The Resolute Class Tactical Cruiser

**Highway Hoss** · 03-22-2002, 02:04 AM

Well, folks, here's my newest design from EAS Fleetyards.Resolute Class Tactical Cruiser <ul>Class and Type:Resolute Class Tactical Cruiser Commissioned: 2373 </ul>HULL SYSTEMS <UL>Size: 7 Length: 363 meters Beam: 146 meters Height: 124 meters Decks: 32 Mass: 1,250,000 metric tonnes SUs Available: 2750 SUs Used: 2687 Hull (Resistance) <UL>Outer (10):40 SU Inner (10):40 SU </UL>Structural Integrity Field Gen. (68 SU) <UL>Main: Class 6 Backup 1: Class 6 Backup 2: Class 6 </UL></UL>PERSONNEL SYSTEMS <UL>Crew/Passengers/Evac: 304/96/5000 Crew Quarters <UL>Basic: 300 (30 SU) Expanded: 60 (12 SU) Luxury: 30 (30 SU) Unusual: 10 (10 SU) </UL>Environmental Systems <UL>Full Life Support Suite w/42 emergency shelters: 56 SU Gravity: 7 SU </UL>Consumables: 3 year's worth (21 SU) Replication Systems <UL>Food Replicators: 7 SU Industrial Replicators <UL>Type: Network of small replicators: 7 SU Type: 2 Large units: 6 SU </UL></UL>Medical Facilities: <UL>Class 8 w/EMH MK II (55 SU) </UL>Recreation Facilities: Class 7 (56 SU) Personnel Transport: Turbolifts, Jefferies tubes (21 SU) Fire Suppression System: 7 SU Cargo Holds: 200,000 cubic metres (6 SU) Location: 2 Cargo holds in Engineering, plus various smaller holds. Escape Pods (6 SU) <UL>Number: 100 Capacity: 8 persons each </UL></UL> PROPULSION SYSTEMS <UL>Warp Drive <UL>Nacelles:Type 6D96 (111 SU) <UL>Upgrades: None</UL>Speed: 6.0/9.2/9.96 PIS: Type H (12 hours of Maximum warp) (16 SU) </UL>Impulse Engines (80 SU) <UL>Type:2 x Class 8 (.75c/.95c) Location: Aft Saucer and aft Engineering Acceleration Upgrading: Class Alpha (4 SU) </UL>Reaction Control System (.025c)(7 SU) </UL> POWER SYSTEMS <UL>Warp Engine (230 SU) <UL>Type: 2 x Class 10/P Location: 1 in Primary, 1 in Engineering Hull </UL>Impulse Engine: 2 x Class 8 Auxiliary Power: 6 reactors (18 SU) Emergency Power: Type F (50 SU) EPS: Isomagnetic Power flow, +400 Power transfer / round (57 SU) Standard Usable Power: 677 Maximum Usable Power: 757 (+549 if aux WC brought online) </UL>OPERATION SYSTEMS <UL>Command and Separation systems <ul>Bridge: Primary Hull (35 SU) Auxilary Control: Engineering (18 SU) Separation Systems (7 SU): <ul>Saucer Sep. (Emer.) Detachable Warp Nacelles </ul></ul>Computer Systems: (88 SU) <UL>Computers: Bioneural Core 1: Saucer Core 2: Saucer Core 3: Engineering Uprating: Calss Beta Optical Data Network </UL>Navigation and Sensor systems <UL>Navigational Deflector(28 SU) <UL>Location: Forward Saucer </UL>Long-range Sensors (52 SU) <UL>Range Rackage: Type 7 Strength Package: Class 9 Gain Package: Class Beta Coverage: Standard </UL>Lateral Sensors (24 SU) <UL>Strength Package: Class 9 Gain Package: Class Beta Coverage: Standard </UL>Navigational Sensors (22 SU) <UL>Strength Package: Class 9 Gain Package: Class Beta </UL>Probes: 40 (4 SU) Sensor Skills: 5 </UL>Flight Control Systems <UL>Flight Control Systems Autopilot: Shipboard Systems (Flight Control) 3 Coordination 3 (12 SU) Navigation Computer <UL>Main: 2 x Class 2 (8 SU) Backups: 2 (2 SU) </UL>Inertial Damping Fields <UL>Main (42 SU) <UL>Strength: 9 Number: 3 </UL>Backup (11 SU) <UL>Strength: 6 Number: 3 </UL>Attitude Control (1 SU) Specialized Flight Systems: Man. Cntrl. (1 SU) </UL></ul>Communication Systems (30 SU) <UL>Type: Class 9 Basic Uprating: Class Alpha Security Uprating: Gamma Emergency Communicatons: Yes Holocommunicatons:Yes </UL>Tractor Beams: (30 SU) <UL>Emitter: Class Delta Location: Forward Emitter: Class Delta Location: Aft ventral Emitter: Class Alpha Location: Fwd Shuttlebay Emitter: Class Alpha Location: Aft shuttlebay </UL>Transporter Systems <UL>Type: Personnel (51 SU) <UL>Pads: 6 E/R Array: P-6 E/T Coils: Class H Number and Location: 2 in Saucer, 1 in Engineering </UL>Type: Emergency (48 SU) <UL>Pads: 20 E/R Array: E-3 E/T Coils: Class H Number and Location: 2 in Saucer, 1 in Engineering hull </UL>Type: Cargo (37 SU) <UL>Pads: 400 kg E/R Array: C-3 E/T Coils: Class H Number and Location: 2 in Engineering hull </UL></UL>Security and Science Systems <UL>Security Systems (34 SU) <UL>Rating: 5 Anti-Intruder System: Yes Internal Force Fields: Yes </UL>Science Systems (30 SU) <UL>Rating 2 Specialised Systems: Enh.Tactical (+1 to Starship Tactics) Astrometrics (+! to Space Sciences) Laboratories: 20 </UL></UL></UL></UL>TACTICAL SYSTEMS <UL>Pulse Phaser Arrays (234 SU) <ul>Type: XII Pulse Damage: 290 Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round) Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma