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21st and 22nd Century, 23rd Century, DY Starship Family

 

Adamant Class

Design by M. Christopher Freeman

Type: Explorer
First commissioned: 2159
Length: 219m
Width: 183m
Height: 74m
Decks: 11
Complement: officers + 100 crew
Speed: Warp 4.5 (cruise), Warp 5.5 (max.)
Armament: 4 torpedo launchers, 4 laser cannons, 4 phase cannons
Defense: Experimental shield arrays
Embarked craft: 2 shuttlepods

Building on the successes of the NX class, Starfleet engineers began developing a new class of ship that would be the next step in the exploration of deep space. The Adamant class was born. Adamant was especially suited to astrometry and exobiological study beyond the frontier of known space. Equipped with the latest long range sensor technology, a more powerful deflector array than most Starfleet ships its size, and stores large enough for a 5 year deep space mission, Adamant also touted larger labs and a more diversified science crew than previous Starfleet explorers. Early human exploration quickly discovered that the galaxy was a much more dangerous place than initially suspected. Beyond her scientific abilities Adamant was also armed with a wide array of defensive capabilities designed to get her out of any scrape. Armaments included two forward dual mounted torpedo launchers, two aft torpedo launchers, two dorsal and two ventral retractable laser cannons, and two forward and two aft pylon mounted phase cannons. She also sported experimental shield arrays fitted for field testing. The Adamant class had a scheduled 25 year ten vessel production run (2159 - 2184) and lifespan that lasted well into the early 23rd century.

Adamant Class Vessels
NCC-23 Adamant
NCC-24 Relentless
NCC-25 Courage
NCC-28 Endeavor
NCC-31 U.S.S. Resolute
NCC-36 U.S.S. Adventure
NCC-37 U.S.S. Dauntless
NCC-39 U.S.S. Independent (refitted)
NCC-40 U.S.S. Fearless (refitted)
NCC-42 U.S.S. Valor (refitted)

 

Canopus Class

Design by Irishman

Type: Surveyor
First commissioned: 2171
Length: 100m
Width: 48m
Height: 20m
Decks: 6
Displacement: 112,000t
Complement: 4 officers + 24 crew
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise), Warp 5 (max.), Warp (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.4c (max.)
Armament: Phase cannon emplacements (4)
Defense: Energy shielding
Embarked craft: 2 shuttlepods, one observation pod

After the UFP foundation in 2163, the new polity needed some way to visibly project their identity as a collective to others in their shared field of influence. Thus the idea of the unified fleet was born. The fleet was conceived as a unifying symbol of the UFP as a whole. The four classes of ships that made up the first fleet were chosen after long analyses of current ship numbers, usage, both commercial, scientific, and military among the component members. It was determined that 4 distinct classes of ships would be most practical to complement the already-existing fleets of the member worlds. These were the cruiser, corvette, surveyor, and tanker/transport. The Canopus class surveyor was conceived as a way to fill in the immense spatial blanks that existed within UFP space. Featuring powerful mapping and other types of instruments, the surveyor was designed to quickly travel to those areas of unknown space and complete the knowledge of planets, lifeforms, and resources there. It was crewed by 28, with a supplementary scientific team of 16. It began service in 2171. Designed predominantly by a human team, the Canopus class bears more than a passing resemblance to the ill-timed NX class. It was determined early on that it would save development and prototyping time to borrow or adapt as many components or design ideas from the older vessel as possible. Indeed, the basic spaceframe was ready for core startup in December of 2168. Its deployment was delayed by the delicate and still unproven incorporation of certain alien technologies (namely Vulcan energy shielding and Tellarite navigation systems). Once commissioned, the Canopus class began a production run of 18 vessels, all serving UFP interests in such a distinguished fashion that the class pathfinder vessel (U.S.S. Canopus NCC-300) is on display at the Starfleet Museum to this day.

 

Ceres Class

Design by Nixon's Head

Type: Explorer
First commissioned: 2163
Length: 144m
Width: 58m
Height: 32m
Decks: 10
Displacement: 142,000t
Complement: 27 officers + 75 crew, evacuation limit: 300
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise), Warp 7 (max.), Warp 7.2 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.4c (max.)
Armament: 1 photonic torpedo launcher. 2 phase cannons.
Defense: Light energy shields derived from Vulcan technology.
Embarked craft: 2 standard shuttlepods, one Type-Beta shuttlecraft, one workpod.

The Ceres-class was an early attempt to develop a joint starship design amongst the member worlds of what would become the Federation. Instigated by the United Earth government shortly after the 'Coalition of Planets' summit in 2154, the Ceres project was intended to serve as a symbol of co-operation amongst the members of the new alliance, drawing on technical expertise from Earth, Vulcan, Andoria and Tellar. As the new allies were still not entirely at ease with one another, the Ceres was to be only lightly-armed, with it's primary role being exploration. The following years would see political pressures diffuse the effort slightly, so that in practice Ceres became a primarily Earth-Vulcan project, with relatively little input from Andoria and Tellar.

