battleship was named after Major Joshua Hayes, who commanded the MACO team assigned to the NX-01 Enterprise during the mission in the Delphic Expanse more than 100 years before. First constructed on star date 6313.3, the 5 Hayes class ships in service were named after MACOs and Starfleet personnel killed in action during that mission, including Major Hayes himself.

U.S.S. Hayes NCC-1925
U.S.S. Hawkins NCC-1926
U.S.S. Fuller NCC-1927
U.S.S. Taylor NCC-1928
U.S.S. Ramira NCC-1929

The ship has 5 phasers, 2 banks each, as well as 4 photon torpedo launchers. However the total firepower of this battleship is only equal to that of the Constitution class. Rather than the triple layered shields that were part of the dreadnoughts specifications, the Hayes class has standard shields, but due to its smaller size it can withstand strikes longer than the Constitution class.

The battleship was designed for a standard compliment of 30 officers and 220 crew. But the interiors are easily adjustable to handle 30 officers, 170 crew, and over 200 MACOs. There are very few recreation centres on the ship since it was not built for long range tactical operations.

The ships impulse and warp engines are nothing spectacular. Standard FWF-4 warp drive units with a maximum speed of warp 8.6, and an impulse acceleration factor equivalent to the Constitution class. As with most Starfleet vessels, including the Constitution class, the Hayes class uses a series of gyroscopic thrusters to allow the ship to yaw, pitch and roll without using exhaust or propellants. But they differ to other gyroscopic thrusters that are used by the Constitution class and other starships. They are designed to spin 4 times faster for greater thrust, but as a result, the thrusters tritanium structure contains 40% more carbon nanotubes than normal in order to handle the stress.

Often these 5 ships are seen patrolling the Klingon and Romulan boarders, and still have yet to be used as MACO transport ships. After the U.S.S. Ramira, no more Hayes class starships were constructed, nor had any gone under any significant refitting outside of upgrading the photon torpedoes. The last of the Hayes class was decommissioned on star date 9821.1.

The name “Joshua” for the confirmed J. Hayes is just a random name. Not to be declared canon.

Hellas and Roberts Class

Design by Morgan Smiley

Type: Colony ship/security cutter
First commissioned: 2200
Length: 145m
Width: 101m
Height: 39m
Decks: 9
Displacement: 180000t
Complement: 5 officers + 16 crew, evacuation limit: 200
Speed: Warp 1 (cruise), Warp 1.5 (max.), Warp 1.65 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.1c (max.)
Armament: 2 lasers (1 fore, 1 aft)
Embarked craft: 6 large-capacity cargo shuttles

Hellas
Federation Office of Colonization
First launched: 2200
Retired from service: 2228
Crew: 21
Passenger complement: 200
Defensive systems: 2 laser guns
Engines: Generation 1 warp field generator
Cruising speed: time/warp factor 1
Max speed: time/warp factor 1.5
Shuttles: 6 large-capacity cargo shuttles
Numbers built: 8

Designed to carry Federation colonists and enough material for housing, research, agriculture, mining, & transportation to last 6 months.

Operated under the UFP Office of Colonization. Built under the Standard Construction Contract (SCC) for non-Starfleet use.

Roberts
Starfleet
First launched: 2226
Retired from service: 2270
Crew: 85
Emergency passenger complement: 200
Defensive systems: 2 forward laser guns, 2 aft laser guns, 2 proton torpedo launchers
Engines: Generation 1A warp field generator
Cruising speed: time/warp factor 1
Max speed: time/warp factor 2
Shuttles: 3 standard 8-passenger shuttlecraft
Numbers built: 37

Using the basic design of the Hellas class ships, Starfleet adopted, modified, and improved the design in order to deploy a rugged yet reliable ship to monitor and protect star systems along borders with unknown or unsavory neighbors as well as patrolling well-travelled spacelanes.

Operated under the auspices of Starfleet & modified under the Naval Construction Contract (NCC).

