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The annular warp drive is the most obvious feature, allowing the ''Cardiff'' class to sustain an impressive cruising speed of warp 8. Further systems benefitted from alliances both within and beyond the Federation | The annular warp drive is the most obvious feature, allowing the ''Cardiff'' class to sustain an impressive cruising speed of warp 8. Further systems benefitted from alliances both within and beyond the Federation. The innovative computer systems were developed in part by researchers cooperating on Andor, Betazed, and Bynaus, and the easily alterable diplomatic accommodations -- which can tolerate quick changes in atmosphere, pressure, temperature, and a host of other important variables -- were designed by the Xindi. | ||
The class was selected as the initial class to employ an experimental new computer system that combines the now-standard bioneural cybernetic systems with Starfleet’s first positronic system. While nowhere near as advanced as the android Data, the positronic computer represents a real step forward in computing and increases the number of calculations the Invicta’s computers can simultaneously perform by three orders of magnitude. | The class was selected as the initial class to employ an experimental new computer system that combines the now-standard bioneural cybernetic systems with Starfleet’s first positronic system. While nowhere near as advanced as the android Data, the positronic computer represents a real step forward in computing and increases the number of calculations the Invicta’s computers can simultaneously perform by three orders of magnitude. | ||
The ''Cardiff'' class is one of the most advanced scientific vessels in the fleet, easily on par with the likewise-newly-commissioned ''Oracle'' and {{class|Horizon}} classes. But whereas those ships are designed primarily for research, the ''Cardiff'' is split between science and service to its two advanced sensor pods and all the equipment and personnel they contain and to its diplomatic missions. | The ''Cardiff'' class is one of the most advanced scientific vessels in the fleet, easily on par with the likewise-newly-commissioned ''Oracle'' and {{class|Horizon}} classes. But whereas those ships are designed primarily for research, the ''Cardiff'' is split between science and service to its two advanced sensor pods and all the equipment and personnel they contain and to its diplomatic missions. | ||
===Research and Diplomacy=== | ===Research and Diplomacy=== | ||