Vesta Class
STARSHIP | |
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Vesta-class Explorer | |
Class | Vesta Class Explorer |
Allegiance | United Federation of Planets |
Specifications | |
Type: | Explorer |
Length: | 670 Meters |
Beam: | 195 Meters |
Height: | 88 Meters |
Mass: | 3,321,630 metric tons |
Decks: | 19 Deck Plans |
Crew Compliment: | Standard: 115 Officers, 485 Enlisted Crew Breakdown Emergency: 2,000 |
Warp Speed: | Type: Cruise Speed: Warp 8 Sustainable Speed: Warp 9.8 Emergency Speed: Warp 9.99 (36 hour automatic shutdown) |
Impulse Engines: | Type: 2 Class 8 Main Impulse Engines (MIE), 2 Secondary Impulse Engines (SIE) Speed: .87 C |
Other Propulsion Systems: | Rigel Labs X04 Quantum Slipstream Generator Speed: Warp 9.99998477 (12 hour automatic shutdown) |
Defensive Systems: | Type-1A Shield generator |
Other Defensive Systems: | Sensor Cloak, 20cm Ablative Armour |
Armament: | Phasers: 2x Type XII Phaser Cannons (Saucer - Forward); 2x 140-degree Type-XII Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Dorsal); 2x 90-degree Type-XII Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Ventral); |
Other Capabilities: | Planet Landing Capabilities - Blue Alert |
Computer System: | Yori-Moto D4D019 |
Tractor/Repulsor: | 2 Main Tractor/Repulsor Beams, 5 Shuttle Docking Tractors (4 in Main Bay, 1 for Yacht), 6 Docking Tractors |
Shuttlecraft: | 1 Bay (A), 10 Shuttles (4 Type 12, 4 Type 14, 2 Type 17), 2 Runabouts (Delta Class) |
Sensors: | SS Sierra 1a8 Deep Space Scientific Sensors Daystrom Industries HSCS-3SC-A Starship Sensors |
The Vesta-class Explorer represents the epitome of late 24th-century engineering. Designed as a long-range vessel of exploration, the Vesta built off the success of the Dauntless class of the early 2380s and equipped with Starfleet's first production Quantum Slipstream Drive. Equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, the Vesta-class starship is often assigned to deep-space exploration and reconnaissance missions and is therefore rarely seen within Federation Space. Due to the complexity of the systems and the need to distribute construction of new hulls following the destruction of the Utopia Planitia Shipyards in 2385, only a limited number of hulls were completed before resources were diverted to other projects.
Vessels of Note
- Note: This represents the ENTIRE production-run of Vesta-class Explorers.
Name | Registry | Status |
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USS Vesta | NX-82601 | Active, Pathfinder Project |
USS Aventine | NCC-82602 | Active, Pathfinder Project |
USS Caelian | NCC-82611 | Active, Seconded to Starfleet Intelligence |
USS Capitoline | NCC-82617 | Active, Seconded to DTI |
USS Esquiline | NCC-82614 | Missing, Presumed Lost |
USS Palatine | NCC-60067 | Active, Pathfinder Project |
USS Quirinal | NCC-82610 | Missing, Presumed Lost |
USS Viminal | NCC-82626 | Undergoing Refit |
USS Artemis | EX-11000 | Active, Special Assignment |
USS Nike | NCC-82612 | Active, Pathfinder Project |
USS Freyja | NCC-82613 | Active, Pathfinder Project |
USS Athena | NCC-82621 | Active, Pathfinder Project |