Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [10 Power / round] <28>
Reserve Life Support [5 Power / round] <14>
Emergency Life Support (42 emergency shelters) <14>
Gravity [4 Power / round] <7>
Consumables: 3 year's worth <21>
Replication Systems
Food Replicators [7 Power / round] <7>
Industrial Replicator <10>
Type: Network of small replicators [2 Power / round]
Type: 2 Large units [2 Power / unit / round]
Medical Facilities: 9 (+2) [9 Power / round] <45>
EMH II [4 Power / round] <15>
Recreation Facilities: 7 [14 Power / round] <56>
Personnel Transport: Turbolifts, Jefferies tubes [2 Power / round] <21>
Fire Suppression System [1 Power / round when active] <7>
Cargo Holds: 165000 cubic metres <5>
Location: 6 main cargo holds and other minor holds throughout the ship
Escape Pods <9>
Number: 160
Capacity: 8 persons
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Drive
Variable Geometry Nacelles: Type 6D97 <117>
[5 Power to alter nacelle's position]
Speed: 6.0/9.2/9.975 [1 Power / .2 warp speed]
PIS: Type I (24 hours of Maximum warp) <18>
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 engineering hull
Type: Class 3 (.5c/.7c) [5/7 Power / round] <15>
Location: Aft saucer
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power / round when in use] <7>
Auxiliary RCS [2 Power / round when in use] <4>
POWER SYSTEMS
Warp Engine
Type: Class 11/Q (generates 599 Power / round) <125>
Location: Amidships
Impulse Engine: 1 Class 8 (generates 64 Power / round)
1 Class 3 (generates 24 Power / round)
Auxiliary Power: 4 reactors (generates 20 Power / round) <12>
Emergency Power: Type F (generates 50 Power / round) <50>
EPS: Standard Power flow, +300 Power transfer / round <65>
Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power / round] <54>
Range Rackage: Type 7 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 LY (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.8/3.9-5.0)
Low Resolution: 17 LY (1/1.1-6.0/6.1-13.0/13.1-17)
Strength Package: Class 10 (Strength 10)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Coverage: Standard
Lateral Sensors [5 Power / round] <29>
Strength Package: Class 10 (Strength 10)
Gain Package: Class Gamma (+3)
Coverage: Standard
Navigational Sensors [5 Power / round] <24>
Strength Package: Class 10 (Strength 10)
Gain Package: Class Beta (+2)
Probes: 100 probes of varying types <10>
Sensor Skills: 5
Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard Systems (Flight Control) 4,
Coordination 3 [1 Power / round in use] <15>
Navigation Computer
Main: Class 3 (+2) [2 Power / round] <4>
Primary Backup: Class 3 (+2) [2 Power / round] <4>
Backup: 2 <2>
Inertial Damping Fields
Main <56>
Strength: 9 [3 Power / round]
Number: 4
Backup <16>
Strength: 6 [2 Power / round]
Number: 4
Attitude Control [2 Power / round] <2>
Specialised Flight Control
Manual Steering Column [1 Power / round in use] <1>
Communication Systems
Type: Class 10 [2 Power / round] <28>
Strength: 10
Security: -6 (Class Gamma uprating)
Basic Uprating: Class Beta (+2)
Emergency Communicatons: Yes [2 Power / round] <1>
Holocommunicatons: Yes <1>
Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power / Strength used / round] <12>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Forward ventral
Emitter: Class Delta [3 Power / Strength used / round] <12>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Location: Aft dorsal
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power / Strength used / round] <3>
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Shuttlebay
Transporters
Type: Personnel [5 Power / use] <72>
Pads: 6
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class I (Strength 9)
Number and Location: (4) 3 Saucer & 1 engineering hull
Type: Emergency [7 Power / use] <72>
Pads: 24
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 3 (15000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class I (Strength 9)
Number and Location: (4) 2 Saucer & 2 engineering hull
Type: Cargo [4 Power / use] <52>
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (Strength 8)
Number and Location: (4) 2 Saucer & 2 engineering hull
Security Systems
Rating 4 <16>
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power / round] <7>
Internal Force Fields [1 Power / 3 Strength] <7>
Science Systems
Rating 3 (+2) [3 Power / round] <22>
Specialiased Systems: 3 <15>
Laboratories: 17 <4>
TACTICAL SYSTEMS
Forward Phaser Array <64>
Type: XII with ACB Jacketing
Damage: 240 [29 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Dorsal and ventral saucer
Firing Arc: 630 degrees forward
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Forward Pulse Phaser Array <55>
Type: XII Pulse
Damage: 290 [29 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Forward
Firing Arc: 180 degrees forward cone
Firing Modes: Standard, Wide-Beam
Dorsal Pulse Phaser Array <49>
Type: X Pulse
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Dorsal engineering hull
Firing Arc: 360 degrees dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, Wide-Beam
Ventral Pulse Phaser Array <49>
Type: X Pulse
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Ventral saucer
Firing Arc: 360 degrees ventral
Firing Modes: Standard, Wide-Beam
Port Pulse Phaser Array <49>
Type: X Pulse
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Port saucer
Firing Arc: 360 degrees port
Firing Modes: Standard, Wide-Beam
Starboard Pulse Phaser Array <49>
Type: X Pulse
Damage: 250 [25 Power]
Number of Emitters: 200 (up to 5 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Range: 10/30000/100000/300000
Location: Starboard saucer
Firing Arc: 360 degrees starboard
Firing Modes: Standard, Wide-Beam
Forward Port Torpedo Launcher <19>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage)
Spread: 12
