Caemlyn Class

Design by kaydee

Type: Medium cruiser
First commissioned: 2376
Length: 408m
Height: 69m
Decks: 16
Displacement: 790000t
Complement: 40 officers + 160 crew, evacuation limit: 1000
Speed: Warp 9.7 (cruise), Warp 9.9 (max.), Warp 9.99978 (max. emergency)
Armament: 5 Type XII Phaser, 10 Mark 96 torpedo launcher (6fwd, 4 aft)
Defense: Auto-modulating regenerative shield system, ablative armor
Embarked craft: 4 shuttlecrafts, 3 workbees

Commissioned at McKinley Station in the spring of 2376, the USS Caemly NX-76741 represents the prototype of a new class of high maneuverable cruisers. Equipped with a new experimental warp drive system the Caemlyn achieves a cruise speed at Warp 9.7. Her overall appearance follows the latest requirements in starship design with directly connected primary and secondary hull. The secondary hull is surrounded by the two unconventionally shaped nacelles with their very large Bussard collectors, giving the ship its unmistakable design. At the moment the ship is undergoing extensive field testings, mainly of the high advanced warp systems.

Cardiff Class

Design by Paul Lloyd

Type: Surveillance vessel
First commissioned: 2359
Length: 938m
Width: 704m
Height: 237m
Decks: 15
Complement: 42 officers + 230 crew
Speed: Warp 6 (cruise), Warp 8 (max.), Warp 8.5 (max. emergency)

Designed to take station on the edge of the Neutral Zone and eavesdrop on Romulan communications. The Cardiff is fitted with a Vulcan-style annular warp drive and two massive sensor pods occupy the space normally taken by a Federation starship's warp nacelles.

Champion Class

Design by Matthew Taylor

Type: Cruiser
First commissioned: 2379
Length: 550m
Width: 164m
Height: 93m
Decks: 24
Displacement: 940000t
Complement: 77 officers + 498 crew
Speed: Warp 8 (cruise), Warp 9.7 (max.), Warp 9.9 (max. emergency)

As the year 2375 came to a close Starfleet found fleet levels to be at its lowest numbers since the early 2300’s. Repeated Borg attacks and the recently ended Dominion war had depleted Starfleet’s strength to a dangerous low. To make matters worse, existing ship classes had proven ineffectual to meeting the threats now posed against the federation. Aging Excelsior and Constitution based starships had been devastated by the Dominion, and even the newer Galaxy based ships were no match for the Borg. Starfleet command found itself uncomfortably vulnerable in the face of existing threats in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants and ongoing threats from the Borg. In the winter of 2375 at the request of Starfleet Command, Starfleet R&D began the Champion project. Until the shipyards and Starfleet Academy could rebolster the fleet to pre-war numbers, the admiralty decided to opt for quality over quantity. Starfleet R&D was tasked with designing a starship that featured the best features from the Sovereign, Prometheus, and Defiant classes, as well as be able to field test technologies brought back by the errant U.S.S. VOYAGER. Development began in December of 2375 and continued till construction of the first unit began in March of 2377.

Block I The first six units of the new Champion Class would be built and deployed using conventional technologies that had already been tried and proven on other classes. Trial runs of U.S.S. CHAMPION began in May of 2379, and all systems met Starfleet’s requirements. Construction of the following 4 units continued apace and would be delivered over the next 3 years. 
NCC-80150 U.S.S. CHAMPION 
NCC-80151 U.S.S. GUARDIAN 
NCC-80152 U.S.S. DEFENDER 
NCC-80153 U.S.S. PROTECTOR 
NCC-80154 U.S.S. WARDEN 

Block II The next 15 units would be fitted with an auxiliary aft mount for sensor or weapon pods. In addition, 4 units would serve as test beds for new technologies brought back by U.S.S. VOYAGER after her return from the Delta Quadrant. U.S.S. WARRIOR was mounted with a new ablative armor VOYAGER had acquired from a future timeline, and U.S.S. RANGER was fitted with a slipstream drive that had been provided by a Delta quadrant species. 
NCC-80155 U.S.S. PALADIN 
NCC-80156 U.S.S. CRUSADER 
NCC-80157 U.S.S. SAMURAI 
NCC-80158 U.S.S. TEMPLAR 
NCC-80159 U.S.S. KNIGHT 
NCC-80160 U.S.S. WARRIOR 
NCC-80161 U.S.S. SENTINEL 
NCC-80162 U.S.S. RANGER 
NCC-80163 U.S.S. SPARTAN 
NCC-80164 U.S.S. ARCHER 
NCC-80165 U.S.S. LANCER 
NCC-80166 U.S.S. AVENGER 
NCC-80167 U.S.S. HARBINGER 
NCC-80168 U.S.S. RONIN 
NCC-80169 U.S.S. MUSKETEER

