Ship Specifications

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USS DISCOVERY SHIP SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications of the Akira Class starship Discovery

"In Inconpertus nos vardo"
"Into the unknown, we go"

The Akira Class starship entered service in 2364 and has quickly become the pride of Starfleet's next generation of starships. Akira Class vessels are part of the new belief that smaller, faster, more manoeuvrable starship's are needed to better serve Starfleet's, and, by extension, the Federation's needs.

Initial production of the Akira class began at the ASDB Integration Facility, New Aberdeen Fleetyards, Aldebaran, and has since expanded to include the ASDB Integration Facility, Utopia Planitia, Mars where nearly 15 of these vessels enter service each year, and the newly revamped Atlas V Assembly Facility, Deneb V along with the Antares Fleetyard.

Heavily armed, the design philosophy for the Akira class created lessons later utilized in the Defiant Project, especially the early "Torpedo Gunboat" design that was later scrapped in favour of the current design. A Combined Forward/Aft torpedo bay is located both along the Aft Dorsal "Sail" portion of the hull, while a second set of forward launchers are located just under the nose of the ship. Combined with the Type X phaser array, the current Akira class is heavily armed, and in raw torpedo firepower, could return fire - torpedo for torpedo, with the vaunted Galaxy / Nebula Class launchers.

The Akira Class is a sleek and economical design; although smaller than other starships ( with the exclusion of the Sovereign, Sabre, Steamrunner, Intrepid and Defiant Class starships) , it is an small vessel by comparison to other races with technology equal to or superior to the Federation's.

Even though the Akira class is a relatively young class of Starship, Starfleet and the ASDB has already devised two Variants on the Akira space frame. These variants are the Akira-Uprated and Akira-Carrier - each striving to make the spaceframe a more combat-oriented vessel in the current, chaotic political situation.

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SPECIFICATIONS

Name: USS Discovery
Registry: NCC 78393-A
Type: Akira Class Heavy Cruiser

Length: 464.43 meters
Width: 316.67 meters
Height: 87.43 meters
Weight: 3,055,000 metric tons
Cargo capacity: 47,254 metric tons
Hull: Duranium-Tritanium composite with multiphasic regenerative shields.
Number of Decks: 18 Total, 17 Habitable.
Maximum Cruising Speed: Warp 9.8 (for 12 hours)
Crew Complement: 500 (50 officers, 450 enlisted)
Evacuation Limit: 3000

Enhanced Sensors:  Planetary, Astronomical Phenomena, and remote life-form Analysis, EM & passive neutrino scanning, parabolic field stress scanner for cloaked ships, and scanners for thermal variances & Quasi-Stellar Material.

Enhanced Communication System:  3D Holographic Telepresence System which offers more realistic face to face conversations and reduces the need to physically be at a destination to participate in a mandatory meeting.

Phaser Arrays: 7xType X
Burst Fire Torpedo Launchers: 3 - Two forward, one aft (capable of firing 5 torpedoes per launcher)
Torpedo Complement: 200 Quantum Torpedoes. 200 Photon Torpedoes, 150 Transphasic Torpedoes, & 50 Tricobolt Devices.
Tractor Beam: 2xType XI

Shuttlecraft Complement:

• 2x Federation Attack Fighter w capacity of 2
• 4x Type 8 w/ evacuation capacity of 10
• 4x Type 9 w/ evacuation capacity of 4
• 2x Type 11 w/ evacuation capacity of 20
• 4x Brunel Class Work Pods
• 1x Delta Flyer Class Shuttlecraft
• 1x Argo Shuttlecraft w/ Land Utility Vehicle
• 1x Danube Runabout w/ tractor beam, 2 person transporter, & evacuation capacity of 40 (Allegheny)

[Deck A] Flight Operations/Tactical Information Center(TIC), CTICO's Office & CFCO's Office
[Deck B] TIC Maintenance Support Section, Astrophysics & Stellar Cartography
[Deck C] Emergency Shield Generators, Sail Torpedo Launcher, Sail Torpedo Control Room
[Deck D] Sail Torpedo Manufacturing and Magazine Area, Lifeboats & Escape Pods
[Deck 1] Captain's Ready Room, Main Bridge, Briefing Room, Observation Lounge
[Deck 2] Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, VIP/Guest Quarters, Holosuites
[Deck 3] Primary Shield Generator, Non-commissioned Officer's & Visiting Officer's Quarters, & Holodecks
[Deck 4] Sickbay, CMO's Office, Counselor's Office, Junior Officer Quarters, CSO's Office, & Primary Science Labs
[Deck 5] Main Lounge, Mess Hall, Holodecks, Enlisted Quarters, Secondary Science Labs, Cargo Bay 1 & 2, Transporter Rooms 1 & 2
[Deck 6] Primary Computer Core Control, Tertiary Science Labs, Cargo Bay 3 - Primary Cargo Bay
[Deck 7] Shuttle Maintenance Hangar and Storage & Primary Computer Core
[Deck 8] Primary Computer Core, Flight Operations Armory, Shuttle Maintenance Hangar and Storage
[Deck 9] Aft and Fore Torpedo Bay Control, Torpedo Manufacturing and Magazine Area, Shuttle Hangar Elevator Support Systems, Primary Shield Generators, Escape Pods, & Lifeboats
[Deck 10] Fighter and Shuttle Preparation Pre-Flight Bay, Emergency Shield Generators 3-4, Transporter Rooms 3 and 4
[Deck 11] Primary Maintenance Support Center, Primary Machine Shop, Shuttlebay Access (Fore & Aft)
[Deck 12] Primary Systems Support Compartments, Main Shuttle Bay, Shuttlebay Access (Fore & Aft)
[Deck 13] Hydroponic Arboritum, Solarium with Counseling Rooms, Flight Deck Maintenance and Operations, Enlisted Quarters
[Deck 14] Fusion Power Generators 1-4, Upper Engineering Support Area, Stellar Cartography, Lower Forward Torpedo Bay Control, CSO's Office, Armory, Firing Range, & Brig
[Deck 15] Fusion Power Generators 4-6, Main Engineering - M/ARA Operations Center, CEO's Office, & COO's Office, & Workstations
[Deck 16] Main Tractor Beam Emitter and Control, Secondary Computer Core, Null-G Gymnasium/Weight Room, Holodecks, Deflector Control, & Lower Engineering
[Deck 17] Emergency Power Generators 7-9, Tertiary Maintenance Support Center, & Secondary Systems Support, Environmental Control, Lifeboats & Escape Pods
[Deck 18] Deuterium Storage, Anti-matter Storage Pods, Environmental Control,  Gravimetric Polaron Generators, Secondary Shield Generators