Cardiff class: Difference between revisions

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Cardiff Class Explorer
Commissioned: 2390

Type: Diplomatic Courier and Explorer
Production Base:
- ASDB Integration Facility, 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards, Vulcan
Dimensions:
- Length: 735 meters
- Beam: 535 meters
- Height: 172 meters

Size Comparison:

Mass: 3,600,000 metric tons
Accommodation: 100 officers, 180 crew, 120 civilians; 7,000 personal evacuation limit
Power Plant: One 1,500+ Cochrane warp core feeding one annular warp ring; one impulse system
Performance: Cruising speed of warp 8; warp 9.8 for 12 hours
Armament: Six type-10 phaser emitters; two pulse-fire photon tubes, one fore and one aft
Other: Positronic/bioneural experimental hybrid computer system

Black-and-white ship illustrations by Tim Davies unless otherwise noted. Used with permission. All other images are copyright to their respective owners.

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+[[File:Cardiff patch.png|200px|center|Cardiff Class Development Project]]
-The Cardiff class is a joint product of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and the Vulcan Science Academy. It employs a Vulcan-style annular warp drive and two massive sensor pods, similar to those aboard Oracle class starships, that occupy the space taken by a traditional Federation starship's warp nacelles.
+{{Dimensions
+|CLASS=Cardiff
+|TYPE=Diplomatic Courier and Explorer
+|PRODUCTION BASE=ASDB Integration Facility, 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards, Vulcan
+|LENGTH=735 meters
+|BEAM=535 meters
+|HEIGHT=172 meters
+}}
+*'''Mass:''' 3,600,000 metric tons
+*'''Accommodation:''' 100 officers, 180 crew, 120 civilians; 7,000 personal evacuation limit
+*'''Power Plant:''' One 1,500+ Cochrane warp core feeding one annular warp ring; one impulse system
+*'''Performance:''' Cruising speed of warp 8; warp 9.8 for 12 hours
+*'''Armament:''' Six type-10 phaser emitters; two pulse-fire photon tubes, one fore and one aft
+*'''Other:''' Positronic/bioneural experimental hybrid computer system
-Invicta is part of an initial launch order of four commissioned starships of the class. The commissioning is part of the Federation’s commitment for Starfleet, in the final decade of the twenty-fourth century, to turn its eye most seriously to the joyful goal of seeking out new life and new civilizations -- and to thoughtfully avoid technologies and ship classes that would seem to seek war and conflict.
-As the Klingons’ Vor’cha class cruiser incorporated aesthetic and technological designs from their alliance with the Federation, so too is the Cardiff class representative of the many relationships and alliances the Federation has throughout the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. The annular warp drive is the most obvious feature, allowing the Invicta 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.
+[[File:Cardiffside2.jpg|600px|Cardiff class]]
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+{{Utopia Planitia footer}}
+[[Category:Starfleet ship classes]]
-====Essential Stats====
-'''Class'''				Cardiff<br>
-'''Type	'''			Diplomatic Courier and Explorer<br>
-'''Class first commissioned'''	2390<br>
-[[Category:USS Invicta|C]]
-[[Category:Cardiff class]]

Cardiff class: Difference between revisions

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