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.

Claymore Class

Design by Alex

Destroyer
In service: since 2332
Length: 413m (total)
Width: 320 m (saucer)
Height: 103m (total)
Decks: 31
Speed: Warp 6 (cruise), Warp 8.7 (max.)
Mass: 3,060,000t
Crew complement: 45 officers, 290 crew

The ship is conceived as a step between the Soyuz and Ambassador classes.

Columbia Class

Design by Nixon's Head

Type: Cruiser
First commissioned: 2297
Length: 381m
Width: 185m
Height: 69m
Decks: 12
Complement: 60 officers + 390 crew, evacuation limit: 1200
Speed: Warp 6 (cruise), Warp 7.5 (max.), Warp 8 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.8c (max.)
Armament: : 6x twin phaser banks on primary hull, 4 single phasers in aft firing arc, 2x photon torpedo launchers
Defense: Standard defensive shields
Embarked craft: 10 standard personnel shuttles, 5 cargo shuttles, 5 workbees

Corinthian Class

Design by J. Grey

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.

Council Class

Design by Jeff Robb

Type: Cruiser
First commissioned: 2329
Length: 529m
Width: 278m
Height: 94m
Decks: 26
Displacement: 2284000t
Complement: 197 officers + 485 crew
Speed: Warp 7 (cruise), Warp 9 (max.), Warp 9.2 (max. emergency)
Armament: 10 Type-IX phaser emitters; 6 standard photon torpedo tubes
Defense: Standard elliptical shields
Embarked craft: Typically 7 workbees, 7 shuttlepods, and 10 shuttles

In the tradition of the Constitution and Excelsior classes of Starfleet’s first-line heavy cruisers, the Council class brought greater levels of operational capabilities to the fleet. They were designed and built about five years after the introduction of the Ambassador class, and were commissioned in order to compensate for some of that class's initial shortcomings. The fundamental features and components built into every cruiser of the Council class typically provided greater power and flexibility for their crews, in missions ranging from galactic exploration to diplomatic functions to all-out combat. Sensible exterior and interior designs, along with the advanced systems within, helped to earn this class of eighteen another exemplary service record for Starfleet. None have been lost or destroyed in combat as of Stardate 48980, but one -- the U.S.S. Zeitraum -- was slowly disintegrated by the effects of a previously unknown cosmic phenomenon; all but two of the crew were rescued, however. Another Council, the U.S.S. Tora Gana, was disassembled down to its sub-assemblies and then reassembled during a fleet-wide experiment intended to examine and improve starship reconstruction techniques. Originally, the Council class was intended to replace the entire Excelsior line, but due to the popularity of the older ships, the Councils have supplanted only a few of their predecessors while supplementing the rest. The class ship was named in honor of the Federation Council itself, and some others in this class are likewise named after historically notable councils or conferences.

Due to their similarities, this class has also been continuously compared to the Ambassadors. Each new heavy cruiser line brought different component innovations to the fleet; interestingly, the Ambassadors placed vertical viewports and numerous small lifepod hatches upon a bulky Constitution-style hull, while the Councils kept horizontal viewports and internal lifeboats within a more streamlined hull. The Ambassador's impulse engine was placed in the ship's midsection and necessitated the integration of a driver coil assembly, whereas the Council's version did not, and remained in the traditional location for use by the saucer section after an emergency separation. Yet perhaps most interestingly, new experimental approaches were taken with each cruiser's phaser banks: the Ambassador featured phaser array tracks placed to cover forward, port, starboard, and aft directions, while the Council placed twenty enlarged ball-turret emitters within coves upon two large rotating rings. Sections of the rings were interchangeable, allowing various arrangements of emitters, although this involved extra-vehicular activity. The standard arrangement favored a dense forward concentration, and a Council could fire any eight of the emitters at full power. The rings rotated quickly for their size, enabled instant multiple phaser strikes in nearly any direction, and could fully maintain their fire while rotating. So equipped, a Council's phaser firepower was superior to both Excelsior's and Ambassador's, and served the class well during the Cardassian hostilities. Despite these advantages, the additional power requirement to move the rings led to occasional electromagnetic glitches with the system, so Starfleet eventually opted to refine the phaser track approach, which culminated with the large elliptical phaser tracks of the Galaxy / Nebula starships. The photon torpedo tubes of a Council were more conventional, though, and were similar to an Excelsior's, aside from two additional forward tubes that normally served as probe launchers. Whereas a Council was also typically faster at both sublight and warp speed, and were more easily built and maintained, the Ambassador line ultimately enjoyed greater success in scientific and diplomatic missions. Occasionally, ships of each class served together on the same missions, and always subordinated any "friendly rivalry". Even though it never disrupted routine fleet operations, this rivalry did come to a head when the fleet’s most famous starship name became available.