Illustrious Class (2)

Design by Nixon's Head

Type: Through-deck cruiser
First commissioned: 2248
Length: 240m
Width: 129m
Height: 56m
Decks: 16
Complement: 70 officers + 680 crew, evacuation limit: 3250
Speed: Warp 6 (cruise), Warp 7.5 (max.), Warp 7.8 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.5c (max.)
Armament: 3 phaser banks of 2 turrets each, capable of 850 kW maximum single emitter output. One photon torpedo launcher in the forward firing arc.
Defense: Defensive shield systems to exceed 3.5 x 104 kW primary energy dissipation rate.
Embarked craft: 15 Sparrowhawk fighters, 8 standard personnel shuttles, 4 cargo shuttles (nominal air wing c.2255)

Jefferies-Type Shuttle

Design by Matt Jefferies and Kris, ASDB Member

No specs available

The shuttle "Jefferies" is closely based on Matt Jefferies' sketches for a shuttle that was never built (because the curved shape would have been too expensive).

Lifeboats

Designs by Harry and Kris, ASDB Members

No specs available

TOS-era ships supposedly had lifeboats. Here are possible designs.

Madison Class

Design by Harry, ASDB Member

No specs available

This is a freighter from the 23rd century, inspired by the TAS style.

Monarch (refit) Class (2)

Design by John Adam

Type: Cruiser
First commissioned: 2242
Length: 303m
Width: 133m
Height: 71m
Decks: 26
Displacement: 250000t
Complement: 46 officers + 237 crew
Speed: Warp 5 (cruise), Warp 6 (max.), Warp 8 (max. emergency)

The Monarch-class cruiser went into service in the first half of the twenty-third century. A predecessor of the Constitution class, it served primarily as a deterrent along the Klingon border. Lessons learned from USS Monarch and her sister ships' performance in the field led directly to modifications and innovations that were incorporated into subsequent designs. 

In 2267 the USS Athelstan, one of three remaining out of the original 16 of the class underwent a refit to serve as a testbed for systems advances, many of which were later incorporated into other classes, including a new deflector grid configuration, impulse engines, phaser banks, and navigational deflector. The ship's frame and internal configuration were not suited to handle the new warp engine system that was fitted onto the USS Enterprise a few years later, so it received an upgraded variant of the more common nacelle design. Athelstan continued to serve as a training and testing vessel for another decade before being decommissioned.

MR7 Class

Design by Robert Heckadon

Affiliation: Starfleet (alternate universe)
Type: Multirole outpost
First commissioned: 2241
Length: 35m
Width: 43m
Height: 52m
Decks: 1
Displacement: 16000t
Complement: 1 officers + 7 crew, evacuation limit: 0
Sublight speed: 0.001c (max.)
Armament: none
Defense: Magnetic radiation shields, polarized hull plating
Embarked craft: none

“We don’t take no sh_t from a machine.” – Bruce Campbell, 1989

First built in 2241, the MR7 class outpost is a multirole modular outpost that can serve different functions depending on the equipment attached on the lower shaft. This includes functions as a listening station, surveillance outpost, observatory, hyper channel** relay station, and lighthouse.

The station is divided into 5 different sections or modules.

• Module 1 is the habitat module that carries the crew quarters, head/shower, kitchen, rec room and exercise room that is needed for crew down time and maintenance. The rec room serves double duty as the infirmary since even space is at a premium for an 8 person station.
• Module 2 is the engineering module that carries the station's water recycling systems, oxygen generator, chemosynthetic bioprocessors, gravity generator, protein resequencer and storage facilities. The airlock serves as the umbilical attachment for routine supply ships and shuttles.
• Module 3 is the central module that links the other 4 modules together and ties in the power, utilities and support systems. The station's thrusters with quaratum fuel and radiation shields are also located here along with the station's 2 person transporter with a 20km range.
• Module 4 is simply the station's solar array that provides a good percentage of the station's power. It pivots and turns to ensure maximum solar energy collection.
• Module 5 is the various modules that are attached to the bottom of the station.

Aside from solar energy, the outpost is also powered by 12 – element 115*** “antiproton” atomic batteries, commonly known as neutronic fuel cells. 6 of the fuel cells are located up in the solar array housing while the other 6 are located in module 3. Depending on the mission, additional fuel cells may be installed with the module below.

