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BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name : Thunderbolt
Classification : Escort
Type : DE (Escort Destroyer)
Model Number : I
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length : 172 m
Beam : 126 m
Draft : 30 m
Displacement : 336,153 mt
COMPLEMENT
Total Standard : 60
Officers : 5
Crew : 45
Marines : 10
Passengers : 0 (4 maximum)
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
Drive Type : ILN-255 Mk VIII
Number : 2
Main Reactor : FRAM-690
Impulse System
Drive Type : CLAS-Q
Number : 1
Secondary Reactor : FRIF-504 Network
Thruster Control : Quickstep
Velocity
Standard Cruise Speed : 7.0
Maximum Cruise Speed : 9.5
Sustainable for 12 hours : 9.85
Maximum Emergency Speed : 9.9
Core Failure Imminent : 9.98
ARMAMENT
Phaser, Type Xa
Number : 4 fixed turrets
Range : 200,000 km
Arcs : Forward Dorsal (P/S)
Forward Ventral (P/S)
Phaser, Type X
Number : 3 banks
Range : 300,000 km
Arcs : Dorsal
Ventral
Aft
Flux Torpedo, Mk II Seeking/Direct
Number : 2 tubes
Range : 3,500,000 km
Arcs : 2 forward
Deflector System : FD-7e cocoon multiphasic deflector system
Ablative Armor
OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
Standard, 6-person : 2
Cargo : 1
Shuttle Bays : 1
Embarked Craft
Shuttlepod : 2
Notes:
With the Borg attack, and nearly destruction, of Starbase Gamma
in early 2307, Starfleet decided that Starbases needed a mobile
defense platform. After consultation with Starfleet Engineering
the decision was made to expand the THUNDERBOLT Escort Vessel
(TEV) project. Designed initially as a weapons test bed and
feasibility study, the THUNDERBOLT-class escort proved to be a
good choice. Without the comforts or amenities of most other
starships, the THUNDERBOLT was perfectly suited for fast strike
missions from a nearby base.
The THUNDERBOLT-class escort is the most overpowered and
overarmed vessel ever created by Starfleet. Using power plants
and weapons designed for ships twice her size, or greater, the
THUNDERBOLT has had her spaceframe and structural integrity
fields strengthened in the same proportion. The warp drive
nacelles are mounted within large flaring/shoulders in order to
improve their performance and strength. Mounted on top of these
are Mk Xa Pulsed Phaser turrets with fixed mounts. These mounts
give the ship astounding forward firepower for a ship of her size
while leaving gaps in her defense. These gaps are partially
closed by the addition of three standard Type X phasers.
However, maneuverability rather than firepower is the key to the
survivability of the class in combat for no ship of this small
size can stand up to a true cruiser or even a large destroyer in
a protracted engagement.
The USS THUNDERBOLT was the first of the class to be deployed to
active service, at Starbase Gamma, and was recommissioned the
USS GARRETT. Each Starfleet base is planed to have a
THUNDERBOLT-class corvette assigned to it.