Compiled by H. Keith Hamilton Louisiana Tech University USA ====================================================================== From: ST21822@vm.cc.latech.edu Conference: 25 , rec.arts.start To: ALL Message: 143 Reply To: Subj: CONSTITUTION-CLASS STARSH Date: 09-11-94 Time: 19:11 ====================================================================== Path: tiamet!coutts!ncrcan!ncrlnk!ncrhub6!ncrgw2.ncr.com!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!convex!da rwin.sura.net!aurora.LaTech.edu!vm.cc.latech.edu!ST21822 From: ST21822@vm.cc.latech.edu Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.tech Subject: CONSTITUTION-CLASS STARSHIP SPECS (repost) Message-ID: <1702EB98F.ST21822@vm.cc.latech.edu> Date: 11 Sep 94 19:11:42 GMT Organization: Louisiana Tech University Lines: 399 NNTP-Posting-Host: vm.cc.latech.edu X-Newsreader: NNR/VM S_1.3.2 Since I last posted this starship spec, the Star Trek Encyclopedea came out and screwed up my deck directory. I will attempt to revise this later. For now, just think of the deck directory as the one that applied to the uprated NCC-1701. After all, my deck directory was based on the one listed in Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, which dealt with the uprated NCC-1701. Enjoy. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONSTITUTION-CLASS FEDERATION HEAVY CRUISER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASS INFORMATION ------------------- Spacecraft Classification Class I Starship of the Line Spacecraft Catagory Cruiser Spacecraft Sub-Catagory Heavy Cruiser Spacecraft Model Series Mark IX-C Primary Objective Interstellar Exploration and Research, Deep-Space Charting, Cross-Cultural Contact, Biologic and Ecologic Studies and Experiments Secondary Objective Safety and Defense of All Federation Member Planets and Citizens, Full Execution and Enforcement of Federation Policy Options Along the Frontier and Against Threat Forces GENERAL AND SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS ----------------------------------- Displacement 210,000 metric tons (standard) Overall Primary Hull Secondary Hull Nacelles Length 304.8 m 146.3 m 121 m 154.8 m Beam 141.7 m 141.7 m 32.9 m 12.6 m Draft 71.3 m 32.9 m 47.5 m 18.3 m Spaceframe Materials -- Duranium-Tritanium Alloy Specifications Design Life -- 100 Earth Years Propulsion Two, Matter/Antimatter (Liquid Deuterium/Antideuterium) Fueled, Dilithium-Controlled Reactor Powered, Advanced Fourth-Generation Warp Drive Nacelles Two Liquid Deuterium Fueled, Fusion Reactor Powered Impulse Drive Units Eight Hydrogen Fueled, Particle Beam Maneuvering Thrusters Fourteen Hydrogen Fueled, Particle Beam Reaction Control Thruster Packages Warp Engine Maximum Cruising Velocity -- Warp Factor 8.5 (1270 c) Performance (Sustainable until fuel exhaustion) Maximum Rated Velocity -- Warp Factor 9 (1516 c) (Sustainable for up to twelve hours) Maximum Emergency Velocity -- Warp Factor 9.2 (1647 c) (Auto-shutdown after ten minutes) Impulse Engine Full Impulse Power -- 75,000 kps (0.21 c) Performance Maximum Emergency Velocity -- 280,800 kps (0.78 c) Duration 5 Earth Years Before Resupply and/or Minor Refitting 10-15 Earth Years Before Major System Swapouts and Upgrades Maximum Range -- 22 Years at Light-Year Velocity Ship's 480 (standard) -- 70 Officers, 410 Enlisted Complement Embarked Craft 12 (standard) -- 4 Personnel Shuttles, 6 Workbees, 2 Travel Pods Ordnance Phasers -- 6 Dual-Turret Banks 6 Single-Turret Banks (18 Turrets Total) Photon Torpedoes -- 2 Tubes 20 Torpedoes Defense Four Graviton Polarity Source Generators and Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers Feeding Three Hull-Mounted, Diburnium-Osmium Alloy, Deflector Shield Transmission Grids Diburnium-Osmium Coil-Generated Force Field Power Matter/Antimatter (Liquid Deuterium/Antideuterium) Fueled, Generation Dilithium-Controlled Reactor Five Liquid Deuterium Fueled Fusion Reactors Sixty Auxiliary Dilithium Storage Batteries In Six Banks Power Main Dilithium-Energized Matter/Antimatter Plasma-Energy Distribution Intermix Power Transfer Shaft Secondary Dilithium-Energized Plasma-Energy Transfer Conduits (Main Power Transfer Shaft Bleeds) Three Microwave Power Waveguide Distribution Networks Derived From Main or Secondary Power Energizer Taps (M/A Reactor Core and Fusion Reactor Taps) Fuel Storage 