13.0 Other Notes

This section makes quick note of things not covered in the other sections, but not needing complete systems breakdown of their own.

-Operating Modes-

Cruise Mode- Normal operating condition of the ship

Yellow Alert- Condition of increased readiness in which key systems are brought to greater operating capacity in anticipation of potential crises.

Red Alert- All hell has broken loose, and means that everything and everyone is operating at 100% or more. It is usually invoked during imminent emergency conditions, or battle situations, or sometimes on the Captains birthday when he wants to celebrate..

External Support Mode- This is a state of reduced system operations typically invoked while on leave, or when docked at a starbase; the ship is typically dependent on external power and\or environmental support systems.

Reduced Power Mode- These rules may be activated when power availability or power usage is reduced to 26% of normal Cruise Mode load.

-Lifeboats-

The very nature of its missions requires that the Camelot carry a set of small spacecraft dedicated to crew evacuation and rescue operations. Located throughout the three sections, these ejectable lifeboats are designed to meet the short-term survival needs of the crew in the event of a catastrophic emergency. There are enough ASRV`s on the Camelot to seat three people to a pod, and have all escape.

As set down in the original specifications, the standard Pendragon class ASRV is capable of the following operations:

-Rapid departure from the parent ship with a minimum velocity of 70 meters a second.

-Independent maneuvering with a total delta-v of 4500 m\sec.

-Life support for a total of 90 person-days

-Recombination with other lifeboats after ejection to augment survivability.

-Subspace radio signaling for location and recovery.

-Atmosphere entry and landing.

The ASRV measures 3 x 3 x 3 m and its shape is something like a pyramid. The total mass is 2 tons. Its internal spaceframe is a standard beam and stringer arrangement, constructed from phase-transition welded duratanium and cortanium carbide. The frame is skinned with nanocrystalline duranium, with umbilical passthroughs, conformal emitters and sensors doped with hafnium cobalt oxide for passive thermal control during atmosphere entry.

Spacecraft propulsion is achieved through three distinct systems: ejection initiator, main impulse engine and reaction control system. The ejection initiator is a single-pulse linear induction coilgun that propels the lifeboat through the launch channel. Power is tapped from the pulse to start the onboard IDF and spin up the gravity generator. The main impulse engine, a medium-power nanofusion system for all primary spacecraft power and maneuvering, is rated at a maximum 1400 kg thrust and is fed from a 70kg deuterium fuel supply. The reaction control system performs all precise attitude and translation motions required for combined operations with other lifeboats and maneuvering during planetary landing.

Life support on the ASRV is maintained by its automatic environmental system, providing complete atmospheric composition, pressure, etc. Stored food and water supplies as well as a waste management system are included. Environmental suits are stowed with portable survival packs for planet-side operation, or in the event the lifeboat becomes uninhabitable. The normal lifeboat capacity is four, with provisions for as many as six if necessary.

One important feature of the ASRV design allows it to dock with other lifeboats to form larger clusters; in theory every lifeboat could cluster together to form a small, primitive spaceship (like that'd ever happen). This capability, nicknamed 'gaggle mode' by pilots, dramatically increases in-space survival rates by affording access to wounded crew by medical personnel, combining consumables supplies and adding propulsion options as well as offering the possibility of combining subspace radios to send out a distress call.

-Special Multivector Assault Mode-

The Prometheus class, introduced rather spectacularly in 2374, showed the power of the MVAM mode of assault. In that time two other classes have taken advantage of that power: The Prometheus-X class, which is a larger, faster version of the officially-designated light cruiser Prometheus class; and the Excalibur-X class, considered by some to be the big brother to the other two classes, being the largest fastest and most heavily armed of the three. But what all these ships have in common is that they stick to the three-way split. The Pendragon class, of which the Camelot is a prime example, does not. It splits four ways.

  The Pendragon class Quad-MVAM mode splits up in the following manner:

-Front saucer section splits at the midline and flies away, unfolding its warp nacelles. Max speed: warp 8.

-A hidden, defiant-like ship emerges from inbetween. This is the bridge component, a 100 meter long ship that carries the ship's cloaking device. It is meant to be used for reconnaissance. Max speed: warp 9.5

-Rear saucer section separates from the stardrive, unfolding its warp nacelles. Max speed: warp 8

-Stardrive section flies away.
Max. Cruise Speed: Warp 9.95
Emergency Speed: Warp 9.999
Maximum Transwarp: 4
Maximum Efficiency: Warp 9=98.3%
Nacelles: 4 Variable-geometry nacelles

The saucer sections are each capable of attaining warp eight, while the bridge component is capable of warp 9.5; the stardrive naturally is capable of the full natural speed of the combined ship.


