The Alternative Defiant-class later kinown as the Nova-class

Here's a Veriant of the Defiant-class from the Star Trek Deep Space Nine Technical Manual that is the predacessor to the Nova-class. Some of the Discription is from the Spacedock files in the Federation pdf file as it does pertain to the alternative design.


Alterative Defiant-Class (Nova-Class veriant Starship Design)

This design is the version of the Defiant-class that was rejected as a vessel and later picked as a milder version starship a Nova-Class Research/Laboratory Vessel in the early design theory. Headily armed and equipped with the latest in technology this little vessel would easily be able to take on the Standard Defiant-Class in single Combat and hold it’s own as a warship.

Class and Type: Nova-Class Research/Laboratory Vessel
Commissioning Date: 2370

HULL SYSTEMS
Size: 5
Length: 160.64 meters
Beam: 42.78 meters
Height: 34.55 meters
Decks: 8
Mass: 210,000 metric tons
SUs Available: 1,525
SUs Used: 1586

Hull Outer <20>
Hull Inner <20>
Resistance Outer Hull: 10 <12>
Resistance Inner Hull: 10 <12>

Structural Integrity Field [1 Power/10 Protection/round]
Main: Class 3 (Protection 60/90) <23>
Backup: Class 3 (Protection 30) <12>
Backup: Class 3 (Protection 30) <12>

PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Class/Passengers/Evac: 78/25/610

Crew Quarters
Basic: 65 <7>
Expanded: 15 <3>
Luxury: 4 <4>
Unusual: 8 <8>

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [6 Power/round] <20>
Reserve Life Support [3 power/round] <10>
Emergency Life Support (24 emergency shelters) <10>
Gravity [2 Power/round] <5>
Consumable: 2 years’ worth <10>
Food Replicators [5 Power/round] <5>
Industrial Replicators Type: Network of small replicators [2 Power/round] <5>
Type: 1 large unit [2 power/replicator/round] <3>
Medical Facilities: 8 (+2) [8 Power/round] <40>
EMH: Mark I [2 Power/round when active] <5>
Recreation Facilities: 4 [8 Power/round] <32>
Personnel Transport: Turbolift, Jefferies Tubes [2 Power/round] <5>
Fire Suppression System [2 Power/round when active] <5>
Cargo Holds: 66,000 cubic meters <2>
Locations: Saucer Port, Saucer starboard, Engineering, 2 other locations
Escape Pods <6>
Number: 120
Capacity: 4 person per pod

PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp drive Nacelles: Type 6 <80>
Speed: 6.0/7.0/8.0 [1 power/.2 warp speed]
PIS: Type I (18 hours of Maximum warp) <18>
Impulse Engine Type: Class 6 (.75c/.9c) [7/9 Power/round] <30>
Acceration Uprating: Class Alpha (66% Acceration) <2>
Location: Saucer aft, port and Starboard
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power/round when in use] <5>

POWER SYSTEMS
Warp Engine Type: Class 5/H (generates 280 Power/round) <63>
Location: Engineering section
Impulse Engine[s]: 1 class 6 (generates 48 Power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 2 reactors (generates 5 Power/reactor/round) <6>
Emergency Power: Type C (generates 35 Power/round) <35>
EPS: Standard Power flow, +100 Power transfer/round <35>
Standard Usable Power: 328

OPERATIONS SYSTEM
Bridge: Saucer section dorsal <25>

Computers
Core 1: Saucer [5 Power/round] <10>
Core 2: Engineering [5 Power/round] <10>
ODN <15>

Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] <20>
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Forward Ventral Engineering

Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] <42>
Range Package: Type 5 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
aHigh Resolution: 5 Light-year (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.7/3.8-5.0)
Low Resolution: 15 Light-Years (1/1.1-4.0/4.1-12.0/12.1-15.0)
Strength Package: Class 8 (Strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard

Lateral Sensor [5 Power/round] <22>
Strength Package: Class 8 (Strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard

Navigational Sensor [Power/round] <20>
Strength Package: Class 8 (Strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Probes: 10 (typical mixture includes types I, III, V, VIII, and IX) <1>

Sensors Skill: 5

Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard systems (flight Control) 3, Coordination 2 [1 Power/round in use] <11>

Navigational Computer
Main: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power/round] <2>
Backup: 2 <2>
Inertial Damping Field
Main <30>
Strength: 8 [3 Power/round]
Number: 3
Backup <9>
Strength: 5 [2 Power/round]
Number: 3
Attitude control [1 power/round] <1>

