NEW ORLEANS CLASS The New Orleans Class Frigate was brought
into service in 2332 and featured many of the aesthetic styles that would ultimately
become widespread in the mid-24th century Starfleet.
Like the Nebula Class, the New Orleans was heavily involved in the Federation-Cardassian
War, and as a result the vessel received numerous modifications, intended to improve the ship’s
tactical value during the conflict.
Chief among these additions were a pair of outboard torpedo pods fixed to the vessels
dorsal saucer section, each of these pods carried a magazine of 100 photon torpedoes
and were capable of launching the warheads in both forward and aft trajectories.
The ship also carried a type-9 phaser array, boasting a 720-degree firing arc and an extensive
range, allowing the vessel remain in combat, even after exhausting Its huge complement
of torpedoes, finally the ship sported a third outboard hardpoint attached to the ventral
hull, which allowed the craft to mount either a third torpedo pod, or a mission specific
equipment module.
The standard crew complement of a New Orleans Class Starship included 550 Officers and Enlisted
Personnel, with space for up to 1,600 Passengers, and though the vessel was clearly well suited
to tactical assignments, it’s extensive computer suites, numerous tractor beam emitters,
and maximum speed of Warp 9.3, made the vessel equally valuable in a logistics or reconnaissance
role.
TYPHON CLASS The Typhon Class Battle Carrier was designed
to serve as a mobile outpost and deployable staging ground for Starfleet short range fighter
squadrons in contested or hostile sectors.
The vessel’s each carried a complement of 28 Valkyrie Class Space Superiority Fighters,
as well as various support craft including Danube Class Runabouts and Venture Class Mission
Scoutships.
The Typhon Class carries a large defensive arsenal to protect the vessel while it coordinates
fighter operations, it’s weapons complement includes numerous pulse phaser turrets as
well as quantum torpedo tubes, and beneath its powerful deflector shields, the starship
boasts multiple layers of ablative armor plating.
Should the vessel become suppressed beneath heavy fire, it features a sophisticated array
of mechanical joints, that allow the ship to enter a so-called ‘Fortress Mode’.
When Fortress Mode is engaged, the vessel’s thick ablative armor is extended to cover
all of the starship’s vulnerable areas, including its warp nacelles, launch bays,
command deck and weapons ports.
Though this technique greatly increases the Typhon’s endurance, it leaves the vessel
incapable of firing its weapons, performing high speed maneuvers, or deploying its fighter
complement, and as such Fortress Mode is best employed when awaiting the arrival of reinforcements,
or to withstand enemy fire for a brief time, while a previously launched fighter wing engages
the attacking enemy.
YEAGER CLASS The Yeager Class Light Cruiser was designed
during the Dominion War and intended as a means of using leftover parts and industrial
replication patterns from Starfleet’s recent Intrepid Class project, to create a cheaply
produced but surprisingly effective medium range warship.
The vessel was made up of two quickly identifiable segments: A Saucer section taken directly
from the Intrepid Class development project, and a secondary hull based closely on the
spaceframe of a Condor Class Courier, but drastically increased in scale.
Vessels of the Yeager Class were designed to hold a crew of 204, and were assembled
at an improvised integration facility attached to Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.
Across the course of the war, countless ships of the class were rapidly constructed and
deployed against the Dominion, often as part of defence flotillas for Starfleet stations,
or to support attack fleets that had suffered serious losses in previous engagements.
Each vessel was armed with seven type-8 phaser emitters, as well as a single photon torpedo
launcher, and though it’s offensive arsenal was light, the ship was extremely durable
under fire, a product of its Intrepid Class saucer section, which was already considered
to be surprisingly resilient, given that it was designed for a long-range science vessel.