24 Liquid Antideuterium Magnetic Containment Bottles (Primary and Auxiliary Containment Systems) Two Insulated Liquid Deuterium Storage Tanks Key M/A Reactor Cubed-Phase Dilithium Crystals Control Element Internal Primary and Auxiliary Multiplexed Optical Monocrystal Communications Microfiber Network (Optical Data Network) Short-Range, Radio-Frequency Links External Three High-Power, Long-Range, Hull-Mounted Subspace Communications Transciever Assemblies Six Medium-Power, Medium-Range, Hull-Mounted Subspace Transciever Assemblies Five Medium-Power, Short-Range, Hull-Mounted Auxillary Radio-Frequency Transciever Assmeblies Universal Sternbach/Okuda M-6 Univeral Language Translator Translator Airlock Docking Collars -- 7 Systems Personnel Hatches -- 7 Life Support Three (Primary, Reserve, and Emergency) Atmospheric Processing Systems Utilizing a Plenum Distribution/Recovery Network 150 Synthetic Gravity Field Generators Feeding Graviton Field Waveguide Conduits and Conducted Through Sub- Deck Waveguide Grid-Plating (Grav-Plates) Three Waste Recovery Complexes Supplied by Linear Induction Waste Return Conduits 100 Emergency Atmospheric and Lighting Modules Utilities Seven Fresh Water Tanks Supplying Two Independent Fresh Water Distribution Networks Food and General Molecular Fabrication System Fed by Five Raw Material Storage Tanks and Four Organic Material Storage Tanks Using Closed-Circuit Transporter Waveguide Distribution Conduits Three Cryogenic Storage Tanks Feeding Insulated Cryogenic Fluid Transfer Conduits Twenty Induction Propelled Turbolift Cars Travelling Through Turbolift Shaft System (Horizontal and Vertical Tubes) Independent Reserve Utilities Distribution Network (50% Capacity) Computer Two M-6 Duotronic Computer Cores (Main and Engineering Systems Cores) Three M-6B Duotronic Auxiliary Computer Banks 80 Duotronic Optical Subprocessors Inertial Two Primary and Two Auxiliary Graviton Polarity Source Dampeners Generators and Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers Feeding Two Parallel, Molybdenum-Jacked, Triphase Field Energy Waveguide Conduits and Conducted Through Standard Grav-Plates Structural Two Primary and Two Auxiliary Graviton Polarity Source Integrity Generators and Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers Field Feeding Two Parallel, Molybdenum-Jacked, Triphase Field Energy Waveguide Conduits and Conducted Through Spaceframe and Outer Hull Conductive Elements Transporter 4 Standard (Six-Pad) Quantum-Resolution Transporters, 6 Systems Emergency (22-Pad) Quantum-Resolution Transporters, 3 Molecular/Quantum-Resolution Cargo Transporters High-Energy, Transporter Annular Confinement Beam and Matter Stream Signal Waveguides Feeding Six, Hull-Mounted Transporter Signal Emitter Arrays Tractor Beam Two Subspace/Graviton Force Beam Emitters (Main Emitter and Hanger Bay Emitter) Guidance and Main and Support Navigational Sensor Platforms (Contains Navigation Artificial and Natural Celestial Input Devices, Main and Support Inertial Baseline Input Guidance System, Two Federation Timebase Beacon Recievers) Propulsion and Sensor Arrays Telemetry Inputs Navagational High-Power Graviton Polarity Source Generator and Subspace Deflector Field Distortion Amplifier Directed and Focused By Two Toroidal Subspace Coils Through Deflector Emitter Array Sensors Three Direction-of-Flight, Active/Passive Scan, Subspace, Long-Range Sensor Arrays 1.0 Meter Diameter Broad EM-Spectrum Telescope Omni-Directional, Active/Passive Scan, Medium- and Short- Range EM/Subspace, Sensor Array (Main Sensor Array) MISCELLANEOUS DATA -------------------- Max Transporter Range 16,000 km Max Cargo Capacity 22,500 metric tons Max Communications Long-Range Subspace Transceivers -- 17.5 light-years Range Medium-Range Subspace Transceivers -- 20 A.U. Short-Range Radio-Frequency Transceivers -- 60,000 km Max Sensor Range High-Resolution Settings -- 2 light-years Low- to Medium-Resolution Settings -- 14 light-years SHIP'S DIRECTORY ------------------ Deck 1 Main Bridge, VIP Docking Port, Emergency Battery Bank 1 Deck 2 Main Security Complex, Security Chief's Office Deck 3 Officers' and VIP Lounge/Messroom, Coil-Generated Force Field System Deck 4 Conference Room, Junior Officers' Quarters, VIP Staterooms, Water Tanks 1-3, Phaser Banks 1-3 Deck 5 Senior Officers' Quarters, Reading Lounge