Corinthian Class

Design by J. Grey

Type: Experimental escort
Length: 150m
Crew complement: 80 (max.)

The Corinthian class is an experimental prototype Federation vessel incorporating captured and adapted Borg technology. The structure of the metals through the hull are loaded with Federation nano-probes based on the Borg template, they assist in keeping the structure sound in concert with the upgraded SIF through the huge demands placed on the ship from combat manoeuvres. They can upgrade the materials at a molecular level in seconds to adapt them for the different requirements of high speeds, atmospheric landing, combat or stealth missions. The ship has energy output grids all around the hull which enable weapons, sensors, transporters, cloaking fields, holographic decoys or anything required. Most of the abilities are untested at this time.

Coyote Class

Design by Paul Lloyd

Type: explorer
First commissioned: 2368
Length: 46m
Width: 38m
Height: 15m
Decks: 2
Complement: 1 officers + crew, evacuation limit: 1
Speed: Warp 5 (cruise), Warp 8 (max.), Warp 9 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.9c (max.)
Armament: two pylon-mounted phaser strips
Embarked craft: one lifeboat

In the aftermath of the Borg incursion of 2366, some commentators saw parallels between the Borg's aggressive assimilation of new species and the Federation’s policy of cultural integration. They pointed out that when the Federation encountered cultures that were unwilling to integrate – the Romulans, Klingons, and Cardassians, for example, and arguably even the Borg Collective itself - the result was often war, followed by a period of détente and the eventual subsummation of that culture into the Federation. This, they said, demonstrated how the Federation was failing to live up to its ideal of “infinite diversity in infinite combinations”; some even went as far as to draw comparisons between Starfleet personnel and the Borg Collective’s drones. Starfleet’s response to these criticisms was to commission a new class of starship. The Coyote-class ships – Coyote, Anansi, Monkey, Loki and Twm Siôn Cati (each named for a Trickster figure in human mythology) – would have just a single crewman; an individual whose psychometric profile would normally have excluded them from selection for Starfleet operations.

The project enjoyed some notable early successes. But in 2376 the crewman of the USS Anansi deliberately drove his ship into an unnamed planetoid at a high percentage of the speed of light, shortly after sending a garbled message reporting the discovery of mysterious, “non Euclidian” archaeological ruins there. Both ship and planetoid were completely destroyed. Following this incident all remaining Coyote class ships were recalled to Fleet Headquarters and the programme was quietly discontinued.

Crucible Class

Design by Robert "Robo" Cope

Type: Surveillance/command and control
First commissioned: 2385
Length: 700m
Width: 300m
Height: 115m
Decks: 30
Displacement: 500000t
Complement: 300 officers + 1000 crew, evacuation limit: 10500
Speed: Warp 8.75 (cruise), Warp 9.25 (max.), Warp 9.85 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.075c (max.)
Armament: Type 15 phaser arrays, 8 photon torpedo bays
Defense: 10 7.0 GW exterior shields; 8 4.5 GW interior shields
Embarked craft: Warp 5 dropship

Design Concept: To serve as a covert-ops and command control vessel for the newly-formed military wing of Starfleet. Despite Starfleet's mandate to not be a military organization, the Federation Council overwhelmingly voted to add the unfortunate, but vital, component to the organization. This, after the return of Voyager and her crew back to the Alpha Quadrant, was done in response to the renewed threats of the Borg, and other hostile species, both known and unknown.

