Columbus Class Scout
The Columbus-class Scout is a Star Fleet starship class, of scout type.
History
When the aging Centaur and unreliable Yeager-class Scouts were retired prior to the General War, Star Fleet found itself without a small vessel for short range exploration. The planned Darwin-class would be inappropriate for such missions, so a new ship would need to be built. After the war was over, the Star Fleet Corps of Engineers took the small design of the new Berlin-class frigate and performed a major overhaul of the internal and external systems.
The Frigate’s armament was stripped down to a single phaser array, the torpedo tubes being replaced with a probe launcher. The torpedo targeting systems were replaced with enhanced sensor packages, and the type soon proved to be an effective short-range scout and with boosted engines also became adept in the reconnaissance role.
Specifications
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Scout (FSC) |
| Length: | 120 Meters |
| Beam: | 62 Meters |
| Height: | 15 Meters |
| Mass: | 75,000 Metric Tons |
| Decks: | 5 Deck Plans |
| Crew Compliment: | Standard: 14 Officers, 55 Enlisted Crew Breakdown Emergency: 150 |
| Warp Speed: | Type: 2 Main Warp Engines (Type 5E6) Cruise Speed: 5 Sustainable Speed: 9 Emergency Speed: 9.6 (12 hour automatic shutdown) |
| Impulse Engines: | Type:1 Main Impulse Engines (Type 5) Speed: .93 C |
| Defensive Systems: | Type 4 Main Shield Generator (MSG-4) Sensor cloak |
| Armament: | Phasers: 1 bank of 3 Type 1 (F/360D) Torpedoes: 1 Probe/Torpedo Launcher (1F) Payload: 5 Quantum, 15 Photon Torpedoes. |
| Other Capabilities: | Planet Landing Capabilities - Blue Alert |
| Computer System: | Daystrom Industries HSCS-3 |
| Tractor/Repulsor: | 2 Main Tractor/Repulsor Beams, 6 Docking Tractors, 2 Shuttle Tractors |
| Shuttlecraft: | 1 Bay (A), 2 Shuttles (2 Type 7) |
| Sensors: | Andorian Industries FSMSA-1 |
| Offensive Rating: | 35% |
| Defensive Rating: | 60% |
| Maneuverability Rating: | 90% |
| CER: | 63.3% |
Vessels of Note
| Name | Registry | Launched |
|---|---|---|
| USS Clark[1] | SC-8008 | |
| USS Cook[2] | SC-8015 | |
| USS Yeager | SC-8018 | 20305.01 |
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