Starship Class

[Sam_SemaJ 0]

My personal favourite is Steamrunner. It's a small, manuverable and very sleek looking ship. Though it may not be majorly powered, it corners like it's on rails! ^_^. I kind of see it as the sports car of the fleet. I had a cool thought, what if it were able to seperate? The tiny rear enginnering section and nacelles would slide out of their little pockets in the saucer and it would look really cool; like a huge...stabey thing flying through space...I don't know how to describe it, just look at the picture and you will know what i mean. Anyway, thats my fav. whats yours? :)

 

(that brings up an interesting point...when a ship like an ugly Galaxy seperates, what provides deflector functions for the saucer?)

[AndrewLyon 0]

Give me the Defaint Class ship. It has the moves, it can land, it has a warhead in its nose. Nice little ship, that's ready to raise some hell when it needs to.

[Jenna James 0]

:: Hopes Captain Huff will forgive her for this:: ;)

 

My favorite would have to be the Galaxy Class!

I mean 2 bridges, plus a saucer that seperates from the ship,

Yeah, Galaxy! ;)

[Seiben 0]

Probably be the Prometheus for me.. it can seperate into three parts. Now that's cool stuff, heh. But I also like the New Orleans Class frigate as well. I find it a small good looking little ship.

[Dumbass 0]

Give me the Defaint Class ship. It has the moves, it can land, it has a warhead in its nose. Nice little ship, that's ready to raise some hell when it needs to.

It can land?

[Cougar 0]

Give me the Defaint Class ship. It has the moves, it can land, it has a warhead in its nose. Nice little ship, that's ready to raise some hell when it needs to.

I love the defiant class!

[Tachyon 0]

My favourites are the Sovereign Class, Intrepid Class, Excelsior Class, and Ambassador Class. I choose from those depending upon the occasion.

 

I don't really like the Constellation class.

 

As for a Galaxy's saucer's deflector dish, I presume they have a backup deflector on the saucer section. Unless . . .

 

Captain> Separate the ship!

Bob> Ship separated!

Captain> Full speed ahead!

Bob> Aye, aye!

Captain> What's that hissing sound?

Bob> Er . . . we don't have a deflector on this side, so a meteoroid the size of a button has ripped a hole in our hull.

Captain> ::too busy suffocating to acknowlege Bob::

[STSF Precip 0]

It can land?

 

Can a Defiant Class Land? Despite never seeing this on TV, if one looks at the Master Ship Systems Display Okudagram from the Bridge, landing gear is stowed in the lower decks. The Deep Space Nine Technical Manual (Paramount) has a nice cutaway fold-out which clearly shows the landing gear stowed.

 

As for my favorite Ship Class, it still is the Akira.

 

 

-Precip

[Cougar 0]

But I also like the New Orleans Class frigate as well. I find it a small good looking little ship.

New? I believe the ship has been around for awhile. ;)

[Sam_SemaJ 0]

I would think that starfleet would make maybe seperating, and definitly landing a pretty common thing on starships...landing could prove useful in a lot of situations...as for akira...i do like it, but every time i see one it looks like its flying @ an angle w/ its nose in the air.

[Seiben 0]

New? I believe the ship has been around for awhile. ;)

::thwaps Cougar:: ;)

[Cougar 0]

::thwaps Cougar:: ;)

it's not new! it's been around since the cardassian wars ;)

[Brian Graham 0]

Here's my list:

 

I like:

Galaxy, this class is basically my favorite

Nebula, Akira, Norway, and Soverign.

 

I don't like:

Constellation, Intrepid, or Defiant

[DaryusZaphodDracal 0]

My favorate class was always the Dreadnaught class from the original technical manual. It was big, powerful and had alot of armoury. My second favorate is the Excelsior class, sleek stylish and fast. Third place goes to the Intrepid class, tough little ship. I also like the NX class, and of course the Vorcha class for Klingon starships cause I like my two character's home's.

 

Zaphod,

"You will be assimilated, meow."

[Dumbass 0]

The Deep Space Nine Technical Manual (Paramount) has a nice cutaway fold-out which clearly shows the landing gear stowed.