It was declared early on that the station is too small to carry a turbolift system so designers were debating the best access to reach the solar controls and lower module. A ladder up and down the shafts were eliminated at once because of the complexity of developing a relatively uniform graviton wind “gravity push” system just for the ladders. It was also considered just to leave the shafts as zero gravity, but it was finally decided that the shaft’s gravity would be perpendicular to the rest of the station. This then allows the crew to walk up and down the shafts with ease along with a zero gravity access port.

Originally the station was to use LED strings that lined the outline of the station at night for visibility instead of flood lights, and later using glow in the dark paint on the hull. But this was nixed heavily due to criticism that both options made the space station look like it came from the movie "Tron". As well the lack of flood lights made it difficult for the astronaut to see in the darkened areas of the station in the event of EVA manoeuvres.

Many of the MR7 outposts were fitted to be used as hyper channel relay stations, lighthouses and observatories. But when it was revealed that Alexander Marcus tried to start a war with the, and an entire platoon of Klingon soldiers was reported to have been massacred by a Starfleet strike team to retrieve a man named John Harrison, the number of surveillance stations and listening outposts increased almost literally overnight.

*The station’s dimensions omit the solar collectors and the height uses the surveillance module.
** Hyper channel was mentioned on "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan".
*** Regarding element 115 - http://www.gravitywarpdrive.com/Element_115.htm

Paladin Class

Design by Mark, ASDB Member

Type: Scout
Commissioned: 2206-2274
Length: 224m
Decks: 8
Mass: 119,000mt
Crew complement: 200
Speed: Warp 6.2 (old scale)

This class of ship replenished the somewhat lacking coverage of the Romulan Neutral Zone border in the early 23rd century. Stationed at Outposts along the Federation side of the Zone, Paladin-class ships covered a wide area as sensor and patrol networks, monitoring the safety of the Zone, and any illegal Romulan activity inside.

Rawalpindi Class

Design by James Donovan

Type: Light cruiser
In service: 2255-2290
Length: 300m
Beam: 125.7m
Draft: 48.5m
Mass: 170,000 t
Decks: 11
Speed: Warp 6 (std.), Warp 8 (max.)
Crew complement: 180

No description

Sulaco Class

Design by Robert Heckadon

Type: PT boat
First commissioned: 2231
Length: 102m
Width: 30m
Height: 19m
Decks: 7
Displacement: 11000t
Complement: 5 officers + 45 crew, evacuation limit: 100
Speed: Warp 1 (cruise), Warp 1.5 (max.), Warp 1.7 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.2c (max.)
Armament: 4 - 90 megawatt, 175 megavolt phase modulated electron particle beam discharge cannons (AKA lasers); 4 - 60 megawatt phase modulated energy discharge cannons (AKA phase cannons); 4 photon torpedo launchers with 60 photon torpedoes
Defense: 50 megawatt magnetic flux condensation force shield

“The only starship in interception range is the Enterprise. Ready or not, she launches in 12 hours.” - James T. Kirk, Chief of Starfleet operations, 2271.

In the event a warp capable starship or starships are not available to intercept a potentially hostile intruder or intruders outside of the Sol system, the Sulaco class PT boat ensured the Sol system is far from unprotected.

First built in 2231, the Sulaco class is the primary backbone of the Mars defence perimeter. It was designed for rescue missions in the Sol system, deflecting planet threatening asteroids and meteors with its deflector, and rapidly delivers the equivalent firepower of a “Mayflower” class (1) starship to any potentially hostile intruder entering the Sol system. The ship’s artillery was upgraded to Constitution class equivalent in 2259.

The ship is driven by 4 “sub”-warp nacelles (a precursor to the driver coil assembly of a Galaxy class starship of the 24th century) that gives the ship a top speed of warp factor 1.7, or approximately 5 times the speed of light, and a maximum range of 200 AU’s, or 0.003 lightyears. Though the warp speed is deemed slow, it is fast enough to deliver the Sulaco’s intense firepower within the Sol system within a few hours, and the low warp allows more power to be made available from the ship’s matter/antimatter reactor for tactical systems and shields via primary energizer.

