USS Challenger Ship Specifications

[Dylan Torngate]

USS Challenger
"A profundis HistorÁƒ¦, inla volat iterum"

CLASSIFICATION
Name: USS Challenger
Registry: NCC-40117
Class: Excelsior (Refit)
Type: Explorer/Support Cruiser

SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 511.25 meters
Width: 195.64 meters
Height: 86.76 meters
Weight: 2,350,000 metric tons
Cargo capacity: 35,200 metric tons
Number of Decks: 21
Hull Identification Device: HID-00478-218-ER-Blue

ARMOR/SHIELDS
Hull: Duranium hull plating over duranium-tritanium structural members
Ablative Armor: No Ablative Reinforcements
Standard Shield: Deflector shields (7 layer symmetrical close-field subspace graviton layers)

ENGINES/PERFORMANCE
Normal Cruising Speed: Warp 7
Maximum Cruising Speed: Warp 9.4 - For a maximum of 12 Hours.
Warp Core: NNEC Mark 8 Standard Matter/Antimatter Reaction Drive, originally developed by Newport News Engineering Consortium. Upgrade to Mark 8 designed and implemented by General Electric Space Drives.
Impulse Drives: 4 Scarbak VI Excelsior Class Mass Drivers, developed specifically for the Excelsior class design project.
Normal Impulse Speed: .25 c
Maximum Impulse Speed: 0.994 c
Reaction Control Systems: Several RCS thrusters, each capable of generating 3.1 million Newtons of exhaust in any direction.
Crew Complement: 550 (200 officers, 350 enlisted)
Evacuation Limit: 9800 Souls

TRANSPORTERS
Number of Systems: 12
Personnel Transporters: 6 (Transporter Rooms 1-2 - each with 3 transporter stations)
Max Payload Mass: 800kg (1,763 lbs)
Max Range: 40,000 km
Max Beam Up/Out Rate: Approx. 100 persons per hour per Transporter
Cargo Transporters: 3
Max Payload Mass: 500 metric tons. Standard operation is molecular resolution (Non-Lifeform).
Set for quantum (lifeform) resolution: 1 metric ton
Max Beam Up/Out Rate (Quantum Setting): Approx. 100 persons per hour per Transporter
Emergency Transporters: 3
Max Range: 15,000 km (send only) [range depends on available power]
Max Beam Out Rate: 160 persons per hour per Transporter (560 persons per hour with 4 Emergency Transports

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

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

ARMAMENTS
Phaser Arrays: 9 Mk VIII Phaser Turrets
Phaser Array Locations:  Three dorsal turrets on the saucer section, one for the forward, starboard and port sides. These turrets are duplicated on the ventral side of the primary saucer, with the addition on the ventral side of one extra dual emplacement on the rear of the saucer. One ventral turret on the primary hull, dead aft, covers the aft firing arc.  The turret itself is located beneath the aft engineering hull Shuttlebay.
Torpedo Launchers: 4 - Two forward, Two aft
Torpedo Compliment: 120 (80 Photon Warheads, 30 Quantum Warheads, 10 Torpedoes without Warheads)
Tractor Beams: 2x Type X

AUXILIARY CRAFT
4 Type-18 Medium Short-Range Sublight Shuttlepod
3 Type-8 Light Long-Range Warp Shuttlecraft
1 Type-9A Cargo Shuttle
3 Type-9 Medium Long-Range Warp Shuttlecraft
2 Work Bee Maintenance Pods.

COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Computer Cores: Two Primary Computer Cores
Ship Networking: The ship runs a hybrid Isolinear/Duotronic array of systems, with critical systems being on isolinear circuitry and many backups and secondary systems still utilizing older Duotronic technologies.
LCARS: The USS Challenger uses a unique hybrid-boot operating system. The ship by default uses LCARS build 5.4 but has the potential to utilize the "Classical" version look of 2290's era LCARS build 4.8, with the same core functions, security, and improvements of 5.4. Both are fully-functional, tandem Operating Systems. In the event of Red Alert, only version 5.4 is available.

EMERGENCY SYSTEMS
Saucer Separation: Saucer Separation onboard an Excelsior class starship is possible, however it is considered a permanent measure. Once separated, a spacedock is required to reintegrate the engineering and saucer hulls.
Nacelle Ejection: The Excelsior Class has 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 engineering and saucer hulls.
Escape Pods: 100 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.
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.