Firing Arc: 540º (center on cannon's orientation) Number of Cannons: 6 Location: 1 each F,P,S,D,V,A Firing Modes: Std, Pulse </ul>Phaser Arrays (196 SU) <ul>Type: X Damage: 200 Firing Modes: All Auto-Phaser Interlock: Gamma Number of Arrays: 10 <ol><li>Number: 1 Location: Dorsal Saucer Firing Arc: 360º dorsal Number of Emitters: 160 (up to 4 shots per round) <li>Number: 4 Locations: one on each corner of the equator of the Primary Hull Firing Arc: 180º PF,SF,PA,SA Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shot per round) <li>Number: 2 Location: Ventral Primary Hull Firing Arc: 225º PV, SV Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round) <li>Number: 1 Location: Ventral Eng. Firing Arc: 360º Ventral Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shot per round) <li>Number: 2 Location: Aft Eng. Hull Firing Arc: 180º PDA and SDA Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round) </ul></ul>Torpedo Systems: (152 SU) <ul>No of Tubes:4 Type: High Yield Spread:10 Fire Cntrl: Gamma Loc: 2 Fwd Primary Hull, 2 aft Engineering Hull Number of Torps: 400</ul>Targeting Systems (13 SU) <ul>TA/T/TS: Class Gamma Weapons Skill: 5 Number: 1 Backups: 1 </ul>Deflector Shields (345 SU) <UL>Shields (F,A,P,S)<ul> Shield Gen: Class 3 Metaphasic (Protection 1800) Shield Grid: Type C (50% increase to 2700 Protection) Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Delta (Threshold 600) Recharging System: Class 2R Backup Shield Generators: 1 per shield </ul></UL>Auto-Destruct System (7 SU) </UL>AUXILARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS (64 SU) <UL>Shuttlebays:<ul> Capacity for 32 Size worth of ships:<ul>8 in fwd bay 24 in aft bay </ul>Standard Complement:<ul>4 ShPods,4 Wkbees in Fwd Bay 12 ShCrft in aft bay. </ul>Location:1 Fwd,1 aft Captain's Yacht: No </UL></ul>Schematic of the Resolute ClassDesign History:The Resolute class is a novel starship type with a size between the Intrepid and the Sovereign class. With so many ships lost with all hands throughout the centuries, passive security was one of the primary design objective at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. The spherical main hull is detachable. While not threatened by antimatter explosions, plasma leaks in the nacelles are a frequent reason for the destruction or severe damages of starships. This is why the whole nacelle assembly may be jettisoned too. The main bridge is not attached to the outer hull as in conventional Starfleet ships, but is located on decks 15 and 16 in the center of the primary hull, well shielded against direct hits. The Resolute class is also the first starship type with two separate and independently operational warp cores, one for normal operation and the second one as a redundancy system. The second warp core is usually in a stand-by modus, and is able to kick in only 10 seconds after it is requested. Pulse phaser cannons as in the Defiant class and bioelectric circuits as in the Intrepid class complete the modern equipment.Although the U.S.S. Resolute was only meant as a testbed, Starfleet Command soon approved of four further ships of this class, with only minor changes to the prototype. The U.S.S. Nimrod was just about to be commissioned at Utopia Planitia when a Breen task force broke through the defenses of the Sol system. Starfleet's First Fleet did not anticipate this attack and was not able to intercept the Breen, so it was up to unmanned drones, planetary defense systems and the few operational starships to stop them. The Nimrod arrived at Earth simultaneously with the first wave of Breen fighters and eliminated three of them. With more Federation ships in orbit, the second Breen wave didn't stand a chance. The Nimrod alone destroyed two large Breen cruisers and six fighters, and the redundant warp core saved the ship when the Breen employed what seemed like a less advanced version of their energy damping weapon (it appears that they wanted to veil their true capabilities until the second battle of Chin'toka, therefore they didn't send their most recent ships to the suicide attack on Earth). Anyway, without the Nimrod, several cities on Earth would have sustained destructions similar to the one of Starfleet Headquarters. The Nimrod's performance in this battle may have facilitated the decision to build still ten more ships of the Resolute class.Commissioned ships:USS Resolute NCC-75631 Prototype, USS Consul NCC-75640, USS Octopus NCC-75641, USS Nimrod NCC-75698 fought the Breen in their attack on Earth (2375), USS Capitol NCC-75715

