Ulysses-class Heavy Scout

ULYSSES-CLASS

Class and Type: Ulysses-Class Heavy Scout
Commissioning Date: 2358


HULL SYSTEMS
Size: 5
Length: 218.54 meters
Beam: 162.70 meters
Height: 62.12 meters
Decks: 13
Mass: 435,000 metric tonnes
SUs Available: 1625 (including 175 SU equipment pod)
SUs Used: 1406 (without pod SU)

Hull
Outer (20SU)
Inner (20SU)

Resistance
Outer Hull: 8 (9SU)
Inner Hull: 8 (9SU)
Structural Integrity Field
Main: Class 4 (Protection 70/110) [1 Power/10 Protection/round] (26SU)
Backup: Class 4 (Protection 35) [1 Power/10 Protection/round] (13SU)
Backup: Class 4 (Protection 35) [1 Power/10 Protection/round] (13SU)


PERSONNEL SYSTEMS

Crew/Passengers/Evac: 90/140/520

Crew Quarters
Spartan: None
Basic: 55 (6SU)
Expanded: 20 (4SU)
Luxury. 10 (10SU)
Unusual: 8 (8SU)

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [8 Power/round] (20SU)
Reserve Life Support [4 Power/round] (10SU)
Emergency Life Support (30 emergency shelters) (10SU)
Gravity [3 Power/round] (SU)2
Consumables: 3 years' worth (15SU)
Replicator Systems
Food Replicators [5 Power/round] (5SU)
Industrial Replicators: Network of small replicators [2 power/round] (5SU)
2 large replicators [2 power per unit/round] (6SU)
Medical Facilities: 6 (+1) [6 Power/round] (30SU)
Recreation Facilities: 5 [10 Power/round] (40SU)
Personnel Transport: Jefferies tubes, turbolifts [2 power/round] (20SU)
Fire Suppression System [1 Power/round when active] (5SU)
Cargo Holds: 52,000 cubic meters (2SU)
Locations: 3 locations throughout the ship
Escape Pods
Number: 40, Capacity: 4 persons per pod (2SU)


PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Warp Drive
Nacelles: Type 6C4 (101SU)
Speed: 6.0/9.0/9.6 [1 Power/.2 warp speed]
PIS: Type F (12 hours of Maximum warp) (9SU)

Impulse Engine
Type: Class 5 (.7c/.9c) [7/9 Power/round] (25SU)
Acceleration Uprating: Class Alpha (66% per round) (2SU)
Location: Saucer aft port

Impulse Engine
Type: Class 5 (.7c/.9c) [7/9 Power/round] (25SU)
Acceleration Uprating: Class Alpha (66% per round) (2SU)
Location: Saucer aft starboard

Reaction Control System [2 Power/round when in use] (5SU)


POWER SYSTEMS
Warp Engine: Class 7/M (generates 370 Power/round) (82SU)
Impulse Engine[s]: 2 Class 5 (generate 40 Power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 2 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) (6SU)
Emergency Power: Type B (generates 30 Power/round) (30SU)
EPS: Standard Power flow, +250 Power transfer/round (50SU)

Standard Usable Power: 450


OPERATIONS SYSTEMS

Bridge: Dorsal bridge module (25SU)

Separation System: Dorsal equipment pod [10 Power to use] (5SU)

Computers
Core 1: Amidships [5 Power/round] (10SU)
Core 2: Engineering hull [5 Power/round] (10SU)
ODN (15SU)

Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] (20SU)
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Ventral

Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] (41SU)
Range Package: Type 6 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 light-years (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.7/3.8-5.0)
Low Resolution: 16 light-years (1/1.1-5.0/5.1-12.0/12.1-16)
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
Coverage: Standard
Lateral Sensors [5 Power/round] (17SU)
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
Coverage: Standard
Navigational Sensors [5 Power/round] (18SU)
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Probes: 50 (5SU)
Sensors Skill: 5

Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: (11SU)
Shipboard Systems (Flight Control) 3, Coordination 2 [1 Power/round in use]
Navigational Computer
Main: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power/round] (2SU)
Backups: 2 (2SU)
Inertial Damping Field
Main (30SU)
Strength: 9 [3 Power/round], Number: 3
Backup (8SU)
Strength: 6 [2 Power/round], Number: 3
Attitude Control [1 Power/round] (1SU)

Communications Systems (19SU)
Type: Class 7 [2 Power/round]
Strength: 7
Security: -3
Basic Uprating: Class Alpha (+1)
Security Uprating: Class Gamma (-1)
Emergency Communications: Yes [2 Power/round] (1SU)

Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Gamma [3 Power/Strength used/round] (9SU)
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Forward ventral
Emitter: Class Gamma [3 Power/Strength used/round] (9SU)
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Aft dorsal
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] (3SU)
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Shuttlebay

