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Ships of the Akira Class

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NAME OF VESSEL	REGISTRY	STATUS	INFORMATION
USS Akira	NX -62497	O	-
USS Atlantis-D	NCC 67781	O	-
USS Inspiration	NCC 63673	O	-
USS Babylonian	NCC 64626	O	-
USS Titan	NCC 65110	PD	-
USS Delestrez	NCC 64013	O	Celestia's model in motherlode.net 'fictional Star Trek section'.
USS Rabin	NCC 63293	O	-
USS Tiger-B	NCC 71759	O
USS Kobe	NCC 65269	PD	-
USS Admirable	NCC 63651	O	-
USS Charybdis-B	NCC 64921	PD	-
USS Gettysburg-B	NCC 65612*	O	Briefly mentioned in ST VIII
USS Tenacious	NCC 65607	O	-
USS Euphrosyne	NCC 65178	O	-
USS Spector	NCC 65549	O	-
USS Asimov	NCC 63985	O
USS Scorpion	NCC 70383	D
USS Charger	NCC 63646	O
USS Calibre	NCC 63677	D	-
USS Cheron-B	NCC 63839	O
USS Ardent	NCC 63843	O	-
USS Phantom	NCC 63551	O	-
USS Thunderchild	NCC 63549	D	Lost against the Borg.
USS Tornado	NCC 63899	O	-
USS Aquarius	NCC 71811	O
USS MacArthur	NCC 71708	O	-
USS Jaguar	NCC 74750	O
USS Archangel	NCC 71115	O	-
USS Resilient	NCC 63899	O	-
USS Myrddin	NCC 72172	O	-
USS Theseus-B	NCC 69153	DD	(Undergoing trials)
USS Raleigh	NCC 81152	U	(Under Construction at Andoria Construction Yards -Bay 19)
USS Griffin-B	NCC 81106	U	(Under Construction at Andoria Construction Yards -Bay 14)
USS Halcyon-C	NCC 1704-B	U	(Under Construction at Beta Antares Yards -Bay 1)
USS Nelson	NCC 81345	U	(Under Construction at Andoria Construction Yards -Bay 4)
USS Predator	NCC 80894	U	(Under Construction at Andoria Construction Yards -Bay 16)
USS Durable	NCC 81550	U	(Under Construction at Andoria Construction Yards -Bay 3)
USS Nagasaki	NCC 83303	U	(Framework laid at Andoria Construction Yards -Bay 11)
USS Prospero	NCC 82991	U	(Framework laid at Andoria Construction Yards -Bay 1
USS Corsair	NCC 23535	O	Extended patrol in the Gamma Quadrant, overseeing Dominion disarmament.
USS Tokyo	NCC 72687	O	Undergoing shakedown cruise.

Main Phaser Array

Lewis_Dunbar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:18:49 CST

Phasers have been the Federation weapons mainstay for the last 120 years. The banks about the Akira Class are type X, currently the most powerful in the fleet. Their placement of the banks covers nearly all positions that an enemy ship can be at in relation to the vessel. The tactical applications of type X phasers is proving to be ineffective in high-speed, intense battles. While the Type X phaser array gives impressive power, it proved lacking during the Dominion War. The Akira was forced to rely mainly on torpedoes in combat against Jem’hadar fighters. Many solutions to this were developed, the main one being the firing of multiple arrays at a single target. The future use of the type X array is in uncertain. It at least certain that there will be an attempt to place type XII phasers aboard the Akira. Unfortunately it cannot be fitted with pulse phasers, for they need to be pointed directly at their target (fine for a little ship like the Defiant, but very hard on a ship almost as long as a Sovereign-class).

Banks: 7
Max range: 300,000 km
Charge: 15 minutes in a single firing.
Energy output (avg.): 12.5 MW.

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About the Akira Class (from Wikipedia) The Akira Class was first commissioned in 2365, and built at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. The Akira Class starship is a class of Federation Starfleet starship in the Star Trek fictional universe, appearing first in Star Trek: First Contact and subsequently in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Akira Class starships are frequently present in Federation battle fleets. The Akira is one of Starfleet's most heavily armed starships, designed during the Cardassian war featuring a weapons pod located at the aft section of the ship that is armed with torpedoes launchers and phasers. Akira-class ships have since become one of Starfleet's most active battleships, used during both Borg and Dominion conflicts.

