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*'''Designation:''' NCC-65403-C
*'''Designation:''' NCC-65403-C
*'''Class:''' Steamrunner-Wolverine
*'''Class:''' [[Steamrunner-Wolverine class|Steamrunner-Wolverine]]


==Specifications==
==Specifications==
The USS Tiger was the prototype for the new Wolverine sub-class of vessels. Originally designed as a standard Steamrunner, she was extensively refitted in mid-2375 to the newer standards. However, her original construction has left her with several minor operational flaws which have been alleviated in newly built models.
The [[USS Tiger]] was the prototype for the new Wolverine sub-class of vessels. Originally designed as a standard Steamrunner, she was extensively refitted in mid-2375 to the newer standards. However, her original construction has left her with several minor operational flaws which have been alleviated in newly built models.


===Stats===
===Stats===
[[Image:Phoenix plaque.gif|thumb|right|''Dedication plaque for the USS Phoenix-C.'']]
*Number of Decks: 9
*Number of Decks: 9
*Height: 40.0 meters
*Height: 40.0 meters
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*Weapons:
*Weapons:
**1 x Type X phaser bank, 6 x Class I rapid fire phaser pulse cannon, total output for all phaser weapons 50,000 TeraWatts. 4 x Pulse fire Quantum/Photon torpedo tubes + 200 torpedoes carried in stores.
**1 x Type X phaser bank, 6 x Class I rapid fire phaser pulse cannon, total output for all phaser weapons 50,000 TeraWatts. 4 x Pulse fire Quantum/Photon torpedo tubes + 200 torpedoes carried in stores.
*Shields:
*Shields: Auto-modulated high capacity shield system, total capacity 2,000,000 TeraJoules.
**Auto-modulated high capacity shield system, total capacity 2,000,000 TeraJoules.
*[[Ablative Armour]]: Plating attached to the outer hull to displace the heat associated with phaser blasts or atmospheric friction on heavy Duranium/Tritanium double hull.
*[[Ablative Armour]]:
*Sensors: Standard long range sensor package.
**Plating attached to the outer hull to displace the heat associated with phaser blasts or atmospheric friction on heavy Duranium/Tritanium double hull.
*Sensors:
**Standard long range sensor package.


==Ship History==
==Deck Layout==
The Phoenix name has a long and proud history of ships. The first ship to bear the name Phoenix was Zefram Cochrane's historic premiere warp  vessel.
<table border="2" height="415" width="786" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" height="19" width="40"><b>Deck</b></td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="19" width="275"><b>Port</b></td>
<td align="center" height="19" width="203"><b>[[#Bridge_Module|Bridge Module]]</b></td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="19" width="269"><b>Starboard</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="36" width="40">1</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="36" width="275">Cargo bays 1 - 2, escape pods</td>
<td align="center" height="36" width="203">Bridge</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="36" width="269">Cargo bays 3 - 4, escape pods</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="72" width="40">2</td>
<td align="center" rowspan="3" height="192">Computer core 1</td>
<td align="center" colspan="2" height="72" width="182">Inertial dampening systems, section 1, escape pods</td>
<td align="center" height="72" width="203">Captain's and First Officer's ready rooms</td>
<td align="center" colspan="2" height="72" width="191">Inertial dampening systems, section 2, escape pods</td>
<td align="center" rowspan="3" height="192">Computer core 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="72" width="40">3</td>
<td align="center" colspan="2" height="72" width="182">Bussard Ramscoop 1, life support systems</td>
<td align="center" height="72" width="203">Briefing room, (dividable into two smaller conference rooms)</td>
<td align="center" colspan="2" height="72" width="191">Bussard Ramscoop 2, holodeck 1, emergency batteries</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="36" width="40">4</td>
<td colspan="5" align="center" height="36" width="588">Observation lounge, transporter rooms 1 and 2, power distribution, science facilities, shuttle bay (rear of bridge module), upper holodeck 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="18" width="40">5</td>
<td align="center" colspan="7" height="18" width="759">[[#Holodeck_2|Holodeck 2]], science facilities, sickbay</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="36" width="40">6</td>
<td align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="4" height="120">Warp Core 1</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="36" width="396">Crew quarters, escape pods, inertial dampeners</td>
<td align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="4" height="120">Warp Core 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="12" width="40">7</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="12" width="396">Main engineering, power distribution, impulse engines</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="36" width="40">8</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="36" width="396">Antimatter storage, deuterium storage, crew quarters, cargo bays 5 - 6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" height="18" width="40">9</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" height="18" width="396">Antimatter storage, deuterium storage, brig</td>
</tr>
  </table>


