Gellar-class Escort Carrier

A try at a mini-carrier...

GELLAR CLASS
Class and Type: Gellar-class Escort Carrier
Commissioning Date: 2377

HULL SYSTEMS
Size: 3
Length: 99 metres
Beam: 26 metres
Height: 22 metres
Decks: 4
Mass: 20200 metric tonnes
SUs Available: 1000
SUs Used: 961

Hull
Outer <12>
Inner <12>

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

Structural Integrity Field
Main: Class 4 (Protection 70/110) <24>
[1 Power / 10 Protection / round]
Backup 1: Class 4 (Protection 40) <12>
[1 Power / 10 Protection / round]
Backup 2: Class 4 (Protection 40) <12>
[1 Power / 10 Protection / round]

Specialised Hull
Atmospheric Capable <3>
Planetfall Capable <3>

PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 75/5/240

Crew Quarters
Basic: 40 <4>

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [7 Power / round] <12>
Reserve Life Support [4 Power / round] <6>
Emergency Life Support (18 emergency shelters) <6>
Gravity [2 Power / round] <3>
Consumables: 1 year's worth <3>

Replication Systems
Food Replicators [3 Power / round] <3>
Industrial Replicator <3>
Type: Network of small replicators [2 Power / round]
Medical Facilities: 3 (+1) [3 Power / round] <15>
Recreation Facilities: 2 [4 Power / round] <16>
Personnel Transport: Jefferies tubes <3>
Fire Suppression System [1 Power / round when active] <3>
Cargo Holds: 7000 cubic metres <1>
Location: 2 main cargo holds, amidships & aft.
Escape Pods <3>
Number: 30
Capacity: 6 persons

PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Drive
Variable Geometry Nacelles: Type 6B6 <103>
[5 Power to alter nacelle's position]
Speed: 6.0/8.6/9.6 [1 Power / .2 warp speed]
PIS: Type H (12 hours of Maximum warp) <16>

Impulse Engine
Type: Class 8 (.75c/.95c) [7/9 Power / round] <48>
Acceleration Uprating: Class Gamma (100% acceleration)
[4 Power / round when active]
Location: Aft saucer
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power / round when in use] <3>
Auxiliary RCS [2 Power / round when in use] <2>

POWER SYSTEMS
Warp Engine
Type: Class 4/G (generates 249 Power / round) <55>
Location: Aft
Impulse Engine: 1 Class 8 (generates 64 Power / round)
Auxiliary Power: 2 reactors (generates 10 Power / round) <6>
Emergency Power: Type A (generates 25 Power / round) <25>
EPS: Standard Power flow, +200 Power transfer / round <35>

Standard Usable Power: 313

OPERATIONS SYSTEMS
Bridge: Forward dorsal <15>

Computers
Core 1: Forward [5 Power / round] <6>
Core 2: Aft [5 Power / round] <6>
Uprating: Class Alpha (+1) [1 Power / computer / round] <4>
ODN <9>

Navigational Deflector [5 Power / round] <12>
Range: 10/20000/50000/150000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Forward ventral
Auxiliary Deflector: Dorsal engineering hull <3>

Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power / round] <36>
Range Rackage: Type 4 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 LY (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.5/3.6-5.0)
Low Resolution: 14 LY (1/1.1-3.5/3.6-10.0/10.1-14)
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard
Lateral Sensors [5 Power / round] <20>
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard
Navigational Sensors [5 Power / round] <18>
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)

Sensor Skills: 3

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

Navigation Computer
Main: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power / round] <2>
Primary Backup: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power / round] <2>
Backup: 2 <2>

Inertial Damping Fields
Main <12>
Strength: 9 [3 Power / round]
Number: 2
Backup <4>
Strength: 6 [2 Power / round]
Number: 2
Attitude Control [1 Power / round] <1>

