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Amundsen Class

Design by Nixon's Head

Type: Scout
First commissioned: 2158
Length: 189m
Width: 95m
Height: 52m
Decks: 14
Complement: 12 officers + 80 crew
Speed: Warp 5.5 (cruise), Warp 6 (max.), Warp 6.6 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.3c (max.)
Armament: 7 phase cannons, 1 photonic torpedo launcher
Defense: 8 plasma point defence guns, polarized hull plating, EM/subspace screens
Embarked craft: 6 shuttlepods

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

Chariot Class

Design by Jim Morvay, based on an original design by Atolm

Type: Carrier
First commissioned: 2370
Length: 472.89m
Width: 325.93m
Height: 236.40m
Decks: 52
Displacement: 1420000t
Complement: 150 officers + 320 crew, evacuation limit: 1050
Speed: Warp 9.5 (cruise), Warp 9.7 (max.), Warp 9.999 (max. emergency)
Armament: 17 Type X phaser array, 4 photon torpedo tubes
Defense: Standard graviton-emitting deflector shield, 4 point defense countermeasures launch tubes
Embarked craft: 6 Danube class runabounts, 15 workbees, 35 Type VI shuttlecraft, 45 Type I Tomahawk fighters

In 2367, Starfleet Command orders the primary design team at the Buklias III shipyards to develop a new class of starship to directly support the fleet in case of another Borg incursion. After the battle at Wolf 359, many lessons were learned in terms of efficient starship operation along with point defense strategy, close-in support for emergency evacuation and first strike analysis of tactical defenses. At the time, the only starship capable of surviving the longest in a fight with the Borg was the Galaxy Class, but considering the lengthy construction time needed to build such a ship, the fleet was vulnerable and with that, an advanced and efficient ship was needed to be built to help defend the fleet in the interim. During the previous incursion at Wolf 359, Starfleet engineers had already built and tested the Chariot Class but found that its current design needed an upgrade to compete with the current threat. Along with Starfleet Command's orders, the aging M.A.C.O. Command and the newly designated Tacfleet made suggestions as to how the Chariot Class could support their needs as well, so a compromise was made and with the continuing guidance by the Tellarite Union, modifications would begin to refit the Chariot Class to meet the newer demanding specs. 

Several proposed designs were submitted for RFC (Request for Contract) to Starfleet Engineering and were scrutinized in terms of overall operation in relation to the proposed designs, or in layman's terms: "form following function". One design in particular that arguably became the final approved design, called for a more radical flow to the curvature of the primary hull or saucer section of the vessel. in the past, the bridge command module sat dead center to the centerline of the hull, providing ease of access to the lower decks by way of the turbolifts, but this idea was now abandoned in favor of a more forward position to the saucer hull, providing more dorsal space for potential shuttle and fighter bay access, which had been on the minds of Tacfleet and M.A.C.O. for quite some time and had been argued in the past whenever a new vessel design was proposed. 

Their arguement was that most, if not all ships had aft shuttlebay access in the vessel, but in times of quick launch of shuttles and/or fighters, time was of the essence and launch times were compromised due to the vessels compartment layout. With the new design under review, M.A.C.O. agreed upon a hydraulic controlled recessed landing platform, which would allow for quicker launch and landing capabilities for first strike craft. The main shuttlebay, located on decks nine through eleven enabled craft to egress through the aft and forward bay doors in times of immediate need. 

With this new addition, flight operations control was moved to Deck One, inline with the main bridge. Another advantage was the close support of these defensive operations relative to the command of the ship itself. Flight ops controlled most of the critical flight systems of fighters and shuttle craft in times of war and the remaining bays in the secondary hull were independently controlled by their own flight operations. 

Another major design implementation was the position of the warp engine nacelles in relation to the secondary hull. Again, most starships in the past were placed above and to the rear of the primary hull with the nacelle pylons at 45 to 60 degrees of normal to the secondary hull. With a new horizontal placement of the engines and pylons, engineers were given more freedom with the placement of the warp plasma transfer conduits coming from the warp core, maintaining a horizontal alignment to the secondary hull and thusly, freeing up more compartment space for possible shuttle bays, greater deuterium storage tanks, general stowage, crew quarters, etc. 