Transporters
Type: Personnel [4 Power/use] (45SU)
Pads: 4
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: 3 amidships
Type: Emergency [6 Power/use] (30SU)
Pads: 20
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 3 (15,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: 1 saucer section, 1 engineering hull
Type: Cargo [5 Power/use] (24SU)
Pads: 600 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class F (Strength 6)
Number and Location: 1 saucer section, 1 engineering hull

Cloaking Device: None

Security Systems
Rating: 3 (12SU)
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] (5SU)
Internal Force Fields [1 Power/3 Strength] (5SU)

Science Systems
Rating 2 (+1) [2 Power/round] (15SU)
Specialized Systems: 1 (5SU)
Laboratories: 11 (4SU)


TACTICAL SYSTEMS

Saucer Dorsal Phaser Array (23SU)
Type: VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer section dorsal
Firing Arc: 405 degrees dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Saucer Ventral Phaser Array (23SU)
Type: VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer section ventral
Firing Arc: 405 degrees ventral
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Engineering Aft Phaser Array (16SU)
Type: VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Engineering aft
Firing Arc: 360 degrees aft
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Engineering Ventral Phaser Array (16SU)
Type: VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Engineering ventral
Firing Arc: 360 degrees ventral
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Pylon Starboard Phaser Array (11SU)
Type: VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shot per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Starboard pylon
Firing Arc: 360 degrees starboard (arc shadow from warp nacelle)
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Pylon Port Phaser Array (11SU)
Type: VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shot per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Port pylon
Firing Arc: 360 degrees port (arc shadow from warp nacelle)
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Forward Torpedo Launcher (15SU)
Standard Load: Type II Photon Torpedos (200 damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Power: 20 +5 per torpedo fired
Location: Saucer ventral
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided

Aft Torpedo Launcher (15SU)
Standard Load: Type II Photon Torpedos (200 damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Power: 20 +5 per torpedo fired
Location: Engineering aft
Firing Arc: Aft, but are self-guided

Torpedos Carried: 80 (8SU)

TA/T/TS: Class Beta [1 Power/round] (9SU)
Strength: 8
Bonus: +1

Weapons Skill: 4

Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) (43SU (x4))
Shield Generator: Class 3 (Protection 550) [55 Power/shield/round]
Shield Grid: Type C (50% increase to 825 Protection)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Delta (Threshold 180)
Recharging System: Class 1 (45 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) (4SU)

Auto-Destruct System (5SU)


AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS

Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 20 Size worth of ships (40SU)
Standard Complement: 8 shuttlecraft, 4 shuttlepods
Location: Aft

Captain’s Yacht: No


Next post: Description and Modular Equipment Pods

Description and Notes

Fleet Data: In the early 2350's, during the Cardassian War, Starfleet felt the need to replace its aging Merced class escorts with a more modern design. On the other hand many Rigel class heavy scouts were sceduled for the Merchant Marine refit programm and needed replacements. With the Galaxy and Nebula allready on the drawing boards Starfleet realized that another two new ship classes would put a bit too much strain on its ship-building capacities. What was really needed was a ship that could serve as an escort and a heavy scout equally well.
This sounded a unrealistic to ship designers of the time, until someone came up with the idea for a downscaled Nebula class. Different modules would be used to adapt this new class to different roles. Starfleet liked the idea and so was born the Ulysses class.
From the beginning the Ulysses class has been plagued by minor technical problems resulting from a tendency of the designers to use components initially developed for the larger Galaxy and Nebula classes. Many of these problems are centered around the EPS network and make it difficult to increase system output over the standard operation settings. (Increase the difficulty for tests to increase phaser damage or shield power by +2.)
The class has been sceduled for a refit in the comming years to get rid of the problem. With ship-classes of the Perimeter Defense Directive program take over the more combat-heavy tasks from older vessels the Ulysses class will probably be used more and more for scouting and scientific missions in the years ahead.

Noteworthy Vessels: U.S.S. Ulysses, prototype; U.S.S. Orion, destroyed near the Badlands in one of the last engagements of the Cardassian War; U.S.S. Argo, assigned to deep frontier patrol along the rimward borders of the Federation; U.S.S. Galahad, destroyed on a long-range scouting mission in the Eloman-sector.


ULYSSES-CLASS EQUIPMENT PODS

SENSOR POD (152 of 175 SU used)

Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] (64SU)
Range Package: Type 7 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 light-years (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.7/3.8-5.0)
Low Resolution: 17 light-years (1/1.1-6.0/6.1-13.0/13.1-17)
Strength Package: Class 9 (Strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: 4,000 substances added to coverage
Lateral Sensors [5 Power/round] (39SU)
Strength Package: Class 9 (Strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Gamma (+3)
Coverage: 4,000 substances added to coverage
Navigational Sensors [5 Power/round] (20SU)
Strength Package: Class 8 (Strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Probes: 200 (20SU)

Auxiliary Power: 3 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) (9SU)


WEAPONS POD (174 of 175 SU used)