The next ship to bear the name Phoenix was the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/USS_Phoenix USS Phoenix]. This ship was a [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Nebula_class Nebula] class ship, registration number NCC-65420, under the command of Captain Benjamin Maxwell. Maxwell orered an attack on Cardassian forces near sector 21503, which was not authorized by StarFleet Command. Two Cardassian ships and a Cardassian science station were consequently destroyed by the USS Phoenix. Maxwell later claimed that his actions were an attempt to prove that the Cardassians had been planning a new offensive against the Federation. Maxwell was later relieved of command. The USS Phoenix's dedication plaque held the motto: "There will be an answer, let it be." The Phoenix was later destroyed in 2370 after another Cardassian force launched a surprise attack on the ship.
===Bridge Module===
The bridge module is three decks. The lowest deck is the conference room. It's a multi-purpose room, capable of dividing into two smaller rooms if need be. A collapsible table is hid in compartments in the floor when not in use. If needed, it can be assembled quickly, in a number of configurations. Usually it is set up in a donut shape, with 1/5 missing, to allow entrance into the center of the circle. Above the clearing in the center of the table, a dual purpose hanging fixture doubles as lighting, as well as a holographic projector, for tactical briefings. The room is unique in that it is uses its space very economically, like everything else on the ship. When two rooms are needed, instead of one large room, the briefing table can be split into two identical pieces, which then can either be quickly dismantled and stored in in-floor compartements, or moved to the sides of the room. A holographic wall, with a sound-barrier force-field can also be created. Most of the time, however, the room is kept in it's single-space configuration. The walls of the room have slide-away panels which reveal displays, used for mission briefings, or in formal settings, showing off computer-generated art. The front 1/3 of the wall is all windows, which look out over the front hull of the Phoenix. The turbolift is at the back of the room, and is the only entrance. Above the conference room is where the Captain and XO's ready rooms are. The ready room deck, however, cannot be accessed by the turbolift. In the bridge module, the turbolift only accesses the bridge and conference room. The only way to the ready room deck is to go to the bridge, and then take a staircase, which is behind the main viewer, to the level of the ready rooms. There are entrances to the staircase on either side of the main viewer. The two sides of the staircase meet on a landing, which shifts the direction of the staircase 90 degrees towards the interior of the ship. If standing on the landing, the captain's ready room is located on the right, and uses approximately 3/5 of the deck's available space. The first officer's ready room uses the other 2/5 of the deck's available space. Both ready rooms share a common bathroom.


Captain Tristan Wolf was placed in command of the third ship of this name, the USS Phoenix-B. (Starfleet comissioned the name Phoenix-B to denote that this was the third ship of this name, the "-A" marking was skipped.) This vessel, run out of StarBase 118, was the flagship for that fleet for many years before being surpassed in power by some of the newer, more heavily armed ships of StarBase 118 like the USS StarWind, and USS Nemesis (now the USS Defiance-A). Due to the fact that Captain Wolf was promoted to Admiral of the StarBase, the ship was re-assigned as the StarBase's 'field ship', and used in the next few years on a per-mission basis, mostly acting to defend the StarBase, and as a crew transport.
===Holodeck 2===
Holodeck 2 is of a larger size than holodeck 1, as it functions as a multi-purpose room. Special programs for this deck include, a gymnasium, and recreation center.  


