Brilliance statistics Mark I

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BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name       : BRILLIANCE
Classification   : Explorer
Type             : CA (Cruiser, Armored)
Model Number     : I (NCC-93500)


PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length           : 596 m
Beam             : 200 m
Draft            : 90 m
Displacement     : 4,363677 mt
Decks            : 21 (~ 4 m high each)


COMPLEMENT
Total            :   676
Officers         :    55
Crew             :   491
Passengers       :    50 (250 maximum)
Marines          :    80 (normal complement- 2 platoons + command team)


PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
     Drive Type       : ILN-706 Mk I
     Number           : 2
     Main Reactor     : FRAM-1203

Impulse System
     Drive Type       : GDP-2 (Gravitic Dynamic Planing Drive, model 2)
     Number           : 1 (2 nodes)
     Secondary Reactor: FGRIF-800 Network

Thruster Control : Quickstep

Dimensional Warp Drive Drive Type : Dim-IV-B1

Velocity
  Warp speeds
    Standard Cruise Speed    : 8.0
    Maximum Cruise Speed     : 9.9
    Sustainable for 12 hours : 9.95
    Maximum Emergency Speed  : 9.98

  D-Warp Velocity
    Standard Cruise Speed    : Theta band (0.5c) : 9.99478
    Maximum Cruise Speed     : Theta band(0.75c) : 9.99736
    Sustainable for 12 hours : Iota band (0.75c) : 9.99990
    Maximum Emergency Speed  : Kappa band (0.75c): 9.99997

ARMAMENT
     Phaser, Type XI (Extended range parallel phaser strip)
          Number : 8 banks
          Range  : 345,000 km
          Arcs   : Saucer dorsal arrays p/s
                 : Saucer ventral arrays p/s
                 : Secondary hull aft
                 : Secondary hull ventral
                 : Nacelle pylons arrays p/s

     Phaser, Type XIa (Rapid Repeating Pulse Phaser)
          Number : 4 turrets of 2 banks each
          Range  : 300,000 km
          Arcs   : fwd dorsal saucer (p/s)
                 : fwd ventral saucer (p/s)

     Flux Torpedo Mk III Seeking/Direct
          Number : 6 tubes
          Range  : Flux 3,500,000 km, Photon 3,000,000
          Arcs   : 2 forward p/s, 2 aft dorsal/ventral, 2 lateral p/s

     Point Defense Lasers, type III
          Number : 24 (8 turrets of 3 lasers each)
          Range  : 300,000 km
          Arcs   : saucer ventral turrets (p/s)
                 : saucer dorsal turrets (p/s)
                 : aft hull aft ventral (p/s)
                 : aft hull dorsal turrets (p/s)

     Point Defense Drones, type III
          Number : 2 launchers
          Arcs   : saucer launcher (p/s)
      Complement : 40 drones (20 per side)

Deflector System : FD-11f Cocoon multiphasic deflector system
                 : SRPS-1 radiation phase shielding system


OTHER SYSTEMS

Transporters
     Standard, 6-person      : 8
     Emergency, 22-person    : 6
     Cargo                   : 9

Shuttle Bays     : 2

Embarked Craft (Standard, specific ships may vary)
     Shuttlepod              : 10
     Personnel Shuttle, Small:  6
     Personnel Shuttle, Large:  4
     D-Warp Shuttle          :  4
     Cargo Shuttle           :  8
     Runabout                :  2
     Scout Ships             :  4
     SESR Module (type IIIe) :  4

Notes:

The BRILLIANCE-class is the natural evolution of the true and tried
battlehorse of StarFleet, the EXCELSIOR-class cruiser.

Picking design clues and technologies from the GOTO-class (KIROV
design language) and from the WANDERLUST-class light cruisers, which
are also inspired by the EXCELSIOR-class, the BRILLIANCE-class is
an elegant, robust, all-rounder starship, with excellent sensors,
outstanding flight performance and autonomy, and enough of a punch
to get into any situation and emerge victorious.

Its mission profile sits between the YASURAGI and the FEARLESS classes
and alongside the KIROV and COMANCHE classes, as a general duty heavy
cruiser and long range explorer, with the added benefit of more than
15 years of new technologies that didn't make it into the COMANCHE.

The newer automatisms and improvements in distributed computer cores
make for better response times, more computer power and the need
for a smaller crew. This means taller decks--to accommodate all the
new automatisms and conduits--, which means the ship has less decks
than older models of similar size. However, living and working space
is the same (and in cases it's been increased) and laboratories and
hangar space are ample and well equiped.

The new ILN-70x nacelles have dedicated computer nodes to be able
to calculate the Warp bubble geometry tensor at triple the frequency
and almost ten times as precisely as older models and a new system
of concentric Warp coils that allow for a more stable Warp bubble and
better performance and endurance. This allows for faster speeds with
less energy expenditure, allowing for faster, longer Warp travels. The
BRILLIANCE-class breaks with the design language of the ILN-70x
series in order to stay true to the EXCELSIOR-class design language.

The new Radiation Phase Shields allow for much faster D-Warp speeds
than before. The gravitic-plane dyamic drive provides excellent
maneuverability and accelerations. The spaceframe has been reinforced
with newer alloys and geometries and dedicated internal IDF generators,
generating a very sturdy ship, capable of taking greater accelerations
and allowing for better performance than most other starships. This
allows the BRILLIANCE to make better use of the more efficient
and precise Gen 2 gravity planing drive, making her one of the most
maneuverable ships on the fleet, far outclassing much lighter frames,
except maybe its smaller cousin, the WANDERLUST-class Explorer.

The ship has 21 decks of roughly 4 meters of height, with the bridge
sitting at deck 1 and the main lounge of the ship on the starboard
side of the saucer module in deck 7 called 7-Forward.

The main Hangar bay occupies decks 7 through 9 of the neck and has
an upper access doors on deck 3 and a landing pad for external crafts
to land on. The auxiliary Hangar bay is aft on decks 10 and 11.


Ship names are based on all acceptions of the word, as concepts of
excellence, majesty and brightness, registries in the NCC-935xx series:

USS BRILLIANCE    USS VIBRANCE
USS MAJESTY       USS GRANDEUR
USS SPLENDOR      USS LUSTRE
USS RADIANCE      USS GLIMMER
USS AUGUST        USS EXCELLENCE
...


Ship design by David S. de Lis for use in ASR (2023) based on the
Excelsior II class.  Design reviewed and edited by Scott Lusby and Jeffrey
Jenkins.