Both of the competing shipbuilding firms behind the Council and Ambassador lines had anticipated the possibility of having one of their ships christened as the next starship Enterprise; so, when the opportunity arose, both were quick to advocate their particular class, prompting Starfleet Command to consider each. Proponents of the Council class in Starfleet also sought to end the alphabetizing of the registry number NCC-1701, offering instead the number 41701, which was already scheduled to be part of the class in any case. It was apt, they argued, to include the original number (1701) and the number 4, which of course would represent the fourth starship Enterprise. This, along with the Council’s particular style and substance, impressed the deciding board enough to grant the class the initial recommendation, along with the new number; however, the final decision reversed the Council’s fortune and officially reserved the name of Enterprise to an Ambassador-class vessel then beginning construction. The Council-class cruiser that was to be named Enterprise was renamed as the Elesca, number 41701, while the alphabetized number of 1701-C was assigned to the fourth starship Enterprise after all. That final decision did not demoralize the Council class’s proponents and crews for long; nor was it the last time that the class had something to do with a starship named Enterprise.

During the early stages of the Galaxy Class Starship Development Project, several operational ship classes were examined by project engineers in search of top-rated components and inventive integrations. Since this project was intended to culminate in a class of the largest and most sophisticated of Federation starships, the parameters were as extensive as the efforts spent to reach or exceed them. Of all the starship classes examined, though, it was the Council class that received the most attention from the project engineers. Its particular lines and features provided a remarkable basis that, when maximized, could well result in just the kind of explorer/heavy cruiser the Project was interested in creating. Many years later, after an exhaustive design and construction process, ships of the Galaxy class joined Starfleet; and among them was the fifth starship to bear the name of Enterprise. Intriguingly, reports continue to persist that a sculpted profile of the Council class was present in place of the Ambassador class on a wall of the Enterprise-D’s top-deck conference room. If so, it was an unusual occurrence in that long rivalry between the two pre-Galaxy cruiser lines, and perhaps a small measure of compensation to those who felt cheated by the Enterprise-C decision many years ago. Even though the Enterprise-D recently fell to enemy fire, after only seven years of service, the performance of the ship itself was excellent up to that point. The Galaxy class, for the time being, still represents the pinnacle of explorer-ship development within the Federation, thanks in part to the inspiration of the Council class. As of Stardate 49001, Starfleet is currently reviewing upgrade plans for the remaining Councils as part of the effort to rebuild and reconfigure the fleet.

Designer's notes: This speculative design and the Ambassador Prototype described at Ex Astris Scientia both refer to the original design for the 1701-C. A detailed, color-blueprint cross section of the Council class (approx. 564k JPEG) is also available via email, as is a similar cross section of the Excelsior in its initial experimental (transwarp) configuration.

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

Assault ship

No description

Denali Class

Design by David Lovejoy

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 explorer USS Harmony NCC-62010
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

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.

Dreadnought Type

Design by Kris, ASDB Member

The Starfleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph depicts a three-nacelled "dreadnought" of the Federation class. The USS Entente NCC-2120 mentioned in STTMP was classified as Federation class in the STTM. Kris has developed a design that fits into the movie era. Decide for yourself if the two-nacelled or three-nacelled version is better.

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 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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