Along with the new engine emplacements and their power transfer systems, the idea of installing two warp cores was given considerable thought. Once again, engineers and designers took cues from previous design deficiencies and realized one major flaw with the current power generation vs. usage which was significant power drain and/or failure during conflicts, spatial anomalies and other similar events that frequently occured during service. With a warp core down for maintenance and/or repair, reserve power storage systems were often run in low consumption operation, which could leave a ship defenseless if another event came about. The solution was to install a second core which unfortunately would open up a whole new set of issues that had to be overcome by the engineers. A-Synchronous power distribution nodes would have to be placed at regular intervals through the ship, positioned within the paths of power transfer and external power supply conduits. 

The main engineering computer would also need a major upgrade to compensate for the extra duty. Continuous cycling of the diagnostic computer routines were to be a standard function of the engineering computer along with split-second timing of catastrophic loss preparedness and redundant control nodes feeding the warp core subsystems. StarTech Technologies was ultimately awarded the contract to develop a newer model computer core system that could process multiple system commands to core ship function in fractions of a second, which would be a giant leap in technology for Starfleet vessels in the future. Transitioning from a Duotronic to an Isolinear system, took several years of development but when implemented onboard the Midway, operations became more efficient while error dramatically decreased. 

First observations of the Chariot's design revealed that there was a high percentage of wasted space within the secondary hull, which was quickly rectified by rearranging internal compartments to make way for more shuttle/fighter support. This pleased M.A.C.O. and they began plans for more fighter production and the introduction of their Tomahawk Class JSF fighter, designed in conjunction with Tellarite technology. With the implementation of five shuttle/fighter hangers, further integration of more berthing compartments and ship's services would also be needed, so again, space was compacted to accommodate the needs. Since the primary roll of the shuttle/fighter bays was to be for general operations, if the situation arose that emergency contingencies were in place, evacuation of all craft could be achieved to make way for transforming shuttle bay space into medical triage stations, extra berthing for evacuees and further cargo storage. Rotating shifts would be instituted for all pilots to fly with the ship during those times or be temporarily transfered to other vessels. This design feature alone, set this ship apart from all other Starfleet vessels of the time and the Chariot Class would be known as the "Florence Nightingale" of the Fleet. 

Joint-Strike Operations was a new department introduced to the fleet with M.A.C.O. taking the lead for command in wartime situations. Operational services and accommodations would also be needed so designers created a new primary hull design which would hold operation compartments for M.A.C.O. Command staff allowing them free reign for wartime strategic planning and coordination of their troops and fighters on the battlefront. upgraded communications, offensive and defensive sensor suites were in place to make the new vessel not only a formidable vessel to the enemy but a primary strategic vessel in any fleet. 

Since combat efficiency was rated high on the list of issues that needed to be addressed, M.A.C.O. suggested an upgrade to all weapons systems so a newer type of phaser array was implemented along with more efficient launch capabilities of the photon torpedo tubes. Separate point defense countermeasures launch assemblies were built to help take the load off the torpedo tubes in case of a "fight or flight" scenario, thus making the vessel more efficient in offensive and defensive situations. 

Current warp engine design hadn't changed much since the inception of the Galaxy Class and its accompanying M/ARA propulsion systems, but since the Galaxy Class had issues with an overage of mass in space and its maneuvering capabilities were subpar at best in a fight, those systems were implemented into the Chariot Class and with its advantage of being more maneuverable by design, it could not only act as a command platform in wartime situations, but if after releasing its entire salvo of shuttles and fighters, could also act as a frontline strike vessel. With its advanced communications and intership "Hyperlink" data transfer (which had a discriminate .0001 delay), no other ship in a given fleet would be without necessary information at any given point in time during battle. The on-board JSO's primary responsibility was to stay in constant communication with the fleet and also receive updated command orders from the flagship as well. 

After design was approved and construction took place, Starfleet could see that they did indeed have one of the most efficient and advanced starships in their arsenal. Some considered the Chariot Class refit to be "one well oiled machine" when it came to operational improvements and they gained further optimism that if one day that another Borg incursion happened, Starfleet would be prepared. 

