Zeus statistics Mark II
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BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name : ZEUS
Classification : Dreadnought
Type : BB (Battleship)
Model Number : II
Number in Service:
Designations :
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length : 695 m
Beam : 318 m
Draft : 252 m
Displacement : 10,034,915 mt
COMPLEMENT
Total Standard : 2,124
Officers : 163
Crew : 1,471
Marines : 490
Passengers : 50
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
Drive Type : ILN-443 Mk XI
Number : 4
Main Reactor : FRAM-1210
D-Warp Drive : Dim-III-Z1i
Impulse System
Drive Type : KRLT
Number : 4
Secondary Reactor: FRIF-705 Network
Velocity
Standard Cruise Speed : 6.0
Maximum Cruise Speed : 9.3
Sustainable for 12 hours: 9.6
Maximum Emergency Speed : 9.8
Core Failure Immenent : 9.9
ARMAMENT
Phaser, Type XI (Extended range parallel phaser strip)
Number : 17 banks
Range : 345,000 km
Arcs : primary hull dorsal forward array (x2)
primary hull ventral array
primary hull dorsal aft array (P/S)
secondary hull aft dorsal array (P/S)
secondary hull forward ventral array (P/S)
secondary hull aft ventral array (P/S)
secondary hull superior (upper) lateral array (P/S)
secondary hull inferior (lower) lateral array (P/S)
nacelle pylon array (P/S)
Phaser, Type XIa (Rapid Repeating Pulse Phaser)
Number : 12 turrets with 2 banks each
Range : 300,000 km
Arcs : forward dorsal primary hull
forward ventral primary hull
forward/port dorsal primary hull
forward/starboard dorsal primary
forward/post ventral primary hull
forward/starboard ventral primary hull
port/aft dorsal secondary hull
starboard/aft dorsal secondary hull
port/aft ventral secondary hull
starboard/aft ventral secondary hull
port nacelle pylon
starboard nacelle pylon
Phaser, Type XIc (Phaser Cannon)
Number : 2 cannon
Range : 300,000
Arcs : forward
Flux Torpedo, MkIII (multiple shot) Seeking/Direct
Number : 20 tubes
Range : 3,500,000
Arcs : 6 forward/port, 6 forward/starboard, 4 aft/port, 4 aft/starboard
POINT DEFENSE SYSTEM:
Point Defense Lasers, type III
Number : 48 (12 turrets of 4 lasers each)
Range : 300,000 km
Arcs : fwd dorsal saucer (p/s)
: fwd ventral saucer (p/s)
: aft dorsal secondary hull (p/s)
: aft ventral secondary hull (p/s)
Point Defense Drones, type III
Number : 4 launchers
Arcs : saucer dorsal launcher (p/s x2)
Complement : 120 drones (30 per launcher)
Deflector System : FD-14e enhanced cocoon multiphasic deflector system
OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
Standard, 6-person : 10
Combat, 12-person : 10
Emergency, 16-person: 8
Cargo : 12
Shuttle Bays : 4
Embarked Craft (Standard, specific ships may vary)
Shuttlepod : 16
Personnel Shuttle, Small: 10
Personnel Shuttle, Large: 8
Shuttle, D-Warp : 4
Cargo Shuttle : 10
Runabout : 4
Marine Dropship : 8
Notes
The ZEUS is the single most formidable ship in the Federation inventory. With growning tensions on both Klingon and Romulan borders, Star Fleet Engineering went ahead with the plan to launch a new, state of the art dreadnought capable of acting as a forward area battle fleet command ship. Armed with the most advanced weapons systems, shields, and drives, the ship owes much to its cousin, the SOLAR-class command cruiser. However, these ships are not a science ships with tactical command capabilities, they are warships.
Like the CAESAR AUGUSTUS-class heavy cruisers, the ZEUS-class battleships make their purpose abundantly clear. These ships are the strong arm of the Federation. In an age where the Dominion has access to the Alpha Quadrant through two worm holes, at DS9 and DS12, and with growing concerns about the threat of the Borg, advancing unprecedentedly slowly through Romulan space, diplomacy does not always work. In those cases, the ZEUS presents its regal lines to restore peace.
The ship is a needle in space, for all its tremendouns size and bulk. The ship has a rounded wedge-shaped primary hull mated directly to the secondary hull. Three warp nacelles are mounted around the rounded form of the secodary hull. The ship is a compact for its size and meant to provide the least area possible as a target.
New to the Mark II:
The latest version of the ZEUS is equipped with Starfleet's newest phaser systems. The Xg is a modification of the Xf extended range phaser. The Xg uses a variable, multiple gravitic lense system to further increase the precision of beam focus and reduce the loss of the crystaline lenses of the Xf. These beams are much more tightly focused than the standard type X phaser allowing for much greater range, thus providing the option to engage most enemies beyond their energy weapon range. However, the Xg's are not without drawbacks. An advanced targeting or sensor system is required for long range attacks, recharge time is over two times that of the type X, and the power output of the phaser is greatly reduced with range:
| 100,000 km - 150% type X at similar range |
| 200,000 km - 109% type X at similar range |
| 300,000 km - 91% type X at similar range |
| 350,000 km - 85% peak output of type X at 300,000 km |
| 400,000 km - 80% peak output of type X at 300,000 km |
| 450,000 km - 75% peak output of type X at 300,000 km |
The Xg phasers are mounted in ball-shaped turrets that restrict the fields of fire. To handle the Xg phasers power demands, improved high- density phaser capacitors have been incorporated, bestowing greater endurance upon a ZEUS in a sustained engagement. To complement the type Xg phasers, the ZEUS incorporates seventeen enhanced type XI emitters which improve range over the basic type X for improved standard attack distances. Twelve XIa enhanced pulse phasers and twenty torpedo launchers help to round out the ship's offensive capabilities.
The XIa enhanced pulse phasers were first deployed in hull pods on the NEW ORLEANS Model III (CAVALLA class) light cruisers. The larger size of the dreadnought allowed a turretted arrangement for the weapon, similar to conventional Xa pulse phaser cannons, but allowing for the enhanced range capabilities of the XIa.
Also incorporated, for the first time on the mammoth warship, is a modern point defense system of appropriate size and scope for a ship of this size and capability.