Deck 6 Crews' Quarters, Crews' Lounge/Messroom, Turbolift Maintenance Shop, Impulse Engineering Complex, Liquid Deuterium Storage Tank 1, Auxiliary Computer Bank 1, Main Gangway Hatch, Personnel Airlock Hatches 1-5, RCS Thrusters 1-4, Jeffries Tube Access, Secondary Power Energizer Deck 7 Armory, Auxiliary Control Room, Chapel, Gymnasium, Racquetball and Bowling Complex, Main Brig, Recreation Deck, Science Labs, Medical Complex, Main Transporter Complex (Standard Transporters 1-4, Emergency Transporters 1-4, Cargo Transporter 1), Main Conference Room, Cargo Storage, Food Fabrication System and Organic Storage Tanks 1-3, Primary Hull Life Support, Water Tanks 5-6, Waste Recovery Complex 1-2, Emergency Battery Banks 2-4, Emergency Landing Legs, RCS Thrusters 5-8, Deflector Shield Generators 1-2, Primary and Auxiliary Inertial Dampening Field Generator 1, Primary and Auxiliary Structural Integrity Field Generator 1, Cryogenic Tank 1, Main Computer Core Monitor and Override Deck 8 Auxiliary Fire Control, Docking Ports 2-3, Material Fabrication Shop and Material Storage Tanks 1-3, Phaser Banks 4-6, Ship's Laundry, Planetfall Ramp, Emergency Hull Separation System Deck 9 Auxiliary Computer Core 2, Computer Supercooling System, Observation Lounges, Specialized Environment Staterooms Deck 10 Primary Hull Power Distribution Monitor, Specialized Environment Staterooms, Specialized Environment Staterooms Support Systems Deck 11 Main Sensor Array Monitoring Station, Specialized Environment Staterooms Deck 12 Photon Torpedo Storage, Photon Torpedo M/A Charge Loader, Photon Torpedo Exhaust System Deck 13 Photon Torpedo Launch System and Auxiliary Fire Control, Docking Ports 4-5 Deck 14 Navigational Deflector Monitor, Engineering Computer Core, Maneuvering Thrusters 1-8, Jeffries Tube Access, Deflector Shield Generator 4 Deck 15 Main Engineering, Dilithium Crystal Reactor Chamber, Horizontal Main M/A Intermix Power Transfer Shaft, Hanger Bay Control Room, Phaser Banks 7-8, RCS Thrusters 9-10, Cryogenic Storage Tanks 2-3, Main Power Energizer Deck 16 Engineering Support Systems, Engineering Offices, Emergency Battery Banks 4-5, Primary Ship's Maintenance Complex, Material Storage Tanks 4-5, Turbolift Maintenance Shop, Hanger Bay Observation Gallery, Hanger Bay Tractor Beam, Secondary Hull Life Support, Deflector Shield Generator 3 Deck 17 Emergency Transporters 5-6, Hanger Bay, Docking Ports 5-6, Personnel Airlock Hatches 6-7, Secondary Hull Power Distribution Monitor, Primary and Auxiliary Inertial Dampening Generator 2, Primary and Auxiliary Structural Integrity Field Generator 2 Deck 18 Shuttlecraft Storage Hanger, Cargo Storage, Auxiliary Computer Core 3, Secondary Auxiliary Control Room, Lifeboat Facilities, Emergency Battery Bank 6 Deck 19 Cargo Transporters 2-3, Material Fabrication Shop, Cargo Storage, Reactor Chamber/Reactant Transfer Shaft Ejection System, Shuttlecraft Maintenance Shops, Recorder-Marker Launch System, Matter/Antimatter Reactant Injectors Deck 20 Matter/Antimatter Containment System, Antimatter Ejection System, Main Tractor Beam, Botany Lab, Botanical Garden, Messroom, Swimming Pool/Sundeck, Food Storage Tank 4, RCS Thrusters 11-12 Deck 21 Phaser Banks 9-12, Water Tanks 6-7, Waste Recovery Complex 3, Swimming Pool Machinery Decks 2-11 Main Computer Core Shaft Decks 6-14 Jeffries Tube Decks 6-15 Main Vertical M/A Intermix Power Transfer Shaft Decks 15-19 M/A Reactant Magnetic Constriction Transfer Shaft HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION-CLASS STARSHIPS --------------------------------------------- The prototype Constitution-class starship, USS Constitution (NX-1700), was commissioned in 2243 as the end result of the Starship Development Project that began in the late 2220s. These starships were to become the new workhorses of the Starfleet (replacing the aging Mann-class vessels), capable of the widest possible range of scientific and Federation policy enforcement missions while giving its crew the largest, most aestheticly pleasing surroundings in which to work. This line of starships had the most efficient warp dynamics of any spacecraft built up to that time. This, in addition to the faster and more efficient fourth-generation warp drive propulsion system, allowed speeds in excess of Warp Factor 6 (old scale). Also, the Constitution-class hull