USS Miranda Federation Starship Database

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LIBRARY COMPUTER FEDERATION STARSHIP DATABASE [DAWNSTAR-CLASS STARSHIP]

Type:

Scientific Explorer / Medical Vessel

Commissioned:

2366-PRES

Production per year

6/per year

Design and Construction Facility:

Bailey Yards, New Carolina

Unit Run:

USS Dawnstar (USS Altair) (USS Darion) (USS Vena) USS Agena USS Arcturus	USS Bellatrix USS Betelgeuse USS Caduceus USS Canopus USS Capella USS Cousteau	USS Helios USS Nakarat USS Nosferatu USS Solaris USS Tikopai USS Twilight
USS Wayfarer- NCC 28181

Mass:

2,350,000 tons

Crew:

650

Propulsion:

One cochrane warp core feeding two warp nacelles; one subatomic unified energy impulse engine

Armament:

5 x Type X Phaser arrays
2 x Type 1 burst fire photon torpedo tubes + 250 torpedoes

Defense Systems:

High capacity shield system
Standard Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 7 cm High Density armor.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field

Warp Capabilities:

Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 6
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 8.8
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 9.2 for twelve hours

Expected Hull Life:

120 years

Refit Cycle:

Minor : 1 year
Standard : 5 years
Major : 25 years

Dimensions:

Length: 593 Meters
Beam: 368 Meters
Height: 122 Meters
Decks: 34

Shuttle Compliment:

shuttlebays: 2
shuttles: 4 type-9 personal shuttles, 4 type-10 cargo shuttles, 4 type-11 personal shuttles, 4 type-16 shuttle pods
runabouts: 4 Danube Class

Class History:

The Dawnstar class Light Cruiser represents the cutting edge and flagship of the whole Starfleet Light Cruiser range of Starships. The Dawnstar class shares its history with the Ambassador and Galaxy class vessels which shows in the graceful lines of the Dawnstar class vessels. The Dawnstar class fits the multi-role purpose with great ease and contains excellent scientific equipment and ideal tactical systems for a vessel with a total crew of three hundred and eighty five and twenty decks with an additional two decks held in reserve.

For scientific duties the Dawnstar class uses the brand new 5th generation sensor suite and the Holographic Command and Science Centre which has seen a lot of success in its deployment among the fleet since its birth in the Heinlein and Ajax class vessels. The new 5th generation sensor systems include further ability to scan on multiple resolutions with over five thousand channels being processed at once during scans and a cycle of less then a tenth of a second per sensor scan. Additionally the new generation sensor system has the ability to monitor multiple larger craft and more importantly smaller vessels such as the recent trend of technology the new generation of fighters such as the Typhoon class fighters.

Tactical systems current trends include standard hull mounted phasers and Quantum torpedoes and additionally the newer Meson phasers which have seen a lot of success in the Hannibal class and Lightning class vessels. Continued defensive systems have also been maintained with the continued use of the multi-resolution adaptive shield system which is now a Starfleet trend as well as the use of the ‘Nettle’ Defensive system.

With the continuing hostilities presently in the Federation against other species the use of speed is essential amongst Starships and this has seen the introduction of the Slip-Stream drive being included in this vessel. Additionally multi-role assignments also require the use of smaller craft and the Dawnstar class has a multiple compliment of shuttle crafts ranging from Work bee class pods to the brand new Typhoon fighter.

As has been shown the Dawnstar class has the best systems Starfleet Engineering can supply and although designed for science it is likely that the vessel will be used as the head of a squadron of Destroyers or Frigates for border patrols. During the Dawnstar shakedown will only the true nature of the Dawnstar Class be shown.

Propulsion/Engineering:
- QASR High speed particle beam maneuvering thrusters
- Ukiah 5 reaction control system
- T'Vek Systems Structural Integrity and Inertial Dampening Systems Mark 4
- LCARS "Sanshar VI" Integrated Library System
- Standard Hospital Ship transponder
- Expected Duration: 100 Years\Resupply: 5 Years

Medical Modifications:
- 10 Surgical Suites
- 5 Sickbay Facilities
- 8 Ormek 7 Evacuation Transporters
- 4 Site to Site Medical Transporter systems
- Pharmacalogical/Hydroponics Bay
- 2 Holodecks with Emergency Triage Program
- 4 Therapeutic/Recreational Holodecks
- 250 Bed Recovery Deck for transport of sick and injured
- Self-supported Quarantine Unit (can be separated from the ship)
- Radiation Treatment and Therapy Unit
- Large-scale Evacuation Facilities

Special Modifications:
- Lancelot 5 Enhanced Defensive M/AM Powered Auto-Modulating and Metaphasic Shielding
- High capacity shield system, capacity 10,293,000 TeraJoules
- Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 12 cm high density armor
- Class II Arslana Kilij Sensor system with Vernier Sensor frame
- Coraza 6 Radiation shielding
- RSAT/HIRAM II Force field and deflector system

Deck Layout

1	Main Bridge, Captain's Ready Room, Observation lounge, Conference room	18	Evacuation quarters, evac transporters, Quarantine Unit
2	Surgical Suites, Sickbays 2 & 3, Medical Offices, Counseling offices, Captain's quarters	19	Evacuation quarters, evac transporters
3	Primary Sickbay, Offices of Division Medical staff, Medical Research lab	20	Brig, Security, Secure transporter, Maintenance, Secondary gymnasium
4	Senior officers' quarters, Gymnasium, guest quarters	21	Sickbay 5, Engineering officers and crew quarters, Main Shuttlebay 1 & 2
5	Medical Shuttlebay, Triage Sickbay, Impulse engines	22	Engineering support center, Power distribution controls
6	Main Recovery ward, Transporter rooms 1-4, Evac Transporters 1 & 2	23	Main impulse engines, Shield generation center, Power distribution
7	Junior officers' quarters, Holodecks 1-3, Primary Science labs	24	Life support, Transporter generators, Shield M/AM Generators, SIF generators, SIF secondary controls
8	Eight-Forward Lounge, computer core, Sickbay 4	25	Dorsal docking port, forward photon torpedo launcher
9	Science labs and secondary medical labs, Maintenance	26	Engineering support, waste management, Aft photon torpedo launcher
10	Saucer Section primary power plant & relays, Life support systems, Sensor array controls	27	Secondary Shield generators, secondary life support systems
11	Arboretum, pharmaceutical laboratories, life support	28	Trideuterium fuel pumps and fill ports, Tridueterium storage
12	Surgical bays 1-4, Surgical prep, Surgical supply, Surgical offices	29	Power distribution, Matter injectors, Matter converters, inertial dampening system, Environmental support
13	Auxiliary sensor control, Security offices, Armory, Docking latches and lifeboats, secondary control center	30	Main Engineering
14	Emergency batteries, phaser bank systems, Captain's Yacht docking port	31	Main Engineering
15	Shuttlebay support, personnel transporters 5, 6 & 7, Shuttlebay 3, Cargo bays 1 & 2 Flight Team quarters, Flight Deck Crew quarters	32	Engineering, Antimatter injectors, Antimatter storage pods
16	Crew quarters and temporary quarters, Maintenance	33	Antimatter storage, Antimatter ejection system, Environmental support, waste management
17	Crew quarters, auxiliary command deck, Primary deflector dish control	34	Environmental support, cargo bays

Master System Display

Credits: Images by Dennis Russell Bailey, Pic-A-Card, and Anarion

Sources: USS Caduceus
Dawnstar Class Starship Copyright Dennis Russell Bailey

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