Having fun with the Hamilton-class
I was sitting in the waiting room of the auto dealer the other day and looking at the difernt versions of the 2010 Mustang's and it dawned on me that the similar changes to the Hamilton-class that I had drew up that prevous evening could be altered to many difernt versions. So here is the template version and the rest to follow.
The only version I did not cover was that of the cargo vessel. The Hamilton stood up as so many ships in all the different designs.
Hamilton-class Standard Cruiser
Class and Type: Hamilton-class Cruiser
Commissioning Date: Mid 24th Century
Hull Systems
Size: 7
Length: 420.64 meters
Beams: 250 meters
Height: 88.75 meters
Decks: 20
Mass: 540,000 metric tons
SUs Available: 2400
SUs Used: 2066
Hull Outer <28>
Hull Inner <28>
Resistance Outer Hull: 10 <12>
Resistance Inner Hull: 10 <12>
Structural Integrity field [1 power/10 Protection/round]
Main: Class 5 (Protection 80/120) <31>
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40) <16>
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40) <16>
PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 425/100/4600
Crew Quarters
Spartan: 120 <6>
Basic: 350 <35>
Expanded: 40 <8>
Luxury: 15 <15>
Unusual: 8 <8>
Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [11 Power/round] <28>
Reserve Life Support [6 Power/round] <14>
Emergency Life Support (30 emergency shelters) <14>
Gravity [4 Power/round] <7>
Consumable: 2 years worth <14>
Food Replicators [7 Power/round] <7>
Industrial Replicators
Type: network of small Replicators [2 Power/round] <7>
Type: 2 Large unit [2 Power/replicator/round] <6>
Medical Facilities: 7 (+2) [7 Power/round] <35>
EMH Mark III [5 Power/round when active] <18>
Recreation Facilities: 4 [8 Power/round] <32>
Personal Transport: Turbolifts, Jefferies tubes [2 Power/round] <7>
Fire Suppression System [1 Power/round when active] <7>
Cargo hold: 220,000 cubic meters <7>
Locations: Saucer port and starboard others throughout saucer
Escape Pods <8>
Number: 160
Capacity: 4 persons per pod
Propulsion Systems
Warp Drive Nacelles: Type 6E <115>
Speed: 6.0/9.4/9.6 [1 Power/.2 warp speed]
PIS: type H (12 hours of Maximum warp) <16>
Special configuration: Quad nacelles
Impulse Engine Type: 2 Class 6 (.75c/.9c) [7/9 Power/round] <30 x 2 = 60>
Location: four positions on the nacelle pylons
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power/ round when in use] <7>
Power Systems
Warp Engine Type: Class 12/R (generates 600 Power/round) <130>
Locations:
Impulse Engine[s]: 2 Class 6 (generate 48 power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 3 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) <9>
Emergency Power: Type D (generates 40 Power/round) <40>
EPS: Standard Power flow, +300 Power transfer/round <65>
Standard Usable Power: 696
Operations systems
Bridge: Saucer dorsal <35>
Auxilary Bridge <21>
Computers
Core 1: Saucer decks [5 Power/round] <14>
Core 2: Saucer decks [5 Power/round] <14>
Uprating: Class Beta (+2) [2 Power/computer round] <8>
ODN <21>
Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] <28>
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Forward engineering hull, ventral of the saucer
Auxiliary Deflector: Forward dorsal saucer <7>
Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] <52>
Range package: Type 7 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 Light-years (.5/.6 1.0/1.1 3.8/3.9 5.0)
Low Resolution: 17 Light-years (1.0/1.1 6.0/6.1 13.0/13.1 17.0)
Strength Package: Class 9 (strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard
Lateral Sensors [5 Power/round] <24>
Strength Package: Class 9 (strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard
Navigational Sensors: [5 Power/round] <22>
Strength Package: Class 9 (strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Probes: 50 <5>
Sensor Skill: 4
Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard systems (flight control) 3, Coordination 2 [1 Power/round in use] <11>
Navigational Computer
Main: Class 3 (+2) [2 Power/round] <4>
Backups: 2 <2>
Inertial Damping Field
Main <56>
Strength: 9 [3 Power/round]
Number: 4
Backup <12>
Strength: 6 [2 Power/round]
Number: 4
Attitude Control [2 Power/round] <2>
Communications Systems
Type: Class 9 [2 power/round] <23>
Strength: 9
Security: -5 (Class gamma Uprating)
Basic Uprating: Class Alpha (+1)
Emergency Communications: [2 Power/round] <1>
Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power/Strength used/round] <12>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Lactation: Aft ventral
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] <3 x 2 = 6>
Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Location: Shuttlebay dorsal aft saucer port starboard
Transporters
Type: Personnel [5 Power/use] <17 x 2 = 34>
Pads: 6
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location: two in the saucer
Type: Emergency [5 Power/round] <15 x 3 = 45>
Pads: 16