The new Starfleet Defense Service has designed the Crucible class starship to meet multiple requirements for a new, purely military, starship that has the best in speed, firepower, maneuverability, and stealth. During the seven years in the Delta Quadrant, Captain Janeway and her crew were forced to innovate and adapt as they tried to survive the journey home. Voyager itself was modified extensively throughout their journey home, Borg-inspired weaponry, slipstream drive, and other enhancements have made their way from Voyager's jury-rigged systems, to fully enhanced integration into the new ship. Aside from Voyager's contributions, other features have been incorporated. An improved impulse drive system gives the ship greater speed without going to warp. At normal impulse speeds, or during warp, the untapped power can be used through new IMCs (Impulse Maneuvering Cells) or redirected to any other ship systems. Another feature is the new pair of inboard warp pods. These pods supplement the primary nacelles during warp, or stand alone as backup nacelles when the primaries are off-line. The inboard nacelles are also capable of cycling the magnetic energy generated by the warp field back and convert it to impulse power. After the end of the Cardassian War, the Romulans and the Federation re-negotiated a portion of the Treaty of Algeron to allow Starfleet to use its transphasic cloaking technology in the development of the Crucible class starship. Also, emphasis was put on making the Crucible class ship capable of supporting a limited number of fighters and dropship troop craft during required operations, along with its own missions. Lastly, the value of integration of biology and technology (with full attention to ethical restraints) was imbedded into the ship's defensive systems through an interface mechanism especially designed for an “enhanced” operator. This operator would provide a humanoid capacity to ship systems by using the inherently quicker reflexes and processing power that computers have yet to emulate.

Daheisy Class

Design by Luke D'Anvil

Type: Enhanced deterrence explorer
First commissioned: 2384
Length: 455m
Width: 350m
Height: 64m
Decks: 16
Displacement: 3100000t
Complement: 60 officers + 440 crew, evacuation limit: 850
Speed: Warp 8.5 (cruise), Warp 8.9 (max.), Warp 8.99 (max. emergency)

The return of the U.S.S. Voyager and the techniques attained thereby made a reconsideration of current developments necessary. The Prometheus project was resumed, had to be updated however. The resource scarceness caused by the Dominion War led to the situation that only a few ships received these partial untested improvements, some even only for test purposes. Starfleet Command decided to begin the building of new ships again. Up to a few modern classes as for example the Defiant -, the Sovereign- and the Prometheus class, Starfleet decided to stop the production of further frameworks of the well-known types.

Utopia Planitia received the honorable order to design a new multi-functions-ship to contain all new adapted, experimental and matured techniques and components. For test purposes Transwarp drive and Slipstream were integrated, which saw the fleet command in both possibilities to enough potential to achieve a break-through. In the framework and the hull of the ship more resistant Tetraburnium component were integrated, and the hull - if the ablative-device should be malfunctioning - was equipped with standard ablative armor. In critical moments the Tom-Paris-emergency-bulkhead-system provides for surviving the crew on the inside of the Daheisy and can reduce a loss of the structural integrity. The shield technology is a combination of newest Starfleet technology and Unimatrix-Borg components. The use of all this new component makes the prototype unique. If it should show itself as error-free, easily producible and resistant, it would be possible that this new ship type is established as a standard ship of the fleet. The indications stand well, if one considers how Starfleet maintained ground against the Dominion and the Voyager against the Delta quadrant. The place of residence of the ship, built in just one year, is unknown, since Starfleet learned from the Prometheus incident.

Deliverance Class

Design by Jason, ASDB Member

Type: Assault ship

No description

Denali Class

Design by David Lovejoy

Type: Cruiser
Length: 310 m
Beam: 220 m
Height: 77 m
Max. speed: Warp 9.75
Crew complement: 262

No description

Destiny Class

Design by Paul Llyod

Destiny-class USS Harmony NCC-62010
Type: Explorer
Development date: 2362
Length: 586m
Beam: 324m
Height: 112m
Crew: 371
Max. sustainable speed: Warp 9.4

No description

Discovery Class

Design by Stefan Weiß

Type: Diplomatic escort / light cruiser
Length: 248.9 m
Beam: 100.5 m
Height: 40.2 m
Crew complement: 264
Warp speed: Warp 9.7 (max. cruise), Warp 9.931 (max.)
Weapons: 2 dorsal phaser arrays, 1 ventral phaser array, 2 forward firing pulse phasers, one combined fwd. photon/quantum torpedo launcher with limited torpedo supply

Originally supposed to be a light science vessel, the Discovery class design was changed significantly during its development due to the growing threats throughout the galaxy. It now serves as a supporting light cruiser to larger fleets or, if operating alone, as a diplomatic vessel that can defend itself in unsafe environments, as well. The prototype, the USS Discovery NCC-78230, made it through all stages of testing and is now serving as a regular ship in Starfleet.