design allowed for improved construction efficiency, maintenance efficiency, and spaceframe life span. These starships were also had the most advanced support and tactical systems of the time. In 2245, after successful performance trials by the prototype, the first production starship, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), was launched. This soon-to-be legendary starship was followed by eleven more who, in all, recorded more first contacts and scientific endevors and discoveries than any other class of starships in Federation history up to that time. A major system upgrade program for the Constitution-class began around 2255. This included the installation of a new deflector shield system, replacement of laser cannons with phaser banks, and installation of a new matter/antimatter projectile known as the photon torpedo. Another minor upgrade program, dealing with interior and control panel design, plus some equipment and minor system replacement, began around 2266. In 2270, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the of the launch of the USS Constitution, a major systems swapout and upgrading program was initiated for all existing Constitution-class vessels. This huge refitting operation replaced every system on board the starship; modernized interior design, control panel design, and equipment; and installed the faster, more efficient, advanced fourth-generation warp propulsion system. The first starship to undergo this refitting was the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). In the early 2280s, the Transwarp Development Project was initiated in the hope of producing a propulsion system that could surpass the primary warp field efficiency barrier. New classes of starships, such the Excelsior-Class, were designed and built under this program using the latest innovations in warp dynamics. These vessels were intended to replace the aging Constitution- Class vessels as the flagships of the Federation's exploration fleet. In anticipation of this, several Constitution-class starships (such as the USS Enterprise) were decommissioned or reassigned to cadet training duty beginning in 2284. Later, however, technical and political difficulties arising from the Transwarp Development Project delayed the construction of more of the Excelsior-class vessels; therefore, the Constitution-class starships were given a "second-wind." A few of the older Constitution-class vessels were recommissioned and refitted in the late 2280s and early 2290s. Refits included a redesigned bridge module, new interior and control panel designs, and major system and equipment upgrading. Unfortunately, some technical problems with the new systems were reported in the beginning, resulting in a systemwide technological failure of the newly-launched USS Enterprise (NCC- 1701-A) in 2287. By the mid 2290s the Constitution-class starships were still the primary deep-space exploration vessels of Starfleet. However, as the performance of the failed transwarp experimental vessel USS Excelsior (an otherwise successful spaceframe now refitted with standard, but uprated, warp engines) and the Constellation-class starships continued to impress Starfleet Command, the Constitution-class starships began to be phased out over the next decade. Sources: "Star Trek Chronology", "ST:TNG Technical Manual", "Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise", "Starfleet Dynamics", "Ships of the Starfleet Vol. 1", "ST:TNG Writer's Technical Manual Third Season Edition", "Federation Reference Series", "Star Trek Blueprints", USS Enterprise Bridge: Deck 1 Offical Blueprint Poster, and best guess ________________________________________________________________________ | | | Exploring the further regions of experience... | | Z E R 0 R E A L I T Y B B S | | 9o5-934-4o55 / 345 megz and growing! | | Sysop: LiQUiD JeSuS | | | | -> LOTS of online texts: drugs, psychology, books, zines, FAQs, | | Internet, astronomy, sci-fi, Star Trek, philosophy, etc. | | -> Techno/Rave/Rotterdam/Trance/etc. Online MODs, Music Disks, Demos | | -> THOUSANDS of sampled sounds (instruments,voices,drums,etc.) | | -> Amiga & IBM Support, Adult Files (R/X/XXX Rated, Celebrities, | | Swimsuit, Amateur, Animations), Role Playing Game files, LOTS MORE!| |________________________________________________________________________|