The engineering team at San Francisco took as their starting point the enormously successful NX, or 'Enterprise' class that had been the first Earth ships capable of Warp 5. The new ship would be larger than the NX, incorporating some Vulcan warp and shielding technologies.

One of the first changes proposed was a remodeling of the ship's subspace dynamics. The NX class had built on the work done on earlier ships like the Intrepid and used a compressed disk-like primary hull. This was a departure from earlier Earth ships like the DY-1200, but a refinement of warp-theory had given rise to computer models that suggested a saucer-like hull would allow for a higher degree of warp field efficiency. However, experience with the Intrepid and Enterprise demonstrated that the current generation of warp coils and flow controllers could not maintain precise enough control over the warp field for these efficiency benefits to materialize, and in fact that the combination of these coils with the compressed hull actually worsened subspace drag. It was anticipated that future advances in warp drive technology would one day make saucer-like hulls worthwhile, but until that time a return to a more spherical arrangement would give greater gains in engine endurance. As such, the primary hull of the Ceres was expanded in the z-axis, a change which had the beneficial side-effect of giving a larger internal volume for the ship's new experimental systems.

The warp nacelles were remodeled, with Tellarite fabrication techniques allowing for a much greater precision in warp coil forging, resulting in significant efficiency savings. Further power improvements were obtained by moving the warp core into a small secondary hull, giving a more direct route for drive plasma to reach the nacelles, reducing power losses from MHD cavitation.

One area that was substantially remodeled was the auxilliary spacecraft support facilities. The launch bays of the NX-class had been highly specialised, and were only truly compatible with Earth shuttlepods. The extra room in the Ceres' primary hull enabled the inclusion of a more spacious "hanger deck" that would permit auxiliary craft from all allied fleets to embark.

Development of the Ceres initially proceeded quite rapidly, and was further accelerated by the start of the Romulan War, when it was hoped that the technology transferred as part of the project could be applied in support of the war effort. The project continued after the war, but many of the engineers did not return, instead being diverted to the new Daedalus project. As with Ceres, Daedalus was to be a joint Allied design, although it was hoped that lessons learnt from the war and from the advances made on the Ceres project would allow a more compact but deeper range starship. Daedalus would incorporate many of the lessons learnt in the Ceres project, and make even greater use of non-human technologies.

With the inauguration of the United Federation of Planets in 2161, the Earth Starfleet was folded into the new Federation's Starfleet. The Starfleet was at first to be based on units seconded from the member planets' fleets for short tours of duty, but Federation leaders wanted to replace these with a new fleet of dedicated starships as soon as was possible. Starfleet put out a request for proposals, and both the Ceres and Daedalus were selected for further development.

2164 saw the launch of USS Daedalus. Slightly smaller, but more advanced than Ceres, and with a greater input from the non-human member worlds, the Daedalus was technologically and politically superior to the Ceres. Starfleet quickly chose the Daedalus as its preferred deep-space patrol ship, and Federation funding for the Ceres was withdrawn. The Daedalus was quickly joined by sister ships USS Essex (NCC-173), USS Horizon (NCC-176) and USS Archon (NCC-189), and the design would form the backbone of Starfleet for the next several decades.

Despite the ending of Starfleet interest in the class, the Ceres was not simply abandoned. Following the absorption of the Earth Starfleet into the Federation Starfleet in 2161, the United Earth Space Probe Agency had nonetheless continued semi-autonomously as Earth's main independent scientific space research organization. Wishing to keep their role separate from the quasi-military Starfleet, UESPA took up the Ceres design for its new generation of deep space explorers. Six Ceres-class ships were ordered by UESPA over the following decade, although the final ship (designated NAR-199) was cancelled before construction was completed. Nominally operated by UESPA, these ships also formed part of the Starfleet Reserve Force and were available to be called up for active duty in the event of a Federation State of Emergency. In practice a full call-up was never issued, although there were several instances of Ceres-class ships being temporarily seconded to Starfleet for survey or diplomatic courier missions when main fleet units were unavailable.

Class List
USS Ceres NX-112 (later re-registered as SS Ceres, NAR-112) launched 2163
SS Ida NAR-159 launched 2165
SS Itokawa NAR-166 launched 2165
SS Hidalgo NAR-191 launched 2166
SS Gaspra NAR-195 launched 2167
Un-named NAR-199 cancelled 2168

Thanks to Kris for permission to use his UESPA logo on the Ceres.

 

Charybdis

Designs by Kris, Kenny, ASDB Members

No specs available

These are two different approaches to design the Charybdis, a spaceship launched by the NASA in 2037, in the third attempt to explore beyond Earth's solar system.

 

 

Cosmonaut

Design by Harry & Kenny, ASDB Members

No specs available

The late 90s of the 20th century saw the first manned missions to Mars, aboard DY-100 sleeper ships, the early predecessors of this long family of ships. Because these early primitive ships could only hold small supplies (barely enough for two weeks of exploration), and the long journey it took to reach Mars (up to a year in stasis), the missions were extremely costly and eventually discontinued. A new way to explore the Red Planet was needed.

