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+|image=[[File:Cutlass template.gif|220px]]
+|manufacturer=[[ma:Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards|Utopia Planitia Shipyards]]
+|line=
+|class=Carrier
+|model=Cutlass
+|cost=
+|start=2376
+|lifespan=
+|length=1440m
+|width=537m
+|height=184m
+|mass=6,165,000 mT
+|cruising=warp 6.0
+|maxspeed=warp 8.6
+|power1=warp core
+|power2=impulse engines
+|prop1=warp speed
+|prop2=impulse speed
+|crew=2014
+|skeleton=500
+|passengers=1000
+|personnel=
+|capacity=
+|hull=Duranium/Tritanium
+|consumables=2 years
+|armament=*8 x Type VIII Pulse Phaser cannons
+*4 x Type II Photon Torpedos
+|defense=Starfleet Deflector shields
+|sensors=
+|comm=
+|docking=6 (3p,3s)
+|bays=
+|transporters=
+|tbeams=1f,1a,1p,1s
+|craft=*80 [[Crossbow Starfighter|FI-25s]]
+*10 [[Hawkeye class]] scout ships
+*12 shuttlecraft
+|features=
+|role=Carrier
+|affiliation=Starfleet
+}}
-One of the critical strategic problems faced by Starfleet Command, if the Federation was going to win the [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Dominion_War Dominion War], was that the Federation forces were being spread too thin. Between defending the Federation territory from and trying to go on the offensive against the [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Dominion Dominion], in addition to keeping a wary eye on the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Romulan Romulans], Starfleet found it had too many obligations and too few resources. Capital ships such as the  [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Galaxy_class Galaxy] and [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Nebula_class Nebula] class ships, or even ones as small as a [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Defiant_class Defiant] Class, were too expensive and used up too many resources to continually rebuild the fleet.
+One of the critical strategic problems faced by Starfleet Command, if the Federation was going to win the [[ma:Dominion_War|Dominion War]], was that the Federation forces were being spread too thin. Between defending the Federation territory from and trying to go on the offensive against the [[ma:Dominion|Dominion]], in addition to keeping a wary eye on the [[ma:Romulan|Romulans]], Starfleet found it had too many obligations and too few resources. Capital ships such as the [[ma:Galaxy_class|Galaxy]] and [[ma:Nebula_class|Nebula]] class ships, or even ones as small as a [[ma:Defiant_class|Defiant]] class, were too expensive and used up too many resources to continually rebuild the fleet. Additionally, the [[ma:Jem'Hadar|Jem'Hadar]] used a great number of smaller fighter craft in combat, increasing the number of targets for Federation ships, and generally causing havoc with strategic planning.
-A new ship of revolutionary design would be required. Ship designers of [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Utopia_Planitia Utopia Planitia] were up to the challenge. They not only designed a totally new class of ship, the '''Achilles'''; they designed and built it in less than two years. By adapting current anti-[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Borg Borg] designs to the new threat, they developed a ship with revolutionary features that would enable the '''Achilles''' to fulfill the role as long-range cruiser with firepower nearly equal to a [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Sovereign_class Sovereign Class] cruiser. This was accomplished with the new micro-torpedoes arranged in a 'phalanx' array allows an astoundingly high rate of fire that could cripple any Dominion ship. With the arrangement of the phalanx system, the '''Achilles''' can protect itself against the strike fighters defending Ketracel-White facilities, while still maintaining its focus on destroying the target.
+Fighter design and production began to counter the Dominion tactics, but a new ship of revolutionary design would be required to ferry them. Ship designers of [[ma:Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards|Utopia Planitia]] were up to the challenge. They designed a totally new class of ship, the '''Cutlass'''; however, by now the war had ended. The fleet yards had finished constuction of the prototype, but production of the line was halted. It saw no live action, but was used in training exercises for the fleet. It's launch tubes were left generic to accept whatever type of fighter was available at the time.