Albeit small, the Sulaco class is capable of transporting over 100 MACO’s with disaster relief within the Sol system in a matter of hours.

The Sulaco class is armed with 4 – 90 megawatt single turret laser canons, 4 – 60 megawatt single turret phase canons, and 4 photon torpedo launchers. The ship’s laser canons and photon torpedo launchers are focused forward for offensive action while the ships phase canons can fire in virtually all directions and used for defensive action and to supplement the lasers and torpedoes. The ship is defended by a 50 megawatt magnetic flux condensation force shield. It uses a subspace coil to focus the magnetic flux lines of the ship’s radiation shields into a virtually solid force barrier only a few millimetres thick, which can protect the ship from a limited number of attacks.

The Sulaco navigates the Sol system with navigation beacons throughout the solar system for long range travel, standard sensors for short distances, and telemetry from Starfleet command. In an alternate reality, this proved to be an undoing when a massive Romulan ship entered Earth's orbit and interfered with long range communication, including navigational beacons. Therefore the Sulaco class ships were unable to travel to Earth safely to destroy the enemy ship, especially since the Romulan ship was forced to drop shields to deploy its laser drill.

Critics have asked why not a fleet of warp capable starships to protect Sector 001. Starfleet deemed that warp capable starships would be more effective in intercepting intruders not only outside of Earth’s solar system, but outside of Federation star systems as well. As well Starfleet deemed (until the Dominion War) that it was a waste of material to have a large warp capable space vehicle to simply deliver heavy firepower when a considerably smaller space vehicle is just as effective.

Critics have asked why a PT boat is named after a fictional mining town in the Joseph Conrad novel Nostromo. The Sulaco class was in reality named after the marine sleeper ship in the James Cameron film Aliens.

(1) “Mayflower” class refers to the USS Mayflower seen on Star Trek (2009).
(2) The original series Enterprise is used for a fixed scale for the size comparison to the Sulaco while the alternative variation of the Constitution class orbiting Mars is like a go between for the original series Enterprise and the "Star Trek 2009" Enterprise.

Sviagod Class

Design by Newdivide1701

Type: Deep space agricultural outpost
First commissioned: 2260
Length: 209m
Width: 238m
Height: 235m
Decks: 18
Displacement: 261000t
Complement: 100 officers + 500 crew, evacuation limit: 2000
Sublight speed: 0.01c (max.)
Armament: 18 - 190 MW phase modulated heavy particle cannons; 3 photon torpedo launchers
Defense: Cast rodinium deflector shields
Embarked craft: 6 cargo shuttles, 2 personnel shuttles, 8 worker bees

1.0 - Introduction:
The Sviagod class outpost is a modular deep space outpost that serves as a repair and resupply station for long range exploration ships and cruisers, as well as a deuterium, helium-3 and antimatter fueling station.

2.0 - Klingon war:
Due to the Klingon that ended in late 2257, Starfleet and the Federation were forced to rebuild which halted many programs that included long range stations and star bases like the Watchtower class and Starbase Yorktown.

For this, simplified outposts were deemed the best solution to the current problem, which introduced the Sviagod class outpost.

3.0 - Construction:
The station is divided into 8 section.

-1 habitat saucer,
-1 engineering module,
-2 hydroponics modules,
-1 central core,
-1 fuel containers,
-1 water tank,
-1 CO2/O17 tank.

The modules are constructed at a shipyard near the edge of Federation space and are transported to the frontier via transport/tug ships.

3.1 - Transport:
Three Hudson Cavalier "H.C." class transport ships -- a variation of the NX class with cargo docks and clamps on the lower fairings -- carries the 3 fuel modules and the 3 engineering modules. Another H.C. class has an adapter module that allows the ship to transport the saucer section. A Fisher class transport ship transports the core and the lower lighthouse with another Fisher class transporting the crew via starliner.