The Cosmonaut program started development in 2009 at the Russian Space Research Institute, supported by the European ESA, Japan's NASDA and the American NASA. The basic premise of the Cosmonaut was based on the principle of 'living of the land'. The entire program would consist of two missions, Cosmonaut and Astronaut. The first one would fly to Mars unmanned, land on the surface, and start the production of methanefuel (CH4) out of the abundant CO2 in the Martian atmosphere reacting with a relatively small amount of liquid hydrogen (H) brought from Earth. This way a complete Earth Return Vehicle was ready and waiting for the actual explorer arriving in the Astronaut ship. Because there is no need for a huge ship carrying fuel for the trip back, the mission would be many times more efficient and cost-effective. And on top of that, the smaller mass and increased power in propulsion meant the journey to Mars was shortened to only 4 months.

The Cosmonaut ship was launched in modules during most of 2019, and was assembled at the ISS. With all systems checked and computers installed, the ship was launched November 15th, 2019. Final telemetry and remote control tests were conducted when Cosmonaut passed Lunar Base. In the meantime, the Astronaut craft was on the drawing boards and planned for a launch of late 2020. Cosmonaut reached Mars orbit on March 12th 2020. All systems were functional, and the landing proceeded as planned. The Orbiter acted as a communications relay satellite, while the Lander produced methane fuel on the surface. On February 1st 2021, the Astronaut entered Mars orbit, and landed the crew safely on the surface of the Red Planet. There they conducted varied research and set up a semi-permanent shelter. After seven weeks, they launched into orbit aboard the Cosmonaut probe, leaving behind the Astronaut lander and a shelter. Once in orbit, the Cosmonaut craft docked with the Astronaut Orbiter and set course for Earth.

More about the design @ Titan Fleet Yards

 

Dyson Class

Design by Nixon's Head

Type: Cruiser
First commissioned: 2181
Length: 206m
Width: 96m
Height: 64m
Decks: 17
Complement: 30 officers + 270 crew
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise), Warp 7 (max.), Warp 7.2 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.3c (max.)
Armament: 3 phase cannons, 7 lasers, 2 torpedo tubes (AM-lithium warheads)
Defense: Frequency-adaptive shields
Embarked craft: 5 shuttlecraft

Starfleet's Daedalus-class ships had proved themselves capable explorers, but suffered from several problems. The first of these was the extremely small habitable volume, which limited crew size and forced those crewmembers aboard to endure cramped conditions for long duration patrols. Another problem was that the range of the subspace transmitters installed was often not equal to the operational range of the ships, meaning that several Daedalus-class vessels were lost whilst outside of FTL communications range. Finally, being primarily ships of science, the Daedalus' lacked the firepower needed to project Federation power into the distant regions they charted, or even for the type of self-defence that was often necessary when contacting alien species.

Starfleet tried to address some of these problems with a series of re-fits in the early 2170s. Starting with the USS Winchester (NCC-291), the Daedalus-class ships were overhauled to mount as many systems as possible externally to the pressure hull. These refits did much to extend the usefulness of the Daedalus, but it was seen as more of a stop-gap measure than a final solution. In addition, there was an increasing push from both federalists within the Federation Council and 'hawks' within Starfleet to improve the Fleet's military capabilities with a new, powerful joint cruiser design. This would reduce Starfleet's reliance upon the member worlds for military assets and give the central government greater flexibility over deployment of those forces.

In 2172 the Federation Council officially authorized the development and procurement of an initial batch of ten "Exploration-Cruisers" based on Starfleet's "Project Dyson" design studies.

The Dyson design continued the concept of the Winchester for mounting as many automated systems as possible in an external disk structure, whilst retaining the maximum habitable space within a spherical primary hull. Operational experience with the Daedalus refits had shown that such an external arrangement often had the disadvantage of complicating repairs when systems in the ring went wrong – the lack of internal access meant that lengthy spacewalks were often needed for even simple repairs. Because of this the Dyson design included a series of pressurized Jeffries tubes within the primary hull's disk. These allowed shirtsleeve access to most of the systems in the disk whilst keeping the bulk of the habitable volume in the sphere free for other uses.

The navigational deflector system was moved into a separate pod in the secondary hull, maintaining a clear line of sight in the direction of travel whilst allowing more direct access to the warp core (contained in the secondary hull), increasing deflector output by around 15%.

The warp drive system had a new reactor design that allowed a much finer control over the output warp plasma than was possible in earlier engines, allowing the theoretical efficiency savings of a disk-shaped hull in the warp-field's forward lobe to begin to be realized. Although still limited to a maximum of just over Warp 7 by the "time barrier" (the energy barrier which later theories would show to be the Warp 6 peak transition threshold on the recalibrated Eugene-scale), this breakthrough in subspace dynamics nevertheless gave a substantial increase in un-refueled range. It also considerably reduced the stresses on the warp core, something which many had blamed for the high mortality rate of the Daedalus-class.

