USS Tempest Ship Specifications

[Julia Rellek]

"To the elements be free."

CLASSIFICATION
Name: USS Tempest
Registry: NCC-71863-A
Class: Galaxy X
Type: Exploration Cruiser

SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 642 meters
Width: 4642 meters
Height: 210 meters
Weight: 4,500,000 Metric Tons
Cargo capacity: 98,000 metric tons
Hull: Duranium microfoam and tritanium plating
Number of Decks: 42
Hull Identification Device: HID-54787-321-GX-Red

ACCOMODATIONS
Officers and Crew:  1,012
Visiting Personnel:  200
Evacuation Limit:  15,000

ARMOR/SHIELDS
Hull: Duranium hull plating over duranium-tritanium structural members
Ablative Armor: 10" Ablative Reinforcements over most critical areas
Standard Shield: Deflector shields (9 layer symmetrical subspace graviton bubble)

ENGINES/PERFORMANCE
Normal Cruising Speed: Warp 8.6
Maximum Cruising Speed: Warp 9.99 - For a maximum of 12 Hours.
Warp Core: Theoretical Propulsion Group Standard Matter/Antimatter Reaction Drive
Impulse Drives: 3 Aventium Class Mass Drivers, Modified from the existing Galaxy class design project plans by the Theoretical Propulsion Group, ASDB.
Normal Impulse Speed: .25 c
Maximum Impulse Speed: 0.75 c
Reaction Control Systems: Several RCS thrusters, each capable of generating 5.5 million Newtons of exhaust in any direction.

TRANSPORTERS

Number of Systems: 18
Personnel Transporters: 6 (Transporter Rooms 1-6 - each with 3 transporter stations)
Max Payload Mass: 900kg (1,763 lbs)
Max Range: 42,000 km
Max Beam Up/Out Rate: Approximately 130 persons/hour

Cargo Transporters: 4
Max Payload Mass: 850 metric tons. Standard operation is molecular resolution (Non-Lifeform).
Set for quantum (lifeform) resolution: 1.2 metric tons
Max Beam Up/Out Rate (Quantum Setting): Approx. 100 persons per hour per Transporter

Emergency Transporters: 6
Max Range: 15,000 km (send only) [range depends on available power]
Max Beam Out Rate: 200 persons per hour per Transporter (800 persons per hour with 6 Emergency Transports

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

Standard Data Transmission Speed: 18.5 kiloquads per second
Subspace Communications Speed: Warp 9.9997

ARMAMENTS:

Phaser Arrays: 14 Mk XI Phaser Arrays
Phaser Array Locations: One phaser array per nacelle, one phaser array on the power capacitor nacelle, three dorsal phaser arrays on the primary hull, and one ventral array on the primary hull. The secondary hull has two dorsal phaser point defense arrays on the far aft of the hull. An additional two phaser point defense arrays are on the ventral side, as well as one full-power beam array spanning the width of the secondary hull near the fore of the hull.
Phaser Cannons: 2 Mk XII Phaser Pulse Cannons
Phaser Cannon Location: The Phaser Cannons are located directly to Port and Starboard of the Bridge on the ventral side of the primary saucer.
Phaser Spinal Lance: 1 Mk III Spinal Lance
Phaser Spinal Lance Location: The Spinal lance runs down the main spine of the ship from stern to just above the deflector array.

Torpedo Systems: Four torpedo launchers, Two forward launchers on the secondary hull and another two aft.
Torpedo Complement: 300 (140 Photon Warheads, 140 Quantum Warheads, 20 Torpedoes without Warheads)

Tractor Beams: 2 Type X

AUXILIARY CRAFT:

1 Yellowstone-Class Runabout
USS Murrumbidgee NCC 74791
2 Danube-Class Runabout
USS Tigris NCC 72854
USS Euphrates NCC 72869
2 Type-11 Heavy Long Range Shuttlecraft
NCC-71863/A
NCC-71863/B
2 Type-10 Heavy Long Range Shuttlecraft
NCC-71863/C
NCC-71863/D
2 Type-9 Medium Long Range Shuttlecraft
NCC-71863/E
NCC-71863/F
3 Type-8 Light Long Range Shuttlecraft
NCC-71863/G
NCC-71863/H
3 Type-18 Shuttlepods
NCC-71863/I
NCC-71863/J
NCC-71863/K
2 Type-16 Shuttlepods
NCC-71863/L
NCC-71863/M
2 Type-9A Cargo Shuttle
NCC-71863/N
NCC-71863/O
3 Work Bee Maintenance Pods
2 Sphinx Maintenance Pods

COMPUTER SYSTEMS:

Computer Cores: Two Primary Computer Cores, with a third, smaller tactical computer housed in the "bussard collector" on the external power capacitor.

Ship Networking: The ship runs a standard isolinear network. As the ship is simply an uprating of the standard Galaxy class, it does not use bio-neural gelpacks.

LCARS: The computer systems use LCARS version 5.6, to account for increases in processor speed and power, limitations discovered in the field in earlier versions, and increased security. This level is the standard for Federation ships of the line, with 84% of Federation starships using this system.

EMERGENCY SYSTEMS:

Saucer Separation: Saucer Separation onboard Galaxy-class starships is possible, and the ship can reintegrate the two parts without the assistance of a shipyard.

Nacelle Ejection: The Galaxy and Galaxy-X types have the ability to eject both the warp nacelles, in the event that one or both are critically damaged to a point that would create a clear and present danger to the ship. Once separated, a spacedock is required to reintegrate the nacelles and the main body.

Standby Nacelle: The Galaxy-X's third 'Nacelle', while not designed for this process, does include a smaller, backup set of field coils. These field coils are too small to allow the ship to go to full warp, but can maintain warp five.

Escape Pods: 200 lifeboats are available to supplement the shuttlecraft embarked. Each pod can support a maximum of 8 souls for 8 months. Lifepods can link up in "gaggle" mode and share resources to last longer. Each 8-soul pod is in the shape of a triangle, 5.6 meters high and 6.2 meters long. This is the standard pod type for all Federation Starships.

Warp Core Ejection: The warp core ejection system is a system aboard warp-capable vessels designed to eject the warp core in the event of a warp core breach in order to prevent the destruction of the ship. Activation of the ejection system typically requires security clearance by the chief engineer or a senior officer (Commander or above). This tactic is generally considered to be a last ditch effort to save a ship during a crisis situation and is often unreliable at best. After ejection, it is possible to reintegrate the two parts, however this maneuver is also extremely difficult.

Emergency Egress: Many hull-level windows can be blown and double as egress routes. Combined with the main shuttlebay, every deck has multiple egress routes. The ejection systems are disabled until the independent sensors detect a significant atmosphere outside of the ship, in a breathable condition. Only then can the windows be blown via manual release hidden behind a removable bulkhead above the windows

*Special thanks to Dylan Torngate for his work in writing up these schematics and deck plans.