4.0 - Habitat saucer:
The habitat saucer is divided into 3 sections; upper dome, lower dome and central saucer.

The upper dome primarily contains water and sewage recycling for the saucer section along with chemosynthetic and electrosynthetic bioprocessing food production which uses kelp, Jovian seaweed and protein resequencers. On top of the upper dome houses the station's operations centre, offices, and privacy lounges for the crew.

The lower dome carries the saucer's cargo holds and extra water storage tanks. At the very bottom of the saucer are the genetic diversity labs and access to the lower lighthouse.

Three dual phaser banks are each located on the upper and lower dome powered by the saucer's escape impulse engine (see 5.1).

The central disk houses the crew quarters on both the upper and lower decks. The disk also has the primary mess halls and galley, sickbay, station services, security and recreational services.

4.1 - Recreation:
The disk also contains holographic interactive VR rooms along with what are referred to as "hamster balls" that are spherical interactive VR simulators that allows for simulations requiring more floor space than what is available on the station, and allowing for limited changes in topography within the simulation. Using the hamster balls requires VR glasses rather than holograms.

These simulator rooms on ships are often restricted to large or heavy cruisers such as the Constitution class and Crossfield class due to size restriction.*

With these size restrictions, many exercise facilities on the Sviagod class restricts the size of the pool where it barely has enough for a short course swimming pool. As an alternative, the Sviagod class uses 4 variable course swimming pools. Each pool is 2 metres by 4 metres with a 1.5 meter depth that uses water jets to push the swimmer back into pool at the same rate he, she or ze swims. This allows for virtually any length the swimmer to swim from as little as 50 metres to up to a virtually unlimited distance.

The water flow rate is monitored my computer and overhead sensors to keep the swimmer in the middle. The bottom of the pool is transparent with a 1 cm gap from the bottom that allows for a large polymer screen to display distance for the swimmer to see as well as 3 dimensional images of fish and other aquatic life.**

The recreation area also carries 4 - 3m x 3m jacuzzis.

5.0 - Engineering module:
The station's shuttle bay runs half way down the entire length of the module where double doors separates the shuttle bay from the hanger bay and cargo decks.

The lower sections carries the primary helium-3 fusion reactor with metallic fuel, transporter, photon torpedo launchers, fabrication centres and manufacturing.

All engineering modules carries 4 dual phaser banks and a single photon torpedo launcher. The upper phaser particle accelerators are parallel to the hull and uses another boride crystal to redirect the beam into the firing chamber (see 5.1)

A large outer hatch under the fantail carries a limited supply of antimatter where a refuelling shuttle is used to restore a ship's antimatter supply.

5.1 Phasers:
Each dual phaser bank uses a fixed phase modulated heavy particle accelerator the size of a large shuttlecraft under the hull. The phase modulated particle beam enters the firing chamber into a weapons grade boride crystal in the centre of the chamber that's on the same frequency as the particle beam. The crystal redirects the beam out of the phaser particle emitter barrel.

The firing chamber has 2 points of rotation to allow for maximum possible coverage with little mass to move. One axis is perpendicular to the hull with a second axis offset by 60° with the barrel offset 60° to the second axis. To lower or elevate the barrel without changing direction along the XY axis, the lower firing chamber rotates in one direction while the upper chamber rotates in the other direction. This allows the elevation to change as much as 60° with a 360° coverage.

The boride crystal is attached to an articulation frame attached to the upper chamber and the power to adjust the frequency of the crystal is through EPS induction on both the upper and lower firing chambers.

The phaser can fire in both steady stream and pulses, while plasma recoil is absorbed in capacitor banks which are then used to augment the phaser power giving the station approximately 80% the phaser firepower of a Constitution class starship.

The phasers were upgraded from weapons grade Boride to NiCl 521 crystals that did away with the heavy particle accelerators, and improvements to the rapid nadion effect in 2277.

6.0 Hydroponic modules:
The hydroponic modules are designed to grow food and provide genetic diversity for visiting ships and long range explorers using photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, and electrosynthesis. These range from fresh fruits and vegetables in stasis, dehydrated produce, ration packs and prepackaged meals -- archaically known as TV dinners, or a genetic basis for ships with protein resequencers and food synthesizers.

