Flemming statistics Mark I

Revision Dates			170805
BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name			FLEMMING
Classification			Scout
Type			PTW (Patrol Vessel, Warp)
Model Number			I
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length			23.2 m
Beam			12.0 m
Draft			6.2 m
Displacement			450 mt
COMPLEMENT
Total Standard			2
Officers			1
Crew			1
Passengers			None
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
Drive Type			MWN-442
	Number		2
Main Reactor			FHDF-302
D-Warp Drive			Dim-IV-Fl1i
Impulse System
Drive Type			GDP-M2L (Gravitic Dynamic Planing Drive, Model 2 light)
	Number		2 Nodes
Velocity
	Standard Cruise Speed			5.0
	Maximum Cruise Speed			6.0
	Sustainable for 12 hours			6.4
	Maximum Emergency Speed			6.8
	Core Failure Immenent			7.0
ARMAMENT
	None
	Deflector System		FC-5 compact deflector system
OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
	Emergency, 2-person			1
Atmospheric Capable				Yes
Planetary Landing Capabile				Yes
Notes:

The effectiveness of any starship is measured on three factors, her speed, her sensor capabilities, and her offensive abilities. While probes can extend the sensor envelope of a starship, sometimes it is necessary to have a pilot aboard to fine tune sensor settings and to make observations on the spot rather than across the transmission lag to a mothership. The FLEMMING-class scout, built along side the FEARLESS project, is designed to greatly increase the sensor capabilities of any starship capable of carrying her. A dedicated stealth and reconnaissance vessel, FLEMMING is Starfleet's answer to the increase in pirate activity, primarily in Gold Fleet's area of operation. By covertly monitoring a relatively large area of space, the FLEMMING class can watch pirate activity as it happens and then relay that information back and capital ships in the area to intercept the pirates.

Based on the older TALON-class scout, most memorable in its use during the Ba'ku incident, the FLEMMING can be best described as a sensor array with an engine attached. Almost every square foot of the spaceframe has been crammed with sensor equipment, engine components, and fuel. This required the removal of a number of components including the weapon systems, many of the crew's 'creature comforts, and the impulse engines. Now the two man crew is limited to only a small living space, which contains the single sleeping bunk, and the flight deck to move around in comfortably.

By stripping away these and other systems, the FLEMMING class now has room for systems that increases its overall effectiveness. First among these new systems is the latest in high density fusion reactors which replaces the standard matter/antimatter reactor that normally drives most faster-than-light vessels. The fusion reactor is constructed on the atomic scale using nanite technology. This allows for a more exact molecular structure giving the reactor both more effective shielding and a higher resistance to temperature and pressure. This gives the net effect of producing a reactor capable of generating enough power to drive the vessel at warp 6 for 6 weeks (or warp 5 for 12 weeks, slightly increasing the range) while eliminating the traceable subspace distortions created by standard warp cores. Unfortunately, the mass of the nacelles themselves still prohibits the new reactor from being added to smaller combat shuttles without a significant decrease in sublight performance.

The FLEMMING has also been given the latest in D-Warp drives and, like the new FEARLESS design, uses gravity planing to provide sublight propulsion in place of a standard impulse drive system. Due to an increase in the shielding requirements for the D-Warp drive, the FLEMMING can not boast the overall range or high relative speeds as the standard D-Warp shuttle. But, she is still has more than enough relative speed to outrun any other D-Warp capable vessel known today, allowing it to flee from threats.

The FLEMMING is the Star Fleet's latest attempt to produce a vessel with stealth as a primary consideration. Every internal system has been designed to eliminate external transmission. Equipped with the most powerful ECM and ECCM systems ever given to a vessel of this size, FLEMMING was designed to hide without being cloaked. Even the outer hull has been coated with a newer and more advanced version of the standard sensor energy absorbing material (SEAM). SEAM not only helps to seal the vessel by reducing unwanted transmissions from escaping but it can also absorb active EM sensor scans directed at it. SEAM's ability to absorb these active scans is directly proportional to its relative distance to the threat vessel. The closer the threat vessel gets, the more likely that the EM emissions will bounce back, revealing its presence and as such is only effective at long ranges.

Overall, missions on the FLEMMING-class scouts are long, tedious, and cramped but can turn to gut wrenching in an instant. Crew members have to be physiologically and psychologically matched to each other to prevent the long hours and cramped quarters from interfering with the over all mission. Most become friends but a small few end up hating each other.