Communications Systems
Type: Class 8 [2 Power/round] <19>
Strength: 8
Security: -3
Basic Uprating: Class Alpha (+1)
Emergency Communications: [1 Power/round] <1>
Holocommunications: <1>

Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power/Strength used/round] <12>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Forward
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power/Strength used/round] <12>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Aft Ventral
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] <3>
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Shuttlebay

Transporters
Type: Personnel [4 Power/use] <48>
Pads: 4
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: 2 in saucer, 1 in engineering

Type: Emergency [5 power/use] <43>
Pads: 14
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 3 (15,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: 2 in saucer, 1 in engineering

Type: Cargo [4 Power/use] <26>
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3(40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: 2 in saucer

Security Systems Rating: 2 <8>
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] <5>
Internal Force Fields [1 Power/3 Strength] <5>
Science Systems Rating 4 (+3) [5 Power/round] <25>
Specialized Systems: 3 <15>
Laboratories: 26 <6>

TACTICAL SYSTEMS
Port Pulse Phaser Array <47>
Type: X
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Forward Starboard Saucer
Firing Arc: Forward
Firing Modes: Standard, wide-beam

Port Pulse Phaser Array <47>
Type: X
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Port
Firing Arc: Forward Port Saucer
Firing Modes: Standard, wide-beam

Saucer Dorsal Starboard Phaser Array <26>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Starboard
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Saucer Port Phaser Array <26>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Port
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Saucer Aft Dorsal Starboard Phaser Array <12>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Aft Dorsal Starboard
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Saucer Aft Dorsal Port Phaser Array <26>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Aft Dorsal Port
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Saucer Ventral Starboard Phaser Array <26>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Ventral starboard
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Saucer Ventral Port Phaser Array <26>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Ventral Port
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Saucer Aft Ventral Starboard Phaser Array <12>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Aft Ventral Starboard
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Saucer Aft Ventral Port Phaser Array <12>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Aft Ventral port
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Engineering Ventral Phaser Array <12>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Engineering Ventral
Firing Arc: 200 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Engineering Starboard Phaser Array <12>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Engineering Starboard
Firing Arc: 200 degrees (Substantial arc shadow warp nacelles)
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Engineering Port Phaser Array <12>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Engineering Port
Firing Arc: 200 degrees (Substantial arc shadow warp nacelles)
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, wide-beam

Forward Ventral Port Torpedo Launcher <16>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage), Type II photon torpedo (200 Damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Forward Ventral Port
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided

Forward Vental Starboard Torpedo Launcher <16>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage), Type II photon torpedo (200 Damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Forward Dorsal Starboard
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided

Aft Dorsal Torpedo Launcher <16>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage), Type II photon torpedo (200 Damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Aft Dorsal Port
Firing Arc: Aft, but are self-guided

Torpedoes Carried: 200 <20>

TA/T/TS: Class Alpha [0 Power/round] <6>
Strength: 7
Bonus: +0
Weapon Skill: 3

Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard)<47 (x 4 = 188)>
Shield Generator: Class 3 (Protection 600) [60 Power/shield/round]
Shield grid: Type C (50% increase to Protection 900)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Delta (Threshold 200)
Recharging System: Class 2 (40 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) <4>
Auto-Destruct System <5>

AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEM
Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 4 size worth of ships <8>
Standard Compliment: 1 shuttlecraft, 2 shuttlepods
Location(s): aft

Description and Notes
Fleet Data: The Nova-class Research/Laboratory ship has an intriguing design history. Originally planned as a supplement to, or extension of the Galaxy-class Explorer line, Starfleet envisioned it as a more dedicated exploration and research vessel, with fewer of the military capabilities of the Galaxy-class, but more advanced sensors and scientific systems. However, following the conclusion of the Federation-Cardassian War, Starfleet Command decided to scrap the existing Nova-class Design project in favor of as-yet undetermined smaller design.
At about this same time, designers working on the Defiant Development Project were researching a turning point in their work. The ASDB rejected several of their initial, more traditional proposed designs on the grounds they were not appropriate for a heavy escort role envisioned for the Defiant-class ship. Starfleet wanted something more compact and streamlined. Fortunately, members of the Nova Project chanced across some of the shelved Defiant designs and realized that one of them, a small vessel with an arrowhead-shaped saucer section and two dorsal nacelle pylons, was perfect for their own needs. They took that design, refined and revised it slightly, and soon got Starfleet Command to accept it as the Nova-Class ship.
Headily armed and equipped with the latest in technology this little vessel would easily be able to take on the Standard Defiant-Class in single Combat and hold it’s own as a warship. Build as an Escort Vessel this Variant has heavy scientific capabilities.
Officially Starfleet never constructed this Version, yet, as the Nova-class was being constructed several unofficially disappeared or lost track of from the construction yards of Antaries yards. Deep with in the dark recesses of Starfleet’s Black Operations branch of the Federation it is rumored that there has been a hand full of these vessels equipped with Federation Versions of Cloaking devices. Build and used as a Covert operations vessel.

