| STARSHIP CLASS | |
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| Merced class | |
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| Affiliation: | United Federation of Planets, V'draysh |
| Type: | Light support cruiser Survey ship |
| Service period: | 25th century |
| Dimensions | |
| Length: | 442.23 meters |
| Width: | 318.11 meters |
| Height: | 108.33 meters |
| Mass: | 2,370,000 metric tons |
| Specifications | |
| Decks: | 24 |
| Crew: | 130 (standard crew complement) |
| Speed: | Warp Impulse speed |
| Armaments: | Phaser arrays Photon torpedoes |
| Defences: | Deflector shields |
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The Merced class is a Federation starship design type that operated in an alternate universe by the V'draysh.
History[]
Technical data[]
Auxiliary complement[]
- Unknown number of escape pods
- Six Jadzia class Shuttlecraft
Tactical[]
- Tractor beam: The class also features multiple tractor beam emitters which project an attenuated beam of gravity outward toward a target that allows the manipulation of said objects trajectory, either to attract or repel.
Defensive systems[]
- Deflector shields: For protection, Merced class vessels employs a deflector shield grid that are composed of highly focused spatial distortions which contain an energetic graviton particle field. The shield itself is projected by a set of emitters networked, and located on the hull of the ship. When matter or energy strikes the shield, field energy is concentrated at that point to create an intense localized spatial distortion. Impacts on the shield cause Cerenkov radiation to be released, often perceived as a flash of color which "lights up" the shield, rendering it briefly visible in a bubble like appearance.
Deflector dish[]
The deflector dish, also called the navigational deflector, is a powerful forward-mounted directional force-beam generator used to push aside debris, meteoroids, microscopic particles, and other objects that might collide with a Merced class starship.
Furthermore, the dish is also capable of projecting polaron radiation, gravitons, a positron burst, photons, anti-tachyons, radion beams, dekyon particles, and et cetera.
Weapon systems[]
Phasers[]
It is primarily armed with eight phaser arrays consisting of strip-style emitter banks that fire pulsed red beams of directed nadion particle discharge at a target using an automatic rotation program to periodically alter the vibrational component of the nadion stream to combat enemy adaptation. Merced class vessels have an ultimate effective tactical range slightly below 300,000 kilometers.
Merced class phaser arrays are positioned on the primary hull which boasts three dorsal segments: one of which extends 340 degrees and the other two act as point defense arrays. Furthermore, the saucer section also possesses one ventral array extending approximately 320 degrees and covers the forward and lateral portions of the semi-sphere below the ship.
Torpedoes[]
Secondly, these ships are equipped with one forward and two aft torpedo launch banks that shoot out self propelled torpedoes each fitted with a matter x antimatter warhead. The complement of which is 180 photon torpedoes of the type 7 variety that boasts a explosive yield of 25 isotons or 62 megatons.
Design[]
Merced class vessels appear physically similar to the earlier Nebula class starship which was based on the Galaxy class. It has a primary saucer section, a secondary engineering hull, and two nacelles mounted on either side of the secondary hull, directly below the primary hull. Furthermore, the secondary hull is essentially one triangular shaped superstructure that also housed the forward-facing navigational deflector dish that has almost oval contours. Atop of the primary saucer hull was a mission-specific support module. Overall, the ship is 442.23 meters in length, 318.11 meters in width, and 108.33 meters in height with a mass of 2.37 million metric tons and 24 habitable decks.
Crew support systems[]
TBA
Energy generation[]
Ships of this class are powered by a antimatter x matter warp core which generated enormous quantities of electricity through controlled explosive collisions releasing pure light (energy) which is then harnessed directly into FTL as well as several other major systems. This is specifically accomplished via annihilation of equal parts matter and antimatter using a combination of deuterium (a hydrogen atom containing a proton and a neutron in its nucleus) and anti-deuterium (essentially a deuterium atom, whose atomic properties are exactly reversed from those of a normal deuterium atom). It is regulated through a matrix of magnets and Dilithium which uses a recrystallization process in the form of a theta-matrix compositor to extend the structural integrity by injecting high-energy photons and gamma radiation.
Furthermore, these vessels also utilise a series of impulse cores comprised out of a network of multiple spherical fusion reactors that are fueled by Deuterium and make use of a nuclear fusion process to generate energised plasma that is then distributed along a plasma conduit managed EPS grid.
Propulsion[]
FTL[]
Warp[]
Merced class starships possess a Federation standard warp drive that functions through running highly energised plasma through the unique composition of the warp coils thereby creating a subspace field ie; a discrete bubble of subspace is temporarily merged into normal space around the exterior of the craft. To explain the phenomena, under normal circumstances subspace and normal space do not interact, but the high amount of energy and the unique properties of the warp coils contained in the nacelles allows a "blending" of the dimensions, surrounding the ship in the aforementioned subspace field. By manipulating the way plasma is moved through the warp coils, they alter the nature of the subspace field, such as causing it to move in a specific direction therefore actually accelerating the subspace "bubble" to faster-than-light velocities without violating laws of relativity as the ship contained within the field is technically stationary. The warp core uses Transphasic technology to prevent damage to subspace therefore making it 'environmentally friendly'.
Maximum velocity of these ships are Warp Factor 9.1 which is 1,575.51 times the speed of light or 1 light year/per 5.56 hours. Emergency speed, which is sustainable for 12 hours, is Warp Factor 9.6 which is 2,017.93 times the speed of light or 2.76 light years in 12 hours. The cruising speed is Warp Factor 7 which is 656.14 c/the speed of light or 1 light year/per 13 hours.
Sub-light[]
For velocities below the speed of light, Merced class ships use a newtonian-thrust based impulse engine that was essentially an augmented fusion rocket and vectored thrust nozzles to direct the plasma exhaust into space thereby generating forward momentum.
Maximum speed is rated as ¼ of the speed of light, which is 167,000,000 mph or 74,770 km/s, whereas 1/quarter impulse is 18,665 km/s.
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