Durandal Class

Design by James Gemperline

Type: Cruiser/Blockade runner
First commissioned: 2378
Length: 476m
Width: 190m
Height: 85m
Decks: 23
Complement: 110 officers + 423 crew, evacuation limit: 2300
Speed: Warp 8.8 (cruise), Warp 9.6 (max.), Warp 9.99 (max. emergency)
Armament: 11x Type XI phaser banks, 8x turret-mounted Class I pulse phaser cannons, 8x torpedo launchers, 200x quantum torpedoes, 120x photon torpedoes
Defense: Deflector shields, ablative armor, nacelle retraction system, extra thick armor around certain essential systems
Embarked craft: 1 Aeroshuttle captain's yacht, 1 mission scout, 2 runabouts, 8 shuttlecraft (various types), 6 shuttlepods (various types)

As Starfleet found itself involved more and more in combat situations, especially those involving the Borg, as well as outright war with the Dominion, the demand for more battle-capable ships grew. The Durandal project was one of many started after the Battle of Wolf 359, in anticipation of future Borg incursion. Starfleet wanted a vessel with more firepower and better survivability during firefights, but quickly realized additional armor and shielding were ineffective adaptations against the Borg, and like many of the projects, was halted in 2369, before serious development past the design phase had begun. The design was only revisited in 2374, after "Operation Return", when Starfleet realized there was a need for ships capable of breaking through large fleets or blockades, much in the way the USS Defiant had against the Dominion.

To accomplish its mission as a blockade runner, it was determined Durandal would need more firepower oriented towards the vessel's front. A compact layout and smaller profile to help minimize hits from enemy vessels was also specified, as well as extra protective measures to ensure function of the warp drive after breaking through a blockade, and redundant impulse systems to ensure propulsion despite damage. To augment Durandal's forward firepower, the design team revived the phaser turret system that had been used during the 23rd century, installing eight pulse phasers much like Defiant's on such turrets near the bow of the ship. While these turrets allowed the pulse phasers a wide range of fire, they were positioned specifically to allow concentrated fire on targets to the ship's fore. Standard phaser banks were still installed to protect the rest of the vessel from all angles.

To ensure the survivability of Durandal's propulsion, it was given three separate impulse reactors, feeding four impulse engines. To ensure operation of the warp drive, Durandal's warp nacelles were to be encased in far heavier armor than most starships sported, but the increased mass caused resulted in a slower vessel, and with standard nacelles in the conventional raised pylon position, projections still showed them to be a major weak point, even with the armor, because of their prominent position in the ship's profile. The solution to this issue was to install tracks on the nacelle pylons that allowed the nacelles to retract into berths in the secondary hull, where the more vital areas of the nacelles were protected by heavy armor on the secondary hull. The outer sides of the nacelles still received heavy plating, as they remained exposed while the nacelles were retracted.

The result was a significant increase in the survivability of Durandal's warp drive. When retracted, the nacelles were not only better protected, but also made much less opportune targets from most angles. The retraction of the nacelles also allowed a decrease in the surface area of the vessel's deflector shields, delivering more power over a smaller area. Starfleet engineers also took advantage of the proximity of the nacelles in retracted mode, and built in additional EPS connectors that could augment the ship's power grid with warp plasma while the nacelles were retracted and not in use.

While operation of the nacelles in retracted mode was deemed inadvisable due to stresses on the hull, and problems with the geometry of the warp field, Durandal can engage its warp drive with the nacelles retracted in times of emergency, and extend them once at warp. Safety limits the operation of the warp drive with nacelles retracted to 3 hours at speeds below Warp 5. Safe operation time decreases exponentially for speeds above Warp 5.

While considerable thought was given to the inclusion of a secondary warp core for emergency use, it was ultimately removed from the design due to the many significant complications such an inclusion would incur.

