ICON - Ships of the Star Fleet
From my upcoming LUG TOS guide, "Ships of the Star Fleet". I'm going to try to take a stab at getting an ICON version of much of the TOS ships that are floating around here that anyone's actually ever heard of. This entry is the Cook class, mentioned in the LUG TOS book but not given any information. I don't have direct access to the book, unfortunately, so I forgot the specific ship mentioned - bonus points for who can name it.
COOK CLASS SCOUT
With the Baton Rogue proving successful for its time, Star Fleet planned to take the components of the ship to create a line of similar, but smaller vessels. A destroyer and scout type was planned making use of the Baton Rogue’s primary hull and VX-20 warp engines. The scout would end up becoming the Cook class vessel.
The Cook would enjoy some moderate success along the frontier, mapping out the ‘empty spaces’ between established Federation outposts and performing much-needed geological surveys on planets which had come under Federation control. Unfortunately rising tensions with the Klingon Empire would keep the Cook’s program limited, as the need for stronger defense far outweighed the need for scientific research at the time.
The Four Year’s War would be the death knell for the Cook class, proving the technology’s relative obsolence in the face of Klingon fire. Three of the seven vessels were lost in rapid succession during the war, with the rest soon pulled out of line duty. With the arrival of the technologically superior Hermes class scout, the Cook class was formally retired from service at the war’s end.
Code:
Federation Scout
Commissioning Date: 2228
Effective Retired Date: 2256
Hull Characteristics
Size 5
Resistance: 2
Structural Points: 100
Operations Characteristics
Crew: 110, 145 Passengers, 800 Evacuation [7 Pwr/Rd]
Computers: 4 [4 Pwr/Rd]
Transporters: 2 Personnel, 2 Emer, 1 Cargo [4 Pwr/Rd]
Tractor Beam: FV, AV [2 Pwr/Rating/Rd]
Propulsion
Warp System: VX-28 Single: WF 3/4/5 [2 Pwr/Warp]
Impulse: IPI42E: .4c / .6c [5 or 7 Pwr/Rnd]
Power Available: 65
Sensor Systems
Long-range sensors: +1/10 ly [6 power/round]
Lateral sensors: +1/1 ly [4 power/round]
Navigational Sensors: +1 [5 power/round]
Sensor Skill: 3
Weapons Systems
“Tesla” Class Phase Laser Cannon
Range: 9 / 27,000 / 80,000 / 250,000km
Accuracy: 5 / 6 / 8 / 11
Firing Arcs: FV,
Damage: 10 (12 Overload)
Power: [10]
Weapon Skill: 4
Deflector Shield
Protection: 30/50 [30 Pwr/Shield/Rd]
Ships of the Class
Though 20 ships of the class were originally planned, only seven would be constructed due to the onset of the Four Year’s War. Cook class vessels sadly showed their relative obsolescence in that conflict and no new vessels were ordered.
USS Cook (NCC-480), sold to commercial service
USS Miller (NCC-481), scrapped
USS Dampier (NCC-482), scrapped
USS Own (NCC-483), lost in Four Year’s War
USS Wigtown (NCC-484), sold to commercial service
USS St. Brides (NCC-485), lost in Four Year’s War
USS Loch (NCC-486), lost in Four Year’s War