Ships of the Akira Class are large vessels composed of a circular, saucer-shaped primary hull with a low-slung navigational deflector and two beams rising from the top heading aft; the beams attach to an arch that supports two warp nacelles at its ends and a weapons pod that fires photon torpedoes at its zenith. Like the Steamrunner Class, the main bridge, primary dorsal phaser strip and lifeboats are embedded into the saucer to provide for better protection from enemy fire by blocking against attacks. The ventral saucer is occupied with the navigational deflector, a photon torpedo tube and additional lifeboats. The Akira Class design superficially resembles a catamaran and the NX class, particularly from the dorsal profile.

In the real world, Alex Jaeger of Industrial Light and Magic designed the Akira Class, which is named for the anime movie Akira. Jaeger's non-canon comments on the ship's design in an interview with Star Trek Magazine include:

"This was my gunship/battlecruiser/aircraft carrier. It has 15 torpedo launchers and two shuttlebays - one in front, with three doors, and one in the back. I really got into it with this one, with the whole idea that the front bay would be the launching bay, and then to return they'd come into the back, because they'd be protected by the rest of the ship."

Fifteen torpedo tubes is a notably large number compared to other featured starship designs - in particular the larger Galaxy Class, which has only three torpedo launchers. Its status as a warship is also questionable: in the Deep Space 9 episode "The Search", set in 2371, Major Kira indicates that Starfleet doesn't have warships – a 2371 flashback scene in the Voyager episode "Relativity", however, includes an Akira Class starship. It is arguable that this is one of the earliest Akira vessels, developed in response to the Borg threat.

Copyright Information and Credits

davedorm — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:57:54 CDT

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Toroidal Warp Core

sm12905 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:36:14 CST

The Warp Propulsion Design Bureau has for decades attempted to design a compact, yet powerful warp core. The standard Vertical Intermix Assembly (VIA) maintenance records show a higher than expected rate of preventive, routine maintenance, and injector unit replacement. Designers knew that increasing the number of injectors and firing them in rotation would extend the units' life expectancy. The problems faced miniaturizing the magnatomic force fields (used to contain the plasma) were overwhelming. During to the Dominion War, examination of a captured Jem'Hadar vessel gave clues to a breakthrough in this miniaturization.

The Toroidal Matter Antimater Reactor (T/MARA) core is an assembly of many seperate warp core reactors linked together annularly, whose individual plasma streams are converged in the center and directed to the warp propulsion system, and the electro-plasma power system. Although the test model worked fine, many engineers disliked it because it did not afford them an visual clues to its operation, unlike the VIAs.

Designers went back to the drawing board and developed a more tell-tale core. The new model was based upon older, standard MARAs. This actually made things easier for the engineers because it was more familiar and readily adaptable to known operational protocols.

The main goals behind the T/MARA is reduncancy, extended lifetime of key components, and greater power output. The T/MARA is consructed of segments that have a number of injector systems inside. The smallest standard T/MARA is a 3:6 arrangement. This means that there are three injectors to each segment that number six. This gives a total of 18 small vertical MARAs. The Rapier class has two 3:6 T/MARAs, one for each engine. The warp core is not designed to fire all injectors simultaneuosly for long durations. Normal power output can be achieved at a 50% firing rate. Each injector in a segment fires one at a time under nominal conditions. For greater power needs the number of injectors firing in each segment, and their rate of fire, can be increased. The power output depends on the type of T/MARA in use.

Other configurations are: 4:8, 5:10, 6:12. Larger vessels with more power allocations use larger configurations. Tests had showed that smaller T/MARAs could handle such loads, but suffered more operational stresses leading to more frequent repair and calibration needs, thus failing the main goals. It's compactness can give shuttles, runabouts, and fighters unpreceedented power.

