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| [[Image:Achilles.jpg|410px|left|Achilles Class NX Nemesis]] | | {{Cruisers}} |
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| 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]], and in addition to keeping a wary eye on the [[ma:Romulan|Romulans]], Starfleet found it had too many obligations and too few resources. This problem became even more acute when Starfleet strategists had determined that the 'Achilles Heel' of the Dominion was the dependency of the [[ma:Jem'Hadar|Jem'Hadar]] on [[ma:Ketracel-white|Ketracel-White]]. If the [[Federation-Klingon Alliance]] could destroy, or even severely threaten, the Ketracel-White facilities the Dominion's [[Alpha Quadrant Offensive]] would grind to a halt. Unfortunately the only ships that either Starfleet or the IKDF had that could do the job were the [[ma:Galaxy_class|Galaxy]] and [[ma:Negh'Var_class|Negh'Var]] class ships.
| | *'''Type:''' Heavy Cruiser |
| | *'''Production Base:''' ASDB Integration Facility, Antares Fleet Yards, Antares IV |
| | *'''Accommodation:''' 400 officers and crew; 900 personnel evacuation limit |
| | *'''Power Plant:''' One 1,500+ Cochrane warp core feeding two nacelles; one impulse system |
| | *'''Dimensions:''' |
| | **'''Length:''' 612 meters |
| | **'''Beam:''' 372 meters |
| | **'''Height:''' 67 meters |
| | *'''Mass:''' 1,295,410 metric tons |
| | *'''Performance:''' Warp 9.75 for 12 hours |
| | *'''Armament:''' |
| | ** Eight type-12 phaser emitters; two pulse phaser cannons |
| | ** Two torpedo launchers; phalanx torpedo array |
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| Unescorted long-range strikes against heavily defended multiple targets currently could not be performed by any existing vessel. The [[ma:Defiant_class|Defiant]] class, with sufficient firepower, had too limited an operating range. The Galaxy and Negh'Var classes, while having the range, were too expensive to risk. Neither the Federation nor the [[ma:Klingon Empire|Klingons]] were willing to commit the large fleets required to hit these targets; to do so would have entailed compromising defense of key Federation and Klingon systems.
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| A new ship of revolutionary design would be required. Ship designers of [[ma:Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards|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-[[ma: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 [[ma:Sovereign_class|Sovereign]] class cruiser. This was accomplished with the new micro-torpedoes arranged in a 'phalanx' array allowing 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.
| | [[File:Achilles-scale.png|Achilles class]] |
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| Redundant warp and impulse nacelles were designed so the '''Achilles''' can sustain heavy damage and still maneuver. Dual rapid-fire [[ma:Quantum_torpedo|quantum torpedo]] turrets, based on the turret from the Sovereign-class, and a pair of enhanced pulse-phaser cannons, based on Defiant-class cannons, enables the '''Achilles''' sufficient firepower to destroy most large fixed targets in one pass. Finally, the '''Achilles''' has an unsupported, self-serviceable range equal to the [[ma:Galaxy_class|Galaxy]] class exploration vessels that is required to operate effectively behind the Dominion defensive perimeter.
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| [[Image:Achilles side.jpg|right|Achilles Class NX Nemesis]]
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| The prototype, deployed for field testing in the closing weeks of the war under the command of [[ma:Thomas Riker|Thomas Riker]], performed admirably, destroying two key facilities on its single mission behind enemy lines. It also accounted for two full [[ma: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 [[ma:Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards|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. She was retasked for system patrol and deep-space exploration then moved out for further field testing near the end of 2375.
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| ==Notable Ships of This Class==
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| *'''[[USS Achilles]] NX-82376'''
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| *'''USS Indefatigable'''
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| *'''[[NX Nemesis]]'''
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| *'''[[USS Apollo]]'''
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| ==Ship Specifications==
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| *'''Type:''' ''Heavy Cruiser''
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| *'''Length:''' ''612 meters ''
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| *'''Beam:''' ''372 meters ''
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| *'''Height:''' ''67 meters ''
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| *'''Decks:''' ''12 ''
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| *'''Mass:''' ''1,295,410 metric tons ''
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| Crew: 75 Officers, 300 Enlisted, 0-500 Other (400 Total Standard Crew)
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| *'''Evacuation limit:''' ''900''
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| *'''Diplomatic Capabilities:''' ''Grade 3''
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| Standard Mission Duration: 3 years
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| *'''Minor Refits:''' ''5 years ''
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| *'''Standard Refits:''' ''10 years''
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| *'''Major Refits:''' ''15 years (shipyard-based overhauls) ''
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| *'''Expected Hull Life:''' 95 years with refits
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| Propulsion:
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| *'''2 LF-45 Advanced Linear Warp Drive Units (MARA)
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| *'''2 FIG 6 Subatomic Unified Energy Impulse Units (Standard)
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| Velocity:
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| *'''Normal Cruise:''' ''Warp 7.0 ''
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| *'''Maximum Cruise:''' ''Warp 9.75+ (still under testing) ''
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| *'''Maximum Rated:''' ''Warp 9.99+ (still under testing) ''
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| Phasers:
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| *''8 x Type XII Phaser arrays, total output 40,000 TeraWatts''
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| *''2 x Class I rapid fire phaser pulse cannons, total output 32,500 TeraWatts ''
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| Torpedoes:
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| *''2 x Burst-fire Torpedo Turrets (Photon/Quantum) + 300 torpedoes ''
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| *''Phalanx Torpedo Array + 300 mini-quantum torpedoes (max 50km range)''
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| Shields:
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| *''Auto-modulated high capacity regenerative shield system, total capacity 3,100,000 TeraJoules
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| *''Heavy Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 10 cm Ablative armor.'''
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| *''High level Structural Integrity Field ''
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| Computers:
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| *'''Primary Computer System:''' ''Class XIX Bioneural/Isolinear Computer Core/LCARS ''
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| *'''Primary Navigation System:''' ''RAV/ISHAK Mod 7 Warp Celestial Guidance ''
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| Strength Indices: (1000 = Galaxy-class equivalent)
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| *'''Beam Strength:''' ''1,450 ''
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| *'''Torpedo Strength:''' ''6,840 ''
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| *'''Weapons' Range/Accuracy:''' ''1,000 ''
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| *'''Shields:''' ''1,148 ''
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| *'''Hull/Armor Strength:''' ''1,900''
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| *'''Speed:''' ''4,125 ''
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| *'''Combat Maneuverability:''' ''7,500 ''
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| *'''Total Strength: '''
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| **''2895.773 (within 50km) ''
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| **''1912.601 (outside 50km)''
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| ==Examples within our fleet==
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| * [[NX Nemesis]]
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