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    Romulan Sho-Kra-Class Freighter

    This was designed as part of a solo PBEM scenario I am running for one of my former players who moved. His character is unaware of the truth about this class or the operator/owner of it that he is currently working with to stem a piracy threat.

    I have a basic idea of what it looks like but have not yet had to hammer it out as he was brought aboard unconscious. In my mind currently, I picture it something similar to the Tavares-class freighter that FASA detailed, if I am recalling the right ship. I don't have the book handy so I cannot check, but essentially it is one long tube of a ship. I see this class as being somewhat longer but narrower of beam and height to the Tavares.

    Thoughts on a description or comments on the idea behind the class and its use are welcome. If there is interest in more detail about the setup behind the operation, I can add that as well.

    A couple other notes:

    a) The skill ratings represent the average agent's skill in using these systems, replace them with the stats of any detailed agent using the vessel.

    b) The difficulty rating under the security systems is to represent the average difficulty to break into the ship or its systems given the fact that the agents would go to great lengths to protect their mission and its data even though the design has no real security system beyond the anti-intruder defensive systems.

    c) Each individual agent would likely customize their ship to some degree over the years of its use. I envision that each of the other five ships would be somewhat different to one degree or another but this version represents the Prototype which has spent the most amount of time in Federation space.

    Regards,
    CKV.
    Last edited by Capt. K. Vaughn; 12-12-2004 at 05:00 AM.
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    Part 1

    SHO’KRA CLASS FREIGHTER
    Class and Type: Sho’kra-class Freighter “Sunrise-Class”
    Commissioning Date: 2365


    HULL SYSTEMS

    Size: 3
    Length: 95.9 meters
    Beam: 25.0 meters
    Height: 11.6 meters
    Decks: 2
    Mass: 59,941 metric tonnes
    SU’s Available: 680
    SU’s Used: 672

    Resistance
    Outer Hull: 4 [15]
    Inner Hull: 4 [15]

    Structural Integrity Field
    Main: Class 2 (Protection 50/80) [1 Pwr/10 Protection/rnd] [18]
    Backup: Class 3 (Protection 20) [1 Pwr/10 Protection/rnd] [9]

    Special Hulls
    Atmospheric Capability [3]
    Planet fall Capability [3]


    PERSONNEL SYSTEMS

    Crew/Passengers/Evac: 2/2/0 or 200 (If cargo bays converted.)
    Crew Quarters
    Spartan: 1 [1]
    Basic: None
    Expanded: None
    Luxury: None
    Unusual: None
    Environmental Systems
    Basic Life Support [1 or 6 Power/round] [12]
    Reserve Life Support [1 or 3 Power/round] [6]
    Emergency Life Support [No Shelters]
    Gravity [2 Power/round] [3]
    Consumables: 1 years worth [3]
    Replicator Systems
    Food Replicators [3 Power/round] [3]
    Industrial Replicators: None
    Medical Facilities: None
    Recreation Facilities: None
    Personnel Transport: Jeffries tubes [3]
    Fire Suppression System [1 Power/round when active] [3]
    Cargo Holds: 33,000 cubic meters [1]
    Locations: 3 cargo holds on deck 2.
    Escape Pods
    Number: 1 [1]
    Capacity: 4 persons per pod


    PROPULSION SYSTEMS

    Warp Drive
    Nacelles: Type 5B6 [83]
    Speed: 5.0/7.0/9.75 [1 Power/.2 warp speed]
    Uprating: Package 1 [+0.15 Max Warp]
    PIS: Type I (20 hours of Maximum warp)
    Impulse Engine
    Type: Class 4B (.65c/.85c) [6/8 Power/round] [23]
    Location: Aft Section, Deck 2
    Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power/round when in use] [3]


    POWER SYSTEMS

    Warp Engine
    Type: Class 4/G (generates 200 Power/round) [50]
    Location: Aft Section, Deck 1.
    Impulse Engine[s]: Class 4B (generates 38 Power/engine/round)
    Auxiliary Power: 1 reactors (generates 5 Power/reactor/round) [3]
    Emergency Power: Type A (generates 25 Power/round) [25]
    EPS: Standard Power flow, +100 Power transfer/round [25]
    Standard Usable Power: 238


    OPERATIONS SYSTEMS

    Bridge: Forward section dorsal [9]
    Separation System: None.