Weapon Placement Per Vector

Vector One (forward saucer)- 4 Type XII phaser arrays, 2 gamma ray lasers
Vector Two (bridge section)- 4 Pulse Phaser cannons, 2 Anaphasic pulsers
Vector Three (aft saucer)- 2 Thaser beam cannons, 2 Type XII phaser arrays, forward torpedo launcher
Vector Four (Stardrive)- 4 type-II Teryon beam arrays, forward plasma torpedo and aft torpedo launchers, 6000 plasma torpedos


-Specialized Auxiliary Craft-

Alpha Flyer Dimensions:

Length\Width\Height: 32 m \ 11 m \ 7 m
Decks: 1
Mass: 141 tons
Crew: 1-6
Armament
2 x Type IV phaser cannons
2 x type I Thaser cannons
2 pulse-fire micro torpedo tubes
Torpedo load:
20 micro quantum torpedoes
10 micro graviton torpedoes
Shield system
-Metaphasic
-EM regenerative
- 3.2 TW per second dispersal rate

Carbotanium/Tritanium/Duratanium double hull
10cm Type-3 Ablative armor
Standard level Structural Integrity Field

Warp Speeds
Cryogenic Warp core with Keltrinium crystals
Normal Cruise: Warp Factor 7.3
Maximum Cruise: Warp Factor 8.4
Maximum Rated: Warp Factor 9.3 for twelve hours
Sublight: MF twin-tandem impulse

Expected Hull Life 75 years
Refit Cycle
Minor: 2 months
Standard: 9 months
Major: 5 years


Targa Class Assault Runabout
Type / Role: Infiltrator delivery

HULL DIMENSIONS
Length: 34 meters
Beam: 16 meters
Draft: 11 meters
Mass: 260 tons

CREW INFORMATION
Standard Crew: 2-4 (flight, carries 20 soldiers)
Maximum Capacity: 45 (without full gear)

PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Hyperlight Drive: Cryogenic Matrix Warp Drive
Nacelles: 2
Maximum Cruise: Warp 9.7
Emergency Speed: Warp 9.91 (for 12 hours)
Sustainable Field Output: 3700 cochranes
Sublight Drive: Twin Tandem MF Impulse
Maximum Cruise: 0.75c (for 5 minutes)

TACTICAL SYSTEMS
Shields Dispersal rate per second: 20 TW
Shields Auxiliary Load: Up to 80% of Primary
Phaser Arrays: 4 Type Pulse Phaser Cannons (shuttle class)
Maximum Emitter Length: N.A.
Torpedo Launchers: 2 forward, 1 aft
(Forward launchers are Gatling cannons)
Torpedo Payload: 450 13cm Quantum micro-torpedoes
Cloaking Device: Storm

TRANSPORTER SYSTEMS
Personnel Transporters: 1 4-person
DECK LAYOUT The Targa class runabout has two decks, the upper is only the flight deck, which has seats for 2 to 4 crewman, but one can fly the ship on their own. The lower deck is contains the special operations crew. The Targa, under normal operational times, will drop to feet above the surface and the operatives move out through two large egress doors on either side. However, these doors also have hooks, for using ropes to drop down from higher altitudes. When opened, a pressure door closes between the cockpit and the "drop deck". Towards the back of the deck there is the transporter, which is used during non-secret times, and emergencies.


Type Fast courier / general purpose shuttle
Commissioned 2385 - present
Dimensions Length : 12 m
Beam : 4.2 m
Height : 3.24 m
Decks : 1
Mass 1,850 kg

Cruise Warp: 7.3
Max Warp: 9.3
Max Warp (12 hours max): 9.9
Crew: 1-5, up to ten passengers depending on configuration
Flight Duration: 4 people for 20 days, three people for 40 days, 1-2 people for near-unlimited duration
Accomodations: One stateroom, two bunks, sonic shower, small replicator
Cargo Space: 40-200 square meters depending on configuration
Transporter: two-person model

Computer:
LCARS-II Distributed system
Nanoware computer nodes, quantum-transiet data transfer links with redundant ODN links
Maximum transfer rate: 4500 kiloquads\second

Weapons:
Plasma pulse cannon (aft),
3 type IV teryon arrays (dorsal,ventral, fore),
2 microtorp tube (fore) with space for 40 torps or probes.
-20 Class A microtrinuke torpedos
-20 graviton torpedos
Notes: First testbed for a shuttlecraft quantum-matter reactor

