A little while back I found an image or schematic of a ship called the Leander class. I thought about it for a long time and then sketched up some notes and here the ship is. I wrote the description that the artist did of the ship below. It is an impressive ship I only made a few little changes here and there and estimate some of the information. A ship of this size could easily get packed with some heavier weapons and even more phaser arrays. I can’t see a ship of this size going up against let’s say a Warbird or Cardassian Galor class ship or such nevertheless as an observation ship it would function well enough to detect an incursion over the boarder if in range. In a pack with other ships it could be a tough little contender in a fight.
Artist writings
A small multi-adaptive Frigate. The Leander Class was designed to be a border grade ship that could defend colonies from small threats, perform medium range scientific duties and patrol Federation boarders for up to six months with our the need for a Starbase. The first starship USS Leander was commissioned in 2341.
Leander Class
Class and Type: Leander Class multi-adaptive Frigate
Commissioning Date: 2341
Hull Systems
Size: 6
Length: 325 meters
Beams: 243 meters
Height: 74 meters
Decks: 11
Mass: 1,000,000 metric tons
SUs Available: 1300 - 2500
SUs Used: 1676
Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [8 Power/round] <24>
Reserve Life Support [4 Power/round] <12>
Emergency Life Support (36 emergency shelters) <12>
Gravity [3 Power/round] <6>
Consumable: one years worth <6>
Food Replicators [5 Power/round] <6>
Industrial Replicators
Type: network of small Replicators [2 Power/round] <6>
Type: one Large unit [2 Power/replicator/round] <3>
Medical Facilities: 7 (+2) [7 Power/round] <35>
Recreation Facilities: 4 (one main holodecks; two small holodecks; large eating facilities; two small lounges) [8 Power/round] <32>
Personal Transport: Turbolifts, Jefferies tubes [2 Power/round] <8>
Fire Suppression System [1 Power/round when active] <6>
Cargo hold: 10,000 cubic meters <1>
Locations:
Escape Pods <3>
Number: 60
Capacity: 2 persons per pod
Propulsion Systems
Warp Drive Nacelles: Type 6A <90>
Speed: 6.0/8.0/9.0 [1 Power/.2 warp speed]
PIS: Type E (8 hours of Maximum warp) <10>
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] <6>
Power Systems
Warp Engine Type: Class 7/M (generates 350 Power/round) <83>
Locations:
Impulse Engine[s]: one Class 5 (generate 40 power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 2 reactors (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) <6>
Emergency Power: Type D (generates 40 Power/round) <40>
EPS: Standard Power flow, +150 Power transfer/round <45>
Standard Usable Power: 430
Operations systems
Bridge: <30>
Auxiliary Control room secondary hull <18>
Inertial Damping Field
Main <48>
Strength: 9[3 Power/round]
Number: 4
Backup <12>
Strength: 5 [2 Power/round]
Number: 4
Attitude Control [2 Power/round] <2>
Communications Systems
Type: Class 7 [2 Power/round] <19>
Strength: 7
Security: -4 (Class Gamma Uprating)
Basic Uprating: Class Alpha (+1)
Emergency Communications: [2 Power/round] <1>
Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Gamma [3 Power/Strength used/round] <9 x 2 = 18>
Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
Lactation: one forward, one aft
Emitter: Class alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] <3>
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: hanger bay
Transporters
Type: Personnel [5 Power/use] <16 x 3 = 48>
Pads: 6
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 5 (35,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location: two saucer one secondary hull
Type: Emergency [5 Power/round] <14 x 3 = 42>
Pads: 12
Emitter/Receiver Array: Emergency Type 2 (10,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location: two saucer one secondary hull
Type: Cargo [3 Power/round] <12 x 3 = 36>
Pads: 400 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 2 (20,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class H (strength 8)
Number and location: two saucer one secondary hull
Security Systems Rating: 2 <8>
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] <6>
Internal Force Field [1 Power/3 Strength] <6>
Science Systems Rating: 2 (+1) [2 Power/round] <16>
Specialized Systems: one but varies per ship <5>
Laboratories: 14 <4>
Tactical System
Six Type IX Phaser Arrays <31 x 6 = 186>
Type IX Phaser Arrays
Damage: 180 [18 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Targeting Systems: Class Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: one forward dorsal saucer, one port dorsal saucer, one starboard dorsal saucer, one forward ventral saucer, one port ventral saucer, one starboard ventral saucer
Firing arc: 540 degrees
Firing Modes: standard, pulse, continuous, wide-beam
One Type IX Phaser Arrays <17>
Type IX Phaser Arrays
Damage: 180 [18 Power]
Number of Emitters: 120 (up to 3 shots per round)
Targeting Systems: Class Beta (Accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: one ventral secondary hull
Firing arc: 540 degrees
Firing Modes: standard, pulse, continuous, wide-beam
Photon Torpedo Launcher <15>
Standard Load: Type II Photon Torpedo (200 damage)
Spread: 6
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: one forward sensor pod
Firing Arc: Forward, but are self-guided
Torpedoes carried: 40 <4>
Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) <52 x 4 = 208>
Shield Generator: Class(protection 600) [60 Power/shield/round]
Shield grid: Type C (50% increase to 900 Protection)
Subspace field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Delta (Threshold 200)
Recharging System: Class 1 (45 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) <8>
Auto-Destruct System <6>
Auxiliary Spacecraft systems
Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 16 Size worth of ships <32>
Standard Complement: one type 7 shuttle, two type 6 shuttles, three type 15 shuttlepods, five Worker Bees
Location(s): Aft of saucer dorsal