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Cptn Corizon

USS Excalibur-B

The Newly Refited Excalibur-B Specs:

 

Class: Sovereign – Iowa Variant

Type: Dreadnought

Unit Run: 1 constructed; 1 under construction; 3 more commissioned

Commissioned: 2380-PRESENT

Dimensions:

 

Length : 690 m

Beam : 240 m

Height : 89 m

Decks : 27

Mass: 5,290,500 Metric Tons

Crew: 1650 officers/enlisted + Flight Crews

 

Armament:

18 x Type XII Phaser Arrays, total output 127,500 Terawatts

1 x Multi-Directional phaser turret, 4 Class I cannons

2 x Twin Class II rapid fire phaser pulse cannon

2 x Rapid Fire Quantum Torpedo Launcher + 300 torpedoes

8 x Burst Fire Torpedo Launchers + 400 torpedoes

3 x MV Rapid Fire Plasma Pulse Cannons

10 x AFG Turrets, total output 500 Terawatts

2 x Dual Tube Anti-Torpedo Counter Measure Launchers +80 Measures

 

Defense Systems:

Regenerative shield system, total capacity 5,000,300 TeraJoules

Metaphasic Shield System

Heavy Duranium/Tritanium Double hull plus 20 cm Ablative Armor.

High level Structural Integrity Field

 

Propulsion / Power Systems:

Warp Propulsion and main power provided by a Type X-B M/AM Reactor

 

Main reactor supplemented by four high output fusion reactors, can also supplement auxiliary power; feeding two nacelles

 

Impulse power provided by four impulse engines powered by four fusion reactors encased within engine housing.

 

Maneuverability provided by a series of twelve surface mounted retro-thrusters pods

[six retro-thrusters per pod] and a series of fourteen embedded RCS thruster quads

 

Warp Speeds (TNG scale)

Normal Cruise : 8

Maximum Cruise : 9.94 for 12 hours

Maximum Rated : 9.96 for 8 hours.

 

Diplomatic Capability: Grade IV

Expected Hull Life 120 years

 

Refit Cycle:

Minor : 5 year

Standard : 15 years

Major : 30 years

 

History:

The USS Excalibur-B, originally planned for mothballing, was instead chosen to be part of a new type of Sovereign-class vessel—The Iowa Project; born from Starfleet’s need for heavily armed ships-of-the-line that could support their many outposts on the fringes of Federation space, and also conduct exploratory missions.

 

Thus far two Sovereigns (Sovys) have been up-rated to this new type and given the rare distinction of being labeled as a ‘Dreadnought.’

 

The Iowa-type (Also known as the Excalibur-type, as the USS Excalibur-B was actually completed several months before the USS Iowa, NCC-87563) has a wide range of internal modifications, including, but not limited to: larger SIF generators, more powerful shield generators, heavier weapons complement with more weapons storage, thicker ablative armor, and a slightly larger warp-core unit (known as a Type-X-B, it is specific to the Iowa-type).

 

Another of the upgrades in weaponry is an entire complement of “secondary” batteries, and defensive weaponry; among them, new Anti-Fighter Guns (AFG) Turrets. Each AFG turret consists of twin 50 terawatt phaser cannons. The turrets can be either fired manually by a gunner or set to auto-defend. The purpose of the AFGs is to protect against smaller attack and fighter vessels without diverting primary batteries. The ten AFG’s are positioned as follows: two directly fore, positioned above and below on the bow of the vessel; two ventrally located mid-saucer; two located on the outside of the nacelle struts; one located ventrally mid -stardrive section; one located dorsally mid-stardrive; two located ventrally at the stern, covering the fighter launch bay.

 

The second of these weapons is the Multi-Vector Plasma Pulse Cannons, each fitted with gatling-style barrels (to avoid burnouts). These weapons are used for a similar purpose as the AFG guns, but have a larger area of coverage, and can defend against more heavily shielded targets than the AFG Turrets. Though they are considerably less accurate, they cause a lower overall power drain. The three cannons are placed as follows: two dorsally, mid-saucer on either side of the bridge; one dorsally, aft saucer, located above the Saucer Shuttle Bay. The MV Plasma Pulse Cannons, unlike the AFG’s, can not be fired manually by gunners, but are instead set to auto-defend, letting independent computers target and fire once they’re activated on the bridge.

 

The third of these weapons, and perhaps most innovative, is the Anti-Torpedo Measures, or ATM’s. Developed to help give Federation starships protection against the ever increasingly powerful torpedo based weapons of adversaries, the ATM is effectively a canister containing a gravimetric field generator that creates a strong gravimetric signature that incoming torpedoes lock onto and impact the canister as opposed to the hull of the vessel. The Iowa-type has been fitted with 2 dual tube launchers, one fore and one aft. The launchers repel the canisters when sensors detect incoming fire (one canister per every 5 torpedoes; one canister can effectively disperse up to four torpedoes simultaneously). The canisters have sensors which are set to activate the gravimetric field once the canister has cleared a safe distance from the vessel.

 

The Excalibur-B has additional modifications that are specific to the Excalibur-B and may or may not be included in the other four vessels of the Iowa-type. These modifications include bio-neural gel packs augmented with nanite packs. These packs help to offset repair functions controlled by the computer. They perform routine maintenance procedures on ODN and EPS conduits and allow for more accurate information and data when there are emergency situations. Nanite packs are not primary data networks and do not replace gel packs, but help to offset the gel packs when performing certain engineering functions. The ship is also outfitted with holo-emitters that allow for emergency medical procedures, but also allow for modifications to key areas of bridge and crew stations. The holo-emitters allow for the console to be reconfigured in an instant to perform the function the bridge member needs. It not only reconfigures the interface, but it also reconfigures the internal circuitry and processors that are needed for the task at hand.

 

The latest in designs for computer cores have also been implemented, with a more advanced SISO system designed for more automation of ship functions and using a bipolar isolinear positronic matrix for the processor. It allows for more computations than standard computer cores and relieves most of the automated functions needed for emergency situations. Additionally, the Excalibur-B has been equipped with a metaphasic shielding system.

 

In addition to those modifications, the aft shuttle bay has been expanded and converted into a fighter bay, the Excalibur-B carries both Lancelot and Guinevere class fighters in addition to the standard shuttle compliment.

 

Because of the heavy modifications to the superstructure of the original Excalibur-B, as a result of both heavy battle damage in the Gamma Quadrant, and the modifications to Iowa-type standards the Excalibur-B should be viewed as two vessels with the same registry number: Excalibur-B and Excalibur-B Refit.

 

After heavy damage during the Battle of the Wormhole, the USS Excalibur-B was retired from service.

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