USS Phoenix-C: Difference between revisions

*'''Class:''' Steamrunner-Wolverine

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.

*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.

==Ship History==

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.

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.

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.

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.