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TACTICAL DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
DIR By: John S. Harriman
Date: May 19, 2016, 7:47 pm
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This multi-room department is located in a Restricted area on
deck 8. Within it are the entrances to the phaser range, the
Brig, the auxiliary weapon control room and to the Ship's
Secondary Armory, as well as the Chief Tactical Officer's
office. Given the nature of the Sovereign class, the tactical
department facilities is larger than most starships of its size.
Not only do the Department Offices include additional office
space for security staff, but they include additional briefing
rooms and staging areas for security personnel.
The CTO's office is decorated to the officer's preference. It
contains a work area, a personal viewscreen, a computer display,
and a replicator.
Brig: Located on deck 20, the brig is a restricted access area
whose only entrance is from within the Security department. The
Explorer class vessel has 10 double occupancy cells, which
contain beds, a retractable table and chairs, a water dispenser,
and a toilet. The cells are secured with a level 10 forcefield
emitter built into each doorway.
Ship's Primary Armory: This room is located in a restricted
area on deck 20 and is under constant guard. The room is sealed
with a level 10 forcefield and can only be accessed by personnel
with Alpha 3 security clearance. Inside the armory is a work
area for maintenance and repair of phasers as well as multiple
sealed weapon lockers. The Sovereign Class carries enough type-I
and type-II phasers to arm the entire crew. Type-III phaser
rifle and the new compression phaser rifles are available as
well, but only in enough numbers to arm approximately 1/3 of the
crew. Heavy ordnance is available in limited numbers.
Ship's Secondary Armory: This room is located in a restricted
area on deck 8 and is under constant guard. The room is sealed
with a level 10 forcefield and can only be accessed by personnel
with Alpha 3 security clearance. Inside the armory is a work
area for maintenance and repair of phasers as well as multiple
sealed weapon lockers. The Sovereign Class carries enough type-I
and type-II phasers to arm the entire crew. Type-III phaser
rifle and the new compression phaser rifles are available as
well, but only in enough numbers to arm approximately 1/3 of the
crew. Heavy ordnance is available in limited numbers.
Primary Torpedo/Probe Magazine: This restricted area on deck 11
is for storing unarmed quantum torpedoes, photon torpedoes (if
the mission dictates), and science probes I - VI (VII - X if
mission dictates). Also stored here are the components for
manufacturing new photon torpedo as well as the equipment to put
it all together. This room is also accessed by the loading
mechanism for the torpedo launchers.
Secondary Torpedo/Probe Magazine: This restricted area on deck
20 is for storing unarmed quantum torpedoes, photon torpedoes
(if the mission dictates), and science probes I - VI (VII - X if
mission dictates). Also stored here are the components for
manufacturing new photon torpedo as well as the equipment to put
it all together. This room is also accessed by the loading
mechanism for the torpedo launchers.
Aft Torpedo/Probe Magazine: This restricted area on deck 19 is
for storing unarmed quantum torpedoes, photon torpedoes (if the
mission dictates), and science probes I - VI (VII - X if mission
dictates). Also stored here are the components for manufacturing
new photon torpedo as well as the equipment to put it all
together. This room is also accessed by the loading mechanism
for the torpedo launchers.
PHASERS
The Sovereign class currently employs fourteen Type-XII phaser
arrays at key locations throughout the ship's hull, although the
U.S.S. Monarchy originally launched with Type X flavor of array
(though she has since been upgraded to the Type-XII array - This
upgrade was rather relatively simple to do, since the design of
the Sovereign phaser system took into account the anticipated
completion of the then experimental Type-XII emitter).
Traditionally the choice defensive weapon onboard Starfleet
vessels since close to the dawn of the Federation, the standard
emitter makes use of a particular class of superconducting
crystals known as fushigi-no-umi, which allow high-speed
interactions within atomic nuclei that create a rapid nadion
effect, which in turn is directed into a focused beam at a
target. The resulting beam is discharged at speeds approaching
.986c, and as per standard tactical procedures, the frequencies
of these beams are rotated to make it more difficult for a
threat vehicle's shields to adjust to the beam. Through the use
of ACB jacketed beams, phaser arrays now have limited
capabilities in warp environments, though the power output is
greatly limited and is by no means as useful as a torpedo weapon
in this environment. The Type-XII shipboard array is by far the
most powerful phaser to be fielded by a starship to date.