Construction refit took place in 2368 on an existing vessel in the yards. Timing was crucial at this point as the ship was in waiting for its warp engine fitting. Current design production was halted and the implementation of the refit orders came through. It only took 23 months to refit the ship and test all systems. Commissioning was done in a quiet ceremony at the shipyards but enthusiastic applause was heard around the quadrant as the newly named U.S.S. Midway was on her way to make history. Command codes were transfered from the Dockmaster to Tacfleet Commodore Brendan Verago as well as M.A.C.O. General Jack Rothford and the Midway's first assignment sent its crew to patrol the Buklias System while on battle alert. 

To this day, there are seven Chariot Class vessels in operation, each assigned to the remaining fleets within Starfleet. There is a bit of secrecy surrounding their service to protect the fleet and Starfleet has denied their existence to protect their valuable asset against any and all enemies of the federation.

This ship is based on an original design created by Christopher David Reyes (aka Atolm/Azel) and a mesh by Howard Day. It was used as a basis for the Chariot Class refit which was designed by Jim Morvay.

3D model by Randall, who likes to thank Phoenix for his great inspiration.

Phlox Class

Design by Robert Heckadon

Type: MASH station
First commissioned: 2249
Length: 121m
Width: 108m
Height: 290m
Decks: 80
Displacement: 900000t
Complement: 350 officers + 250 crew, evacuation limit: 2000
Armament: 12 phaser cannons, 2 rotating photon torpedo launchers
Defense: Cast rodinium deflectors, magnetic radiation shields
Embarked craft: 8 medical shuttles, 4 combat shuttles

“Space is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence.” - Dr. Leonard H. McCoy

The Phlox class space station is a mobile hospital station, referred to as a MASH. It takes its name from the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals first used in the Korean War on Earth, and made popular by the television series of the same name.

The Phlox class is composed of 1 - 200 metre high, 40 metre diameter command module, 3 - 150 metre high, 40 metre diameter hospital modules, and an engineering section with solar array. The space station, which was also based upon the Space Island class starbase, is designed to be transported by conventional transport/tug ships to a sector of space where the space station is needed.

Its primary function is to provide medical care for victims of planetary disasters, as well as to be used as a frontline medical facility for conflicts and wars. In most cases, for planets within Federation space, but not within Federation territory. Critics have stated that this function of the Phlox class violates the Prime Directive. However Starfleet Judge Advocate General (JAG) stated that providing medical attention to space faring civilizations does not infringe upon a planet’s customs or laws, and does not impose Federation or Earth values onto another civilization. As well the usage of the medical facilities are not forced onto anyone, thereby concluding the prime directive is upheld.

Despite its mission of mercy, the Phlox class is heavily armed. The weapons are intended to be used to defend the station in the event one warring faction sees the station as a legitimate target, but are often used to fire upon pirates, often Orions, who wants to use the pharmaceuticals on board for their narcotic trade. The station’s hydroponic gardens are heavily guarded because many of the pharmaceuticals grown can be either addictive or toxic, depending on the species.

Out of the 600 personnel on board the Phlox, more than 300 of them are doctors and nurses, most of them not of Starfleet, but are given honorary officer commissions during the mission. Depending on the species, the Phlox is capable of supporting more than 1500 patients and a wide variety of treatments. But can reach up to more than 2000 if the situation demands it. The station is often supported by a Hope class hospital ship or a Ptolemy and Fisher class transport with a medical transport container.

In 2261, when the planet Vulcan was destroyed by Nero, a renegade Romulan from the year of 2387, 6 of the Phlox class stations were deployed around the planet T’Khut, which was in a Trojan orbit with Vulcan. Those space stations treated the 10000 survivors from the lost planet.

Sly Fox Class

Design by Andrew K. L.