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type H (15,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location: Three in the saucer
Type: Cargo [4 Power/round] <13 x 2 = 26>
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location: Two in saucer
Security Systems Rating: 4 <16>
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] <7>
Internal Force Field [1 power/3 Strength] <7>
Science Systems Rating: 2 (+1) [2 Power/round] <17>
Specialized Systems: two, defined when ship is constructed <10>
Laboratories: 18 <4>
Tactical Systems
Ventral & Dorsal saucer phaser array <47 x 4 = 204>
Type XI Phaser Array
Damage: 200 [20 power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Class Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Port Ventral saucer, starboard ventral saucer, port dorsal saucer, and port dorsal saucer
Firing arc: 360 degrees ventral
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Ventral & Dorsal saucer phaser array <23 x 4 = 962>
Type XI Phaser Array
Damage: 200 [20 power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Class Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Port dorsal pylon, starboard ventral pylon, port dorsal pylon, and port dorsal pylon
Firing arc: 360 degrees ventral
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Torpedo Launcher <16 x 2 = 32>
Standard Load: Type II photon torpedo (200 damage)
Spread: 8
Range: 15/300,000/1,000,000/3,500,000
Targeting System: Class Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Saucer forward dorsal and aft engineering section aft
Firing Arc: Forward and aft, but are self-guided
Torpedoes carried: 100 <10>
TA/T/TS: Class Gamma [2 power/round] <12>
Strength: 9
Bonus: +2
Weapon Skill: 4
Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) <85(x 4 = 340)>
Shield Generator: Class 5 (protection 1000) [100 power/shield/round]
Shield grid: Type C (50% increase to Protection 1500)
Subspace field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Eta (Threshold 334)
Recharging System: Class 1 (45 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: 8 (1 per shield) <14>
Auto-Destruct System <7>
Auxiliary Spacecraft systems
Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 12 Size worth of ships <24>
Standard Complement: 6 shuttlecraft
Location(s): Main Shuttlebay aft saucer dorsal
Captains Yacht: docks to saucer ventral <10>
Decription and Notes
Fleet data: This is a design in starships is versatile and retrofitable in the design. An interchangeable designed to be fitted better to each situation in the need of Starfleets needs of service.
The Hamilton class starships came out of the Galaxy class design project to derive a versatile design that can be modified into multiple versions of the standard starship. Each vessel can be modified to fit the needs of the Federation as it was needed. The first starship off the construction lines the standard cruiser version of the starship USS Hamilton. Equally well armed and defendable as an Ambassador class starship yet is far more versatile than the Ambassador class.
A Few science vessels of the Hamilton class were constructed. With a specific starship designation as a long term science studies vessel by Starfleet. Of these few vessels the Science Vessels one were lost in the service of the Federation Science Counsol when an imploding nebula crushed the vessel in to nothing.
Within the decade, the need of another version of a similar type vessel lighter armed version was produced as a patrol vessel along the neutral zones and hostile star systems. During the early shadowy days of the pre Dominion War time, these vessels were called into service and their weapons were updated. Much of the assigned duties were basic escort duty and patrol dutys before the Dominion War and then as a frontline combat vessel in many of the confrontations with the dominion.
The need of a fast deliver starship that could run Ambassadors across the Federation to meetings with opposing governments with a minimal confrontational design and the threat level but able to defend and fleet the area quickly. Only a few starships are constructed to these designs and were retrofitted with heavier weapons during the Dominion war retaining the faster warp engines for hit and run attacks. These vessels tended to be highly effective in their rolls to attack.
Even before the Dominion War began all the signs were pointing to war, the construction of the Heavy Cruiser starships were began in secret with Ablative armor and heavier shields to the starship. Many of these Hamilton class starships survived the Dominion war until the arrival of the Breen. The Hamilton class appeared to be just as vulnerable to the Breen Energy damping weapon that turned the tides of the war briefly. Yet the Klingon engine modification seamed to be far greater efficiently effective on the Hamilton class than other ships.
Noteworthy vessels/service records/encounters: U.S.S. Hamilton, NCC-#####, prototype vessel;