Phaser array arrangement: Five dorsal phaser arrays on the
primary hull, one extending around the saucer section, giving it
an oval appearance. Four more arrays, roughly a quarter of the
size of the original, cover the aft dorsal firing arcs and are
located along the aft portion of the saucer section. Two ventral
phaser arrays on the primary hull, extending around in nearly a
half circle on both the starboard and port ventral sides of the
saucer section. A single phaser array, harking back to the
belly phaser of the Galaxy Class engineering hull, is located
along the ventral section of the engineering hull, running
perpendicular to the hull.
Phaser Type:The Sovereign class utilizes the latest in starship
armament technology, the Type XII array system. Each array fires
a steady beam of phaser energy, and the forced-focus emitters
discharge the phasers at speeds approaching .986c (which works
out to about 182,520 miles per second - nearly warp one). The
phaser array automatically rotates phaser frequency and attempts
to lock onto the frequency and phase of a threat vehicle's
shields for shield penetration.
Phaser Array Output: Each phaser array takes its energy directly
from the impulse drives and auxiliary fusion generators.
Individually, each type XII -emitter can only discharge
approximately 8.0 MW (megawatts) per second. However, several
emitters (usually two) fire at once in the array during standard
firing procedures, resulting in a discharge approximately 16 MW.
Phaser Array Range: Maximum effective range is 300,000
kilometers.
Primary purpose: Assault
Secondary purpose: Defense/anti-spacecraft/anti-fighter
TORPEDO LAUNCHERS
Arrangement: A swivel-mounted torpedo launcher, mounted on the
ventral surface of the primary hull, is the latest development
in launcher technology to better accommodate the usage of
torpedo-based weapons on highly maneuverable starships. Capable
of moving 15-degrees port or starboard off the vehicle's primary
axis, this new launcher allows for easier tracking of targets at
shorter ranges where torpedoes launched from traditional
fixed-focus launchers where often unable to track due to the
lack of space for course corrections. A custom assembly for the
Sovereign class, it is a second-generation automated launcher
located on Deck 13 and is capable of preloading six torpedoes
for rapid fire.
Four traditional fixed-focus second generation launchers are
located within the secondary hull, with the fore and aft covered
by two launchers each. The forward launchers, originally
developed for the Defiant Class Project, are located beneath the
main deflector on Deck 20. Each of these launchers is capable
of loading five torpedoes in one salvo, typically launched in an
alternating interval to reduce the chance that two projectiles
may collide in flight. The aft launchers, located on the
underside of the secondary hull on Deck 19, are slightly smaller
assemblies capable of loading only one torpedo at a time, each.
Type: Mark IV Photon Torpedoes; Mark Q-II Quantum Torpedoes.
Along with the Defiant class, a Sovereign is normally outfitted
with both photon and quantum torpedoes capable of being fired
from any launcher on the ship. All torpedoes are capable of
pattern firing as well as independent launch. Once in-flight,
torpedoes are capable of individual targeting through use of
onboard sensors and encrypted feeds from the ship's targeting
arrays. Should a threat vessel outmaneuver an inbound torpedo,
the weapons package can automatically detonate in an effort to
impact the vessel with splash damage. Further, each launcher is
capable of pattern firing (sierra, etc.) as well as independent
launch.
Payload: 175 Quantum Torpedoes; 325 Photon Torpedoes. Due to
the complexities involved with manufacture, the deployment of
quantum torpedoes is rationed across a relatively small number
of fixed and mobile platforms within Starfleet. Should supplies
be unavailable for optimum load out, the ship is capable of
carrying a maximum of 500 torpedoes of either type. Shipboard
materials in the form of replicated and off-the-shelf components
allow for the construction of photon torpedo warheads locally,
while quantum torpedoes are only manufactured at secure,
undisclosed locations.
Range: Maximum effective range for both the Mark Q-II Quantum
Torpedo and Mark IV Photon Torpedo is 4,050,000 kilometers
Primary purpose: Assault
Secondary Purpose: Anti-spacecraft
DEFLECTOR SHIELDS
Perhaps one of the most significant upgrades created by the
Sovereign Project is the advent of Regenerative Shield
Technology. Originally field tested aboard the prototype U.S.S.
Sovereign, these shields make use of redundant shield generators
which alternate coverage on a specific area when integrity drops
below a predetermined percentage. In practice, this allows the
active shield generator to bare the brunt of incoming fire while
the redundant generator remains on hot standby. As the primary
generator drops in integrity, power is then increased to the
redundant generator which seamlessly takes over the burden of
shielding that portion of the ship, allowing the other generator
to once again recharge on standby.