**StyroFoam Man** · 03-22-2002, 02:26 AM

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**Highway Hoss** · 03-22-2002, 03:11 AM

Since this ship is somewhat unusual, I'll explain a few things:[list=1][*]The bridge of the ship is not on top of the hull like other ships; it is buried in the spherical primary hull. Therefore, no enemy can target the bridge with a called shot[*]The warp nacelles are designed to detach if they are damaged and threaten the ship. Therefore, any roll to separate the nacelles in case of catastrophic damage is automatically successful.[*]These ships carry Styrofoam Man's STARSAFE reactor safety package as standard equipment. See the ASDB R & D page for further info.[*]Explaining the initials: P=Port, F=Forward, S=Starboard, D=Dorsal, V=Ventral and A=Aft[/list=1]One thing you might notice is that I used a size of 7 for the ship, even though the length is in size 6. The ship was designed as a size 7 to account for the large number of decks in the design.The ships pulse phasers deserve special mention. If you look on the schematic, look closely at the spherical hull...namely the gray stripes. Look and you will see 2 ovals per stripe on each view; these are the emitters for the pulse phasers.
This is how they work; each array is actually a targeting and EPS gating system. Each system is linked to the four emitters on its side; for example, the forward array is linked to the four emitters mounted forward. Each emitter, therefore is linked to three separate array systems. When the array fires, it gates plasma to the appropriate emitter for firing. Note the amount of overlap between the Pulse arrays firing arcs; a Resolute class can bring up to five pulse arrays to bear on a target. (FIVE?!!

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This makes the ship EXTREMELY lethal in combat. The arrays coordinate to gate plasma to avoid conflicts in the EPS systems. The advantages of this system are:[list=1][*]Total coverage of the ship, unlike conventional Pulse systems.[*]Increased flexibility in engaging multiple targets.[/list=1]The Type X phasers are used for point defense and when extra precision or flexibility is needed.Note also that the ship uses metaphasic shields; this was necessary because the ship does not have ablative armor.Credits: The Resolute was designed by Bernd Schnieder, the webmaster of Ex Astris Scientia.

**Highway Hoss** · 03-22-2002, 03:21 AM

Originally posted by Styrofoam Man:
Ok, so if the bridge is on decks 15/16 then what is on deck one?

Well, I'm thinking a sensor platform myself. I'm also thinking of making it a fake bridge; thats where everyone will assume it will be. It is actually a dedicated holodeck with hidden phaser emitters. When some overeager boarding party enters here, they will fight and take control...only to have the room change into whatever ghastly fate I have in mind (needless to say, the safety interlocks will be removed). Meanwhile, I and m command crew are watching all the fun in the real bridge, eating popcorn and enjoying ourselves.

**Highway Hoss** · 03-22-2002, 08:12 PM

I went ahead and put together a webpage with the Resolute class write up on it. Here it is: The Resolute Class I also made some minor changes and corrected some errata. The main change was to remove a torpedo tube and expand the ship's shuttle capacity. BTW Bernd Schneider was kind enough to send me a picture with some notes on making a 3D model. I put it on the website.

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