USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004

The USS Nikola Tesla is a Merian Class Light Explorer in service with Star Fleet under the Command of Captain Jason Simmons.

STARSHIP
USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004
Class	Merian Class Light Explorer
Registry	LE-20004
Allegiance	United Federation of Planets
Commanding Officer	Captain Jason Simmons
Fleet	Shackleton Expedition
Launched	242004.01
Status	Active (242004.01)

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 Crew Breakdown 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 10)
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 Class Light Explorer

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

Commanding Officers

Captain Jason Simmons (242004.01-present)

Auxiliary Craft

Shuttlepods - Type-10

Smiljan-20004-1
Graz-20004-2

Crew Manifest

Rank	Name	Position	Species	Email
Command Staff
	Jason Simmons	Commanding Officer	Human	E-Mail
	Beno Velaul	First Officer/Chief Science Officer	Joined Trill	E-Mail
	Icarus Ubon	Chief of the Boat	Halanan	NPC
Tactical Department
	Keval Ch'alev	Chief Tactical Officer	Andorian	E-Mail
	Zhodaar	Tactical Officer	Ceratopsian Gorn	E-Mail
Security Department
	Peter Jensen	Chief of Security	Human	E-Mail
	Jason Blair	Security Officer	Human	E-Mail
Engineering Department
	Asfar Farhat Alturkia	Chief Engineer	Human	E-Mail
	Altairi Hydish	Engineering Officer	Ktarian/Human	E-Mail
Science Department
	Beno Velaul	First Officer/Chief Science Officer	Joined Trill	E-Mail
	Gerdan Venta	Science Officer	Joined Trill	E-Mail
Medical Department
	Raven Hurst	Chief Medical Officer	Human/Vulcan	E-Mail
	Julia Troy	Medical Officer	Betazoid	E-Mail