Miranda Class

[Blackcat]

This Class will be posted for comments for at least 1 week, and will remain up for comment for no longer than 2 weeks. During this time you are free to comment on the specs and deck listings and we'll work to come to agreeable specifications.

New Tech: None

Miranda Class Starship

Category: Light Explorer

Miranda

Expected Duration: 150 years
Time Between Resupply: 2 years
Time Between Refit: 6 years

Personnel
Officers: 65
Enlisted Crew: 260
Marines: 0
Passengers: 80
Maximum Evacuation Capacity: 810

Speed
Cruising Velocity: Warp 6.3
Maximum Velocity: Warp 7.9
Emergency Velocity: Warp 9.25 (for 12 hours)

Dimensions
Length: 240 metres
Width: 125 metres
Height: 51 metres
Decks: 10

Auxiliary Craft
Shuttlebays: 1
Fighters
Razor Interceptor: 2
Shuttles
Type 9 Shuttle: 2
Type 11 Shuttle: 3
Transports
Argo Transport: 1

Armament
Defensive Systems
Structural Integrity Field
Phasers
Type X Array: 4
Type VIII Array: 4
Shielding Systems
Auto-Modulating Shields
Metaphasic Shielding
Standard Shielding System
Torpedoes
Burst-Fire Torpedo Launcher: 4
Photon Torpedoes: 240
Quantum Torpedoes: 90

These are the specifications for the standard rollbar-equipped Miranda. Rollbar contains two forward torpedo launchers, two aft torpedo launchers and torpedo storage.

In 2276, the last of the Surya Class Frigates were converted to the Avenger Class configuration. However, these vessels had already been in service for nearly forty years. Numerous advances in weapons, sensor, and starship design technologies had all but made the Old Tech vessels obsolete. As such, Starfleet Command drafted plans to produce a new starship based on the Avenger design. This new Class would include all of the latest technologies, advances in warp drive theory, and starship hull design. In addition, the new ships would be highly mission adaptable, with gamma-welded bulkheads being replaced with modular mission compartments throughout the ship's internal volume. In the years to come, all Starfleet vessels would share this design element. In 2279, the first Miranda Class Light Cruiser, designed to be the companion vessel to the Constitution II Heavy Cruiser, was launched, heralding the beginning of an extensive production and operational life. The Miranda Class has had a longer operational life than any other Starfleet vessel. Three hundred and five ships were constructed over the course of nearly five decades, resulting in numerous variants and modifications. Over the course of nearly a century of operational activity, no two Miranda Class starships are completely alike. Typically heavily armed and equipped with extensive labs and sensors, Miranda Class ships are capable of performing any task the Sector Command can through at them. Mirandas suffered terribly during the Dominion War, with 77 vessels lost to combat. However, this does not reflect a flaw in the light cruiser, but to what degree they were employed across all fronts. Despite heavy losses and many vessels having been decommission in favor of newer designs, there are still 108 Miranda Class ships on operational status across Federation space.

Deck Listing:

Deck Description
1 Bridge, Captain's Ready Room, Briefing Room
2 Senior Officer Quarters, Impulse Drive Assembly, Primary Sensor Array, Auxiliary Communications Array
3 Officers' Quarters, Guest Quarters, Impulse Engines, Sickbay, CMO's Office, Sciences, CSO's Office, Counselling Offices
4 Crew Quarters, Guest Quarters, Transporter Room 1, Lounge/Bar, Astrometric/Stellar Cartography, Secondary Stores, Deuterium Storage, Torpedo Launchers/Storage
5 Crew quarters, Holodecks 1-2, Security Offices, Brig, Armory, Shuttlebays 1 & 2 (Upper), Deuterium Storage, Deuterium Fill Port, Rollbar Access points
6 Mess hall, Gym, Holodecks 3-4, Shuttlebays 1 & 2 (Lower), Deuterium Injectors, Shuttle Maintainance, Shuttle Storage, SIF/IDF/Shield Generators
7 Main Engineering, Operations Offices, Transporter Room 2, Primary Stores, Cargo Bays 1-2 (upper), Emergency Transporter, Cargo Bay Doors
8 Lower Engineering, Main Computer Core Deck 1 and Access, Transporter Room 3, Auxilliary Sensor Array, Cargo Bays 1-2 (lower), Cargo Transporter 1
9 Main Computer Core Deck 2, Waste Reclamation Systems, Environmental Control, Antimatter Storage, Antimatter Injectors, Engineering Labs
10 Main Communications Array, Warp Core Ejection Hatch, Antimatter Storage, Tractor Beam Assembly, Cargo Bay 3-4, Cargo Bay Doors, Cargo Transporter 2

[Reinhart]

I don't know if it is my affinity for things with roll bars... Like Jeeps, I guess...

But I have a "thing" for the Miranda because it is a starship with a rollbar. More importantly, I see it as the jeep of the Federation. People can use it when they need to in a variety of missions.

Putski, is there any shot at stationing a small squad of marines on this class? Such as 12 or so?

[Mikoto Misaka]

Just a small note about Holodecks. I don't think it would have 4. Its a small ship and wouldn't have the room, unless they wer every small. Afterall Intrepids only have 2 holodecks due to space and they are larger than the Miranda's. Soemthing that you might want to cinsider revising

[Reinhart]

It is a smaller ship, yes. Chances are they are much smaller rooms than you would find on a sovereign or galaxy. But consider that your intrepid has a lot more equipment to house than this 100 year old warhorse. The computer core is smaller, there is no aerowing dock. Not as many labs. Plus a lot of the sensor stuff can be integrated into the rollbar. Tradeoffs.

But seriously, woodhouse.... You seem to only be concerned with the number of holo-suites on ships that have already been approved.

[Mikoto Misaka]

Well now you put it that way, it seems ok and you know what I'm like Reinhart