On the upper half of the modules, 40% of the length is dedicated to orchards, primarily apples and oranges. The orchards are laid out to serve double duty as an arboretum with a large segmented dome to view space.

On the other side of the orchards is a 3 deck recreation lounge that extends 8 metres into the deck. Though normally open, a pair of air tight doors are used in the event of a hull breach and containment field failure.

The rest of those decks are dedicated to standard hydroponic gardens which uses music and wind to strengthen the crops, and they use porous sponge like nutrient enriched aerogel in the event of gravity failure.

Beneath the orchards are the photon torpedo launchers, shield generators, phaser banks, the module's life support systems, water recycling facilities, protein resequencers and inert carbon storage and recycling, and antimatter pods.

One deck below the hydroponic gardens are the controversial severed limb gardens (see 6.2). Below the severed limb gardens are sections dedicated to pharmaceutical hydroponics, tissue engineered meat labs and food processing and packaging.

6.1 Corridor crops:
Based on Xyrillian crop production methods, long and narrow hydroponic tank compartments are located behind access panels in the primary corridors to maximize useable space on the station -- commonly known as "corridor crops".

Each panel has a pair of vents with low power fans and phased ionization gas filters. The first fan draws in the ship's atmosphere with the filter allowing carbon dioxide and nitrogen into the tank, but keeps the oxygen out. The second fan blows out the oxygen and nitrogen from within the tank with the filter keeping the CO2 in. The fans also provide a wind to keep the crops strong.

Polymer lights provide the energy for the crops with a phosphorescent coating to continually provide light for the crops for several hours in the event of a power failure. Nutrient enriched water is provided by the water and waste recycling facilities which are absorbed in sponge-like trisilocate aerogel soil that holds the plants in place and absorbs the enriched water in the event of artificial gravity failure.

Each unit has a pair of medical scanners programmed to monitor the crops and to detect any problems including mold or decay. When any problems are detected, the vents automatically close until the distressed food is removed and vaporized.

The corridor crops are often limited to fruits and vegetables that can be grown in such a confined space such as carrots, potatoes, lettuce, pineapples with their tops cut off and reused, plomeek (Vulcan), kleetanta (Vulcan), C'torr root (Vulcan), Skopar carnivore seeds (Andoria), T'pocowan (Andoria), and Necreena (Andoria).

6.2 - Severed limb gardens:
The severed limb gardens involve removing the budding or flowering part of a plant-- typically from fruit or berry trees -- and inject synthetic glucose into it along with proteins and nutrients either stored in element bins, recycled from the wastewater and sanitation or organic material recycling. Electrostimulation encourages plant growth.

The synthetic glucose come from a generator that uses hydrogen extracted from the oxygen generators on the wastewater systems and the carbon dioxide waste gases from life support. As well as from the waste water and inert carbon offloaded from smaller ships (see 6.3).

Critics have asked why neither corridor crops nor severed limb gardens are used on starships? The corridor crop tanks and synthetic glucose generators were deemed too fragile to be used on starships.

Severed crops are often limited to fruits and vegetables that requires too much space, less essential, and cannot be regrown with the preexisting stem or crown. And despite the gardens using 30% the resources, the produce grows at the same rate as traditional gardening methods.

6.3 - Inert carbon:
Ships too small to cultivate photosynthetic, chemosynthetic or electrosynthetic bioprocessors, or carry protein resequencers uses oxygen generators that breaks down carbon dioxide into oxygen gas and inert carbon powder. The powder is then placed in the same tank as the sanitary wastes once the water has been extracted.

The organic wastes and carbon powder are offloaded onto the station which are then recycled in the hydroponic modules and used for the severed limb gardens and chemosynthetic bioprocessors.

7.0 - Storage pods:
The station's 3 storage pods are smaller than the standard transport containers measuring only 100 metres long and 20 metres in diameter. The first pod is the fuel pod primarily for starships, the second pod is the water tank with the third pod being a CO2/O17 storage pod.