You sure about that? I own that book and there wasn't a fold-out of any kind in mine.

[STSF Precip 0]

You sure about that? I own that book and there wasn't a fold-out of any kind in mine.

 

Yeah it has a fold out diagrams at the back of the book Showing sections of Deep Space Nine, and a deck by deck mapping of the Defiant.

 

It's called STAR TREK:Deep Space Nine Technical Manual, Published in 1998 by Pocket Books. Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach and Doug Drexler get the credits for putting the book together. It also has an into by Ira Steven Behr.

 

This book was more difficult to read in my opinion than the original TNG Technical Manual years before it. However, illustrations are are Computer Rendered, making for much easier viewing than it's predecessor.

 

If your book is missing the Fold Out Van Roy..you can turn to page 123 for the Defiant Cutaway. Quite certain you'll be able to make out the landing gear.

 

-Precip

[Cptn Elias Moore 0]

You sure about that? I own that book and there wasn't a fold-out of any kind in mine.

It has a bunch of foldouts of the station and the Defiant right at the end. Unless you're thinking of a different technical manual, you may have gotten ripped off, literally. ;)

[Dumbass 0]

Sheesh, if it was a snake it would have bit me. ;)

 

Still, I don't see how a big, heavy ship like the Defiant can be supported by those two stubby little leg things. At least Voyager was closer to being accurate as to landing gear / ship size (and even they got it wrong).

[FredM 0]

Hey there,

 

Well, a few points.

• First, the New Orelans Class has existed since Star Trek: The Next Generation season four. It was identified as one of the vessels in the graveyard scene and has since shown up (I believe) four other times in fleet pictures. Numerous sites have photos, several officially from Paramount.
   
  
• Oddly yes, the Defiant can land. I don't really understand why they didn't explore this, though I swear talk was made of something along these lines during Season 3 of DS9.
   
  
• Someone mentioned something about Starfleet making it common for ships to have seperation/landing ability. In reality, that feature has existed since Captain Pike's day (and from what we've seen, even the NX has atmospheric ability though clearly no landing). It's established Trek canon from TOS the NCC-1701 had some type of emergency seperation ability. Basically, the saucer would seperate from the neck/drive section in the event of an emergency. I believe this was set in "The Apple" with remarks from Kirk to Scotty about getting the saucer out by itself if he had to.
   
  Since, the idea's remained. An original ending for Star Trek: The Motion Picture had the drive section of the refitted NCC-1701 being used as a type of bomb to destroy a part of V'ger. In scenes cut from Star Trek: Generations (since actors did not show a desire to be in the project, etc.), Sulu learns of Kirk's death when Chekov contacts the Excelsior...which is in the midst of an emergency saucer seperation training excercise. According to everything out there, the Galaxy Class was the first featuring the ability to "reconnect" outside of a drydock.
   
  
• As for my favorite classes...hum. Well, Constitution Class holds a solid place in my heart. Steamrunner, Ambassador, Constellation and Defiant Class ships are also on my list. Galaxy Class has grown on me a bit in recent years, though I just can't get over seeing the ship as a giant luxury liner.
  

Edited January 8, 2005 by FredM

[NDak 0]

My Personal Favorites:

 

Galaxy- The Mercedes-Benz of Starfleet

Akira- 15 Torpedo Launchers and a Huge Fighterbay...Nuff Said.

Exclesior- Lean Smooth Lines

New Orleans- Mercedes Coupe

Soverign- Its a Big Tough Ship, What's Not to Like?

Defiant- Tough Little Ship

Intrepid- Hey...one of them beat the Borg and 8472!

[NDak 0]

it's not new! it's been around since the cardassian wars ;)

::thwaps Cougar::

 

Actually...the semi-Trek Cannon varies on how long it's been around.

 

We can infer that it was developed as a frigate companion for the Galaxy and Nebula classes (as Star Fleet often does this). However as I said the semi-Trek canon varies.

 

Copyright Graham Kennedy The New Orleans class was introduced as a counterpart to the large Nebula and Galaxy class starships. The intention was to produce a Frigate which incorporated the technology advances being deployed on these two starships. The New Orleans would also have nearly equal speed to facilitate fleet operations.

