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Aeneas Class
Class & Type: Aeneas-class Exploratory Cruiser
Commissioning Date: 2373
Hull Systems
Size: 6
Length: 382 meters
Beam: 183 meters
Height: 70 meters
Decks: 15
Mass: 1,100,500 metric tonnes
SU’s Available: 2,100
SU’s Used: 2,046
Hull
Outer: 24 SU’s
Inner: 24 SU’s
Resistance
Outer: 10 (12 SU’s)
Inner: 10 (12 SU’s)
Structural Integrity Field
Main: Class 5 (Protection 80/120)
[1 Power/10 Protection/Round] (30 SU’s)
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40)
[1 Power/10 Protection/Round] (15 SU’s)
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40)
[1 Power/10 Protection/Round] (15 SU’s)
Atmosphere-Capable (6 SU’s)
Planetfall Capable (Saucer-section Only) (2 SU’s)
Personnel Systems
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 420/46/3600
(114 Officers, 306 Enlisted)
Crew Quarters:
Spartan: None
Basic: 310 (31 SU’s)
Expanded: 95 (19 SU’s)
Luxury: 25 (25 SU’s)
Unusual: 10 (10 SU’s)
Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support: [11 Power/Round] (24 SU’s)
Reserve Life Support: [6 Power/Round] (12 SU’s)
Emergency Life Support: (36 Emergency Shelters) (12 SU’s)
Gravity: [3 Power/Round] (6 SU’s)
Consumables: 3 Years’ Worth (18 SU’s)
Food Replicators: [6 Power/Round] (6 SU’s)
Industrial Replicators
Type: Network of Small Replicators [2 Power/Round] (6 SU’s)
Type: 2 Large Units [2 Power/Round] (6 SU’s)
Medical Facilities: 8 (+2) [8 Power/Round], w/EMH Mark I [10 Power/Round] (45 SU’s)
Recreation Facilities: 5 [10 Power/Round] (40 SU’s)
Personnel Transport: Turbolifts and Jeffries’ Tubes [2 Power/Round] (18 SU’s)
Fire Suppression System: [1 Power/Round of Use] (6 SU’s)
Cargo Holds: 36,000 Cubic Meters (4 x (7.5m x 60m x 20m) cargo holds) (2 SU’s)
Escape Pods (5 SU’s)
Number: 80
Capacity: 8 persons per pod
Propulsion Systems
Warp Drive
Nacelles: Type 6D96 (111 SU’s)
Speed: 6.0/9.35/9.96 [1 Power/.2 Warp Speed OR 5 Power/1 Warp Factor]
PIS: Type I (20 hour of Maximum Warp) (18 SU’s)
Uprating: Class 1 Uprating for Sustainable (2 SU’s)
Impulse Engine
Type: Class 7 (.75c/.92c) [7/9 Power/Round] (35 SU’s)
Location: Trailing Edge of Saucer
Impulse Engine
Type: Class 7 (.75c/.92c) [7/9 Power/Round] (35 SU’s)
Location: Trailing Edges of Nacelle Pylons
Acceleration Uprating Package: Class Beta [2 Power/Round of Use] (4 SU’s)
Reaction Control System: (.025c) [2 Power/Round of Use] (6 SU’s)
Power Systems
Warp Engine
Type: 10/P (115 SU’s) [Generate 550 Power/Round]
Location: Engineering Hull
Impulse Engine(s): 2 Class 7 [Generate 56 Power/Engine/Round]
Auxiliary Power: 4 Reactors [Generate 5 Power/Reactor/Round] (12 SU’s)
Emergency Power: Type E [Generate 45 Power/Round] (45 SU’s)
EPS: Isomagnetic EPS Conduits, +280 Power transfer/Round (46 SU’s)
Standard Usable Power:
Operations Systems
Bridge: Center Saucer Dorsal (30 SU’s)
Auxiliary Control Room: Deck 10, Engineering Hull (18 SU’s)
Saucer Separation: [10 Power when used] (6 SU’s)
Computers
Core 1: Saucer [5 Power/Round] (12 SU’s)
Core 2: Saucer [5 Power/Round] (12 SU’s)
Core 3: Battle Section [5 Power/Round] (12 SU’s)
ODN (18 SU’s)
Computer Uprating: Class Alpha (+1) [1 Power/Round] (2 SU’s)
Navigational Deflector [5 Power/Round] (24 SU’s)
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Engineering Hull, Forward Ventral
Sensor Systems
Long Range Sensors [5 Power/Round] (57 SU’s)
Range Package: Type 6 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 LY (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.7/3.8-5.0)
Low Resolution: 16 LY (1/1.1-5.0/5.1-12.0/12.1-16)
Strength Package: Class 9 (Strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Gamma (+3)
Coverage: +1,000 Substances Detectable
Lateral Sensors [5 Power/Round] (27 SU’s)
Strength Package: Class 9 (Strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Gamma (+3)
Coverage: + 1,000 Substances Detectable
Navigational Sensors [5 Power/Round] (26 SU’s)
Strength Package: Class 9 (Strength 9)
Gain Package: Class Gamma (+3)
Probes: 30 (5 Each of Class II, III, IV, VI, VII and IX) (3 SU’s)
Sensors Skill: 5
Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard Systems (Flight Control) 4, Coordination 2 (14 SU’s)
