From: Starfleet Prototype
This design is meant for the times between the movies Star Trek Two: Wrath of Khan and Star Trek Six: The Undiscovered Country. This could easily also be used in Next generation times as ships pulled from Mothball / Reserve fleets to cover the huge losses incurred while fighting against the Borg and Dominion.
The Asmodius class corvette is a small starship that is used for missions and roles that Destroyers would not be effective for. These missions include convoy escort, light planetary defense missions, and convoy duty. The ships often work in squadrons and group tactics are far more common with these ships than with destroyers and larger ships. In size, when compared to Phase World starships, the ship is the size of a small cruiser or a very large destroyer.
Inside the supports for the torpedo launcher, the corvette has landing gear to allow the corvette to land. The ships is a decent atmospheric craft and flies in the atmosphere by bruit force
For the ships size, the ship is very well armed. The ships weapon main weaponry are four photon torpedo launchers. While the payload for the launchers is limited, about twenty four torpedoes per launcher, the ship has the same number of torpedo launchers that some of the larger cruisers carry. The ship also has three phaser banks. The banks are not as powerful as those carried by the cruiser and other large ships but are still quite powerful. The only weakness this ship carries when it is compared to ships from phase world is that the ship does not have a large amount of point defense.
The ship has a tiny hanger bay in the rear of the ship. The ship can carry a light shuttle and two Tycho class light interceptors. This is so the ship has some support and defensive craft. The ship has berthing for twenty marines but marines are rarely carried and the marine officers stateroom (there is only one) is often used for passengers if the ship is carrying any on board which is rare as well. The ship has a couple of two man transporters and a a very tiny cargo transporter.
This design is written to be able to interact with modified phase world rules. See Revised Starship Rules for Phase World. There is a lack of hard detail on this ship. Some materials have suggested accelerations that are simply beyond scope. I have taken a moderate level in writing up this starship for Phase World because otherwise the ship would either be far too powerful or far too weak for Phase World. Warp speeds are far slower than the FTL speeds for Phase World but they are very close to those from the original series and Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual. Also, a note on the mass of starships. The original sources indicated much smaller masses for starships than Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual does and where possible, both masses are listed for the gamers to choose which one seems most appropriate.
Model Type: NCC-200
Vehicle Type: Light Corvette (Heavy destroyer by phase world)
Crew: 86 (16 officers, 70 enlisted)
Troops: 20 Marines and 4 fighter/Shuttle pilots.
Vehicles:
2 | Tycho class light interceptors. | |
1 | Light Shuttle |
M.D.C By Location:
Heavy Phaser Banks (3 banks of 2): | 600 each bank | |
Sublight Torpedo Pod (Under body): | 2,000 | |
Sublight Torpedo Launchers (4, in pod): | 600 each | |
Warp Nacelles (2): | 6,000 each | |
Impulse Engine: | 3,500 | |
[1] Bridge: | 5,000 | |
[2] Main Body: | 15,000 | |
[2] Variable Force Field: | 2,000 a side (12,000 Total) |
Notes:
[1] In reality this is how much damage needs to be done for a weapon
to hit the bridge through the ships armor. This ship does not have an auxiliary
bridge. Even if the bridge is destroyed, the ship can still be piloted
from engineering but ship is -3 to dodge and all weapon systems will be
at local control. Weapon hits near the bridge that do not penetrate the
ships integrity can injure crew members on or near the bridge.
[2] Depleting the MDC of the main body will put the Corvette out of
commission. All internal systems will shut down, including life support
and internal gravity. The ship itself will be an unsalvageable floating
wreck.
[3] Shields positions can be varied and all could be combined in one
shield. Shields regenerate at the rate of 5% (600 MDC) per melee round.
Speed:
Driving on the Ground: Not Possible but the ship has landing
struts in the torpedo tube supports so the ship can land on a planet.
Sublight: Has a special sublight engine that allows the ship
to travel up to 60 percent of the speed of light. Star Ship can accelerate/decelerate
at the rate of 1.0 percent of light per melee round.
As an alternative, the starship can reach .99 of the speed of light
but is normally restricted to slower speeds so that starship is not effected
severely by time attenuation that occurs at the higher sublight speeds.
Atmospheric Propulsion: Maximum speed is Mach 8 using impulse
engine. Due to starship having gravitic propulsion systems, starship can
enter and leave the atmosphere.
Stardrive: Uses a warp engine that allows the ship to travel
at Warp Factor 5.0 on cruise (0.01 light years per hour), Warp Factor 7.25
Flank (.04 light years per hour), and Warp Factor 8.75 Emergency (.07 light
years per hour). Warp speed is raised to the third power to figure out
how many times the speed of light the ship travels. These speeds are very
slow when compared to Phase World ship, so if used in that universe, they
could be increased enough to operate within Three Galaxy speeds but should
not exceed them.
Maximum Range: Effectively Unlimited by either Drive system.
The ship carries about two years worth of supplies on board and a very
small hydroponic section.
Statistical Data:
Length: 332.6 feet (102.3 meters)
Height: 129.7 feet (39.5 meters)
Width: 338.2 feet (103 meters)
Mass: 24,500 Metric Tons (Starfleet Prototype)
Power System: Primary power system is Anti-Matter with a 10
year life span. Ship normally only goes 5 year between refueling.
Cargo: Small cargo hold that can carry up to 1,000 tons of cargo
not including standard compliment of supplies and ammunition. Hold is 20
x 20 x 80 feet in dimensions (6.1 x 12.2 x 24.4 meters).
Market Cost: Cost about 750 million to build. As far as it is
known, the Federation does not sell their starship designs to other interested
parties.
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Technical information from Starfleet Prototype
By Kitsune (E-Mail Kitsune).
I would like to recognize Henning Rogge as giving assistance with the revision of the Star Trek starships.
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