Refitting vessels with VIA to TIAs has been deemed impractical. The design of the T/MARA is incompatible with the warp plasma and EPS systems of existing vessels. The main problem lies with the different core and ejection system configurations. It is unlikely that aGalaxy or Sovereign class ship will be fitted with the T/MARA, unless new ships are built keel-up to accept the core. An extensive redesign of the engineering section would be required in any case. Refitting smaller ships, such as the Akira, Defiant or Sabre classes is being looked into.

Propulsion Systems

sm12905 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:39:37 CST

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Warp Propulsion System

Type: RamJet Mark 1 Standard Matter/Anti-Matter Reaction Drive, developed by RamJet Propulsion. Information on this Warp Drive can be found in any Starfleet Library or Omnipedia.

Normal Cruising Speed: Warp 7

Cruising Speed as pursuant to Warp Limitations, as a cause of subspace pollution: Warp 5

Maximum Speed: Warp 9.89 for 12 hours

Note: Vessels equipped with the RamJet Mark 2 series M/ARA Drive System no longer have the maximum cruising speed limit of Warp 6.3, thanks to innovations discovered and utilized in the General Electric Type 8 M/ARA Warp Drive outfitted in the new Sovereign Class Starship. Pursuant to Starfleet Command Directive 12856.A, all Starships will receive upgrades to their Warp Core system to prevent further pollution of Subspace. To date, all vessels currently in service have received these upgrades.

Impulse Propulsion System

Type: Standard Akira Class mass drivers developed and built by HighMPact Propulsion. Output is comparable to Ambassador Class.

Output: Each engine (there are two impulse engines) can propel the Akira Class at speeds within the area known as Standard impulse operations. These speeds are limited to a maximum speed of .25c, with each engine working at .125c, due to time dilation problems. Quarter impulse is rated at .0625c, half impulse being .125c and full impulse is rated at .25c or 1/4th the speed of light.

Reaction Control System

Type: Standard Version 4 magnetohydrodynamic gas-fusion thrusters, identical to thrusters deployed on the Ambassador Class starship. There are 24 of these thrusters spread across the primary hull to facilitate precise movement.

Output: Each thruster quad can produce 4.2 million Newtons of exhaust.

Modules

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Tactical Weapons Module

The Tactical Weapons Module (TWM) is located on the "roll bar" of the ship. It houses the Phaser Cannon and a Torpedo Launcher. The (TWM) is just one of many possible "Roll Bar" modules that can be attached at any major Starbase. This module It contains 8 PhotonTorpedo Launchers. It has 450 Photon Torpedoes and 12 Tri-Cobalt Devices stored.

Habitat Module

The Habitat Module is used when transporting colonists or troops. It has room for 500 people and their belongings.

Cargo Module

The Cargo Module is just that. It is big and bulky, but it adds and extra 100,000 metric tons to to cargo capacity of the ship.

Diplomatic Module

For special operations, this small module is attatched. It has quarters for 50 people, negotiating rooms, and a small entertainment center. It is designed to be a neutral area where negotiations can be staged.

Propulsion Module

This is essentially A third Warp Nacelle with its own M/ARA and power supply. This supplements speed when you need to get somewhere far away fast.

Science Module

The Module itself is nothing more then a big bundle of sensors with a hull and connects Gamma welded to it. It makes a science ship's sensor array look like a tricorder.

Transporter Module

This unusual module is used in conjuction with other Starships. During a rescue operation, the most common cause of death while awaiting rescue is failure to transport fast enough from the Hazard Area. So, if needed, the Akira Class can beam over 30,000 persons an hour with this module. It runs off its own power supply, so other ship systems won't be affected.

Troop Transport Module

This is a very mission-specific module. It has room for 300 Ground Troops, a command HQ, and a subspace relay with Starfleet Command.

Medical Triage Module

This very useful module is a completely sealed off hospital. It has operating rooms, and ICU, medical labs, and it all runs off its own power, thus minimizing the risk of spread of infectious disease.

Shield Module

A heavily armored module in itself, it includes extra shield generators, and metaphasic shield generators, thus insuring the ship con go almost anywhere freely.

Tactical Systems

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The Akira Class incorporates several new weapon systems. They include the main phaser array, the phaser cannon and the tricobalt device.