[1 Power/Round of Use]
Navigational Computer
Main: Class 3 (+2) [2 Power/Round] (4 SU’s)
Backups: 1 (1 SU)
Inertial Dampening Field
Main
Strength: 9 [3 Power/Round]
Number: 4 (48 SU’s)
Backup
Strength: 6
Number: 4 (12 SU’s)
Attitude Control [2 Power/Round] (2 SU’s)
Communications Systems
Type: Class 9 [2 Power/Round] (25 SU’s)
Strength: 9
Security: -6 (Class Delta Uprating)
Basic Uprating: Class Alpha (+1)
Emergency Communications: Yes [2 Power/Round] (1 SU)
Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Gamma [3 Power/Strength Used/Round] (9 SU’s)
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Aft Ventral
Emitter: Class Gamma [3 Power/Strength Used/Round] (9 SU’s)
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Forward Ventral
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength Used/Round] (3 SU’s)
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Aft Dorsal (In Main Shuttlebay)
Transporters
Type: Personnel [5 Power/Use] (51 SU’s, 3 x 17 SU Personnel Transporters)
Pads: 6
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: 2 in Saucer, 1 in Engineering Hull
Type: Emergency [4 Power/Use] (45 SU’s, 3 x 15 SU Emergency Transporters)
Pads: 16
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 3 (15,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: 2 in Saucer, 1 in Engineering Hull
Type: Cargo [4 Power/Use] (52 SU’s, 4 x 13 SU Cargo Tranporters)
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: 4 (1 in each cargo bay in Saucer)
Security Systems
Rating: 4 (16 SU’s)
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/Round of Use] (6 SU’s)
Force Fields: Yes [1 Power/3 Strength/Force Field/Round] (6 SU’s)
Science Systems
Rating: 3 (+2) [3 Power/Round] (21 SU’s)
Specialized Systems: Space Sciences +1, Social Sciences +1 (10 SU’s)
Laboratories: 8 (2 SU’s)
Tactical Systems
Saucer Dorsal Phaser Array (39 SU’s)
Type: XI
Damage: 220 [22 Power/Round of Use]
Number of Emitters: 140 (Up to 3 Shots/Round)
Auto Phaser Interlock: Class Gamma, Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Section, Dorsal
Firing Arc: 405 Degrees Dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse, Wide-Beam, Continuous
Saucer Ventral Phaser Array (39 SU’s)
Type: XI
Damage: 220 [22 Power/Round of Use]
Number of Emitters: 140 (Up to 3 Shots/Round)
Auto Phaser Interlock: Class Gamma, Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Saucer Section, Dorsal
Firing Arc: 360 Degrees Dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse, Wide-Beam, Continuous\
Engineering Dorsal Phaser Array (26 SU’s)
Type: XI
Damage: 220 [22 Power/Round of Use]
Number of Emitters: 80 (Up to 2 Shots/Round)
Auto Phaser Interlock: Class Gamma, Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Engineering Ventral, Aft
Firing Arc: 270 Degrees Aft Dorsal (Arc Shadow from Nacelles)
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse, Wide Beam, Continuous
Port Nacelle Pylon Phaser Array (Ventral) (17 SU’s)
Type: Type XI
Damage: 220 [22 Power/Round of Use]
Number of Emitters: 40 (Up to 1 Shot/Round)
Auto Phaser Interlock: Class Gamma, Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,00
Location: Port Nacelle Pylon, Ventral
Firing Arc: 360 Degrees Ventral (225 x by 135 y due to Engineering Hull)
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse, Wide Beam, Continuous
Starboard Nacelle Pylon Phaser Array (Ventral) (17 SU’s)
Type: Type XI
Damage: 220 [22 Power/Round of Use]
Number of Emitters: 40 (Up to 1 Shot/Round)
Auto Phaser Interlock: Class Gamma, Accuracy: 3/4/6/9
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Starboard Nacelle, Ventral
Firing Arc: 360 Degrees Ventral (225 x by 135 y due to Engineering Hull)
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse, Wide Beam, Continuous
Forward Torpedo Launcher (18 SU’s)
Standard Load: Type IX Photon Torpedo (250 Damage)
Spread: 10
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Class Gamma, Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5/Torpedo Fired]
Location: Ventral, Center Saucer
Firing Arc: Forward, But are self-guided
Aft Torpedo Launcher (18 SU’s)
Standard Load: Type IX Photon Torpedo (250 Damage)