Unfortunately, the project did not go smoothly. Like its larger sister the Galaxy class, the New Orleans class suffered from a series of delays throughout its design and construction process. The problems experienced on the larger ship with warp coil manufacture, computer systems and hull plating  on the Galaxy also affected the New Orleans, while additional problems were experienced with the power transfer system and the Structural Integrity Field. Initially ordered in 2347, by 2362 the prototype was still not considered spaceworthy and the entire project was threatened with cancellation. Nevertheless, Starfleet placed a great deal of importance on the New Orleans class and managed to overcome the opposition. The USS New Orleans made her maiden flight in 2363 and was formally commissioned in 2364. After a cautious series of tests Starfleet proceeded with series production at a moderate pace.

 

One unique feature of the New Orleans class is the torpedo arrangement. The ship carries a heavy armament of three torpedo tubes of the most modern type available. When this requirement was issued the design team expressed concerns that the tubes would take up far too much internal volume, necessitating a near 20% reduction in the science capacity of the ship. A reduction to one tube was requested, but Starfleet command rejected the idea. After much consideration, the design team finally decided to mount two of the torpedo tubes in 'bolt-on' modular packs; each module would contain the tube, loading and firing mechanism, supporting power and computer systems, and a magazine of thirty photon torpedoes. The antimatter warhead material is tapped off from the fuel supply as normal and transferred to the pod immediately prior to firing. Computer simulations indicated that the skeleton structure of the Engineering was not sufficient to support a third torpedo pod, so the lower engineering hull was re-designed to include a prominent projection on the underside which provided the extra volume required to house the torpedo tube and loading system - the magazine being housed within the engineering hull proper.

 

This ingenious concept not only allowed all three torpedo tubes to be housed within the design, but also permitted a nearly 25% increase in the volume available for other applications within the proper hull. This has allowed most of the major systems to be upgraded; the shield grid of the New Orleans class is one of the most powerful ever installed in a ship of this size. Her manoeuvrability is also quite impressive, although some vessels have experienced problems with hull stress around the connect points for the torpedo pods. The sensor and computer systems of the New Orleans represent a significant increase in capacity over previous designs.

 

When the Borg launched their invasion of the Federation in 2365 five ships of the New Orleans class were in service; three of these managed to reach Wolf 359 in time to join the fleet which engaged the Borg in that system. The ships were lost with all hands; again calls were made for these ships to be scrapped, but in fairness Wolf 359 was hardly a reasonable test and many far more powerful ships were also lost in this battle. Starfleet stepped up production of the class in order to make up the shortfall in Starfleet numbers.

 

With the advent of the Dominion threat Starfleet petitioned for and was granted a massive increase in their force levels. Production of the New Orleans class went into high gear. And order for twenty seven units had been placed after Wolf 359 and these ships were emerging from the production lines in 2370 when the USS Odyssey was destroyed by the Dominion. A further eighty two ships were ordered shortly after this incident; improved manufacturing processes have reduced the build time for a New Orleans from five to three years, and the first batch of this order arrived shortly after the start of the Dominion war. Although details are unavailable, the New Orleans is thought to have performed well during the conflict so far.

[Atragon9 0]

Uhhh... NEBULA!!!

 

It has a much more compact design with the engines below and it has the dorsal module that can be easily swapped out at starbases to make the ship customizable without an entire refit.

 

Oh and the racing stripes, mag nacelles, hydraulic sensor pumps and b*tching sound system helps, too!

[Dumbass 0]

Ah, OK. So the Manticore isn't a tugboat after all, it's a lowrider.

[Atragon9 0]

Ah, OK. So the Manticore isn't a tugboat after all, it's a lowrider.

Got the fuzzy Dabo dice hanging from the Main Viewscreen and the Plastic Prophet on the Helm console!

[OHNO 0]

it's not new! it's been around since the cardassian wars ;)

NOT NEW as in NEW. IT's The New Orleans, that is its name or class.

 

I like the Prometheus, now thats a cool ship 3 for 1

Defaint, I like her fire power and the way she gets up and go

and our low rider the Manicore- Nebula class ;)