The Main Phaser Array is a modified hull plate, made up of an 8m x 8m Targanide crystal, which is put in place of the original hull plate. Targanide crystals were discovered to have the ability to absorb and release large amounts of energy faster, and can also contain the energy longer. They also distribute energy faster than LiCu518 (crystal used in normal phasers).

The control between the panel and the targeting system runs through 150 small inter linked power distribution nodes, giving the panel the ability to fire from every point on the panel, through a sixty degree arc. Use of these nodes has decreased the response time for power transfer to 0.002 seconds. The distribution nodes are located on the back of the crystal panel, and determine the best location for the beam to be emitted from, depending on the target's location and distance.

This panel fires four short bursts of phased energy. Each burst is 15 NA (nanoseconds) in duration with a delay of .03 seconds between bursts. The maximum output of each individual burst is 9.4 MW. The Panel will fire four set of bursts with a 0.01 second delay between each burst before going into a 10 second reset phase. The Chief Tactical station can override this rest phase, but this will cause the panels molecular structure to degrade, rendering it inoperable in approximately in 25 seconds.

The design of the Tri-Cobalt device is highly unique in the Alpha Quadrant. It uses a three- tier warhead. One compartment is loaded with antimatter, one with around 14 Quantum filaments, and another with appropriate amount of Tri-Cobalt. Upon impact, a number of particle collisions and energy reactions occur within the warhead. Firstly the Quantum filaments are released into the Tri-Cobalt chamber creating a cascade reaction, mixing the Tri-cobalt into a highly volatile mixture. A millisecond later the magnetic containment field around the antimatter is released and the active Tri-Cobalt and antiproton bundle mix together creating a lethal explosion.

The Standard Photon Torpedo has been in use now for over 100 years--their design has changed very little although their targeting systems have. They carry a standard load of 50% Matter [slush deuterium ion] and 50% Antimatter [antiprotons]. The resultant explosion of the collision can result in varying degrees of damage to starships.

The Tactical Weapons Module (TWM) is located on the "roll bar" of the ship. It houses the Phaser Cannon and a Torpedo Launcher. The Phaser Cannon and the TWM Torpedo launcher are mounted on an omni-directional mount. The mount can swivel in a full 360º circle givening complete coverage by these weapons. The (TWM) is just one of many possible "Roll Bar" modules that can be attached at any major Starbase.

Tactical Systems that may soon be fitted on the Akira Class

The Pulse Phaser Cannon collects a large amount of phased energy and bundles it in a cohesive shell. This shell is either magnetic or graviton based; however, over distance it does dissipate, leaving the phased energy to escape into space, rendering it harmless. The cannon uses a pulse modulated graviton shell to hold the phased energy together, the energy itself being fed directly from the warp engines [instead of from batteries supplied by the warpcore].

The Quantum Torpedoes use artificial Quantum Filaments as a power source. A Quantum Filament is a natural source of energy found in space. It has no mass and if triggered just right can release almost astronomic amounts of energy. Using reading taken by science teams studying natural filaments, the designers created small artificial filaments. What makes a Quantum torpedo so powerful is that the warhead contains 50-100 small artificial filaments. These can be powerful. Something that could be loaded into a torpedo when their made and remain stable throughout a mission. The designers found such a power source in the form of the Quantum Filament.

Quantum Torpedos

sm12905 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:39:22 CDT

These weapons are the newest in torpedo technology, part of Starfleet's race to combat the Borg. The Akira Class' standard warhead load includes100 quantum torpedoes. They can inflict more serious damage then a photon torpedo or a phaser blast. The quantum torpedos use artificial quantum filaments as a power source. A quantum filament is a natural source of energy found in space. It has no mass and, if triggered correctly, can release large amounts of energy. Using readings taken by science teams studying natural filaments, the designers created small artificial fillaments. What makes a quantum torpedo so powerful is that the warhead contains 50-100 small artificial filaments.

During the early stages of design, the primary problem was locating a suitable power source, something that could be loaded into a torpedo during production and remain stable throughout a mission. The designers found such a power source in the form of the quantum filament. This reduces the risk of torpedo loading malfunction down to practically nothing. Since they come pre-loaded, they have been installed on all starships Excelsior class and above. so far they have not yet been deployed aboard the Akira, but we are certan that they soon will be. They were only deployed aboard the Defiant, Sovereign and Excelsior during the Dominion war though.

