FASA’s Star Trek the Next Generation Year One Sourcebook’s the small Romulan D’deridex class B Warbird conversion
I remember before Last Unicorn came out with the STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION Core Book FASA had a TNG officer’s manual and a year one sourcebook. They had variations of the Romulan Warbird in it that was a small version. I have never seen a Spacedock version of it so I generated it up here. It is a little bulldog of a ship but it can be useful here and there if it comes to be needed.
At present I have no name for the Bulldog except the nickname and that is it till I think of something that sounds like a Romulan designation. I plan to use it in an upcoming scenario where this vessel is there to run off a Constellation class starship that is in the vicinity. I think I will be using the optional systems listed at the bottom as the FASA Conversion over is a little on the weak side and I think the upgrades or optional systems are great to give the Federation ship and crew a challenge.
As for the looks I would picture it just as FASA has a smaller version of the D’deridex class Warbird. It fits well into the Romulan Family of ships. The only problem I have with it is I can’t think of a name that sounds Romulan.
Class and Type: CLASS NAME UNKNOWN FEDERATION CLASSIFICATION OF SHIP AS CRUISER
Commissioning Date: Early third of the 24th Century
Hull Systems
Size: 7
Length: 455 meters
Beams: 194 meters
Height: 102 meters
Decks: 24
Mass: 3,000,000 metric tons
SUs Available: 1500 - 2750
SUs Used: 2298
Hull Outer <28>
Hull Inner <28>
Resistance Outer Hull: 8 <9>
Resistance Inner Hull: 8 <9>
Structural Integrity field [1 power/10 Protection/round]
Main: Class 5 (Protection 80/120) <31>
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40) <16>
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40) <16>
Specialized hull: Cloak-Enhancing Hull (+1 to cloaking detection difficulty) <14>
PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 400/300/8000
Crew Quarters
Basic: 390 <39>
Expanded: 235 <47>
Luxury: 70 <70>
Unusual: 14 <14>
Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [11 Power/round] <28>
Reserve Life Support [6 Power/round] <14>
Emergency Life Support (42 emergency shelters) <14>
Gravity [4 Power/round] <7>
Consumable: two years worth <14>
Food Replicators [7 Power/round] <7>
Industrial Replicators
Type: network of small Replicators [2 Power/round] <7>
Type: two Large unit [2 Power/replicator/round] <6>
Medical Facilities: 8 (+2) [8 Power/round] <40>
Recreation Facilities: 7 (three main holodecks; fifteen holodecks; large, pleasant eating facilities; one large lounge; three small lounges) [14 Power/round] <56>
Personal Transport: Turbolifts, Jefferies tubes [2 Power/round] <21>
Fire Suppression System [1 Power/round when active] <7>
Cargo hold: 150,000 cubic meters <5>
Locations:
Escape Pods <8>
Number: 180
Capacity: 4 persons per pod
Propulsion Systems
Warp Drive Nacelles: Type 6.9 <85>
Speed: 6.0/7.0/9.0 [1 Power/.2 warp speed]
PIS: Type G (10 hours of Maximum warp) <14>
Impulse Engine Type: two Class 5 (.7c/.9c) [7/9 Power/round] <25 x 2 = 50>
Location:
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power/ round when in use] <7>
Power Systems
Artificial Quantum Singularity Drive system: Type IV (generates 370 Power/round) <92>
Locations:
Impulse Engine[s]: two Class 5 (generate 40 power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 3 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) <3 x 3 = 9>
Emergency Power: Type D (generates 40 Power/round) <40>
EPS: Standard Power flow, +200 Power transfer/round <55>
Standard Usable Power: 450
Operations systems
Bridge: <30>
Computers
Core: [5 Power/round] <14 x 2 = 28>
Uprating Class Beta (+2) [2 power/round] <4>
ODN <21>
Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] <28>
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location:
Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] <42>
Range package: Type 5 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 Light-years (0.5/0.6 – 1.0/1.1 – 3.7/3.8 – 5.0)
Low Resolution: 15 Light-years (1.0/1.1 – 4.0/4.1 – 12.0/12.1 – 15.0)
Strength Package: Class 8 (strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard
Lateral Sensors [5 Power/round] <22>
Strength Package: Class 8 (strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard
Navigational Sensors: [5 Power/round] <20>