H U L L
Layer 1: This is the armor layer. It is made of Type 1A Force Hull Armor- single layered blade of monotanium filaments and binary-bonded terminium with minimal energy costing, as well as fistrium alloyed in for sensor scan reflection ability; layered type 2 Ablative Armor- dual layered ablation materials for impact and energy dissipation, control, and survivability with medium system energy costing.
Layer 2: The exterior shell is composed of interlaced Terminium-Vanadium-Cobalt alloy filaments. These filaments are gamma-welded into a series of contiguous ceramic composite segments that are 5 cm thick and are typically two meters in width. The substrate segments are electron bonded to three reinforcing layers of 5 cm biaxially stressed nanocrystalline carbotanium struts, which provide additional torsion strength. In areas immediately adjacent to major structural members, four layers of 4 cm duratanium fabric are used. The substrate layer is attached to the major structural members by electron-bonded toranium-silicon-boron-cobalt alloy fasteners at .2 cm intervals. This layer also contains the molybdenum-coated waveguides that carry part of the shield grid(these are underneath the armor, protected from weapons fire).
Layer 3: This layer is composed entirely of nanocarbon fibers. They are formed when C-60 spheres coil into tubules; millions of these woven tightly together and electron-bonded together form something 1,000 times stronger than standard duranium. These fibers run for approx. 5 centimeters, joining Layer 1 and Layer 3 together and providing exceptional sheer resistence, plus flexibility. Then there are structural framing members composed of toranium\cortanium alloy at every 2 meters to act as vertical strength enhancers and shock-absorbers. This layer also blocks internal communications radiation from being detected; nanocarbon fibers have a radio-frequency blocking ability 12 times greater than that of metal.
Layer 4: Thermal insulation is provided by two 1.76 cm layers of low-density expanded carbon-foam composites. These layers are separated by an 8.7 cm multiaxis tritanium truss framework, which provides additional thermal insulation and a pass-through for fixed utility conduits. Radiation attenuation is provided by a 1.2 cm layer of monocrystal beryllium-cobalt, in a hexagonal truss formation, infused with diamond fibers. This layer also contains the conduits for the self-sealing tripolymer/duranium suspension gel that contains nanocarbon fiber cross-stringing reinforcement that does not interfere with the flow of the gel.

Expected Hull Life: 100 years
Refit Cycle Minor: 2 year
Standard: 6 years
Major: 20 years

Notes : Relatively few Starfleet shuttlecraft are capable of undertaking true interstellar journeys, and those that are tend to be the larger classes. Although Starfleet has occasionally requested the resources to correct this situation, such projects have never been a high priority and have tended to be cancelled in their early stages. One of the few to make it to completition was the type 9, and was a resounding success. But problems soon popped up in the bolt-together method of construction, as well as the warp transfer conduits. It was 2385 before Starfleet finally decided to really push for a new design to correct this deficiency; in this year a request was made for a new type of shuttle capable of carrying one or two people across distances of several light years in relative comfort, or of carrying up to four persons on shorter duration missions. The speed requested was much higher than most previous vessels, in line with the general trend towards much faster vessels which has been a recent feature of all Starfleet designs after recent advances in warp propulsion technology.

Gelfworks Itg was one of three companies given the contract; it also took the longest to produce a finished product, but in the end it was well worth it. It produced a shuttle capable of long-distance warp flight, supporting a crew and cargo, and even a halfway decent weapons load, giving the Shriek prototype(as it was called) the ability to be a limited-used fighter. The Federation has still not perfected replication technology to the point where warp coils can be produced, but the new design included a modification of the nacelles to allow very rapid installation or swapping of the coils. Production facilities would now be able to produce a basic Shriek shell virtually at the press of a button, and install a full set of warp coils within less than an hour. Smaller replicator units such as the semi-industrial models carried by many Federation Starships could produce a Shriek shell in 10 'bolt together' sections which could them be assembled and fitted with coils in under 9 hours; structural connecting problems from the type 9 were eventually solved due to new materials.

This gave Starfleet an extremely broad range of options in producing the Shriek - even small Starships such as the Saber class can easily produce four or six of these handy little craft at once from their standard replicator stocks, removing the coils and converting the shells back to their raw materials when they are no longer needed. This virtually removes the need to maintain a large fleet of Shrieks's, which frees up valuable hangar bay space within Starships and even more valuable production capacity within Federation shipyards.

The first test flight in front of the SF brass was in late 2397. It failed miserably. A wrong figure was entered into the computer calculations and it turned out that the warp core was massively underpowered; it could barely make warp 4 with shields, warp 5 without them. Even with muon-fusion impulse power channeled in, it wasnt worth it. SF R&D labeled it a failure. Gelfworks redesigned it to include enhanced antimatter storage and keltrinium crystals, but power levels were still short. The project was placed on the backburner until 2400. It was then that quantite was discovered, and the perfect oppertunity arouse.

Repackaging the 'Shriek' prototype as the type 13 shuttle, a experimental small quantite reactor was installed, taking up 1\3 of the space of a normal warp core. Most of this space was devoted to extra fuel storage and cargo room increase. This time around it was a resounding success. The ship exceeded the original hopes of the design team.

The Camelot carries 1 Alpha Flyer, 1 Targa runabout and 3 type 13 shuttles.