Advances in energy shielding made modern deflectors significantly more effective against phase weapons. Similar advances by perceived threat forces led to phase cannons being downgraded to a secondary offensive role, to be overtaken by high-energy tunable lasers. Lasers had the advantage that they could dynamically adjust their frequency to pass through the narrow EM windows that existed in contemporary energetic shields - windows that the broad-spectrum phase cannons could not effectively penetrate. Although limited to use in sublight operations, lasers kept this advantage over other directed energy weapons until the development of modern phasers in the early 23rd century. For this reason, the Dyson was to carry only three phase cannons, whilst mounting a total of seven laser cannons.

Photonic torpedoes had shown themselves to have enormous destructive potential when rushed into service during the Xindi crisis, but problems uncovered in the 2160's with effective warhead annihilation and safe long-term storage meant that Starfleet deemed them too immature a technology for front-line use. Antimatter-initiated lithium fusion missiles in the multi-megaton range remained Starfleet's heavy-hitting warp-capable weapon of choice into the 2180s, with Dyson-class ships initially being fitted with only a small complement of photonic warheads for specialized use.

Development of the Dyson-class continued through the 2170's, culminating in the launch of the lead ship in October 2179. Following two years of trials, the USS Dyson was formally commissioned into Starfleet service with the permanent registry NCC-600. A further nine ships were launched over the next three years, with a second batch of eighteen vessels delivered between 2186 and 2189. A final batch of three ships was produced in 2196 to replace the loss of the starships Cochrane, Sagan and Zubrin.

Starting with the Dyson herself in 2199, some of the earlier ships underwent an extensive refit. This refit saw the warp drive upgraded and a widening and flattening of the primary hull saucer, made possible by advances in subsystem miniaturization and the deletion of the primary hull’s deuterium tanks. Some VIP quarters and crew facilities were moved to the rim of the saucer, where large windows were fitted to give a splendid unobstructed view of the outside universe. Defensive systems were also updated, with the removal of all phase cannons and their replacement by a new pulse laser cannon that provided short bursts of extremely high power laser energy designed to punch through shields before they had time to react.

USS Kepler, NCC-835, was the last Dyson-class vessel to be retired by Starfleet in 2240.

Thanks to LtCarter for his rendering of the re-fitted Dyson-class.

 

Endeavour Class

Design by Steve Yousten

No specs available

The Endeavour class has about the size and crew complement of the Daedalus, it has an ejectable warp core, as well as an emergency antimatter venting port (bottom rear), weapons turrets above and below the main hull, with a shuttle deck in the middle. It also has three stacked "bridges" -- a main bridge, an ops bridge above it, and a science bridge below. They are connected by elevator, as well as ladders (like on submarines).

 

EVA Pod

Design by Kris, ASDB Member

EVA pod

A design for the EVA pods carried aboard the Charybdis. Plus a scale comparison to one of the escape pods and the payload bay doors. It's meant to be a 1- or 2-man craft, for short-range inspection and repair/retrieval work on the mothership.

 

Homer Class

Design by Andreas Koch

No specs available

The Homer class is an early Federation science vessel. Based on the Daedalus-ships it has still some differences. First is the larger secondary hull. Therefore it can hold larger amounts of fuel, cargo and of course crew. Either that way, or the crew quarters are more comfortable.
Other differences are found at the primary or command hull. The bridge moved from the middle to the top of the command section. The main sensor domes ar now located at the bottom of the primary and at the front of the secondary hull. The Homer also has two shuttlebays contrary to the Daedalus class: one large one at the end of the engineering section and one in the command section going through the whole deck. In addition, the Homer features an experiment: escape pods. The most visible difference, however, are the large impulse engines. Therefore the ship is able to reach higher sublight speeds than its predecessor and that also faster. The Homer class is a pure science vessel and therefore has no weapons.

 

Icarus Class (3)

Design by M. Christopher Freeman

Type: Surveyor
First commissioned: 2188
Length: 112m
Width: 65m
Height: 49m
Decks: 11
Displacement: 115000t
Complement: 17 officers + 102 crew
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise), Warp 7 (max.), Warp 8 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.5c (max.)
Armament: 4 dorsal & 4 ventral phase cannon banks, 2 forward & 2 aft photon torpedo tubes
Defense: Deflector shield array
Embarked craft: 4 Type-A3 shuttlecraft, 2 experimental X-104 Wasp fighter craft

Development notes The Icarus was originally commissioned as a replacement for the aging Daedalus class. Starfleet engineers developed her as a multifunction ship primarily suited for long-term deep space survey and “second contact” diplomatic missions on the frontier of known space. She is equipped with the latest sensor technology and a deflector array that can also be used as a large sensor platform to carry out survey or picket missions.

Her primary function is to serve three-year or longer semi-autonomous missions beyond contact with Starfleet. The ship has a large cargo bay for both mission cargo and trade goods. The trade goods allow restocking with local planetary inhabitants when supplies run low. Along with the galley and protein resequencers she touts extended ships stores for preservation of food and water, and hydroponics equipment that can easily be set up in the event of a dire food shortage. An extensive machine shop was also added for parts service and fabrication of replacement parts for almost any system on board the ship deep in the frontier where space dock facilities would be a luxury.

