USS Discovery-A: Difference between revisions

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*'''Designation:''' NCC-31929-A

*'''Class:''' Akira

==Specifications==

Just recently, the newest models of the Akira have finally made some accommodation for civilians. This was resisted for quite some time, and was only accomplished by reducing the area devoted for Marines. Even the newer models do have space for some marines and have the ability to act as flagships although usually the larger Sovereign class is used as flagships. These ships have expanded shuttle bays, to accommodate several fighters and shuttles.

*Number of Decks: 18

*Height: 87.43 meters

**146 Starfleet Marines

**4,500 Maximum "evacuation limit"

*Weapons:

**4 x Type X phaser arrays, total output 22,500 TeraWatts

**Generators (Type 19 shield generators)

**Total capacity: 1,876,500 TeraJoules

===HMS Discovery(1)===

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, England's East India Company was eager to find a sea route to the Indies that was not dominated by the Spanish or the Portuguese. At the time, two of the most promising alternatives were the Northeast Passage, over the top of Russia, and the Northwest Passage across the top of what became Canada. One of the most hard-worked ships in that exploration was Discovery, which made six voyages in quest of the Northwest Passage.

===HMS Discovery(2)===

In 1789, the Spanish and English were at loggerheads over control of lands in the Pacific Northwest. In anticipation of a favorable resolution of the Nootka Sound controversy, the English prepared an expedition to sail under Captain George Vancouver. The primary aims were to survey "the direction and extent of all such considerable inlets ... as may be likely to lead to" a Northwest passage between Cape Mendocino (30°N) and Cook Inlet (60°N), and especially "the supposed straits of Juan de Fuca." The Admiralty furnished two vessels for the purpose, Discovery (named for the vessel in which Vancouver sailed as midshipman on Captain James Cook's last voyage to the Pacific), and Chatham.

===Discovery===

Despite numerous expeditions to the waters around Antarctica in the 1800s, by the close of the century the continent itself remained all but unknown. To remedy this, Britain's Royal Geographical Society proposed a National Antarctic Expedition to explore the interior by sledge. Private and public funds were raised for the construction of the purpose-built research vessel, which was modeled on the design of the whaleship Discovery (ex-Bloodhound) that had accompanied the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. Designed to be marooned in the ice, the new Discovery had a massively built wooden hull, and was equipped with a hoisting propeller and hoisting rudder. She was also equipped with scientific laboratories and a magnetic observatory.

After the tragic destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the orbiter program was grounded until mid-2005. After a major overhaul and analysis of every system and structural feature, NASA chose the Discovery orbiter to return mankind to space and re-start the space program through the "Return To Flight" program.

The Discovery participated in a mission to Ferenginar to help oversee the installation of a new Grand Nagus for the Ferengi Consortium. While in orbit she encounted a Romulan Warbird and eventually came to blows with the ship. The Discovery nearly obliterated the Warbird after a swift combat. She ferried the crew home after a successful mission. Little did the crew know that following them was none other than the USS Tiamat, a modified Constitution-class ship equipped with a cloak. The Tiamat followed the Discovery into the starbase and attacked, causing a great deal of damage to the Discovery and the Starbase.. Eventually, Thompson was made to retreat due to the heroic actions of her crew, and the Discovery along with several other Starbase 118 vessels wreaked terrible vengeance upon the Tiamat, destroying her.

After several grueling missions in which she was never fully repaired due to time constraints, the Discovery met her end in 2382 when she succumbed to terrorist attacks of an unknown origin. Dozens of devices with their own cloaking shields were planted throughout the ship and caused massive power spikes in the grid. The saboteur eventually made his/her way to Engineering and critically damaged the warp core. After a massive evacuation which resulted in no loss of life, the Discovery exploded as her warp core went critical.