Editing Free Booster Class (section)

=Free Booster Class Technical Specification=

==History==

Since the disappearance of the 52 fleet there had been an increase of piracy on Federation and there allies shipping. This was due to the lack of tactical hulls to properly police the shipping lanes. The increase in pirate activity grew rapidly until the federation had to re-task front line vessels to try and begin clamp down on the pirates. [[Starfleet Intelligence]] tasked Special Operations to deal with pirating. The [[Special Operation: Special Service Vessels]] Division was expanded to try and deal with the threat.

The Free Booster Class was one suggestion in trying to deal with the pirate threat. The SS Free Booster had been commissioned in 2410.02.16 as the classes test bed vessel. It was built from the hull plates up as a combat starship but would have all the appearance of a slow ponderous merchant star ship. The Free Booster Class had top of the range computer soft ware for electronic warfare. As well as quantum torpedo launchers and phasers which were concealed in the ship’s hull. Status Pods concealed into one of cargo decks would be used to transport any pirates that were detained.
The ships were also fitted with an experimental Mark V Chameleon Warp Drive which could mimic different types of merchant engine signatures. The hull had reactive hull plates which could change the ships marking and colour scheme. 

The [[SS Free Booster]] on a mission to try and capture the infamous Captain Black the ship disappeared in notoriously dangerous the Labyrinth system. There was an extensive search of the system but all that was found of the Free Booster was a few bits of floating debris including part of the ships data recorder. It was officially logged as destroyed due to navigational error but unbeknown to Starfleet the Free Booster had been captured by Captain Black who had falsified the data recorder and crew killed. Captain Black took the Free Booster his base which was deep in the Labyrinth system and began retro fitting it. The Main Deck and deck A were kept the same but it was the lower decks which had the most changes. Deck B was stripped out and replaced with two disruptor cannons each with its own backup power generator which were hidden behind retractable hull panels. The status pods in deck C were expanded and additional power generators were added to cope with the extra power requirements. This was to give him more capacity to carry human cargo for the slave markets. 

Since the Free Booster was recaptured and returned to Special Operations Some of the modification that had been done previously have been changed or added to increase her durability for her up coming missions. The removal of some of the status pods on  port and starboard holds on C deck and replacing the space with a small sickbay and shuttle bay.

The Free Booster had been placed on extended assignment to the [[Special Operation: Special Service Vessels]] Division after the CLASSIFIED mission and she had been heavily modified for her new task.

After the CLASSIFIED Mission the Free Booster was taken to a repair yard facility. Due to the damage done by the attack it was decided to take the Free Booster out of active service with the Special Operation: Special Service Vessels department. She was acquired by [[Albatross Organisation]] as a Rapid Logistics Transport for the [[HAZ-SUP Flotilla]]. The crew was reassigned but Coleridge was asked to remain on board as commanding officer. The three cargo holds were returned to back to carrying storage apart from the small shuttle bay on deck 3. She is still armed with the two Compact Phasic Flux Cannons in the Impulse Drive and Liquid Cargo as well as the phaser strips. The engine performance has also stayed the same she now has as a transport capacity of 36,000 tonnes also with isolation bays for hazardous cargo.

==Technical Specification==


Merchantman Original Specifications

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Due to the refit by Albatross Organisation most of the Covert Tactical Assault modifications were removed and some more were added.

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Configuration: Rapid Logistics Transport (Rapid Logistics Transport Modifications)

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===Dimensions===

Length: 150 meters 

Width: 99.9 meters 

Height: 42.9 meters 

Decks: 4

===Warp Engines===

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(Mark V Chameleon Warp Drive)

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Cursing Speed: Warp 4

Maximum Speed: Warp 6

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(Cursing Speed: Warp 7)

(Maximum Speed: Warp 8)

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===Impulse Engines===

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(Type IIV Impulse Propulsion System) 

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Power: Deuterium 

No. Engines: 4 

===Defensive Systems===

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(Phaser Type: Mark XIX)

(Phaser locations:  Dorsal, Ventral, Fore and Aft)

(Compact  Phasic Flux Cannons 1 Fore and 1 Aft)

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===Defensive Shields and Armour===

Primary Shields: Type 2 navigational Shields

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(Secondary Shields: Class X Auto-Modulation Regenerative Shields)

(Armour: Ablative Hull Armour with reactive plating)

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===Transporter Systems, Tractor Beam, and Sensors===

Large Cargo (35 Man Equivalent): 6 (In cargo bays on decks A and C)

Tractor Beams: 1 Fore

Long Range Sensors: 25 Light Year Max Range 

Takes 1 minute/per light year for intensive scan 

Takes 1 second/per light year for standard scan 

General scan is almost instant up to maximum range 

===Auxiliary Craft Carried===

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(Argo Shuttle): 1

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Escape Pods: 4

===Crew Capacity===

Normal Complement: Crew 10 Passengers 2

Maximum Complement: 12

Maximum Emergency Complement: 16 

===Misc System===

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(Holo emitters on all decks)

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==Merchantmen==

===Deck Plans===

===Main Deck===

Bridge, Captain’s Quarters, Crew Quarters, Computer Cores, Bridge, Cargo Bays 1-2 <font color=black>(Secure Computer Cores)<font color=black>, Environmental Systems, Sensors, <font color=black>(Upper Phaser Banks) <font color=black>

===Deck A===

Common Room/ Holodeck, Cargo Deck A, Main Hold, Large Cargo Transporter, Port Hold, Large Cargo Transporter, Starboard Hold, Large Cargo Transporter

===Deck B===

Cargo Deck B, Main Hold, Large Cargo Transporter, Port Hold, Large Cargo Transporter, Starboard Hold, Large Cargo Transporter

===Deck C===

Engineering, Cargo Deck C, Main Hold, Large Cargo Transporter, Port Hold, Large Cargo Transporter, Starboard Hold <font color=black>(Shuttle Bay)<font color=black>, Large Cargo Transporter, Navigational Deflector Control

===Storage Deck===

Impulse Drive <font color=black>(Compact Phasic Flux Cannon), (Power Generator, Power Dampeners)<font color=black>, Equipment Room, Sensors, Liquid Cargo <font color=black>(Compact Phasic Flux Cannon), (Power Generator, Power Dampeners), (Lower Phaser Banks)<font color=black>

[[Category: Federation Starship Classes]]