Because of the heavy armaments for a ship her size, in times of political dispute or all out war she can be outfitted as a frigate for light combat and escort duty and because of the advanced sensors she can also serve as a picket ship in larger fleet maneuvers. The Icarus carries two newly developed experimental Wasp fighter craft for final field-testing on the frontier, the X-104/G (Krazy Kat) and X-104/H (Ignatz Mouse). X-104/G is armed with standard Starfleet phase weapons and sensors; X-104/H is a test bed for the experimental dilithium-focused laser and a compact long-range sensor system. The “H” is also equipped with a pair of the newly developed small craft Bussard collectors.

Lineage of the Icarus class The Icarus class served Starfleet with distinction through more than 50 years and two refits. The last surviving Icarus class vessel, the U.S.S. Heracles was decommissioned in 2242 and is on display at Smithsonian Institute Spaceflight Museum in orbit at Earth. Below is a complete list of ships of the class.
NCC-212, U.S.S. ICARUS (Commissioned 2188)
NCC-218, U.S.S. HYLAS (Commissioned 2189)
NCC-219, U.S.S. CEPHALUS (Commissioned 2189)
NCC-238, U.S.S. ENDYMION (Commissioned 2191)
NCC-256, U.S.S. ELECTRA (Commissioned 2193)
NCC-260, U.S.S. SISYPHUS (Commissioned 2194)
NCC-279, U.S.S. ADONIS (Commissioned 2196)
NCC-282, U.S.S. PYRAMUS (Commissioned 2196)
NCC-301, U.S.S. ACHILLES (Commissioned 2198, refitted 2204)
NCC-315, U.S.S. IO (Commissioned 2199, refitted 2204)
NCC-331, U.S.S. PENTHESILEIA (Commissioned 2201, refitted 2205)
NCC-344, U.S.S. DIONYSUS (Commissioned 2202, refitted 2206)
NCC-365, U.S.S. ACTAEON (Icarus II model, commissioned 2204)
NCC-396, U.S.S. PENTHEUS (Icarus II model, commissioned 2207)
NCC-404, U.S.S. LAOCOON (Icarus II model, commissioned 2208)
NCC-406, U.S.S. PROCRIS (Icarus II model, commissioned 2208)
NCC-427, U.S.S. SYRINX (Icarus II model, commissioned 2210)
NCC-436, U.S.S. HERACLES (Icarus II model, commissioned 2211, refitted 2233)
NCC-449, U.S.S. ODYSSEUS (Icarus II model, commissioned 2212, refitted 2235)
NCC-454, U.S.S. PERSEUS (Icarus II model, commissioned 2213, refitted 2236)

 

Illustrious Class

Design by Mark, ASDB Member

Medium cruiser
Commissioned: 2165-2213
Length: 228m
Decks: 10
Mass: 359,250mt
Crew complement: 390
Speed: Warp 5.1 (old scale)

The Illustrious is a medium Cruiser launched in 2165, and was the first class ship solely designed and assembled at the newly constructed Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars. Vessels of this class contributed greatly to exploration, defence and diplomatic missions for a period of nearly 50 years before the last was retired.

More about the design @ Trekmania

 

Leap Class

Design by Terradyhne

No specs available

The development of this ship design began three years before the foundation of the UFP and ended one year after the foundation of UFP. It incorporated a crew complement of 60 and much newly invented science equipment. Only three were built at first, till the catastrophic destruction of the second ship of its class, the S.S. Jumper, which was caused by damage on the warp nacelles after a rotation mechanics failure. The new mechanics could rotate the warp nacelles in the outer ring to any position or rotate them to a permanent position. This feature was implemented, since some tests had shown that this increased the warp speed to Warp 4.8, but the stress on the mechanics caused that failure at the S.S. Jumper. After this incident, the nacelle assembly were rebuild so that the rotation was not more possible, and the outer ring was used to store more science equipment. Seven more ships entered service. The Leap class was an Earth-Vulcan development and all ships where build at the T´ndaris Star Vessels LTD at Vulcan.

 

Pioneer Class (1)

Design by Mark, ASDB Member

Medium cruiser
Commissioned: 2161-2189
Length: 173m
Decks: 17
Mass: 519,000mt
Crew complement: 410
Speed: Warp 5.0 (old scale)

The famous Pioneer class was how it all began for the new Federation Starfleet. First launched on May 13th 2161, the USS Pioneer and five other accompanying vessels left spacedock and set off to supplement and provision colonists already installed by the older Earth Starfleet vessels across a group of 16 stars close to Sol. Most of Sol's closest stellar neighbours had been scouted and surveyed over the past fifty years with sub light-speed probes, and several colonizing expeditions had already embarked into the great unknown. The NX Class explorers played key roles in these assignments. Over the next five years though, Starfleet would chart and explore the thousand most closest star systems to Earth. Starship design complexes such as San Francisco Fleet Yards were being constructed in similar locations at the newly aligned worlds, such as Vulcan, Andoria and Tellar. This soon allowed an ever expanding net of starships with which to explorer the Alpha Quadrant, and within 200 years, nearly 40% of the entire quadrant had been charted and explored...