The original Type-6 warp reactor was unable to handle the
intense power requirements of this new system, and the
Regenerative Shielding was almost scrapped before being
successfully implemented in the Prometheus-class prototype.
With the installation of General Electric's Type-8 warp reactor,
the power demands of the new system were eventually met,
allowing for the already-launched U.S.S. Enterprise-E and U.S.S.
Monarchy to be refitted while the Sovereign remained in dock at
Utopia Planitia.
Type: Redundant symmetrical subspace graviton field. While
made up of standard 450 MW graviton polarity generators, the
shield system aboard Sovereign-class vessels is somewhat
different then those aboard most Federation starships. Compared
to other ships of similar mass and hull rating, the Sovereign is
equipped with twice as many shield generators that make up a
Regenerative Shield system that would allow a ship to withstand
weapons fire from a Borg vessel for a significantly longer
period of time while the vessel attempted to maneuver out of the
weapons lock. Another ability, learned as a result of the first
Borg encounter at System J-25 and incorporated into all
Starfleet ships, is the automatic shifting of shield nutation
frequencies. During combat, information from the shields is
sent to the main computer for analysis where, with the
assistance of the tactical officer, the frequency and phase of
the incoming weapon is determined. Afterwards, the shields can
be reconfigured to match frequency with the weapons fire, but
alter its nutation to greatly increase shield efficiency.
Output: There are twenty six shield generators on the Sovereign
class, each one generating 450 MW of output. All together, this
results in a total shield strength of 11,700 MW, but only little
over half of that is in actual use at one time due to the nature
of regenerative shielding. The power for the shields is taken
directly from the warp reactor and impulse fusion generators and
transferred by means of high-capacity EPS conduits to the shield
generators. If desired, the shields can be augmented by power
from the impulse propulsion power plants. The shields can
protect against approximately 36% of the total EM spectrum
whereas the Galaxy-class starship is equipped to protect against
only about 23%. This is made possible by the multi-phase
graviton polarity flux technology incorporated into the improved
regenerative shielding.
Range: The shields, when raised, stay extremely close to the
hull to conserve energy, the average range of which is ten
meters away from the hull. This can be extended at great energy
expenditure to envelope another starship or object within a
kilometer of the starship.
Primary purpose: Defense from enemy threat forces, hazardous
radiation, and micro-meteoroid particles.
Secondary purpose: Ramming threat vehicles.
ABLATIVE ARMOR
Originally developed in 2367 during the Defiant Class
Development Project, ablative armor is still considered to be a
significant breakthrough in starship defense by effectively
creating a beam-retardant layer that greatly increases a ship's
life expectancy in battle. Originally deployed only on ships of
the Defiant class, ablative armor showed remarkable dispersion
properties against various beam-type energy weapons, including
the various types of phaser, disruptor, polaron, and
focused-plasma beams employed by nearly all threat races. The
armor works by first dispersing incoming beam energy across the
hull of the ship where, after reaching an undisclosed threshold,
causes part of the armor to boil away, taking with it a large
fraction of that energy. The effect also creates a modest vapor
cloud, which effectively disperses the incoming beam further,
causing it to do less direct damage to the hull. It should be
noted, however, that the armor is not a hull replacement, but a
supplement and must be replaced over time due to the boiling
away process.
Because of the tactical nature of the Sovereign class, Starfleet
Command requested that the ablative armor be used to supplement
the defenses of its new flagship class. Initially considered to
supplement the majority of starship classes, production
complications and long fabrication time makes the usage of the
armor limited to warships and high-risk classes, resulting in
only limited usage around vulnerable areas of Galaxy and
Akira-class starships and almost-total body coverage of the
Defiant and Sovereign. Encounters with the Borg had already
proven their ability to penetrate Federation shielding on, at
that point, two occasions - the U.S.S. Enterprise-D's encounter
at system J-25 and again at Wolf 359. It was then only natural
that the design team saw the need to outfit the Sovereign with
this additional layer of defense should the Borg or other threat
races find a means of penetrating the regenerative shielding.
Each Sovereign-class vessel is equipped with an average depth of
10 centimeters of armor hull-wide, which can be replaced as wear
permits at select fleet yards. Due to the supply demands,
repairs made to the hull of a starship in the field will lack
the extra layer of armor until the vessel is able to dock at a
facility with spare plating.
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