Max range: 5,000,000 km
Torpedo bay capactiy: 12 torpdoes
Explosive mass: Artificial Quantum Filaments. (no measureable mass)
Max detonation yield: rough equivalent of 5 photon torpdoes.

Artificial Quantum Singularity Missle

sm12905 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:43:01 CDT

PURPOSE

The AQS missile is only intended for use against threat forces meeting the following specific criterion:

1.Origin outside United Federation o fPlanets (UFP) territory
2.Technologically advanced beyond best-case UFPlevels
3.Exhibits hostile behavior which imposes a risk to Federation peace and security.

This weapon is meant to be employed when all other measures fail and loss of vessel is imminate and escape is impossible. The only exception is allowed for engagements with Borg vessels. Even during so the use of the AQSM should be weighed heavily due to the nature of the warhead.

OPERATIONS

Upon Yellow Alert, the missile is prepared for Standby Mode. It is loaded into the launch bay and the initiator plasma feeds are connected, magnetized, and pressurized for immediate feeding. Level 4 diagnostic is ran on all missile systems. During Red Alert, initiator plasma is fed into the missile's quantum flywheel to start the graviton stator and provide ingnition power. The inertial containment field is activated around the AQS core chamber. Target information is downloaded to the central processor. Plasma is routed to holding tanks for warp launch.

On the command to fire, The missile is launched from the vessel or facility by a modified torpedo launcher. Once clear of the ship, the graviton cascade system activates, starting a chain reaction that increases the density of the gravity field inside the missile. Once the AQS is created, deutuerium is fed into the core chamber to create plasma. Aft of the chamber, behind the warp coils, the EPS power tap charges to attract the plasma from the AQS. This plasma feeds down the plasma conduit, saturating the warp coils and accelerating the missile into warp. The highest, effecient warp factor sustainable is 6 at adaquate velocity. For stealth, the AQSM employs PIMESS and HHP systems. Cloaking devices are not installed as the AQS system power requirements are too great to afford such system effeciently. Once the missile finds its target, or target group, it determines the best coordinates to detonate. The warp motor is shut down, leaving the missile to coast to target, once it reaches it detonation point, the central processor deactivates the inertial containment field. The gravity of the AQS is now free to act upon the targets, drawing them into its gravity well.

The AQSM Mk II is identical to the AQSM Mk I with the addition of an impulse booster stage. This modification allows it to be launched from internal bays, external hull hardpoints, or pylons. Craft without space for a regular launcher may be easily modified to carry the AQSM Mk II.

The AQSM Mk III is internally configured to support a quantum flywheel as a main power source and creates the singularity warhead at target proximity.

Systems

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Hellfire Torpedos

Seahawk — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:34:31 CDT

The hellfire torpedo was designed to complement the quantum torpedo.

The principle behind the design of the Hellfire torpedo was simple - most of a torpedo's energy is burnt against the shields of an enemy vessel. The Hellfire was an attempt to circumvent this problem.

The Hellfire was designed to bypass enemy shields and pack a punch to the enemy ship itself. The Hellfire's 'magic trick' is to 'skip' past enemy shielding using subspace phasing technology first used in 2368.

The torpedo has a small, short range sensor array that, as it nears an enemy ship, scans its target's shield 'bubble', frequency and modulation, and then activates the subspace phase transporter. This allows the Hellfire to move out of phase with the target, and re-appear within it's shield parameter, and impact directly on the hull. That sequence takes only a matter of milli-seconds. To the naked eye, it appears the Hellfire actually passes though a ship's shields instead of 'skipping' past them.

The warhead contains protomatter, and this payload is acted upon by antiprotons to cause the violent reaction and deadly explosive force of the weapon. A quantum singularity powers the torpedoes systems and allows it to maintain warp speeds, as well as giving it a distinctive bright green glow. The torpedo has its own warp coils in the casing and therefore is able to maintain a high warp for a fairly long time. However, the torpedo must be fired at warp initially to obtain warp velocity.