More about the design @ Trekmania

 

Red Dawn Class

Design by Nixon's Head

Affiliation: ECON, Eastern Coalition of Nations (Earth)
Type: Fighter
First commissioned: 2041
Length: 12.04m
Width: 6.34m
Height: 6.34m
Displacement: 10t
Complement: 1 officer
Speed: Sublight
Armament: 6 space torpedoes, IR laser, MASER, 30mm cannon

Based on the successful Soyuz and Shenzhou spacecraft, the IS-5 RED DAWN was a manned space fighter capable of extended operations in near-Earth and cis-lunar space. Several units saw action for the Eastern Coalition during WW III. A Shenzhou-style re-entry vehicle supported a single pilot. A modified orbital module held sensor and weapons systems. The service module contained a fission reactor power source and provisions for missions of up to one month’s duration. An additional Upper Stage module was added for operations beyond Low Earth Orbit, housing a high-performance ion drive which drew power from the SM fission reactor.

Red Dawn was designed primarily to attack Western Alliance geosynchronous and high Earth orbit military assets such as comsats, spysats and strategic defence platforms, as well as low orbit targets like bombardment platforms. The Eastern Coalition opted for a manned system due to the continuing superiority of the Western Alliance in electronic and cyber warfare technology, which rendered unmanned Coalition systems vulnerable to Western interference.

Primary weapons were an IR laser rated at 1.5 terawatts peak output, with a sustained beam strength of around 25kW. This was used mainly for sensor disruption of enemy spacecraft, or to damage solar arrays and other sensitive systems at ranges of 70-100km. Also mounted was a combined UHF radar/MASER with a rated power output of up to 75kW. This was capable of delivering a focused beam of microwave energy which was capable of disrupting unshielded electronics at ranges approaching 200km, or hardened military electronics from around 20km. In its radar mode, the MASER was capable of tracking stealthed nanosats from several thousand kilometres range.

Further offensive capability was provided by six small chemical-explosive "space torpedoes", codenamed the OO-15 STARBUCK by Western intelligence. These small missiles had a maximum delta-v of around 5km/s and were normally guided remotely via encrypted link by the Red Dawn's fire control system tied into the MASER/radar, but also had some limited independent targeting capability based on a visible-spectrum CCD camera. The explosive shrapnel warhead had a rated kill-radius (defined as the outer range giving a 50% change of a lethal kinetic impact) of 200m.

The final weapons option was given by a single GSh-1001 projectile cannon modified from that used on the Coalition's Sukhoi Su-52 fighter aircraft. Using a duel hypergolic reactant to propel 30mm depleted uranium projectiles, this was a short-range (1-5km) low-accuracy weapon intended to be used when a close, low-speed intercept was possible, or as a last resort if there was a danger of the fighter being boarded. The Red Dawn generally carried no more than 1000 rounds for the gun, giving a maximum of less than 15 seconds of continuous firing at the maximum rate. Normal operation would be short bursts of 10 rounds.

The Red Dawn's primary power system was a Topaz-10 nuclear fission reactor, fuelled by enriched uranium dioxide fuel pins moderated by ZrH with a beryllium neutron reflector. The system used a liquid metal NaK coolant and had a maximum rated output of 150kW. Four radiator fins mounted on the external surface of the Service Module dissipated the excess heat of the reactor. The use of nuclear power on the Red Star was what made it possible to mount the high-energy MASER and laser weapons, as well as giving the fighter impressive delta-v and endurance capabilities when combined with the high-thrust plasma drive in the Upper Stage. However, it also enormously increased the unit cost of the fighter, leading to the development of a more limited but cheaper solar powered fighter, the RED MOON.

In the two weeks before the start of the war, six Red Dawn fighters were launched and began shadowing Western targets in cis-lunar space. Within two hours of the first missile launch, all launch sites of both sides had been destroyed, but the Red Dawn's mostly continued their missions on their own initiative, causing considerable disruption to the surviving Western space assets in high orbit. In one of the most notorious incidents of the war in space, Red Dawn 32 commanded by Major Lu Xinhua intercepted and destroyed a Western DY-245 transport that had been en-route to Earth carrying civilian evacuees from Copernicus Base. RD-32 went on to take out much of the Western industrial infrastructure in Lunar orbit, before Lu deliberately crashed his vessel into the Moon, his weapons having been exhausted and his homeland long since turned to ashes.