The Vailint-class is a version of the Defiant that has no forward weapons pod in the bow of tha ship. this version is the organic vesion that was thought about during the design phase of the Defiant. I've seen images and sketches of this version. At the Web site for models I have seen picture and a resien model for sale...

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Alternative Defiant Class Starship
Class and Type: Defiant-class (valant-class) Heavy Escort
Commissioning Date: See Text

HULL SYSTEMS
Size: 5
Length: 150.68 meters
Beam: 174.11 meters
Height: 35.1 meters
Decks: 5
Mass: 360,000 metric tons
SUs Available: 1,900
SUs Used: 1799

Hull Outer <20>
Hull Inner <20>
Resistance Outer Hull: 10 <12>
Resistance Inner Hull: 10 <12>
Ablative Armor: 1400 <280>

Structural Integrity Field [1 Power/10 Protection/round]
Main: Class 7 (Protection 100/150) <35>
Backup: Class 7 (Protection 50) <18>
Backup: Class 7 (Protection 50) <18>
Specialized Hull: Landing Pads (See text)

PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Class/Passengers/Evac: 60/10/200
Crew Quarters
Spartan: 30 <2>

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [6 Power/round] <20>
Reserve Life Support [3 power/round] <10>
Emergency Life Support (30 emergency shelters) <10>
Gravity [3 Power/round] <5>
Consumable: 1 years’ worth <5>

Food Replicators [5 Power/round] <5>
Industrial Replicators Type: Network of small replicators [2 Power/round] <5>
Medical Facilities: 2 (+0) [2 Power/round] <10>
Recreation Facilities: 1 [2 Power/round] <8>
Personnel Transport: Turbolift, Jefferies Tubes [2 Power/round] <15>
Fire Suppression System [1 Power/round when active] <5>

Cargo Holds: 10,000 cubic meters <1>
Locations: 4 bays forward on Deck 3
Escape Pods <3>
Number: 26
Capacity: 6 person per pod

PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp drive Nacelles: Type 6D98 <113>
Speed: 6.0/9.2/9.982 [1 power/.2 warp speed]
PIS: Type H (12 hours of Maximum warp) <16>
Impulse Engine Type: Class 7 (.75c/.92c) [7/9 Power/round] <35>
Location: aft
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power/round when in use] <5>

POWER SYSTEMS
Warp Engine Type: Class 7/M (generates 399 Power/round) <85>
Location: AFT
Impulse Engine[s]: 1 class 7 (generates 56 Power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 2 reactors (generates 5 Power/reactor/round) < >
Emergency Power: Type D (generates 40 Power/round) <40>
EPS: Standard Power flow, +350 Power transfer/round <60>
Standard Usable Power: 446

OPERATIONS SYSTEM
Bridge: dorsal amidship <25>

Computers
Core 1: Amidship, deck 2 & 3 [5 Power/round]<10>
Core 2: Amidship, deck 2 & 3 [5 Power/round]<10>
Uprating: Class Beta (+2) [2 Power/computer/round] <4>
ODN <15>

Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] <20>
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy:5/6/8/11
Location: Forward

Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] <42>
Range Package: Type 5 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 Light-year (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.7/3.8-5.0)
Low Resolution: 15 Light-Years (1/1.1-4.0/4.1-12.0/12.1-15.0)
Strength Package: Class 8 (Strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard

Lateral Sensor [5 Power/round] <22>
Strength Package: Class 8 (Strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard

Navigational Sensor [Power/round] <20>
Strength Package: Class 8 (Strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Probes: 10 (typical mixture includes types I, III, V, VIII, and IX) <1>
Sensors Skill: 4

Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard systems (flight Control) 3, Coordination 3 [1 Power/round in use] <12>