As the enemies of the federation became more numerous, and more powerful, a new ship was needed to defend the StarBase. The Phoenix-B, while still a powerful ship, had outlived it's usefulness and was experienced numerous computer failures, which began on stardate 9812.10. Willing to accept that simply retiring the old ship will be less of a drain on resources than attempting to do massive refits on the computer's systems, StarBase 118 worked to find a new ship to replace the Phoenix-B.
==See Also==
* [[USS Phoenix-B]]
* [[Phoenix Lineage]]


In early 2375 the ship which was to later yield the newest Phoenix fell into the laps of StarBase engineers. The [[USS Tiger]], a Steamrunner class ship was assigned to StarBase 118 on stardate 9902.01, as a patrol ship for the base. After approximately six months on the base as a patrol, Admiral Wolf comissioned an experimental refit for the ship. Engineers drew up an entirely new package for the Tiger, which included a more powerful weaponry system, and shield defenses which surpassed it's previous systems. The hope was that the ship could be a protoype for a new line of Steamrunners, which would serve more primarily as escort ships, instead of multipurpose vessels.
Engineers also kept in mind that the new Tiger would hopefully be a more stable ship than the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Defiant_class Defiant] class, which is notoriously quirky, with strange problems occuring here and there during operation. Being that, the Steamrunner refit would hopefully be a companion ship to the Defiant class, utilizing the most updated technology available.
Another plus to using the Steamrunner class for this type of refit is that it is a larger ship than the Defiant class. While it does lose points in the manueverability area, more area on the ship means more room for weapons. The engineers of this refit used this to their advantage when redesigning. Much of the unneeded components (such as diplomatic luxuries, etc.) were scrapped in favor of a larger power source, and more torpedo tubes.
While this refit lived up the hopes for a stable, powerful escort ship to be a companion to the Defiant class, there were further changes to be made, and new problems that needed conquering. In one of the first runs of the Tiger out from StarBase 118 it was discovered that the system drops shields when coming out of warp. This is a problem engineers have been working furiously on, but so far have no been able to find the fix for.
The [[USS Tiger]] was only a prototype for the planned Steamrunner-Wolverine class. The first ship of this new sub class is the USS Phoenix-C. The extended capabilities of the Phoenix-C over the Tiger refit include: a larger sickbay, which uses the most up to date medical technology available in Starfleet, well-equipped science labs, and an entirely new double hull of heavy Duranium/Tritanium (over the Standard Duranium/Tritanium of the Tiger), with 15 cm of [[Ablative Armour]], plus two more impulse engine outputs (for increased manueverability). A Type X phaser bank will complete the overhaul, bringing the total output for all phaser weapons to 75,000 TeraWatts. (This could not be added to the Tiger, as a new phaser bank would require too much rewiring, which could jeopardize the safety of the ship during battle. The Phoenix-C has the phaser bank planned into the blue-prints, making it's placement safer.) These revisions take the Phoenix-C's overall strength index number to approximately 1,050.
StarBase 118 plans for one ship for it's fleet. Should the Phoenix-C prove successful as the Tiger, more of the new sub class will be planned for all of the Federation. Hopefully the USS Phoenix-C will have as prestigious a history as it's predecessors.
[[Category:Starfleet Ship Classes]]
[[Category:StarBase 118 Ops|Phoenix]]
[[Category:StarBase 118 Ops|Phoenix]]
[[Category:USS Phoenix|C]]

Revision as of 22:35, 28 May 2006

The USS Phoenix-C is the first in a new sub-class of Steamrunner vessels designed to perform better at escort duty whilst foregoing almost all the luxuries associated with the traditional multi-role Starfleet vessel.

Specifications

The USS Tiger was the prototype for the new Wolverine sub-class of vessels. Originally designed as a standard Steamrunner, she was extensively refitted in mid-2375 to the newer standards. However, her original construction has left her with several minor operational flaws which have been alleviated in newly built models.

