Vesta Class

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The Vesta-class Explorer is a Star Fleet starship class, of Explorer 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, a Multidimensional Wave-function Analysis Module, 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. The Vesta-class also boats an expansive Shuttlebay, capable of holding eight Shuttles and a Runabout, with an expanded area to the rear for the vessel's Captain's Yacht.

Like the Beckett-class, the Vesta-class differed from its forebears by returning to a predominantly Array-based Phaser system, creating greater coverage of fire. The number of Torpedo Launchers was reduced to four, but technological advances allowed these tubes to rapid-fire torpedoes rather than being forced to risk "stacking" them in the launch chamber. The final addition was the inclusion of two Type-G cannons in the ship's bow, the multi-function weapons enabling the ship to destroy incoming torpedoes, while also granting it the firepower to punch through any blockade with ease.

The prototype vessel, the USS Vesta, EX-10000, was launched in September 2418. The trials were successful but highlighted some failings in the design, though relatively minor compared to those found in the Beckett. These flaws had been mostly ironed out by early 2419, and the first production model is expected to launch soon.

Vesta-class Development Patch


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]]

Vesta-class Explorer
File:Vesta schematic.png
Master Systems Display
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: Dual Thrawn-class Warp Core Reactors
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: 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 G (Saucer - Forward);
2x 140-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Dorsal);

2x 90-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Saucer - Ventral);
2x 60-degree Type-I Arrays, one starboard, one port (Pylons - Ventral)
Torpedoes: 4x Rapid-Fire Quantum/Photon Torpedo Launchers (2F/2A)
Payload: 100 Quantum, 200 Photon Torpedoes, additional material for 100

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
USS Vesta EX-10000 21809.01
USS EX-11000 2419