The torpedo has no communication device, it is completely self controlled and contained, a 'fire and forget' weapon. This is both a drawback and an advantage to the torpedo because it may lose the target even if the ship doesn't, but it can maintain lock if the ship has problems. Alas, the shield modulation can't be transmitted to friendly vessels. The short range sensor of the Hellfire cannot be modified to do that, the sensors have too limited a range and there isn't enough space for communications gear.

Attempts have been made to fit communicators to hellfire torpedoes in order to acquire enemy shield data, but it was found that the torpedo did not have enough time to send any information. Future versions of the Hellfire may well have a short-range comms device fitted, as this would also make the torpedo better able to cope with changes in the shield modulation because it would reciever the modulation data at the last possible moment.

Since the Hellfire uses a Mk-II Quantum torpedo's casing (originally designed narrower, but slightly longer than a quantum torpedo), the Hellfire had a break-away or sabot casing placed around it to allow it to be fired from a standard torpedo launcher on any ship. This was upgraded in 2377.

Currently the Mark-II Hellfire is under development. The upgrade over the Mark-I is the Mark-II will be able to remodulate it's frequency, allowing it to 'skip' past an enemy's shields easier. This upgrade is still being perfected and far from deployment. Another improvement, now under theoretical review, is for the torpedo to be in a state of temporal flux continually from launch to impact. However this is years from becoming a reality.

Range Limit: 15 km - 4 050 000 km (from starships at warp)
Warp Speed: 110% of warp factor of firing ship
Sublight Speed: up to a 70% higher velocity (maximum velocity = initial velocity + .70 × initial velocity/ c {or Vmax = Vi + .70 Vi/c}
Shield Scan Range: 6 m
Developed: 2375
Operational Since: 2375
Yield: 350 isotons.
Warhead: Protomatter that is ignited by and reacted upon by antiprotons.

Razor Class Fighter

Seahawk — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:42:46 CDT

DIMENSIONS
Overall Length: 6 meters
Overall Height: 4 meters
Overall Beam: 4.5 meters
PERFORMANCE
Standard Impulse Configuration: .25c
Warp Speed:
Cruising: Warp 1
Maximum: Warp 2
Emergency: Warp 4 for six hours
ARMAMENT Standard - 2 Type VI Shuttle-type phasers, 2 micro-torpedo launchers, 8 micro-torpedo casings in wings.

General Overview: The Razor Interceptor, in one form or another, has been around for decades. Until the development of fighter-carrying starships such as the Akira-class, however, they were restricted to starbases and other large installations.

The Razor Interceptor is designed to provide high-speed escort cover and to intercept and destroy hostile fighters before they can engage their capital ship. While individually weak, a well-trained Razor squadron can be a devestating force.

While older models of the Razor Interceptor do not carry a warp core, current versions are provided with a small core to allow for self-recovery. Previously, the destruction of the capital ship was a death sentence to her pilots, since they had to wait for rescue. With the small core available to them, it is now possible for pilots to at least reach a nearby planetary system to await rescue vessels. A wise commander can also find uses for a squadron of small, warp-capable, combat-ready fighters.

Some of this information is not canon.
It has not been seen on any episode or film

Flight Deck

Seahawk — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:40:30 CDT

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The Akira Class is extremely well-armed; with an impressive array of torpedo tubes and carrying two squadrons of fighters, she can stand up against just about any known ship in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. An interesting item is the class's through-deck hangar bay, allowing it to launch fighters from the front while recovering them aft or vice versa. The hangar deck spans the entire length of the primary hull.

Three separate, but adjoining, shuttle bay doors stretch across the middle of the saucer's forward edge, between the split engineering hulls; two bay doors are located aft, on either side of a specially-designed control tower, that dominates the saucer's trailing edge. At maximum efficiency, the structure is designed to allow shuttles to depart from the forward saucer, and return to land at the aft doors near the control tower - a site protected by the surrounding ship's structure, making it less vulnerable than on other vessels. The launching and landing bays are connected, through the saucer's decks, by maintenance and logistical support facilities.

