Sentinel statistics Mark III

Edited: Mk III: David S. de Lis
Edited: Mk II: Juan Ángel Romero and David S. de Lis
Edited: Jeffrey Jenkins

Author: Mike Tripp and Paul Gilbertson
E-Mail Address: mtripp@ds33.com & darius@the-pub.org
Revision: 4
Revision SD: 151130, 170407, 320421, 350323

BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name        : SENTINEL
Classification    : General Duty
Type              : FF (Frigate)
Model Number      : III

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length            : 209 m
Beam              : 153 m
Draft             :  52 m
Displacement      : 427,534 mt
Decks             : 12

COMPLEMENT
Total Standard    : 164
Officers          :  16
Crew              : 138
Marines           :  10

Passengers        :  10 (max)

PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
Drive Type        : ILN-308 Mk VIII
     Number       : 2
Main Reactor      : FRAM-850

Impulse System
Drive Type        : GDP-2
     Number       : 2
Secondary Reactor : FGRIF-502 Network

D-Warp Drive      : Dim-IV S3s

Velocity
   Warp
     Standard Cruise Speed    : 6.0
     Maximum Cruise Speed     : 9.2
     Sustainable for 12 hours : 9.6
     Maximum Emergency Speed  : 9.8
     Core Failure Imminent    : 9.9
   D-Warp
     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
          Number : 5 banks
          Range  : 345,000 km
          Arcs   : saucer module dorsal array (p/s)
                   saucer module ventral array
                   secondary hull aft dorsal array
                   secondary hull aft ventral array

     Flux Torpedo, Mk II Seeking/Direct
          Number : 3 tubes
          Range  : 3,500,000 km
          Arcs   : 2 forward, 1 aft

POINT DEFENSE SYSTEM:

        Point Defense Lasers, type III
                Number : 12 (4 turrets of 3 lasers each)
                Range  : 300,000 km
                Arcs   : forward saucer (p/s)
                       : aft secondary hull (p/s)

        Point Defense Drones, type I
                Number : 2 launchers
                Arcs   : saucer dorsal launcher (p/s)
            Complement : 20 drones (10 per side)


Deflector System : FD-7c cocoon multiphasic deflector system
                 : SRPS-1b radiation phase shielding system

OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
     Standard, 6-person   : 3
     Emergency, 16-person : 2
     Cargo                : 2

Shuttle Bays : 1
     Standard Embarked Craft
          Shuttlepod              : 4
          Personal Shuttle, Small : 3
          Personal Shuttle, Large : 2
          Shuttle, D-Warp         : 4
          Cargo Shuttle           : 2
          SESR module type I      : 3

Notes:

The Sentinel represents one of the largest frigates in service.
In many ways, small destroyers, the vessels in the class are armed
with the latest in technology, the SENTINEL-class sets out to prove
that small ships and small crews can match some of the larger space
frames already at work in the field. She fields the latest in weaponry,
tactical systems, point defense, EW drones, sensors, navigation,
and computer networks.

This design has also been packed with the latest in stealth
technology, offering not only another ship capable of holding its own
in a firefight, but also a design that has one of the lowest sensor
profiles achievable without a cloaking device.

The Navigational Deflector is built into the Primary Hull and ties
in with the sensor and communications arrays without any loss to
its primary purpose. This allows for greater scanning of subspace
frequencies when the ship is rigged for ultra-quiet mode. Along
the outer edges of the Primary Hull are special nodes that create
a dampening field around the ship, preventing ship emissions from
revealing its location.

The second revision of the design, replaces its impulse drives with
a gravity-planing sublight drive system, and provides the ship with
fourth generation D-Warp generator as an emergency system. Engineering
work is needed to adapt the especial gravitational profile of the
Sentinel class for a seamless dimensional transition, but the system,
retrofitted from the Pathfinder class, is proving promising.

Despite the increase in displacement caused by the incorporation of
the gravitic sublight and FTL drives, normal space warp speeds are
not affected and the ship has substantially increased both sublight
maneuverability and acceleration. Augmented structural integrity fields
were required for the new systems. Additionally, the ship has been
outfitted to use SESR module. This removes some shuttle capacity, but
enhances the exploration and surveillance capabilities significantly,
making the class more versatile than the previous iterations.

The third revision of the design has been fitted with a newer version
of the D-Warp drive that's more efficient in power consumption, thus
making D-Warp travel for smaller ships more convenient. It addition,
the ship has been fitted with the smaller version of the new Scattering
Radiation Phase Shielding system, which provides a new layer of 
security while on D-Warp by actually redirecting hyperspace wave 
energy into creating additional radiation shielding for the crew. This 
allows for even faster flight while on D-Warp up to 0.75c, which is 
considerably faster than before. This SRPS system is going to be 
slowly deployed and retrofitted to all production models, starting with 
long range exploration vessels and surveyors, and going all up to 
emergency response starships.

The Mark III model also improves on the gravitic plane drive, allowing
for smoother operation, more efficient accelerations and outstanding
maneuverability. Lastly, the ship's biogel neural network has been
upgraded, increasing the bandwidth between the computer cores and the
sensor arrays. This provides even better sensor input, especially when
coupled with the SESR system, which has been know to give trouble in
the past, due to the tight integration between sensors and computers.