Type: Runabout
First commissioned: 2378
Length: 21m
Width: 10.5m
Height: 4.5m
Decks: 1
Complement: 2 officers + 4 crew
Speed: Warp 5.56920 (cruise), Warp 8.62215 (max.), Warp 9.15123 (max. emergency)
Armament: 9x Type VI phaser arrays, 2x micro-torpedo launchers with forward and reverse tubes, 4x 10-round micro-torpedo magazines (2 for each launcher)

In the 2370's, Starfleet began looking at the usage of the Danube runabout with greater interest through its common use at the space station Deep Space 9. Starfleet researchers began works on several new Runabout designs as they felt they had strongly underestimated the usefulness of such a ship. Several designs were submitted for production, but only a few designs considered to directly replace the Danube class. The Sly Fox was one of few picked, and assigned to duties that prohibited the other accepted designs such as starship assignments, as it was the only one in the same size as the Danube class requiring little to no modifications required for the storage facilities. Production was severely limited when it was being commissioned, and was delayed by the focus of resources to the larger starship productions. Delayed even further by recovery efforts in the conclusion of the war, three years after the war’s end it was finally officially commissioned and put into full production. It is estimated that by 2379 all Danube class runabouts will have been replaced and put into civilian operation.

The class name stems from its compact appearance combined with swifter speeds brought by impulse engines far more sophisticated than that of the Danubes. The registry titles of each individual ship are inspired by National Parks and Wildlife Refuges on various Federation planets including Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, Risa, and even Bajor for the Sly Fox vessels that will be replacing the Danube on Deep Space 9.

Modular pod options Standard - Tactical - Personnel - AWACS - Cargo - Science (not shown) - Medical (not shown) - Custom (not shown)

Notable active vessels
U.S.S. SLY FOX - NX/NCC-74686 
U.S.S. JASMUND - NCC-75129 
U.S.S. YOSEMITE - NCC-75209 
U.S.S. YELLOWSTONE - NCC-75307 
U.S.S. T'RIRR - NCC-75405 
U.S.S. KHUNJERAB - NCC-75422 
U.S.S. OUACHITA - NCC-75501 
U.S.S. NAUCOODA - NCC-75508 
U.S.S. HALEJI - NCC-75602 
U.S.S. HALEAKALA - NCC-75808

Pod descriptions Standard - The pod most commonly seen used on the craft, it can host a myriad of tasks that may be required during a runabout’s varying missions as it’s assigned far from practical services that would be capable of changing the pods for each mission.
Tactical - When the standard armaments aren’t enough, this adds 2x pairs of type VIII pulse phasers, 2x type VI phaser arrays, and 2x micro-photon torpedo launchers for forward and reverse launch capability. With torpedo tubes that are larger than standard, it’s capable of delivering multi-round bursts with far more efficiency.
Personnel - A larger pod than most others in order to house a large group of people for any need necessary from crewing a new starship, to helping with evacuating a colony, to hosting diplomatic meetings.
AWACS - Often used as recon for the development of new space stations to determine areas with least probable chances to be bothered by naturally occurring spatial phenomenon, the advanced sensory package is also used for a plethora of other duties. Border patrol, science research or even keeping detailed track of a fleet it serves several purposes.
Cargo - Most often used in supplying remote colonies, the cargo pod is an enlarged version much like the personnel pod so as to add further room within it. The removal and addition of cargo is aided by the track-traveling crane fitted with a dual-sided tractor beam emitter head.
No pod - The runabout will still function with impulse and warp capabilities even without a pod installed. As well, when in this form it can be used for simple tasks such as hauling large debris, construction supplies, workbee crafts, and other vacuum travel-capable cargo within the empty bed area secured with force-fields. However, it’s discouraged to haul any cargo this way when atmospheric (re-)entry is required, as it can put far too much stress on the structural integrity field.

Somerset Class

Design by Tadeo D'Oria, refinement by Flanker

Type: Deep space patrol
First commissioned: 2149
Length: 84m
Width: 63m
Height: 31m
Decks: 11
Complement: 8 officers + 28 crew, evacuation limit: 240
Speed: Warp 3.2 (cruise), Warp 3.4 (max.), Warp 3.5 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.25c (max.)
Armament: 1 forward pulse cannon and 2 forward dual light missile launchers
Defense: Polarized hull plating and grapplers
Embarked craft: 2 shuttlepods and 4 inspection pods

The NT Project started in 2145, the idea behind the project was to create a ship that could be used both to patrol already charted systems and to defend outer colonies from pirate raids.

