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NX - 04 Challenger
(Techinical Information for the NX - Variant Class Starship)
Overview
The NX Variant Class of starships is
just
that, a variant on the NX Class
vessel. They were originally designed to be faster,
with more powerful weapons systems. However recent
upgrades to the entire NX Fleet have
brought all vessels of the class to the
NX Variant specs. The only
differences are cosmetic.
The following vessels are of the NX Variant Class series.
ESS Challenger NX-04
ESS Meridian NX-06
Mission
The mission of the NX Variant Class is to act as an
ambassador
for Earth in first contact situations, represent Earth interest, act as
a
first line of defense and to boldly go where no one
has gone before.
Internal Layout
Unlike most of the other ship designs fielded by
Starfleet,
the NX class is a step upwards in comfort and space availability. When
the
initial design projections where being made, Starfleet had
already
decided the mission profile of the NX ships would be for long
duration
missions made possible by the inclusion of a warp 5 engine. With such
criteria in place, the SCE drew down plans for the largest
ships
Starfleet had constructed at the time, giving the ships's crew
more
space to live and breath in hopes of negating cabin fever that
had
been
present on the smaller ships after longer duration missions to systems
just on the edge of their performance envelopes.
With this in mind, the NX's internal layout is also much
roomier. Crew quarters, corridors, and sickbay are all areas where
extra space
was allocated. The inclusion of a much more robust gym and
large observations windows where added in attempts to give the ship
a
much more larger feel to it without having to step up the size
of the
spaceframe.
Development History
The NX Variant Class starship was designed with the
primary
intent of being a Warp 5 capable starship as well as an exploratory
vessel.
When the project was first proposed, Starfleet's current ships
of the line at the time, ESS Enterprise
NX-01, was proven outgunned
in several skirmishes.
Starfleet's emphasis to the design teams was a vessel
that
would actually meet it's design specifications completely in science
and
performance capability, while having firepower exceeding that of a
standard NX. With this in mind, the teams started with the design
of
the NX class starship, and improved the tactical capabilities of the
vessel, as well as adding the experimental Supercruise engine, that
is
now deployed aboard all NX vessels, allowing them to travel at Warp 5
for long periods of time.
While the NX Variant class has no doubt not seen her
last
update, the class is continuing the strong tradition of Starfleet to
carry the flag,
represent Earth, her government and her people, and to
boldly go where no one has gone before.
Specifications
| Type: | NX Class Cruiser (NX) |
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| Dimensions: | Length : 225 m Beam : 136 m Height : 33 m Deck : 7 |
| Mass: | 285,000 metric tons |
| Crew: | Officers : 15 Enlisted : 67 |
| Armament: | 6 x phase cannons, rated at 24 terawatts each
3 x Mod 3 photonic torpedo tubes
5x Mod 2 spatial torpedo tubes
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| Defense: | Light Monotanium Single hull plus 5 cm Enhanced
polarised armour
Low level Structural Integrity Field |
| Warp Speeds(TOS Scale): | Maximum Cruise : 4.5
Maximum Rated : 5 |
| Impulse Speed: | 0.25c |
| Science: | Various Starfleet sensor pallets and arrays
consisting
of:
Laboratories:
Computer core:
Data network:
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| Transportation: | 1 transporter, approved for bio transport
2 Shuttlepods 2 Shuttlepods on 24 hours standby |
- A Deck
- Bridge, Operations Room, Ready Room
- B Deck
- Crew Quarters, Conference Room
- C Deck
- Upper Observation Deck, Gymnasium, Crew Barracks, Warp Plasma Accelerator, Deuterium Storage Tanks
- D Deck
- Junior Officer Quarters, Guest Suites, Transporter Room, Chief Engineer’s Office, Deuterium Injector, Warp Core
- E Deck
- Senior Officer Quarters, Sickbay, Antimatter Injector, Inspector Pod Launch Bay, Escape Pods, Mess Hall, Galley, Deflector, Warp Field Symmetric Control, Navigation Control Thrusters, Impulse Thrusters, Airlock
- F Deck
- Security, Security Chief’s Office, Torpedo Launch Bay, Phase Cannon, Pulse Cannons, Lower Launch Bay, Launch Bay Crew Access, Lower Observation Deck, Antimatter Pods
- G Deck
- Grappler, Planetary Sensor Dome
