AC-501 Starchaser Class

Created by Admiral Jason Roberts SFMoH on 241004.28 @ 18:35

AC-501 STARCHASER CLASS

UCIP FEDERATION DIVISION

FINAL DESIGN APPROVAL: SD 240006.16
DESIGN TEAM LEADER: Cadet William Taggart
DESIGN TYPE: Strike Bomber

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The Starchaser class Strike Bomber, designed in 2400, is based heavily on the successful Jaguar Class Heavy Assault Fighter. During its development, the design was enlarged by a number of meters and one of the two micro torpedo launchers were removed to house the extra weaponry. This weaponry comes in the form of 5 full size Quantum Torpedoes strapped to the side of its hull in specially designed non adaptable torpedo housings.

In addition to this extra weaponry, the Starchaser features increased shielding and thicker armor allowing it to sustain more beating than the Jaguar as well as the Holocloack that gave the Jaguar its reputation, allowing it to approach targets undetected. This, combined with the bombers relatively high speed and maneuverability make the craft a highly adaptable combat unit.

However, because the vessel includes some of the Jaguars more advanced technologies as well, its reliability is slightly lower than expected. Also, the lack of any external hard points gives the craft the same problems as the Jaguar and Hammerhead class - lack of versatility. Something which is not characteristic of most other Strike Bombers in service at this time.

Despite these problems though, many Federation outposts make frequent use of the Starchaser class as a compromise between fighters and bombers when resources are in short supply or storage space is limited. However, Starfleet engineers are currently in the process of designing a completely new replacement for it which will feature for more reliable equipment and greater versatility.

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ADVANTAGES

• Holo-Stealth Technology provides true stealth capabilities whilst not placing much demand on energy.
• Soliton Wave FTL Propulsion system operates on very low power.
• Weapons loadout is a good compromise between fighter and bomber systems.
• Capable of operating at very long ranges.
• Advanced Sensor Suite for accurate threat-force targeting.

DISADVANTAGES

· Soliton Wave makes the fighter less maneuverable at FTL Speeds and is untested on this size chassis
· Initiation of the Soliton Wave leaves the fighter vulnerable for several seconds.
· Holo-Stealth System is not as effective as a true cloaking device.
· No External Hard points

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MISCELLANEOUS

Length: 26.0 meters
Width: 15.9 meters
Height: 6.0 meters
Mass: 80,000 Kg

2 Standard Pilot
3 Maximum Pilots

1 Micro Transporter Cluster
Standard Environmental System

TACTICAL

• 2 x Type V Phaser Arrays
• 1 x Type IX Pulse Fire Phaser Turret
• 5 x Quantum torpedoes
• 1 x Micro Torpedo Launchers
   • 70 13cm Quantum Micro torpedoes Per Launcher

DEFENSIVE

360 Isoton/s Shields
Type XII Deflector
12.2 cm Type II Ablative Hull Armor
Holo-Stealth Mk. I

ENGINEERING

Iroquois M/AM Reactor Core
Micro Fusion Reactor

Soliton Wave Propulsion System
Standard Speed: Warp 7.1
Maximum Speed: Warp 8.4

Twin Tandem Impulse System
Maximum Cruise: 0.96c
Combat Speed: 890 Km/s

Standard RCS Thruster Assembly

COMMAND AND CONTROL

Type C Bio-Neural Geldisk FTL Core
High Capacity
High Processing Speed
Medium Data Transfer Speed

Nano Sub-processor Auxiliary Core

1 Long Range Subspace Antennae
2 Short Range Subspace Antennae

SENSORS

Advanced Tactical Sensor Suite
High Resolution Sensor Range: 17,200,000 Km
Low Resolution Sensor Range: 42,000,000 Km

Advanced Navigational Sensor Suite
High Resolution Sensor Range: 7.3 Ly
Low Resolution Sensor Range: 41.1 Ly

Basic Scientific Sensor Suite
High Resolution Sensor Range: 0.7 Ly
Low Resolution Sensor Range: 1.4 Ly

EXTERNAL HARD POINT OPTIONS

0 External Hardpoints