7.1 - Fuel pod:
The fuel pod contains cryogenically slush deuterium in 4 out of 5 of its compartments with the final compartment being filled with cryogenically slush helium-3.

7.1.1 - Antimatter substitute:
With dilithium crystals, the fusion ignition temperature of helium-3 and deuterium is drastically reduced from 400 million Kelvin to less than a quarter million where the fusion rate can be high enough to power warp drive, but the drive burns substantially larger amounts of fuel -- approximately 2000 times the mass of matter and antimatter.

The engineering module uses special facilities to mix at a 1:1 ratio and super compress and cool helium-3 and deuterium into near metallic states so the fuel doesn't require large amounts of space.

Critics have often said there isn't enough deuterium, helium-3 or antimatter on the station to support exploration cruisers. The fuel supplies were meant for ships whose fuel levels are critical and cannot reach any dedicated refueling stations in time.

7.2 - Water tank:
The second tank contains water needed for the hydroponic gardens. The first 4 compartments holds water at -100°C to ensure maximum possible density of the ice for storage. A simple laser is used to melt the ice and a vacuum environment boils it so it can be transferred with ease.

The fifth compartment carries the wastewater storage from other ships as well as the inert carbon (see 6.3)

7.3 - CO2/O17 tank:
The third storage container is compartmentalized to store compressed carbon dioxide and O17 liquid oxygen.

During crop production in hydroponics (see 6.0) and corridor crops (see 6.1), a constant supply of carbon dioxide is needed for plant growth. Even with a crew of 500, they cannot produce enough carbon dioxide at a sufficient rate to keep the plants healthy so a contingency supply of CO2 is needed.

The excess oxygen is converted into a stable liquid oxygen molecule called O-17 which prevents the oxygen from being an oxidizer. When exposed to focused delta rays, the O17 becomes O2 once again. The O-17 is transferred to spent CO2 tanks for starships.

8.0 The core and lighthouses:
The central core connects all the modules together. At the top of the core is the station's upper lighthouse. It emits subspace signals for ships to track back to it in the event of navigation error. The lower lighthouse is attached to the bottom of the saucer section. During transport, the lower lighthouse is attached to the core with female couplings and is then separated and transferred via worker bees to the lower saucer.

Unlike other lighthouses, the ones on the Sviagod class do not carry the rotating mirror or prism for the traditional lighthouse look. This is the result of the Klingon war between 2256 and 2257 where even with the armistice, there are some factions that have broken away from the Klingon Empire with rumours saying that some crews underwent cryogenic suspension during the war with the belief that they were there to reawaken to continue the war when the Klingons were losing due to attacks on their shipping lines and supply bases by a mysterious ship called Discovery. ***

The prime directive prohibits the use of radio signals that can be picked up by prewarp civilizations.

8.1 - Assembly:
The assembly starts with the lower lighthouse being detached from the core. The saucer is then attached to the core followed by the attachment of the lower lighthouse. The engineering modules are then attached to the core followed by the containers.

The tolerances of the cylinders are only 2.5mm on a 1 metre diameter cylinder which requires delicate and precise adjustments from the worker bees' thrusters and tractor beams.

8.2 - Hydraulics:
The station's modules are held together using male/female connections where the male connector slides 5 metres into the female ones. A series of ram cylinders are then extended from the female connector and into sockets in the male connector. Those sockets and ram housing are reinforced with tritanium and osmium alloys.

The hydraulics used to extend the rams uses an electrodynamic tripolymer based hydraulic fluid that is normally solid below 232°C until an oscillating electromagnetic field on a frequency of 83.7 MHz is introduced to it where it then becomes a liquid without heating it and without expansion. The fluid also becomes polarized to where it can be driven by a non-mechanical magnetic pump and can operate effectively between -73°C and 141°C.

The polymer hydraulics replaces the old gallium based hydraulics that requires the metal to remain well above 29.76°C to become a fluid and well below to remain a solid. As well the gallium hydraulics requires constant temperature control and a mechanical pump to run it which are often prone to mechanical and electrical failure.

