USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004
The USS Nikola Tesla is a Merian Class Light Explorer in service with Star Fleet, assigned to the Shackleton Expedition. This is an NPC vessel.
| STARSHIP | |
|---|---|
 USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004
| |
| Class | Merian |
| Registry | LE-20004 |
| Allegiance | United Federation of Planets |
| Fleet | Shackleton Expedition |
| Launched | 242004.01 |
| Status | Active (NPC Vessel) (242107.01) |
| Specifications | |
| Type: | Light Explorer (LE) |
| Length: | 218 Meters |
| Beam: | 115 Meters |
| Height: | 46 Meters |
| Mass: | 540,000 metric tons |
| Decks: | 10 (Including Rollbar Pods) Deck Plans |
| Crew Compliment: | Standard: 20 Officers, 60 Enlisted Emergency: 300 |
| Warp Speed: | Type: Thrawn-class Warp Core Reactor with Type 7 Nacelles Cruise Speed: Warp 7 Sustainable Speed: Warp 8 Emergency Speed: Warp 9 (12 hour automatic shutdown) |
| Impulse Engines: | Type: 2 Class 7 Main Impulse Engines (MIE) Speed: .87 C |
| Other Propulsion Systems: | Type: Type-1 Quantum Slipstream Generator Speed: Warp 9.99998477 (8 hour automatic shutdown) |
| Defensive Systems: | Type-1A Shield generator |
| Armament: | Phasers: 2x 140-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Dorsal); 2x 140-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Ventral) |
| Computer System: | Yori-Moto D4D019 |
| Tractor/Repulsor: | 1 Main Tractor/Repulsor Beams, 2 Shuttle Docking Tractors (2 in Main Bay), 2 Docking Tractors |
| Shuttlecraft: | 1 Bay (A), 2 Shuttles (2 Type 18) |
| Sensors: | SS Sierra 1a8 Deep Space Scientific Sensors Daystrom Industries HSCS-2SC-B Starship Sensors |
The USS Nikola Tesla is assigned to the Shackleton Expedition. Their ongoing mission is the exploration of the Shackleton Expanse alongside the Klingon Defense Force. The ship is currently based at Narendra Station.
Lineage
Assigned to the Shackleton Expedition, the USS Nikola Tesla is named after famed electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist Nikola Tesla, who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
The following starship vessels have carried the name Nikola Tesla:
Current: USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004
Vessel Class: Merian
Vessel Dedication Quote
- "Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for what I have really worked, is mine."
- - Nikola Tesla