Strength Package: Class 8 (strength 8)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Probes: 100 <10>
Sensor Skill: 4
Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard systems (flight control) 3, Coordination 3 [1 Power/round in use] <12>
Navigational Computer
Main: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power/round] <2>
Backups: 2 <2>
Inertial Damping Field
Main <56>
Strength: 9 [3 Power/round]
Number: 4
Backup <14>
Strength: 6 [2 Power/round]
Number: 4
Attitude Control [2 Power/round] <2>
Communications Systems
Type: Class 8 [2 Power/round] <28>
Strength: 8
Security: -6 (Class Epsilon Uprating)
Basic Uprating: Class Beta (+2)
Emergency Communications: [2 Power/round] <1>
Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power/Strength used/round] <12 x 2 = 24>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Lactation: one forward, one aft
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] <3 x 2 = 6>
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: one per hanger bay
Transporters
Type: Personnel [5 Power/use] <16 x 6 = 96>
Pads: 6
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 5 (35,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location:
Type: Emergency [7 Power/round] <16 x 6 = 96>
Pads: 22
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 2 (10,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location:
Type: Cargo [3 Power/round] <12 x 8 = 96>
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 2 (20,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location:
Cloaking device: Class 8 [40 power/rating use/round] <31>
Security Systems Rating: 4 <16>
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] <7>
Internal Force Field [1 Power/3 Strength] <7>
Science Systems Rating: 2 (+1) [2 Power/round] <17>
Specialized Systems: unknown
Laboratories: 18 <4>
Tactical Systems
Romulan disruptors <31 x 10 = 310>
Type Chareth (equal to a Type 7)
Damage: 160 [16 Power]
Number of Emitters: (up to 3 shots per round)
Targeting Systems: Class Beta Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: four forward, two port, two starboard, two aft
Firing arc: 360 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse
Torpedo Launcher <16 x 6 = 96>
Standard Load: Romulan Type II Photon Torpedoes (200 damage)
Spread: 8
Range: 15/300,000/1,000,000/3,500,000
Targeting Systems: Class Beta Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: four forward and two aft
Firing Arc: self-guided
Torpedoes carried: 200 <20>
TA/T/TS: Class Gamma [2 Power/round] <12>
Strength: 9
Bonus: +2
Weapon Skill: 4
Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) <57 x 4 = 228>
Shield Generator: Class (protection 440) [44 Power/shield/round]
Shield grid: Type C (50% increase to 660 Protection)
Subspace field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Gamma (Threshold 147)
Recharging System: Class 2 (40 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) <7>
Auto-Destruct System <7>
Auxiliary Spacecraft systems
Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 12 Size worth of ships <24>
Standard Complement: 6 shuttlecraft
Location(s):
Here are some systems that can replace or augment the existing systems that are a part of the ship. It only changes up the SU’s used up 143 to 2436 still an efficient little bulldog of a ship. To the Galaxy Class and such it is hardly a threat but to the Constellation and Excelsior classes it becomes a little more of a threat to them and ships of that same rating areas.
Optional additional system - Forward Primary Disruptor <39>
Type Prenak (equal to a Type 9 disruptor)
Damage: 200 [20 Power]
Number of Emitters: (up to 3 shots per round)
Targeting Systems: Class Beta Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: forward
Firing arc: 360 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse
Optional replacement for – the Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) <76 x 4 = 304>
Shield Generator: Class 5 (protection 880) [88 Power/shield/round]
Shield grid: Type C (50% increase to 1320 Protection)
Subspace field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Zeta (Threshold 294)
Recharging System: Class 2 (40 seconds)
And if you use the above components in the ship you will need this power core to give it enough power to fight with
Artificial Quantum Singularity Drive system: Type VI (generates 550 Power/round) <120>
GOOD ROMULAN HUNTING.