The tripolymer hydraulic fluid is barred on many planetary surfaces as they are highly toxic on fluid form and environmentally harmful which requires strict regulations to use.

9.0 - emergencies:
In the event of a catastrophic emergency, each engineering module can separate and be launched away with impulse thrusters and used as a lifeboat.

Auxiliary power is provided by neutronic power cells (element 115). When bombarded by protons, element 115 is transmutated into element 116 in which 2 neutrons undergo a beta decay by releasing positrons converting the neutrons into antiprotons. Those antiprotons then react with the protons within the isotope in a low level annihilation reaction.

Reserve power comes from hafnium-178 atomic batteries.

Backup life support uses CO2 scrubbers and a supply of oxygen-17 and a delta ray emitter.

9.1 Tarsus 4 incident:
After the famine on Tarsus 4 in 2246 and the rise of Governor Kodos -- later known as Kodos the Executioner, Starfleet issued a draft of Regulation 19, Section E which state in the event of a severe famine of a Federation colony, all food and ration shipments within range are to be rerouted to the colony immediately.

As well any ship in range of a resupply station or agricultural station -- such as the Sviagod class -- is to take on their maximum capacity of the station's ration packs and any food in stasis without hampering the station's resources and divert to the famine stricken colony to in exclusion above all else except higher priority missions outlined in Section 10, 17 and 31, code factor 1 and others.

10.0 - Afterward:
With the development of food synthesizers for the Enterprise class (Constitution refit) starships, genetic samples for protein resequencers and food synthesizers became less vital as the DNA was stored in the ship’s memory banks with what is referred to as a matter stream "snapshot" to duplicate the meals. And so the station’s hydroponic modules were removed in favour of a dedicated supply module filled with basic elements, and a dedicated repair module with all 3 modules having their own shuttle bays. And all 3 containers were dedicated to deuterium and helium-3 fuel.

As well with the development of the Excelsior class, it was determined the Sviagod would no longer be able to handle the demand of supplying exploration cruisers. The last of the Sviagod class was phased out in 2320 and replaced with the Ingvi-Frey class that is said to be a larger version of the Sviagod class.

The station was named after the Vanir god Freyr -- also known as Sviagod -- known for agriculture, prosperity, life and fertility.

* as depicted on the animated episode, "The Practical Joker," and the Discovery episode, "Lethe".
** a larger version of the medical display used by Dr. McCoy on Star Trek Beyond.
*** Star Trek: The Next Generation; Emissary -- though the timestamp would be off by 34 years.

TAS Shuttle

Design by Kris, 3D model by Kenny, ASDB Members

No specs available

This shuttle is based on a design from The Animated Series.

Type-2 Shuttle

Design by Kris, ASDB Member

No specs available

This shuttle is the predecessor of the type used on the Enterprise NCC-1701. It was in use in the first decades of the 23rd century.

Vega Class

Design by Nixon's Head

Type: Frigate
First commissioned: 2250
Length: 274m
Width: 198m
Height: 60m
Decks: 17
Complement: 50 officers + 200 crew, evacuation limit: 600
Speed: Warp 6 (cruise), Warp 8 (max.)
Sublight speed: 0.4c (max.)
Armament: 6 phasers, 1 photon torpedo launcher
Defense: Standard defensive shields
Embarked craft: 4 standard shuttlecraft

Follow the adventures of the USS Sirius at http://sirius.celestialprime.net/.

Yorktown Class

Design by ZardoZ

Type: Cruiser & exploration ship
First commissioned: 2230
Length: 211m
Width: 109m
Height: 51m
Decks: 17
Complement: 220
Speed: Warp 6 (cruise), Warp 8 (max.), Warp 8.05 (max. emergency)
Armament: 9 Phased laser turrets Mk I
Defense: Deflector shield system Mk V

Thanks to Masao, for his very hard worked Starfleet Museum, from where his Asia class was the inspiration of this ship. And to the people of Subspace Comms Network forum for their feedback. And finally to my friend Sikileia for his tips, and his opinions.

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