Specialised Flight Control
Manual Steering Column [1 Power / round in use] <1>

Communication Systems
Type: Class 7 [2 Power / round] <14>
Strength: 7
Security: -3
Emergency Communicatons: Yes [2 Power / round] <1>

Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Gamma [3 Power / Strength used / round] <9>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Forward
Emitter: Class Gamma [3 Power / Strength used / round] <9>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Aft
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power / Strength used / round] <3>
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Aft shuttlebay (Landing bay)

Transporters
Type: Personnel [6 Power / use] <18>
Pads: 8
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: (1) Forward
Type: Emergency [9 Power / use] <19>
Pads: 32
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 3 (15000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: (1) Amidships
Type: Cargo [4 Power / use] <12>
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: (1) Aft

Security Systems
Rating 2 <8>
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power / round] <3>
Internal Force Fields [1 Power / 3 Strength] <3>

Science Systems
Rating 1 (+0) [0 Power / round] <8>
Laboratories: 2 <2>

TACTICAL SYSTEMS
Dorsal Phaser Array <21>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Dorsal saucer
Firing Arc: 405 degrees dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Port Ventral Phaser Array <11>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shot per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Port hanger pod
Firing Arc: 180 degrees port ventral (ie. port ventral quarter)
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Starboard Ventral Phaser Array <11>
Type: VIII
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shot per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Starboard hanger pod
Firing Arc: 180 degrees starboard ventral (ie. starboard ventral quarter)
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Torpedoes Carried: 160 <16>

TA/T/TS: Class Beta [1 Power / round] <10>
Strength: 8
Bonus: +1
Backup: Yes

Weapons Skill: 4

Shields (Forward,Aft, Port,Starboard) <22 x 4>
Shield Generator: Class 3 (Protection 450)
[45 Power / shield / round]
Shield Grid: Type B (33% increase to 600 Protection)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Gamma (Threshold 150)
Recharging System: Class 2 (40 seconds)
Advanced Shield Capabilities: Multi-Spectral
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) <4>

Auto-Destruct System <3>

AUXILLIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS
Shuttlebays: Capacity for 24 Size worth of ships <48>
Standard Complement: 8 fighters/combat shuttles, 2 sensor shuttles, 2 runabouts
Locations: 2 launch bays in ventral hanger pods (port & starboard) with landing bay aft
Captain's Yacht: No

DESCRIPTION AND NOTES
The Gellar-class Escort Carrier is a derivative of the Terrier-class Light Escort and mounts many of the same systems. Two large pods are attached ventrally on either side of the main navigational deflector, extending beyond the saucer to the front and sides, whilst towards the rear they merge into the engineering hull. These pods are configured to hold additional hanger space and each is fitted with a launch tube at the front. Connecting through to the standard aft shuttlebay in the engineering hull, the complete hanger area forms a horseshoe shape and is capable of holding upto 12 shuttles-sized craft, an amazing number for such a small vessel. Normally carrying a mix of combat and support craft, Gellar class vessels are often used to ferry shuttles and shuttlepods between bases.
Whilst the dorsal phaser array is standard for a Merlin-family design, the hanger pods have forced the ventral array to be substituted for a pair of strips, one per pod, with each covering one half of the ventral arc. To keep mass down the torpedo launcher has been removed and the space converted into a larger magazine for resupplies for the fighter complement.
The biggest problem with the class is that the quarters are severly overloaded due to the requirement to carry the small craft crew. Each suite is generally double occupied and during times when the vessel is acting as a troop transport upto 6 occupants may be crammed into each room.

DEVELOPER'S NOTES
The aft shuttlebay is generally only used to recover craft although it is perfectly capable of launching as well, thus the maximum simultaneous launch is 3 shuttles/fighters. The 2 launch bays aren't really designed for landings and it would be a very tricking task for a shuttle to land in one, although shuttlepods should find it easier. Note that the hangers are very cramped & the class dosn't have the flight operations endurance of larger carrier-type vessels.