Spread: 10
Range: 15/350,000/1,500,000/4,050,000
Targeting System: Class Gamma, Accuracy 3/4/6/9
Power: [20 + 5/Torpedo Fired]
Location: Ventral, Engineering Hull
Firing Arc: Aft, But are self-guided
Torpedoes Carried: 100 (10 SU’s)
TA/T/TS: Class Gamma [2 Power/Round] (12 SU’s)
Strength: 9
Bonus: +2
Weapon Skill: 5
Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) (368 SU‘s, 4 x 92 SU Generators)
Shield Generator: Class 5 (910 Protection) [91 Power/Shield/Round] Shield Grid: Type C (50% Increase to 1425 Protection)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Eta (Threshold 303)
Shield Regeneration System: Class 2 (Regenerates 30 Points/Round, 20 Second Shield Recharge Time) [1 Power/Point Regenerated/Round]
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1/Shield) (6 SU’s)
Auto Destruct System: Yes (6 SU’s)
Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems
Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 8 Size worth of Ships (16 SU’s)
Standard Complement: 2 Type 9/9A Shuttlecraft, 2 Danube-class runabouts
Location(s): Aft Saucer
Captain’s Yacht: Yes (10 SU’s)
Description And Notes
Fleet Data: The Aeneas-class starship was developed during the middle stages of the Dominion War by Starfleet as a method of looking towards the future. Developed with exploration in mind, the vessel nevertheless incorporated many of the latest defensive technologies, including Type XI phaser banks, the newly-developed Type IX photon torpedo, which is capable of yielding twenty-five percent greater destructive force that that of the standard Type II, and regenerative shielding such as is only found on a few Starfleet vessels.
However, the Aeneas-class was not meant to be a warship. Integrating into its small frame alongside all of those tactical advances listed, it as well carries a great deal of scientific equipment, scientific systems and equipment dedicated to analyzing new and different cultures, as well as charting new anomalies found in the depths of space. Capable of operating for three years at a time unsupported, and with a much lesser crew requirement than that found on a Galaxy-class Explorer, the Aeneas-class meats all the criteria of an explorer with the size and tactical capability of a cruiser.
If it requires further assistance, the pair of runabouts and shuttles carried aboard can be configured for more specialized scientific work. Quarters have been provided for the accommodation of diplomatic parties and delegations, along with VIPs. Its high sustainable speed means that this vessel can traverse vast reached of space in the least possible amount of time, while that same defensive technology that makes it an excellent defensive platform ensures the safety of those aboard it. Excellent medical and recreational facilities aboard the vessel ensure that those aboard are never uncomfortable, even when operating in deep space for extended periods of time.
To date, with the rebuilding effort underway, Starfleet has been forced to delay the construction of the second batch of these vessels in order to assist further in the rebuilding process taking place following the Dominion War. Those vessels that served in the war did however serve with distinction, and continue to do so today.
Noteworthy Vessels/Service Records/Encounters:
U.S.S. Aeneas, NCC-81714, prototype; U.S.S. Euryalus, NCC-81902, evacuated crew of D’Deridex-class warbird N'Derrin while under fire during the Battle of The Three Suns in the Chin'Toka System; U.S.S. Hector, NCC-82007, destroyed four Jem'Hadar attack ships at the Battle of Getha; U.S.S. DeSoto, NCC-82099, made first contact with previously undiscovered warp-capable civilization beyond the borders of Federation Space (2377). Under Construction: U.S.S. Cook, NCC-82101, U.S.S. Vasco de Gama, NCC-82177, U.S.S. Del Cano, NCC-83031.
Now tell me THAT's not a mouthful. I was looking for a small exploratory cruiser that could be used both in times of peace and war, with fewer personnel requirements but still capable of a) defending itself and b) conducting long-range exploration missions on its own.
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