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.