 

Sol Class

Design by Flagg, 3D by Nixon's Head

Launched: 2092
Length: 229m
Width: 66m
Height: 55m
Crew complement: 28
Shuttlecraft: 1
Max. Speed: Warp 2.9
Impulse engines: 4 (8 reactors)
Weapons: 2 plasma cannons, 2 probe launch bays capable of deploying nuclear mines (8 onboard)

In the last decades of the 21st century the newly formed United Earth Space Probe Agency embarked upon a new endeavor; constructing the first dedicated exploration ship capable of achieving warp speed and being deployed for long term Intra, and Inter Solar mapping and exploration. The finished design was the Sol Class prototype UESPAS-Sol was launched in 2092. It was able to reach a maximum of warp 1.9 at launch, with a desired peak capability of warp 2.5. The initial attempt at breaching the warp 2 barrier resulted in disaster as the nacelles ruptured and exploded, causing a cascade effect which resulted in a warp core breach, the first such event in Human history. It was discovered upon investigation of sensor logs that the initial 2 nacelle design was overpowered, there was simply too much energy being put into the nacelles for them to cope past Warp 1.9. Rather than completely sacrifice the concept, as the Vulcan High Command advised, the UESPA hit upon an ingenious solution, refine the efficiency of the warp coils, and add another pair of nacelles. The downside of course was that the warp core efficiency would be drastically lowered, but with a new core design at the turn of the century, this problem was mitigated. The second ship of the class, UESPAS-Mercury, was launched in 2103, 11 years to the day after the UESPAS-Sol disaster. It went on to achieve a maximum speed of Warp 2.9, far beyond the initial expectations. A total of 11 Sol-class vessels (including the ill fated UESPAS Sol, Sol-01) were completed and put into service.

UESPAS - Sol, Sol - 01 2092-2092 (destroyed)
UESPAS - Mercury, Sol - 02 2103-2128 (missing)
UESPAS - Venus, Sol - 03 2105-2113 (heavily damaged, scrapped)
UESPAS - Mars, Sol - 04 2106-2148 (decommissioned) 2156-2161 (recomissioned during Romulan War) 
UESPAS - Jupiter, Sol - 05 2106-2148 (decommissioned) 2156-2161 (recomissioned during Romulan War)
UESPAS - Saturn, Sol - 06 2107-2148 (decommissioned) 2156-2159 (destroyed during Romulan War)
UESPAS - Uranus, Sol - 07 2108-2152 (scrapped)
UESPAS - Neptune, Sol - 08 2108-2134 (destroyed)
UESPAS - Pluto, Sol - 09 2109-2152 (scrapped)
UESPAS - Sol, Sol - 10 2110-2210 (placed In Smithsonian Orbital Exhibit) 
UESPAS - Luna, Sol - 11 2111-2119 (missing)

 

Starfighter

Design by Paul Lloyd & Michael Lanzinger

Type: Fighter
First commissioned: 2159
Length: 35m
Complement: 2, evacuation limit: 2
Speed: Warp .5 (cruise), Warp 1.2 (max.), Warp 1.5 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.5c (max.)
Armament: Phase cannon
Defense: Ablative shielding

A Romulan War-era fighter, capable of brief periods of warp flight. Not capable of independent interstellar flight; the fighter has to be delivered to the combat by a carrier vessel.

 

Sword Class

Design by Sadewo Yakti

Type: Corvette
First commissioned: 2183
Length: 136m
Width: 68m
Height: 58m
Decks: 18
Displacement: 54360t
Complement: 14 officers + 66 crew, evacuation limit: 80
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise), Warp 6 (max.)
Sublight speed: 0.1c (max.)
Armament: 2 fwd laser emitters, 2 aft laser emitters, 2 fusion atomic-H warhead missile/torpedo launchers
Defense: electromagnetic field hull coating
Embarked craft: 2 shuttlepod

The original concept for the Sword-class came about shortly after the formation of the Federation in 2162. At that time Starfleet hoped to build an extensive fleet of dedicated vessels for patrol and policing actions within Federation space, as well as to provide a deterrent to any future aggression by the Romulans. Initial contracts were signed for a number of ship classes, including those for "Project NX-108", a mid-range corvette. However, the complete withdrawal of the Romulans behind their border, coupled with the needs of post-war rebuilding and mutual suspicion between Federation members, saw Starfleet's budget cut drastically in the early 2160s. Starfleet put several projects on indefinite hold in order to focus all resources on developing the Daedalus-class explorer starships, whilst relying on the member worlds for military forces. Thus the Sword-class was shelved.

Interest in the class was revived in the 2170s. This period saw the gradual assertion of federal control over more and more areas of responsibility, beginning the process of turning what had been little more than a coalition of planets into a true federation. As part of this process, the Federation Council had authorised Starfleet to procure a new joint cruiser design, the Dyson-class, but Starfleet Command also saw the need for a new breed of support and auxiliary vessels to back up the new cruisers. In 2175 they persuaded the Council to authorise the development of several support classes of starship, and Project NX-108 was re-activated. The original development project had foreseen a class broadly similar to the Daedalus, but with a reduced range to enable it to carry a greater weapons load. These plans were dusted off and updated to take advantage of a decade of technological advances. In particular, the success of the Daedalus refit project of the early '70s saw the Sword class make use of a similar "sphere-plus-ring" primary hull to increase habitable volume by moving automated systems outside of the pressure hull. The warp drive was also upgraded, although in order to meet volume and mass requirements, and in fitting with Sword's corvette designation, it was decided not to utilise the more powerful but much heavier reactor being developed for the Dyson.

