Endeavour statistics Mark I
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BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name : ENDEAVOUR
Classification : Explorer
Type : CA (Heavy Cruiser)
Model Number : I (GALAXY III-b)
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length : 675 m
Beam : 497 m
Draft : 156 m
Displacement : 6,307,319 mt
COMPLEMENT
Total Standard : 1,393
Officers : 93
Crew : 840
Marines : 160
Passengers : 300 (standard)
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
Drive Type : ILN-441 Mk X
Number : 2
Main Reactor : FRAM-1200
Impulse System
Drive Type : KRLT
Number : 3
Secondary Reactor: FRIF-700 Network
D-Warp Drive : Dim-III-G3i (USS NOVA only, Generation III
dimensional warp drive in a GALAXY-III
implementation)
Velocity
Standard Cruise Speed : 6.0
Maximum Cruise Speed : 9.3
Sustainable for 12 hours: 9.65
Maximum Emergency Speed : 9.85
Core Failure Imminent : 9.95
ARMAMENT
Phaser, Type X
Number : 13 banks
Range : 300,000 km
Arcs : saucer module dorsal array
saucer module ventral array
saucer module aft (P/S)
battle section dorsal array (separated flight
only)
battle section dorsal stalk array
battle section aft dorsal array (P/S)
battle section aft ventral array (P/S)
nacelle pylon array (P/S)
battle section ventral array
Flux Torpedo, Mk III Seeking/Direct
Number : 6 tubes
Range : 3 500 000 km
Arcs : 3 forward, 2 aft
1 aft saucer (separated flight only)
Deflector System : FD-10e Cocoon multiphasic deflector system
OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
Standard, 6-person : 8
Emergency, 16-person: 6
Cargo : 10
Shuttle Bays : 3
Embarked Craft (Standard, specific ships may vary)
Shuttlepod : 12
Personnel Shuttle, Small: 10
Personnel Shuttle, Large: 4
Shuttle, D-Warp : 1 (4 D-Warp Equipped starship)
Cargo Shuttle : 10
Runabout : 3
Landing Craft (Marine) : 1
Notes:
The design for the GALAXY-class starship has changed little since the days of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who commanded one of the first ships of this class, USS ENTERRPRISE, NCC-1701-D. System upgrades have made this spaceframe viable despite its nearly fifty (50) years in service. In 2343, the GALAXY-class project wass approved. This project bore its first fruits when the USS GALAXY was launched in 2358. The GALAXY-class spaceframe is the basis for the OLYMPIC-class command cruiser, the experimental USS FENRIS, the prototype fourth generation ship of the GALAXY line, and the production fourth generation large tactical command cruiser varient of the GALAXY, the SOLAR-class vessels. All of these ship classes are capable of separating and reattching the saucer and stardrive sections during normal space operations. Most major Starfleet capitol ships use the GALAXY-class spaceframe.
The first wholesale refit of the GALAXY-class starships in fifty years will see significant changes in the venerable design. An enlarged primary hull accomodates two additional decks, located below the mid-line of the saucer, and an enlarged main shuttle bay. The additional space allows for more advanced small craft support facilities as well as the capacity to carry an increased number of large embarked craft, such as Runabouts or marine landing ships (Runabouts outfitted for atmospheric operations and personnel transport). This newest incarnation of the basic GALAXY-class Explorer can accommodate a dozen Runabout-sized craft in its shuttle bays, numerous smaller craft, or a combination of the two.
To allow for the command and control of small craft operations, the sensor arrays have been upgraded and the lateral sensor arrays of both hulls have been completely replaced with newer systems incorporating some of the advances of the DELPHI sensor phalanx. Preliminary tests show that this new system, ORACLE, which is closely related to that on the SOLAR-class vessels, gives enhanced performance relative to the standard sensors without the massive drain on computer resources or special hull coatings required by the DELPHI system. These modifications were able to be incorporated into the promary hull because of the extra available space from the two new decks. An additional two decks in the secondary hull are used to house equipment for the enhanced sensor arrays, an enhanced navigational deflector system, and additional cargo bays, and crew quarters.
Weapons system enhancements are also being implemented. Key to these modifications is the upgrade of the photon torpedoes to flux torpedo launchers. This simple upgrade will allow the ships to stock and utilize the higher yield, more accurate version of the photon torpedo called the "flux torpedo" by engineers for its higher rate of matter-to-energy conversion which leads to a significantly greater energy flux. The addition of two forward and one aft launcher also helps to improve the field of fire and damage curve of the ENDEAVOUR-class ships, which was, while impressive, beginning to show its age compare to other heavy cruisers.
The first ENDEAVOUR-class cruiser to enter service was the USS NOVA. After sustaining massive battle damage, the NOVA was rebuilt at Starbase BETA, just before the completion of the USS ENDEAVOUR.
A last note on the class is the introduction of the prototype third generation dimensional warp drive system into the USS NOVA, the one GALAXY-class which still maintains a dimensional warp drive system. If this system works as well as expected. The program to implement dimensional warp drive systems in all of the GALAXY-class vessels may be approved by Starfleet Engineering.
Naming and Registry Numbers:
Ships in this class are to be named for "classic" British or American naval ships, battles, captains, or admirals in the wet-navy of Earth.
Ships of the ENDEAVOUR-class are in the 5000 series of registry numbers.
Names and registry for ships refit from GALAXY-class specifications will not change.