General Overview: Located at the dorsal bow of the ship, the Flight bay module has replaced the shuttlebay module that is in previous class starships. This Flight bay contains support services for the latest in Starfleet shuttle and runabout designs. The Flight bay is controlled by a space/air-traffic control room, known as "Flight Operations". This is located against the forward wall of the Flight bay, next to the exit for the turbolift, which in turn is supervised by the TIC. The Flight bay typically contains the following, though can change on a mission to mission basis:

6 Type 18 Shuttlepod
2 Type 6 Personal Shuttle
2 Type 7 Personal Shuttle
4 Danube Class Runabout
10 Type M-1 Sphinx Workpod
Up to 30 Auxilliary Fighter Craft

Standard complement is ten Peregrine Class Raiders, though more can be carried if necessary. Other craft stationed on the Akira Class include the Kingston Class Fighter and the Valkyrie Space Superiority Fighter. A variant loadout used consists of twelve Razor Class Fighters, six Broadsword Class Fighters and six Valkyrie Space Superiority Fighters.

Micro-torpedo

Seahawk — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:39:39 CDT

The micro-torpedo was an essential advancement in the development of the small fighter starship. It provided a way to get the damaging effect of a photon torpedo into the small hull of a fighter.

Prior to the development of the micro-torpedo, pilots were forced into crude solutions such as slinging a full-sized photon torpedo under the hull, to be launched ballistically at opponents.

Modern advances, however, mean that now it is possible for a fighter's combat computer to calculate, track and lock onto enemy units, allowing the pilot to fire micro-torpedos as easily as a tactical officer will fire full-sized ones.

Considerably smaller than a ship-mounted photon torpedo, the micro-torpedo has limited usefullness against capital ship opponents - but is deadly against fighters, especially unshielded fighters.

Max range: 500km
Typical fighter capacity: 8 torpedoes
Explosive mass: 20g matter/antimatter mix
Max detonation yield: 2000 megajoules

Deck 11

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List of locations on this deck:

Primary Machine Shop
Primary Maintenance Support Center
Flight Deck, Upper Level
Flight Operations
Flight Training Holodecks
Crew Quarters

Turbolift

[ 01 |02 |03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 ]
[ 11 |12 |13 |14 | 15 |16 |17 | 18 | 19 ]
[ Secondary Hull | Weapons Pod ]

Flight Training

Seahawk — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:27:27 CDT

Flight training is the process of training the pilots aboard a Federation starship. In the case of carrier-based vessles such as the Akira-class, this often takes the form of training for combat pilots, who will operate the fighter craft aboard the starship.

Flight training consists of three main aspects: lecture training on the technical aspects of space combat, holodeck simulations of battles or other situations, and 'live-fire' exercises in real fighters.

Lectures

These are usually presented in the pilots' briefing room, to the wing as a whole or to a single squadron. They usually relate to the theories and principles behind starfighter tactics and operations. Occasionally they will be reviews of previous missions or historical battles, with the intention of indentifing and rectifying flaws.

Holodeck Training

Using the advanced simulations techniquies of the holodeck and the gravity-manipulation technology of Starfleet, modern pilots can train in holodeck simulators so realistic that they can be mistaken for the real thing. This allows completely accurate training missions that can cover whatever the instructor's imagination can concoct. The first effective holodeck fighter training package was designed aboard the USS Corsair, and from there has become a standard part of pilot instruction.

Live-Fire Exercises

No simulation, however, can make up for real-life experience. Live-fire exercises, however, are dangerous and difficult to organise aboard an active-duty starship, and usually require close co-ordination with the CO of the vessel. These exercises make up the bulk of final exams at Starfleet Flight Academy.

Valkyrie Class Fighter

Seahawk — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:13:14 CST

DIMENSIONS
Overall Length: 20.2 meters
Overall Height: 5.4 meters
Overall Beam: 13.7 meters
PERFORMANCE
Standard Impulse Configuration: .25c
ARMAMENT Standard - 6 Type VI Shuttle-type phasers, 2 micro-photon torpedo launchers, 4 Mark XXV Photon Torpedoes

General Overview: The Valkyrie Space Superiority Fighter was born in 2368, roughly ten years after the launch of the Danube Class Runabout. The design was based on the Danube Class Runabout. While Starfleet had utilized small Starfighters before, all were modified shuttlecraft or other small utility vehicles, preferring to utilize existing designs and technologies rather than develop Space Fighter specific craft.