Navigational Computer
Main: Class 3 (+2) [2 Power/round] <4>
Backup: 2 <2>
Inertial Damping Field
Main <30>
Strength: 9 [3 Power/round}
Number: 3
Backup <9>
Strength: 6 [2 Power/round]
Number: 3
Attitude control [1 power/round] <1>

Communications Systems
Type: Class 9 [2 Power/round] <24>
Strength: 9
Security: -4
Basic Uprating: Class Beta (+2)
Emergency Communications:[2 Power/round] <1>
Holocommunications: <1>

Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power/Strength used/round] <12>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Forward ventral
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power/Strength used/round] <12>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Aft Dorsal

Transporters
Type: Personnel [4 Power/use] <34>
Pads: 3
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition coils: Class I (Strength 9)
Number and Location: Deck 1 amidship
Type: Emergency [4 power/use] <27>
Pads: 12
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 3 (15,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class I (Strength 9)
Number and Location: Deck One
Type: Cargo [4 Power/use] <28>
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class I (Strength 9)
Number and location: Deck 3 amidships

Security Systems Rating: 4 <16>
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] <5>
Internal Force Fields [1 Power/3 Strength] <5>
Science Systems Rating 4 (+3) [5 Power/round] <25>
Specialized Systems: 3 <15>
Laboratories: 26 <6>

TACTICAL SYSTEMS
Forward Pulse Phaser Array <47>
Type: X
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Forward Saucer
Firing Arc: Forward
Firing Modes: Standard, wide-beam

Port Pulse Phaser Array <47>
Type: X
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Port Sponsan
Firing Arc: Forward
Firing Modes: Standard, wide-beam

Starbaord Pulse Phaser Array <47>
Type: X
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Starbaord Sponsan
Firing Arc: Forward
Firing Modes: Standard, wide-beam

Dorsal Phaser Array <32>
Type: X
Damage: 200 [20 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Dorsal amidship
Firing Arc: 360 degrees dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, continuous, pulse, wide-beam

Forward Phaser Array <16>
Type: X
Damage: 200 [20 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: forward
Firing Arc: 360 degrees forward
Firing Modes: Standard, continuous, pulse, wide-beam

Forward Dorsal Port Torpedo Launcher <16>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage), Type II photon torpedo (200 Damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Forward Dorsal Port
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided

Forward Dorsal Starboard Torpedo Launcher <16>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage), Type II photon torpedo (200 Damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Forward Dorsal Starboard
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided

Aft Dorsal Torpedo Launcher <16>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage), Type II photon torpedo (200 Damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Aft Dorsal
Firing Arc: Aft, but are self-guided
Torpedoes Carried: 200 <20>

TA/T/TS: Class Gamma [2 Power/round] <12>
Strength: 9
Bonus: +2
Weapon Skill: 5

Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard)<47 (x 4 = 188)>
Shield Generator: Class 3 (Protection 600) [60 Power/shield/round]
Shield grid: Type C ( 50% increase to Protection 900)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Delta (Threshold 200)
Recharging System: Class 2 (40 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) <4>
Auto-Destruct System <5>

AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEM
Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 6 size worth of ships <12>
Standard Compliment: one Type 10 Shuttlecraft, Four shuttlepods
Location(s): 3 Shuttlebays on Deck 3 (aft port, aft starboard, amidships

Description and notes
Fleet Data:

Alternative notes: the Defiant Alternative to the smooth brutish looking starship appearance of the standard Defiant-Class. This version is the alternative that was only a vision on paper in the creators mind. The minor changes to the stats and the exterior appearance gives the ship a more organic appearance similar to that of a Romulan Warbird.
The major difference in this defiant-class and the original is the lack of the forward nose a.k.a. the warhead. This lack of the warhead drops the warhead itself and the forward the torpedo launcher.
This Defiant-class, I have seen referred to as Valiant-class. Whether named Defiant or Valiant this little ship is just as well armed as the Defiant assigned to Deep Space Nine. A heavy escort by any definition these vessels as clearly an advance warship capable of taking on vessels that are twice the size. Heavily armed and adequately shielded this vessel could have easily been a warship used by all federation forces.
Although this vessel is different from that of the Defiant that we know and love this would make a wonderful warships in some future adventure or just as an adversary vessel with some tweaking.

Let me hear the thought on wheather you like this vesion Valient or Nova version. either looks good to me. They are just for fun starships.

I found the Second version of the Defiant Class I've posted here at http://www.federationmodels.com/mode...es/default.htm it is called the Gallant-class.