Forward Port Phaser Array (21SU)
Type: IX Phaser
Damage: 180 [18 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Weapon module forward
Firing Arc: 270 degrees forward and port
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Forward Starboard Phaser Array (21SU)
Type: IX Phaser
Damage: 180 [18 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Weapon module forward
Firing Arc: 270 degrees forward and starboard
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Dorsal Phaser Array (21SU)
Type: IX
Damage: 180 [18 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Weapon module dorsal
Firing Arc: 360 degrees dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Aft Port Phaser Array (21SU)
Type: IX
Damage: 180 [18 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Weapon module aft port
Firing Arc: 270 degrees aft and port
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Aft Starboard Phaser Array (21SU)
Type: IX
Damage: 180 [18 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Weapon module aft starboard
Firing Arc: 270 degrees aft and starboard
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam

Aft Torpedo Launcher (17SU)
Standard Load: Type II Photon Torpedos (200 damage)
Spread: 10
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Power: 20 +5 per torpedo fired
Location: Weapon module aft between aft phaser arrays
Firing Arc: Aft, but are self-guided

Forward Torpedo Launcher (17SU)
Standard Load: Type II Photon Torpedos (200 damage)
Spread: 10
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Power: 20 +5 per torpedo fired
Location: Weapon module forward between forward phaser arrays
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided

Torpedos Carried: 140 (14SU)

TA/T/TS: Class Gamma [2 Power/round] (12SU)
Strength: 9
Bonus: +2

Auxiliary Power: 3 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) (9SU)


HANGAR POD (163 of 175 SU used)

Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 50 Size worth of ships (100SU)
Standard Complement: mix of shuttlecraft, shuttlepods and runabouts
Location: Hangar pod aft (Capacity 35 Size) and dorsal (Capacity 15 Size)

Maintenance Bays
+1 to Structural Engineering, +1 to Propulsion Engineering when working on auxiliary crafts (16SU)

Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] (3SU)
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Pod dorsal shuttlebay
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] (3SU)
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Pod aft shuttlebay

Transporters
Type: Cargo [5 Power/use] (12SU)
Pads: 600 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class F (Strength 6)
Number and Location: 1, pod between shuttlebays
Type: Emergency [6 Power/use] (15SU)
Pads: 20
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 3 (15,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: 1, pod near quarters

Crew Quarters
Spartan: 40 (2SU)
Basic: 20 (2SU)

Escape Pods
Number: 20, Capacity: 4 persons per pod (1SU)

Auxiliary Power: 3 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) (9SU)


EMERGENCY EVACUATION POD (174 of 175 SU used)

Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 20 Size worth of ships (40SU)
Standard Complement: 10 shuttlecraft
Location: Hangar pod aft

Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] (3SU)
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Pod shuttlebay

Transporters
Type: Cargo [5 Power/use] (24SU)
Pads: 600 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class F (Strength 6)
Number and Location: 2
Type: Personnel [6 Power/use] (34SU)
Pads: 8
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: 2

Crew Quarters
Spartan: 300 (15SU)
Basic: 50 (5SU)

Medical Facilities Rating: 8 (+2) [8 Power/round] (40SU)

Escape Pods
Number: 60, Capacity: 8 persons per pod (4SU)

Auxiliary Power: 3 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) (9SU)


DESIGN NOTES

(1) Only 175 SU ?!
While smaller than the pods on the Nebula-class 175 SU still seems hardly enough to represent one of these equipment pods. Or at least that was what I thought, until I reminded myself that there is no direct relation between size and SUs. Originaly I was working with 200SU for the pods but that either left me with a lot of unused SUs or tempted me to cram in an unrealistic amount of equipment.

(2)The pods themselves

The Sensor Pod is the standard configuration for the Ulysses-class.

The Weapon Pod shown here is the configuration used from 2371 onward.
For an older weapons pod reduce the aft phaser arrays to 40 emitters each and reduce the range of the torpedo launchers to the more common 15/300,000/1,000,000/3,500,000km.
During the Dominion War another weapons module was produced in limited numbers that replaced the forward facing weapons (2 phaser arrays, 1 torpedo launcher) with 2 high-yield torpedo launchers (forward port and forward starboard) with a spread of 6 each and 1 Type IX, 80 emitters phaser array.

The Hangar Pod features two large shuttlebays, one with 2 large hangar doors aft and one with a dorsal door. Craft stored in the later use a large lift for take-off and landing, not unlike the runabout hangars on DS9.
In addition there are quarters for flight-crews and 2 maintenance bays for repairs and maintenance of the auxiliary craft that include cargo compartmens for spare parts.
(8SU per repair shops is a number arbitrarily chosen. These work like specialized science systems in game terms, only that they aid in engineering checks.)

The Emergency Evacuation Pod is just that, a pod used to carry up to 700 persons in an emergency and provide medical assistance.
Ulysses-class ships equiped with one of these pods were used as mobile hospitals during the Dominion War and sometimes carried Starfleet Attack Fighters instead of the shuttles to provide covering fire during evacuations in hostile territory.