Range: 15/350000/1500000/4050000
Targeting System: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Port saucer
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided
Forward Starboard Torpedo Launcher <19>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage)
Spread: 12
Range: 15/350000/1500000/4050000
Targeting System: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Starboard saucer
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided
Aft Dorsal Torpedo Launcher <16>
Standard Load: Mark I quantum torpedo (400 Damage)
Spread: 6
Range: 15/350000/1500000/4050000
Targeting System: Gamma (Accuracy 3/4/6/9)
Power: [20 + 5 per torpedo fired]
Location: Aft ventral saucer
Firing Arc: Aft, but are self-guided
Torpedoes Carried: 300 <30>
TA/TTS: Class Delta [4 Power / round] <16>
Strength: 10
Bonus: +3
Backup: Yes
Weapons Skill: 5
Shields (Forward,Aft, Port,Starboard) <95 x 4>
Shield Generator: Class 5 (Protection 1000)
[100 Power / shield / round]
Shield Grid: Type B (33% increase to 1330 Protection)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Eta (Threshold 330)
Regenerator: Class 1 (Recharge 20 Protection per round)
[1 Power / 1 Protection regenerated when regenerating]
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) <8>
Auto-Destruct System <7>
AUXILLIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS
Shuttlebays: Capacity for 22 Size worth of ships <44>
Standard Complement: 10 shuttles, 2 shuttlepods
Locations: Main shuttlebay, aft engineering hull
Captain's Yacht: Yes <10>
DESCRIPTION AND NOTES
The Honour-class Strike Cruiser was originally planned with two versions, an Explorer and a Heavy Cruiser, using a common design but for the equipment fit and staffing. The theft of ASDB technical documentation by a Tal Shiar agent in 2371 and the rumours of the potential threat raised by the Kormerek-class Swift Warbird which used elements of those plans resulted in the Honour-class design being overhauled whilst the first ship was still being built. The superior capabilities of the ASDB and the Utopia Planitia Shipyards enabled the counter to the Kormerek to enter service just 3 months after the Romulan vessel commissioned.
Whilst the hull form basically remained unchanged, the redesigned Honour-class now boasted a heavier armament, faster warp engines and regenerative shielding combined with a greater degree of system redundancy to reduce the chances of a crippling ambush by a cloaked opponent.
From the side the Honour-class looks similar to the Akira-class, having an engineering hull that slopes upwards from the rear of the saucer and a pair of warp pylons that angle downwards, although unlike the Akira the Honour's engineering section is a single hull. The large angular D-shaped saucer curves down towards the sides and has a deep ventral dome in the centre that merges directly back into the forward part of the engineering hull which slopes slightly upwards from the centreline of the saucer. At the merger between the two sections the engineering hull is quite deep and relatively narrow although it soon widens out into drooping, wing-like structures before narrowing again towards the stern. The last quarter of the engineering hull widens and angles sharply upwards before leveling out so that the stern of the vessel, holding the main impulse engines and the shuttlebay, is in fact the highest point on the hull. The short, forward-swept warp pylons hang downwards from the "wingtips" of the engineering hull and are normally angled slightly inwards so that they are completely hidden by the saucer from the front, although being variable geometry this often changes.
The beam weaponry is very unusual since it primarily consists of pulse phasers mounted in pop-up turrets supplemented by a single heavy phaser array and a trio of torpedo launchers. This choice of armament is due to the need to be able to cripple or destroy an uncloaking hostile as quickly as possible and the power and accuracy of pulse phasers provided the best chance of achieving this goal. The main forward pulse phasers were upgraded during the final stages of construction from Type Xs to Type XIIs which resulted in the forward mount, hanging just under the chin of the saucer, having less flexibility although it's still able to cover a 180 degree forward cone. The saucer also carries three other pulse phaser mounts: the ventral array mounted on the central saucer bulge; plus the port and starboard turrets mounted on the flanks. With the dorsal pulse phaser turret on top of the rear of the engineering hull each turret is at the most extreme point on the hukll to give the clearest field of fire in the appropriate arc. Since Starfleet recognise the limitations of pulse phasers a standard phaser array, albeit a heavy Type XII system with ACB Jacketing, was mounted on the saucer in an hourglass pattern, half dorsally and half ventrally, providing a wide firing arc to all but the rear of the vessel due to the engineering hull causing a large arc shadow. The two forward torpedo tubes are mounted on either side of the saucer, just below the centreline, whilst the aft launcher is mounted at the rear of the neck where the saucer and engineering hull merges flanked by the auxiliary impulse engines.
DEVELOPER'S NOTES
The way I picture the design is sort of like a Battlestar, but with a far larger forward saucer section, the hull sloping up at about 10 degrees after the forward section & the fighter bays replaced by the warp nacelles hanging down from the tips of the small, downward curvinvg delta wings the start from about where the first pylon is on a Battlestar & end just at the point where the aft thickens and angles up.
Honour-class Strike Cruiser
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