The Valkyrie is a sharp departure in this line of thinking, but still based on existing technology. Utilizing the Impulse Engine Configuration, Computer Core, and Modular frame upon which the Danube Class was built, the Advanced Starship Design Bureau of Utopia Planitia lifted those components exactly and integrated them into a space frame nearly identical, but slightly smaller, to the Danube Class.

The Valkyrie Class has a crew of 2, a pilot and an operations/weapons officer sitting side by side. Directly Aft of the Pilots compartment are the Impulse Engines, Computer Core, Micro-Torpedo magazines, Primary and Emergency Fusion Generators, Primary Phaser Generators, the Shield Generators and other necessary systems. The fighter is also armed with two micro-torpedo launchers that can carry up to 20 torpedoes in their onboard magazines, and also sports two Type VI Shuttle Class Phaser Emitters to cover both the forward and aft firing arcs. To increase combat effectiveness against capital vessels, the Valkyrie Class can also mount 4 Mark XXV Photon Torpedoes outboard along the bottom of the craft.

Note: the Valkyrie class comes standard without a warp core. She is limited to sublight impulse operations. This does not mean she cannot be modified to utilize such technology, but it was determined that with the Akira's warp engines, equipping the fighters was expensive, time consuming, increased operational repair times, and did not give the fighter any added benefit.

Some of this information is not canon.
It has not been seen on any episode or film.

Flight Operations

Seahawk — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:08:27 CST

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Operations aboard an Akira class starship fall under one of four categories: flight operations, primary mission operations, secondary mission operations, and flight deck operations.

Flight Operations are all operations that relate directly to the function of the starship itself, which include power generation, starship upkeep, environmental systems, and any other system that is maintained and used to keep the vessel spaceworthy.

Primary Mission Operations entail all tasks assigned and directed from the Main Bridge, and typically require full control and discretion over ship navigation and ship's resources.

Secondary Mission operations are those operations that are not under the direct control of the Main Bridge, but do not impact Primary Mission Operations. Some examples of secondary mission operations include long-range cultural, diplomatic or scientific programs run by independent or semi-autonomous groups aboard the starship.

Flight Deck Operations are those operations that typically fall under Secondary Mission operations, but fall under the control of the Tactical Information Center. It is not uncommon for Flight Deck Operations to supercede Primary Mission Operations, particularly in combat missions.

Officer's Quarters

Seahawk — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:57:26 CST

Individuals assigned to the Akira Class for periods over six months are permitted to reconfigure their quarters within hardware, volume, and mass limits. Individuals assigned for shorter periods are generally restricted to standard quarters configuration.

All junior and senior officer quarters have view ports, of varying size and configuration based on the quarters' size and configurations. However, not all general crew quarters have view ports. Crew quarters are numbered throughout the ship as follows: "1" is always centre forward; even numbers extend along the starboard side; odd numbers extend along the port side. Accommodations typically include a bedroom, living/work area, and a small bathroom. Other amenities available include food synthesizer terminals (replicators), sonic showers, standard showers, null- or variable-grav sleeping chambers (for those species that require it), personal holographic viewers, and provisions for pets (if permitted - not common aboard combat vessels).

Starfleet personnel from the rank of Ensign up to Commander are given one set of quarters to themselves. In addition, department heads and their assistants are granted such privileges as well, in an effort to provide a private environment to perform off-duty work. After six months, officers are permitted to bring family aboard the ship and a slightly larger room is allocated to them. Members of the Captain's Senior Staff can have these restrictions waved with the Captain's permission.

Senior Officers quarters provide approximately 110 square meters (approximately 1010 square feet) of personal living space. The CO has approximately 150 square meters (1370 sq ft), and the XO 135 square meters (1225 sq ft). These numbers may be slightly higher or lower depending on each officer's species and biological requirements.

Family Quarters: There are six family suites available on the Akira Class, with an average 140 sq. meters allotted for married couples serving on board the Akira Class together. (Due to species' requirements, and/or family members such as children, these family suite sizes may vary.)