The lead ship, USS Sword, was commissioned on 6th June 2183 (Stardate: 7995.8 ), proudly bearing the hull registry NCC-108 that had been reserved for her before the project's original mothballing. In trials she performed beyond Starfleet Command’s expectations, with her state of the art automation systems making her one of the most manpower efficient starships in service, and helped to relegate the memory of cramped quarters from the Daedalus-class to history. Over the next seven decades the Sword and her sister ships served Starfleet with distinction, their regular port visits and patrols helping to keep civilian traffic safe whilst bonding the Federation together. The last Sword-class starship, SS Sparrow (ex-USS Gold), was still in service after 113 years.

Sword class history by Nixon's Head

 

Teitron Class

Design by Cycles678@aol.com

Deep space explorer
First launched: 2099
Length: 75m
Height: 25m
Crew complement: 93
Speed: Warp 1.9 (for 12 hours), Warp 1.2 (unlimited)

Here's a description to be added to the picture. If this doesn't make sense or is in anyway silly, please let me know. Additional ideas would be appreciated:

First launched in 2099 under the auspices of the United Earth Space Probe Agency, the Teitron Class ships, along with those of the DY class, played a key role in helping to focus the attention of Earth citizens on rebuilding the planet, re-establishing contact with Earth outposts in the Solar System (the Moon, on Mars, Jupiter moons, Saturn), and solidifying our position as a spacefaring race intent on peaceful exploration for the benefit of all mankind.

The Teitron class ships were instrumental in helping to transform United Earth into the United Solar System, eventually United System (hence the use of USS - United System Ship for Earth/Federation ships, still used today), the precursor to the United Federation of Planets.

 

Triton Class (1)

Design by Torsten, logo by Kris, ASDB Member

Length: 130m
Beam: 75m

This is a ship built around 2089.

 

Victory class

Design by Michael Lanzinger & Paul Lloyd

Type: Dreadnought
First commissioned: 2157
Length: 530m
Decks: 14
Complement: 20 officers + 144 crew
Speed: Warp 5 (cruise), Warp 5.2 (max.), Warp 5.5 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.5c (max.)
Armament: Phase cannons, torpedo launchers, 1 launcher for heavy nuclear missiles
Defense: Andorian energy-shielding, polarized hull
Embarked craft: Starfighter class, Raptor class, shuttles, pods, several ground vehicles and heavy tanks

After the beginning of the Earth-Romulan War in early 2156 it soon became very clear that the unknown yet very powerful enemy was not only a threat to the humans but also to all the other members of the Coalition of Planets. While Vulcan and Tellar kept a course of non-interference, the Andorians, along with some of the Rigel Colonies agreed on the construction of a new generation of vessels, whose only purpose would be to fight and help winning the war. The first vessel, named Victory, was built in the in shipyards orbiting Earth and was ready for test runs within late 2156. Unfortunately the Romulans had gathered information about the project and attacked the ship at its maiden voyage, which resulted in the total loss of the prototype and its crew but also in the successful destruction of two of the attackers. After this setback the whole skeleton structure was moved from Earth to a secret facility in Andorian space and was then completed in mid-2157. Since the vessel is a joint venture of Earth and Andoria, the Crusade has state-of-the-art technology of both the two cultures such as Earth Starfleet Starfighters and Andorian shielding and tractor beam.

Design & specs by Michael, Design & model by Paul

 

X Class

Design by Rick Smith

Type: Explorer
First commissioned: 2105
Length: 150m
Width: 116m
Height: 42m
Decks: 3
Displacement: 125,000t
Complement: 7 officers + 13 crew, evacuation limit: 100
Speed: Warp 1.2 (cruise), Warp 1.4 (max.), Warp 1.5 (max. emergency)
Armament: LASER/particle weapons, fusion warhead torpedoes
Defense: magnetic shield
Embarked craft: 2 standard shuttles, 4 MAVs

The year is 2105, aboard Starfleet's newly christened military Headquarters and Training facility, "Enchantia Station", located north of the newly colonized and rapidly expanding Martian Colony. Following the success of the mining colony Orpheus, the Martian Colony was the second outpost to be established by Starfleet, only this time not just for mining, but will include exploration, first contact and assistance with the protection of the various Earth transport ships throughout the system. The Starfleet Rangers Headquarters' and Training Academy, was established at the colony which prompted Starfleet to station two X class vessels, the USS Einstein-X101, an exploration and medical ship, and the USS NightBlade-X102, a state-of-the-art warship, along with a small makeshift drydock repair station in orbit around the planet, the crew jokingly call the Utopia Planitia Shipyard. They are maintained and manned by a mix of seasoned Vets and Ranger Academy Recruits. These measures were taken to help the colony defend itself, and to also act as Earth's first line of defense in the event of a hostile alien attack. The station quickly became Earth's first true interstellar trading post and jumping off point for human ships making there way into the final frontier. Starfleet's ongoing mission has introduced Enchantia Station to several races and even many deadly threats. As such, defenses must be available, but not at the expense of exploration, the Enchantia Station is designed to walk that thin line. The ships are equipped with Warp 3 engine, 3 pulse cannons, and the other normal equipment of an early X class vessel.

Special thanks to shipbuilders: Alex McKechnie, blaXXer, K'riq Sa

 

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