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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, with most of the internal volume dedicated to scientific study in the form of laboratories and research libraries. As Nova-class starships were pressed into longer-duration missions, however, research spaces across the fleet internal configurations were deleted revisited, usually deleting Crew Quarters to host acommodate a dedicated Holodeck, while some ships deleted more space for Gymnasia or Arboterum; each 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 immense amount of lab space available to the Nova-class has made it a more-than-capable medical or crisis-response vessel, able to respond to an emergency quicker than a dedicated hospital ship and act as a triage or crisis response center. It has also been rumoured that the class' diminutive size and nonthreatening nature have attracted the eye of Starfleet Intelligence as an Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) vessel, though these claims remain unsubstantiated.
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===Image Gallery===
====Command Areas====
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====Operational Areas====
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Image:RIEngineering.jpg|Engineering(Main Level)Image:RIEngineeringTop.jpg|Engineering (Upper Level)Image:RIScience.jpg|Science LabsLab (Typical)
Image:RISickbay.jpg|Sickbay
Image:YeagerTypeAstro.jpg|Astrometrics Lab
Image:RIComp.jpg|Computer Core
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====Crew Areas====
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Image:RICO.jpg|Captain Braggins' Quarters
Image:RIOffRISrOff.jpg|Officers' Quarters
Image:RIEnl.jpg|Enlisted Quarters
Image:RILounge.jpg|Officer's Lounge
Image:RIMess.jpg|Mess Hall
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====Other Areas====
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Image:RICarg1.jpg|Cargo Bay 1Image:RICarg2.jpg|Cargo Bay 2
Image:RIWave.jpg|Waverider Dock
Image:RIShuttlebay.jpg|Shuttlebay
Image:RITrans.jpg|Transporter Room
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[[Category: Starship]]
[[Category: Engineering]]