Thus far, only four Durandal class starships have been commissioned.

Thanks also to Robert Gilbert for help with the concept design.

Edgar Allen Poe Class

Design by Luke D'Anvil

Type: Battleship
First commissioned: 2367
Length: 280m
Width: 130m
Height: 60m
Decks: 14
Displacement: 510000t
Complement: 10 officers + 100 crew, evacuation limit: 160
Speed: Warp 8 (cruise), Warp 9.970 (max.), Warp 9.980 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.9c (max.)
Armament: Heavy phaser cannon, different types of torpedo launchers, phaser arrays, pulse phaser cannons, an autotarget combat tower as well as space mines and an adaptive spatial space charge launchers
Defense: Newly developed diametric shield grids and a graded form of the ablative armor
Embarked craft: Two Type 9, one Type 11

The USS Tireless Tiger is a modern, experimental and, above all, heavily armed battleship of the Egdar Allen Poe Class, conceived as an answer to the Borg threat. After first contact was made with this dangerous and aggressive species, the EAP project was developed parallel to the Defiant project. The original construction plans intended a heavy phaser cannon, different types of torpedo launchers, phaser arrays, pulse phaser cannons, an autotarget combat tower as well as space mines, which were supposed to make the ship ready enough to fight one of the deadly cubes in a squadron. The premises of the comparatively cautious, but for longer independent journeys conceived ship are distributed on eight decks in a more traditional design than the Defiant ones, and increase the value benefit by their optional extras, compared to the sister-project's. The progress of the conception, under the special direction of Prof. Bhoran Bhodan, only progressed moderately at first, when finally more resources were made available in order to accelerate the progress. At the beginning of 2366/67, the USS Raven was launched as a prototype and caused - in view of the problems with the Defiant project - great euphoria.

The sense of delight about the new ship lasted short and ended suddenly after the first tests: The autotarget tower was too slow in practice, the pulse phaser cannons caused insufficient damage and, horrifying everybody, the first shot with the Phase cannon sparked off a thermodynamic feedback loop, which completely destroyed the ship and killed all people aboard. The dissatisfying results, the loss of the ship, and mainly the sudden death of the prominent heads of the design caused Starfleet Command to store the second framework and classifying the project as failed. The remaining persons were called in to the Defiant project afterwards.

The beginning of the Dominion War 2370 caused hustle and bustle: The test of the incident-involving partially successful and extremely impressing USS Prometheus, the practical experiences with the first and second USS Defiant, caused engineers of the corps - T'Lan Vorik ahead - to examine the data of the disaster of the USS Raven again. Vorik thereby hit upon some substantial energy-thermal miscalculations and solved the problem by adding a tellerium-cooling-core. Confronted with the Dominion War, Starfleet Command gave in its desire of having a additional possibly finished warship, and assigned her a team. The engineers adapted the final draft to the given time, solved the problem of the automatic turret by the use of bioneural gelpack sub-units, made the pulse phaser cannons combat-ready due to the experiences with the Defiant, and finally achieved a full operativeness of the primary weapon. Nonetheless, the small personnel capacities and the systemic general overhaul made the project progressing too slowly. The war with the Dominion already came to an end and the Prometheus had gone back into the regular service when the Tireless Tiger was launched for first tests. Despite the end of war, Starfleet Command decided not to abandon military advancement again: Because of the advanced independence of the ship, compared to the defiant, Starfleet decided to continue the Tireless Tiger project. Currently the team is testing the newly developed diametric shield grid, adaptive spatial space charge launchers, and a graded form of the ablative armor, which the USS Voyager brought along from the delta quadrant. The leading admiral Lombardi sees serial production approximately in one year, thus in 2381.

Endurance Class

Design by CX, specs by Novice

Type: Escort/border patrol craft
Commissioned: 2378
Length: 200m
Height: 25m
Width: 75m
Decks: 6
Crew complement: 40
Speed: Warp 8 (cruise), Warp 9 (max. cruise), Warp 9.9 (for 24h)
Armament: 8 x Type-X phaser arrays, 4 x Type-IX phaser arrays (the aft arrays), 4x pulse fire quantum torpedo launchers, + 200 torpedoes
Defensive Systems: High capacity auto modulating regenerative shield system, 20cm ablative armour

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