-The prototype, deployed for field testing in the closing weeks of the war, performed admirably, destroying two key facilities on its single mission behind enemy lines. It also accounted for two full [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Cardassian Cardassian] fighter wings, as well as nearly a score of Jem'Hadar strike cruisers in its mission, the best record of any single ship in the war. However successful, a number of problems were identified and the '''Achilles''' was returned to Utopia Planitia at the end of the war for refitting. The remainder of her hull was filled out with the non-warfare facilities that were called for in her original design, including a basic science department, multipurpose holodecks and upgraded ship-wide holo-emitters, and she was retasked for system patrol and deep-space exploration, then moved out for further field testing.
+With the discovery of the [[Par'tha Expanse]] and [[VIR|Valcarian Empire]], whose fleet is composed primarily of destroyer-carriers, Starfleet has restarted limited production of the '''Cutlass's''' for duty in that sector. [[Krieger, Jacob Russell|Admiral Krieger]] and [[Varaan|Commander Varaan]] designed and developed the [[Crossbow Starfighter|FI-25 "Crossbow" Interceptor]], which is in mass production for service aboard the '''Cutlass''' class carriers.
+Critics have said that the '''Cutlass''' has a very "boxy" look to it. It has no "saucer", and the warp nacelles are tucked under the overhang of the top 7 decks, on very short pylons. The aft section of Decks 4 and 5 compose the landing bay for the fighters, though the bay extends almost to the front of the carrier. Launch tubes, a dozen on both the port and starboard sides of the ship, handle the launching of the fighters, using an electromagnetic catapult. Deck 6 houses the maintenance facilities for the fighters.
+Deck 1 not only contains the bridge module for the '''Cutlass''', but a separate "[[Cutlass Class Flight Operations|Flight Ops]]" command control center just aft of it, and a "Fleet Ops" command control center aft of that.
 ==Notable Ships of This Class==
-*'''USS Cutlass:''' ''prototype''
+*'''[[USS Cutlass]]:''' ''prototype'' NX-84700
-*'''USS :'''
+*'''[[USS Hanover]]:''' NCC-84714
+*'''[[USS Corsica]]:''' NCC-84723
+*'''[[USS Avalon]]:''' NCC-84728
 ==Specifications==
 *'''Type:''' ''Carrier''
-*'''Accommodation:''' ''1,275 Personnel''
+*'''Length:''' ''1440 Meters''
-*'''Length:''' ''612 Meters''
+*'''Height:''' ''184 Meters''
-*'''Height:''' ''67 Meters''
+*'''Beam:''' ''537 Meters''
-*'''Beam:''' ''372 Meters''
+*'''Mass:''' ''6,165,000 Tonnes''
-*'''Mass:''' ''1,295,410 Tonnes''
+*'''Decks:''' ''12''
-*'''Maximum Warp factor:''' ''9.99+''
+* '''Accomodations:''' ''1000''
-*'''Weapons:''' ''8 x Type VIII Phaser arrays
+*'''Crew:''' ''2014''
+** '''Standard:''' ''1400''
+** '''Flight Team:''' ''614''
+*** '''Command:''' ''2 (1 Wing Commander, 1 CAG)''
+*** '''Flight Ops Team:''' ''36''
+*** '''[[Duty Posts/Marine Corps|Pilots]]:''' ''100''
+*** '''[[Duty Posts/Marine Corps|WSO]]:''' ''20''
+*** '''Fighter Grounds Crew:''' ''400 (4 per fighter craft)''
+*** '''Deck Crew:''' ''56 (5 squad chiefs, 50 specialists, 1 Deck Boss)''
+*'''Fighter Compliment:''' ''80 [[Crossbow Starfighter|FI-25 "Crossbow" Interceptors]]''
+*'''Warp Speeds:'''
+** '''Cruising:''' ''6.0''
+** '''Maximum:''' ''8.6''
+** '''Emergency:''' ''9.2 for 12 hours''
+*'''Weapons:'''
+**''8 x Type VIII Pulse Phaser cannons''
+**''4 x Type II Photon Torpedos''
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