Cruiser (Federation)

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Overview

The Federation Cruiser is a Lieutenant Commander(Tier 2) level Cruiser vessel. This is the original Star Trek style of ship utilizing traditional nacelle, hull, neck and saucer sections. This type of ship introduces Cruiser style gameplay to Federation aligned players.

Statistics

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Rank

Hull

Shield

Weapons

Crew

Bridge
Consoles

Officers

Turn
Rate

Imp

Dev

Cost

Fore

Aft

Tac

Eng

Sci

Ens

Lt.

Lt.C

Com

Lt. Cmdr

16,250

100%

2

400

1

2

1

3

1

8

0.15

4

20,550

Sub-types

Excalibur class

The Excalibur class is well-suited for cargo or transport missions. Its expansive cargo holds make it indispensable to Starfleet as a vessel used to resupply planets, space stations, and other starships. The power systems make it possible to run industrial replicators indefinitely, making this class the ideal choice for evacuation and mercy missions.

Vesper class

Vesper is reminiscent of the Excelsior class line of ships. However the general layout reflects that of the more traditional Cruiser. The saucer unlike the Excalibur is completely round.

Constitution class

In the late 2260s to early 2270s, the Constitution-class starships underwent their final major refit program. The actual refitting took eighteen months of work and essentially a new vessel was built onto the bones of the old, replacing virtually every major system. Thus, the Constitution-class continued in service for a further twenty years.

Essential upgrades were made to the Constitution-class' warp systems; the old cylindrical nacelles were replaced with new angular ones and the warp nacelle struts were connected to the engineering hull much closer to the neck than before. The engineering hull roughly retained its original shape – while the original hull was essentially a conical cylinder, the refit was much more rounded.

The deflector dish was upgraded, doing away with the "satellite" dish architecture. As for the interior of the hull, the most obvious upgrades were the enlargement of the shuttle deck and landing bay, as well as the addition of a horizontal matter-antimatter reaction assembly and a vertical intermix chamber.

Performance

The ship is quite large in length and is bigger than the other ships at its tier. It also has a much stronger hull than the Escort and Science vessels of its tier and is the only one that can hold two Engineering Bridge Officers. It has a good balanced weapon system neither aft or fore being more favored. This is beneficial for the ship given it's sub-par turn rates.

Images

Database Screenshot

Vessels of the Class

Vesper Vessels

Constitution Vessels

USS Enterprise 1701 at Memory Alpha
USS Enterprise 1701-A at Memory Alpha