The first ship of the class, the NT-01 Somerset was finished in 2149 (when the construction of the NX-01 Enterprise had already begun). The ship was armed with 2 forward torpedo bays and 2 forward phase cannons, its maximum speed was Warp 3.5 and it had a crew complement of 36. The first 2 year mission was a success, and, in 2152, the construction of 2 more ships begun.

The NT-03 Matsung was launched in 2156, and used an experimental defensive shield. However, the ship was destroyed on its maiden voyage because the shield matrix was unstable. 9 other ships of the NT class were built, one was destroyed defending United Earth colonies. All 9 remaining vessels participated in the Earth-Romulan War. When the United Federation of Planets was founded in 2161, the NT-Class was renamed Somerset Class and continued on active duty, until 2187 when it was decommissioned, and all the ships were sold to civilian cargo lines, except for the NT-01 (Now NCC-041), which was one of the first additions to the Starfleet Museum.

Ships commissioned:
NT-01 Somerset (Renamed U.S.S. Somerset NCC-041 in 2161) (Commissioned 2149 - Decommissioned 2187)
NT-02 Soyuz (Renamed U.S.S. Soyuz NCC-042 in 2161) (Commissioned 2155 - Destroyed in 2166)
NT-03 Matsung (Commissioned and destroyed in 2156)
NT-04 Castillo (Renamed U.S.S. Castillo NCC-043 in 2161) (Commissioned 2157 - Decommissioned 2187)
NT-05 Freeman (Renamed U.S.S. Freeman NCC-044 in 2161) (Commissioned 2159 - Decommissioned 2187)
NT-06 Al-Batani (Commissioned 2160 - Destroyed 2161)
NT-07 Belgrano (Renamed U.S.S. Belgrano NCC-045 in 2161) (Commssioned 2160 - Destroyed 2174)
NT-08 Tartagal (Renamed U.S.S. Tartagal NCC-046 in 2161) (Commissioned 2160 - Destroyed 2159)
NT-09 Dovalo (Renamed U.S.S. Dovalo NCC-047 in 2161) (Commissioned 2160 - Decommissioned 2187)
NT-10 Miller (Renamed U.S.S. Miller NCC-048 in 2161) (Commissioned 2161 - Decommissioned 2187)
NT-11 Gerson (Renamed U.S.S. Gerson NCC-049 in 2161) (Commissined 2161 - Decommissioned 2187)

Thanks to the designer(s) of the Minuteman Class for Star Trek Legacy, this ship is based on that ship. Also thanks to M. Christopher Freeman and Gustavo Castillo, their amazing artwork inspired me to do this ship.

Type 14

Design by Andrew K. L.

Type: Shuttlecraft
First commissioned: 2370
Length: 12m
Width: 4m
Height: 3m
Decks: 1
Complement: 1 officers + 2 crew, evacuation limit: 11
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise), Warp 7 (max.), Warp 8.2 (max. emergency)
Armament: 4x Type V phaser arrays

As shuttlecrafts prove their convenient usage time and time again, Starfleet commissioned a shuttle as a test bed for a highly modular format. This format would allow for starships to outfit a shuttle with mission-specific equipment, enhancing the potential for far more efficient use on each shuttle mission. For this reason, the warp nacelles have been integrated to the hull leaving the usual landing nacelles to become easily exchangeable. As well, due to the slightly weakened natural structural integrity brought on by the modularity, redundant landing gear are equipped to the shuttle itself in case of exceeded weight limits and/or unusually high gravity putting too much stress on the landing nacelles' pylons. There are various modular packages available for the shuttle, including the following configurations: standard, research/recon, tactical and salvage/recovery.

The standard configuration is made very similar to all other standard shipboard shuttlecraft; designed to handle functions for a large variety of needs, but only to a moderate degree. Due to the landing nacelles having very little configuration-specific equipment housed within them, they have been filled with mostly survival equipment, and are programmed to disengage from the shuttle in case of a crash-landing. This is to avoid damage to the survival equipment.

The research configuration is equipped with long-distance sensory equipment in the landing nacelles, as well as ports for deploying miniature probes. Also normally equipped to it are sensor vanes that can be placed in either of the shuttle's nose hatches, normally hidden in standard configuration by hull plates.

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