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__NOEDITSECTION__ The ''Rhode Island class'' is a [[Federation]] [[Starship]] of the [[Scout]] type.__NOEDITSECTION____NOTOC__
Unlike previous vessels used by Star Fleet in the late 24th and early 25th centuries, the Rhode Island seems to balance the various roles of scientific, exploration, and defense rather than be specifically designed to carry out one such duty. A Rhode Island can withstand fire from powerful disruptors of Klingon or Romulan design, while the Federation ship's impulse speed agility gives a daring Captain an advantage during an engagement.===Mission Profiles===
[[Image:RIMSDPathfinder and Reconnaissance Operations, Scientific and Survey Operations, Crisis and Emergency Response.png|thumb|center|Rhode Island class Master Systems Display]]
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{{Sidebar\starship
| ship name = Rhode Island Nova Class Survey Vessel
| allegiance = United Federation of Planets
| image = RhodeIsland.jpg| image3 = RhodeIsland.jpg| image4 = RIMSD.jpg| class = Rhode Island Nova Class Survey Vessel
| specifications =
}}
==History=Overview=== The Nova-class was designed as a science and scout vessel, intended for short-term planetary research and analysis as a replacement for the aged Oberth-class. Designed to be small and easy to operate and maintain, the initial design was a rejected proposal for the [[Defiant Class]] Escort, the tactical systems stripped out and replaced by advanced sensor suites and tried-and-tested internal systems. ===Capabilities=== Despite not being designed as a tactical vessel, the Nova-class is remarkably well-armed for a ship of its size with eleven phaser arrays and a pair of forward torpedo tubes. The single Impulse Engine mounted at the aft end of the primary hull is powerful for its size, giving the Nova-class excellent acceleration and agility for getting into and out of trouble, but at the expense of redundancy. The class' true calling, however, is as a scout or survey vessel; designed with the most advanced sensors of the time in mind, and equipped with a pair of powerful computer cores, the diminutive Nova-class can survey a planet or solar system at a greater speed than its larger cousins. Four landing legs allow the Nova-class to land on the planet it is surveying and act as a research outpost, if required. Initially the Nova-class was designed with an LF-47 Advanced Linear Warp Drive with undersized warp coils, limiting its cruising velocity to a sedate Warp 6 and its maximum speed to Warp 8. A larger unit was not available for installation until, after the Synth Attack on Mars, a comprehensive refit program for all Starfleet vessels was ordered to make up for the loss of shipbuilding capability associated with Utopia Planitia's destruction. The new core and larger warp coils were installed across the Nova fleet, and increased the class' emergency velocity to 9.92 for a period of 12 hours, though this would drain the ship's deuterium supply and put immense strain on its structural integrity field. Designed for short missions of only a few months, the initial run of Nova-class vessels lacked dedicated crew recreation facilities. As Nova-class starships were pressed into longer-duration missions, however, internal configurations were revisited, usually deleting Crew Quarters to acommodate a dedicated Holodeck or Arboterum; the increasingly-cramped living environment was deemed justifiable for both the morale of the crew, but also to engage in studies around the emotional and social health of crews on long voyages. Despite the longer-duration missions, most Nova-class ships operate without a Counsellor, though the new-generation EMH based on the EXEO program is more than capable of acting in this capacity.
The Rhode Island class was initially designed in immense amount of lab space available to the early 2380s as a replacement for the underwhelming Nova-class Scouthas made it a more-than-capable medical or crisis-response vessel, which in turn had been intended able to respond to replace the aging Oberth class survey vesselsan emergency quicker than a dedicated hospital ship and act as a triage or crisis response center. Plans to update It has also been rumoured that the class were scrapped during thirty years of near-constant warfare, until 2418 when the Fleet Modernisation Program uncovered the design ' diminutive size and utilised modern construction techniques and technologies to ensure the class met nonthreatening nature have attracted the needs eye of deep space exploration in the early 25th centuryStarfleet Intelligence as an Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) vessel, though these claims remain unsubstantiated.
===Vesselsof Note===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name !! Registry !! Launched !! Status|-|USS ''Rhode Island'' || FSV-66000 || 21912.31 || Prototype - Systems Testbed|-|[[USS Philadelphia, FSV-66053|USS ''Philadelphia'']] || [[USS Philadelphia, FSV-66053|FSV-66053]] || 2421 || Fitting Out|-|USS ''ShiKahr'' || FSV-66002 || 2421 || Fitting Out|-|USS ''Laikan'' || FSV-66003 || 2421 || Fitting Out|-|USS ''Paris'' || FSV-66004 || 2421 || Under Construction
|-
|[[USS Philadelphia, FSV-66053|USS ''PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia'' ]] || FSV-66005 || 2421 66053 || Under ConstructionActive
|}
===Image Gallery===
====Command Areas====
<gallery>
Image:RIBridge.jpg|Bridge
Image:RIReady.jpg|Captain's Ready Room
Image:RIBriefing.jpg|Briefing Room
</gallery>
====Operational Areas====
<gallery>
Image:RIEngineering.jpg|Engineering (Main Level)
Image:RIEngineeringTop.jpg|Engineering (Upper Level)
Image:RIScience.jpg|Science Lab (Typical)
Image:RISickbay.jpg|Sickbay
Image:YeagerTypeAstro.jpg|Astrometrics Lab
Image:RIComp.jpg|Computer Core
</gallery>
====Crew Areas====
<gallery>
Image:RICO.jpg|Captain Braggins' Quarters
Image:RISrOff.jpg|Officers' Quarters
Image:RIEnl.jpg|Enlisted Quarters
Image:RILounge.jpg|Officer's Lounge
Image:RIMess.jpg|Mess Hall
</gallery>
====Other Areas====
<gallery>
Image:RICarg1.jpg|Cargo Bay
Image:RIWave.jpg|Waverider Dock
Image:RIShuttlebay.jpg|Shuttlebay
Image:RITrans.jpg|Transporter Room
</gallery>
[[Category: Starship]]
[[Category: Engineering]]
