Vesta Class
The Vesta-class Explorer is a Star Fleet starship class, of cruiser type in use from 2419.
History
Originally conceived as a deep-space Explorer and Reconnaissance Vessel in the early 2380s, the Vesta-class was beset by technical issues and ultimately suspended as the First General War loomed. The project was revived as part of the Fleet Modernization Program in 2417, intended to supplement the new Beckett Class and replace the ageing and increasingly maintenance-heavy Avenger and Zeus classes as a middleweight explorer that combined the strengths of both vessels and go some way to negate the glaring weaknesses in the previous design; which had been built as warships first, and explorers second.
The earliest ships in the class would also serve as testbeds for new technologies, including holographic displays and Quantum Slipstream Drive; the latter having finally been deemed viable forty years following the concept's initial transmission from the ill-fated USS Voyager.
Specifications
[[image:|right|thumb|Vesta Forward]] [[image:|right|thumb|Vesta Aft]] [[image:|right|thumb|Vesta Port]] [[image:|right|thumb|Vesta Starboard]] [[image:|right|thumb|Vesta Dorsal]] [[image:|right|thumb|Vesta Ventral]]
Specifications | |
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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: | Type-1 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 |
Vessels
Name | Registry | Launched |
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USS Vesta | EX-10000 | 21809.01 |
USS | EX-11000 | 2419 |