Ocean statistics Mark IIIs
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180717 SS TIDAL WAVE BASIC STATISTICS Class Name : OCEAN Classification : Fast Personnel Transport Type : APF Model Number : IIIs (SECIS model) PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS Length : 250 m Beam : 126 m Draft : 55 m Displacement : 417,603 mt COMPLEMENT Standard : 83 Officers : 6 Crew : 25 Flight Officers : 15 Flight Crew : 27 Special Response Team: 10 Passengers : 50 PROPULSION SYSTEMS Warp Propulsion System Drive Type : ILN-308 Mk IX Number : 2 Main Reactor : FRAM-919 Impulse System Drive Type : CAN Number : 1 Secondary Reactor : FRIF-420 Network 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 VIII Number : 4 banks Range : 250,000 km Arcs : forward dorsal array - split collimater array (3 segments feeding from one capacitor bank) forward ventral array - split collimater array (3 segments feeding from one capacitor bank) aft dorsal array aft ventral array Photon Torpedo, Mk V mini-Photon torpedo Number : 1 tube Range : 500,000 km Arcs : forward Deflector System : FD-6 multiphasic deflector system OTHER SYSTEMS Transporters Standard, 6-person : 2 Emergency, 16-person : 1 Cargo : 1 Embarked Craft (1 bay) Personnel shuttle, small: 3 (1 person crew) D-warp shuttle : 1 (1 person crew) Cargo shuttle : 1 (1 person crew) Runabout (standard) : 2 (2 person crew) Runabout (E-12) : 1 (5 person crew) F-4 combat shuttles : 4 (1 person crew) Notes: OCEAN-class transports first entered service in 2367 as long range personnel transports. They were designed for and on behalf of the Federation as a means of moving moderate numbers of people (up to two hundred) at a time in relative comfort. Over time, many were retired or were transferred/sold to private hands. With the advent of D-Warp, the majority of those still in Federation service were retired/sold as a new generation of d-warp equipped fast transport was commissioned. Given the increasing size of the Federation and its continued expansion, the Federation's Civilian Non-Interference Laws (analogous to the Star Fleet Prime Directive) was broken more and more frequently by corporations/small groups/private individuals seeking to exploit pre-Contact civilizations. The job for enforcing this internal security matter fell to the Star Fleet Security and Investigative Service, the civilian-run interstellar law enforcement organization of the Federation (similar to the American FBI or British MI-5/SOCA). OPERATION TIDE was founded. Since there were many pre-Contact civilizations both inside and outside Federation Space at risk from exploitation, OPERATION TIDE, seeking to detect, block and counter such exploitation required a number of vessels capable of delivering probes, carrying a special weapons and tactics fast-response team for (both ship-to-ship and surface actions) to deter/overcome any likely opposition. Thus, many Ocean-class Transports were recalled to service, refitted and sent out to police the pre-Contact worlds. In their new form, they police the pre-Contact worlds and while they are no match for a military starship, they outgun, outsense and can outrun most corporate ships/mining vessels. That said though, the phasers have only a small capacitor bank which means a slow recharge time. The ship was refit with a combat-shuttle style mini-torpedo launcher with only 20 reloads so the ship is not suited to heavy combat. Another important modification was to their warp nacelles and power systems. Great care was taken during the refit to ‘balance’ out the energy released during warp so that the newly replaced electronic warfare countermeasure suite could allow a significant reduction in the sensor cross section of the ship. The effect is to significantly reduce the ships energy signature. Military sensors can still detect it although their range is somewhat reduced. Civilian sensors however, would be unable to detect the ship on their long-range sensors whenever the ship is "running silent." The enlarged shuttle bays and inclusion of a brig has cut into the passenger capacity of the original OCEAN-class vessels. All OPERATION TIDE vessels carry a highly trained fast response team for boarding or surface operations. The team is a paramilitarty tactical unit equipped with more advanced weapons and armor than are normally needed for more routine police action.