    Computers:
    Core 1: Centerline section [5 Power/round] [6]
    ODN Network [9]

    Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] [12]
    Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
    Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
    Location: Forward Ventral

    Sensor Systems
    Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] [33]
    Range Package: Type 5 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
    High Resolution: 5 light years (.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)
    Strength Package: Class 5 (Strength 5)
    Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
    Coverage: Standard
    Lateral Sensors [5 Power/round] [13]
    Strength Package: Class 5 (Strength 5)
    Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
    Navigational Sensors [5 Power/round] [12]
    Strength Package: Class 5 (Strength 5)
    Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
    Probes: None
    Sensors Skill: 3

    Flight Control Systems
    Autopilot: Shipboard Systems (Flight Control) 2, Coordination 1 [7]
    Navigational Computer [3]
    Main: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power/round]
    Backups: 1 [1]
    Inertial Dampening Field
    Main [6]
    Strength: 9 [3 Power/round]
    Number: 1
    Backup [2]
    Strength: 6 [2 Power/round]
    Number: 1
    Attitude Control [1 Power/round] [1]
    Manual Steering Column [1]

    Communications Systems
    Type: Class 5 [2 Power/round] [23]
    Strength: 5
    Security: -5 (Class Epsilon Uprating)
    Basic Uprating: Class Beta (+2)
    Emergency Communications: Yes [2 Power/round] [1]

    Tractor Beams
    Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] [3]
    Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
    Location: Aft Ventral

    Transporters
    Type: Personnel [3 Power/use] [15]
    Pads: 2
    Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000-km range)
    Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (Strength 8)
    Location: 1 transporter, Deck 1 Aft.
    Type: Cargo [3 Power/use] [60]
    Pads: 400 kg
    Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (20,000-km range)
    Energizing/Transition Coils: Class F (Strength 6)
    Location: 6 transporters, 2 per cargo bay

    Security Systems
    Rating: None (Base Difficulty for Illegal Activities Challenging 9)
    Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] [3]

    Science Systems: Rating 1 (+0) [1 Power/round] [8]
    Specialized Systems: None
    Laboratories: None


    TACTICAL SYSTEMS
    Forward Phaser Array [15]
    Type: VI
    Damage: 120 [12 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: Bow Centerline
    Firing Arc: 360 degrees Forward
    Firing Mode: Standard, Pulse, Continuous, Widebeam

    Aft Phaser Array [15]
    Type: VI
    Damage: 120 [12 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: Aft Centerline
    Firing Arc: 360 degrees Aft
    Firing Mode: Standard, Pulse, Continuous, Widebeam

    TA/T/TS: Class Alpha [0 Power/round] [6]
    Strength: 7
    Bonus: +0

    Weapons Skill: 3

    Covariant Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) [96]
    Shield Generator: Type 2 (Protection 210) [21 Power/round]
    Shield Grid: Type B (33% increase to 280 Protection)
    Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Beta (Threshold 70)
    Shield Recharging System: Class 1 (recharge time of 45 seconds)
    Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) (140 Protection/shield)

    Auto-Destruct System: Yes [3]

    AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS
    Shuttle bay(s): None
    Captain’s Yacht: No
    "It is our mission to push back the darkness from the light and expand the boundaries of knowledge and understanding. That doesn't mean exploring every pleasure planet between here and Andromeda XO."

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    Part 2

    Description and Notes
    Fleet Data: After the encounter with the USS Enterprise in 2364, the Tal Shiar became somewhat concerned about gaining current intelligence regarding the United Federation of Planets now that the Empire’s attention was returning to the Federation.

    A small group of operatives underwent genetic re-sequencing and intensive training to be able to pass themselves off as various member races of the UFP. Furthermore, using various third-party agents and construction firms with Orion space, the Sunrise-Class Freighter was commissioned to be built for a dummy corporation. The Romulans named the class Sho’kra in their own files. Translated, it means Enlightenment.

    The operatives were slipped into the Federation one at a time with their covers carefully planted and detailed while the Sunrise Merchant Consortium continued to do business. In late 2365 though, disaster befell the Consortium and they were forced to close down. The six ships of the Sunrise-Class were sold off at a fraction of their cost to pay off the Consortium’s huge loans to the Orion Government. The Government in turn sold off the ships to a number of independent traders looking to purchase their own vessels.

    In truth, this was planned from the beginning so that the Tal Shiar operatives, their covers established would have the means to travel the Federation and gather information under the guise of merchants. Each freighter is what it seems but had a number of rather advanced systems installed for the time and to help the Tal Shiar agents in their mission.

    Starfleet Intelligence has not yet learned that these ships are intelligence-gathering vessels, in effect scouts or that the merchants operating them are indeed Tal Shiar agents.


    Noteworthy vessels / service records / encounters:
    Sunrise aka Dawn’s Eagle, Prototype, Operator: Arella Santana has operated in the Federation, specifically the Arteline Sector for the better part of nine years; Other Ships of this Class: Sundown, Sunset, Star’s End, The Celestial, and the Sunhawk.
    "It is our mission to push back the darkness from the light and expand the boundaries of knowledge and understanding. That doesn't mean exploring every pleasure planet between here and Andromeda XO."

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