Stats

Dedication plaque for the USS Phoenix-C.
  • Number of Decks: 9
  • Height: 40.0 meters
  • Width: 160.0 meters
  • Length: 366.0 meters
  • Warp Engines: MARA II
    • Normal Cruise Speed: Warp 7
    • Max. Cruise Speed: Warp 9.1
    • Emergency Speed: Warp 9.5 for 12 Hrs
  • Crew:
    • Officers: 40
    • Enlisted: 50
    • Total: 90
    • Civilians: Not Applicable
    • Maximum Capacity: 235
  • Propulsion:
    • 3 x Standard Impulse Engines mounted to the saucer section. Warp engines and fuel supplies containing enough Antimatter and Deterium magnetically sealed storage pods to go 3 months at standard cruise velocity (warp 7).
  • Weapons:
    • 1 x Type X phaser bank, 6 x Class I rapid fire phaser pulse cannon, total output for all phaser weapons 50,000 TeraWatts. 4 x Pulse fire Quantum/Photon torpedo tubes + 200 torpedoes carried in stores.
  • Shields: Auto-modulated high capacity shield system, total capacity 2,000,000 TeraJoules.
  • Ablative Armour: Plating attached to the outer hull to displace the heat associated with phaser blasts or atmospheric friction on heavy Duranium/Tritanium double hull.
  • Sensors: Standard long range sensor package.

Deck Layout

Deck Port Bridge Module Starboard
1 Cargo bays 1 - 2, escape pods Bridge Cargo bays 3 - 4, escape pods
2 Computer core 1 Inertial dampening systems, section 1, escape pods Captain's and First Officer's ready rooms Inertial dampening systems, section 2, escape pods Computer core 2
3 Bussard Ramscoop 1, life support systems Briefing room, (dividable into two smaller conference rooms) Bussard Ramscoop 2, holodeck 1, emergency batteries
4 Observation lounge, transporter rooms 1 and 2, power distribution, science facilities, shuttle bay (rear of bridge module), upper holodeck 2
5 Holodeck 2, science facilities, sickbay
6 Warp Core 1 Crew quarters, escape pods, inertial dampeners Warp Core 2
7 Main engineering, power distribution, impulse engines
8 Antimatter storage, deuterium storage, crew quarters, cargo bays 5 - 6
9 Antimatter storage, deuterium storage, brig

Bridge Module

The bridge module is three decks. The lowest deck is the conference room. It's a multi-purpose room, capable of dividing into two smaller rooms if need be. A collapsible table is hid in compartments in the floor when not in use. If needed, it can be assembled quickly, in a number of configurations. Usually it is set up in a donut shape, with 1/5 missing, to allow entrance into the center of the circle. Above the clearing in the center of the table, a dual purpose hanging fixture doubles as lighting, as well as a holographic projector, for tactical briefings. The room is unique in that it is uses its space very economically, like everything else on the ship. When two rooms are needed, instead of one large room, the briefing table can be split into two identical pieces, which then can either be quickly dismantled and stored in in-floor compartements, or moved to the sides of the room. A holographic wall, with a sound-barrier force-field can also be created. Most of the time, however, the room is kept in it's single-space configuration. The walls of the room have slide-away panels which reveal displays, used for mission briefings, or in formal settings, showing off computer-generated art. The front 1/3 of the wall is all windows, which look out over the front hull of the Phoenix. The turbolift is at the back of the room, and is the only entrance. Above the conference room is where the Captain and XO's ready rooms are. The ready room deck, however, cannot be accessed by the turbolift. In the bridge module, the turbolift only accesses the bridge and conference room. The only way to the ready room deck is to go to the bridge, and then take a staircase, which is behind the main viewer, to the level of the ready rooms. There are entrances to the staircase on either side of the main viewer. The two sides of the staircase meet on a landing, which shifts the direction of the staircase 90 degrees towards the interior of the ship. If standing on the landing, the captain's ready room is located on the right, and uses approximately 3/5 of the deck's available space. The first officer's ready room uses the other 2/5 of the deck's available space. Both ready rooms share a common bathroom.

Holodeck 2

Holodeck 2 is of a larger size than holodeck 1, as it functions as a multi-purpose room. Special programs for this deck include, a gymnasium, and recreation center.

See Also