The Nova-class was a type of federation Starship designed for short-term planetary research missions. It
was placed in service during the late 24th century as a science vessel. the Nova class
was outfitted with a number of specially equipped science and research labs at the time of inception.
It was modeled as the next evolution of the Explorer design of the Galaxy class.
The final design at the Nova class initially started as the Pathfinder as the proposed defiant
class fast torpedo ship however with the limited threat of the Borg, Starfleet command radically
altered the concept of the Defiant class we needed the Pathfinder design is unsuitable even though the
Nova class vessel will be considered a science vessel, the ship carries many assortments of weapons allowing
the vessel to handle many threats on its own. the Nova class was a relatively smart ship it was
about 165 meters or 541 feet in length and about 62 meters or 203 feet in width the ship has eight
decks on board and can accommodate 80 personnel with a maximum warp speed of 8. I want to thank
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The design of the Nova class was considered a compact form of its much larger contemporary,
the Sovereign class and was also similar to the Intrepid class although the Nova was only
half a size and keep it with traditional Starfleet design, the bridge was located on
Deck 1 is surrounded by a buildup area of the hull making the bridge slightly less vulnerable to
attack. Close to the bridge with several escape pods with the lateral sensor array located
near the front of the ship additionally like the majority of the Starship in the
24th century the Nova classes were equipped with emergency escape pods, 24 in total.
On the outer edge of the primary hull was the upper phaser array and RCS thrusters.
Directly attached to the primary hull where the ship's twin warp nacelle protruding on either
side of the rear of the engineering section with the Bussard collector at the front of the nacelles.
The ship's impulse engines occupy the view of the primary hull while
toward the aft end of the secondary hull was the main shutter bay.
Similar to the Intrepid class the Nova-class comes equipped
with the ejection hatch at the bottom of the secondary hull.
Located on the ventral side where the twin Photon torpedo
launcher transporter emitter and the ventral sensor array.
In order to prevent space debris in object from colliding and damaging the ship
the Nova class like other Starfleet vessels were equipped
with the navigational deflector at the bow of the secondary hull.
Deck 1 comprised of the main bridge and the conference room the main Bridge was the Nexus for
all command control and communication activity on the ship in addition to the Captain's Quarters
and first officers' quarters were located on Deck 1. This specific layout is rather
unusual since the bridge and cruise quarters aren't typically located on the same floor.
Most of the stations were located on the perimeter of the round Bridge including the master system
display behind the command chair, and the main view screen. In the standard forward position. Stations such as
tactical was not a standout station due to the scientific nature design of the vessel.
Located at the front of deck 1 was the communication transceiver compartment
the Nova class was equipped with several emergency escape pods and a pair of transporter transceivers
Located in the forward section of deck 2 was the first officer's office
four officers' quarters comprised of Deck 2 surrounding the life support compartment.
Behind the lab support was six Personnel transporter
pad the officer's mess and the enlisted lounge on the port side
and the aft end was the impulse engineering and fusion generator.
Spanning deck 2 and 3 in front of the shuttle bay with the main cargo bay that contained work bees
for the vessel visual mainly use for transportation and repair purposes.
On the shuttle bay was the shuttle emergency hatch and transporter pad.
At the heart of the ship was the computer core with a sick bay adjacent to it.
The medical facility was equipped with the mostly medical hologram system it was one of the
earliest examples of the medical Holo program being used on board the Federation Starship.
Behind the computer cores were two science labs and the cryogenic gas tankage compartment.
The forward section of deck 3 was taken up by the secondary deflector bay with the center section
comprising the security complex locker room, briefing room, and the brig. Also situated in
the outer rim of this deck where most of the escape pods and the phaser firing chamber.
In terms of volume and size Deck 4 was the largest deck on the Nova-class ship
at the heart of the ship was the computer core with the junior quarters.
Next to it and located on the Outer Rim was a senior officer's quarters.
In the saucer section of Deck 4 was the Waverider yacht parking
Bay which was integrated into the Nova class hull.
Unlike other auxiliary craft, the shuttle was not stowed in the shuttle bay but was instead dock
on the ventral side of the primary hull, just forward the ship's primary navigational deflector.
The Nova class comes equipped with two independent launch bays that allow the
ship to retain torpedo capability even if one bay was destroyed. The outermost section of
Deck 4 holds the two RCS maneuvering thrusters plus the two fueling system tanks as well as the
dorsal forward phaser providing defense for the secondary hull. Like most Starfleet vessels the Nova-class
comes equipped with two warp drive nacelles and a bussard collector .on the midsection of the ship
was the battery compartment the cryogenic gas tankage and the anti-grav landing thrusters.
At the AFT end of deck 4 was the shuttle bay with the shuttle bay landing target and
shuttle elevator for maintenance and repair of various shuttlecraft.
Toward the back of deck 5 with the shuttle bay parking and replicator main system bay.
In the center of Deck 5 was the subspace radio transceiver
ventral port phaser compartment and the primary deflector generated bay.
On the forward section was the main navigational sensory array located on the outer rim was the
ventral tactical scanner and sensor suite in the phaser firing chamber for the primary hull.
Located at the center was the deuterium injector engineering bay as well as two deuterium tankages.
Close by and a primary deflector generated bay at front and center of Deck
6 was the primary deflector-generated bay with the defense field-generated bay adjacent to it.
Between the junior officer's quarter was the main
engineering bay and toward the back was the waste recycling compartment.
There were several raw material storage tanks for both organic and inorganic materials.
Main engineering was located on Deck 7 the Nova class engineering section
only span one deck, and feature four wall based engineering consoles and a warped
core analysis console in front of the core itself. The core span from
deck 5 to 8 and could be ejected from the bottom of the ship through the ejection hatch.
On the port side was the workout room and on the starboard was the
observation and conference lounge. At the front of deck 7 was the
astrometric lab, a cryogenic cooling systems and the fluid storage bay.
and toward the aft end was the landing struts and antimatter processing bay
and finally in the last deck you can find the landing struts
the anti-matter containment pod and tractor beam emitted.
Deck 8 consists of the antimatter containment bay
which includes the antimatter injection engineering bay, the plasma relay control
and toward the aft end was the airlock and landing ramp.