Galaxy Class

Galaxy-class
Accommodation:	1012 (252 Officers - 760 Enlisted Crew) {Evacuation Limit 15,000}
Classification:	Explorer [Defensive/Explorer/Diplomatic]
Development Project Started:	2343
Production Start Date:	2353
Production End Date:	Still in Production.
Length:	642.51 meters
Width:	463.73 meters
Height:	195.26 meters
Weight:	4,500,000 metric tons
Cargo Capacity:	Dependant upon mission type
Hull Composition:	Duranium microfoam and tritanium plating
Number of Decks:	42 Total.

Locations of Galaxy Class Construction:

Utopia Planitia Fleet Yard, Mars.

Galaxy Class Mission Profile

The Galaxy Class design was intended to provide a mobile platform for a wide range of ongoing scientific and cultural research projects. Replace aging Ambassador and Oberth Class Starships as the primary instrument of Starfleet's exploration programs. Provide autonomous capability for full execution of Federation policy options in outlying areas. Incorporate recent advancements in warp power plant technology and improved science instrumentation.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Tracing it’s design history all the way back to the old Constitution Class and Excelsior Class starships, The Galaxy Class starship entered service in 2353 marking the crowning achievement of almost seventy-five years of engineering advancements starting with the Transwarp Development Project in the late 22nd century. Galaxy Class vessels were at the time the largest in the fleet, built to boast Starfleet's most advanced technology and show the Federation's presence anywhere at anytime.

Initial production of the Galaxy Class began at Utopia Planitia, Mars, and has since expanded to include other classified bases where just two of these vessels enter service each year. The design of primary and secondary hulls has been a staple of Starfleet since it's inception over two hundred years ago. Advances in that design includes the emergency separation mode. Where the primary and secondary hull split into two separate vehicles each capable of individual flight maneuvers. However this design was an emergency response only, which required the ship to be towed to a Starbase to be put back together and in many cases the vessel was simply decommissioned.

However the Galaxy Class, unlike the Excelsior and Ambassador Classes, can perform a saucer separation and rejoin itself, one of the biggest advances since the procedure was conceived centuries ago. This advance in saucer separation makes it possible for the Galaxy Class to use the maneuver more often as a tactical maneuver, instead of an emergency strategic contingency. Describing the Galaxy Class as the best-armed ship in Starfleet has always lead to arguments, but the vessel has always been able to hold it's own, even in some of the most mismatched battles in Starfleet history. Being the first vessel to mount the Type-X Phaser Array has made the class a foe to contend with. However, at the time of it's design, Starfleet decided that it would be best to limit the amount of torpedo tubes aboard the vessels. Designers went with five, in the original specs.

After layout problems and Starfleet's recommendation for less, the designers went back to the drawing boards. They decided to use a larger launching system, one that would be able to process a loadout of ten casings. There were two of these launchers placed into the plans (plus an extra launcher for the separated saucer); Starfleet approved.

To say that the Galaxy Class starship is one of the most successful designs in Starfleet history is perhaps an understatement but it cannot be denied that the Galaxy Class starship has carried on the tradition started by the Constitution Class so many years ago.

BATTLE BRIDGE

Due to the fact that the Galaxy Class can separate into two distinct vessels, the vessel has two Bridges. The second bridge is called the Battle Bridge and is located on Deck 8. This bridge duplicates most of the functions of the Main Bridge, but places emphasis on piloting, support, and defensive operations. To keep in tune with changing situations the Battle Bridge is also modular like the Main Bridge.

The Battle Bridge is a limited role location as it is only used when the vessel is in separated flight mode. Outside of this, when the Main Bridge is non-operational most command and control functions are routed to Main Engineering. However in situations where the Main Bridge will experience an extended period of being non-operational, Starfleet procedures require that the Battle Bridge be used to keep Main Engineering clear of non-essential personnel.

PHASER ARRAY

The Galaxy Class is fitted with three dorsal Phaser arrays on the primary hull, one primary dorsal array extending three hundred forty degrees and two point defense arrays to either side of Shuttlebay 1. The arrays cover the entire semi-sphere above the ship, except for a few blind spots close to the hull and Shuttlebay.

There is also one ventral Phaser array on primary hull; the primary ventral array extends three hundred twenty degrees. The array covers the forward and lateral portions of the semi-sphere below the ship, except for those blind spots close to the hull. There is a total of four Phaser arrays on primary hull.

The Class also includes two dorsal Phaser arrays on the secondary hull, both are point defense arrays placed in the far aft of the ship. There are three ventral Phaser arrays; one primary array with coverage similar to a series of cones with the same vertex and two point defense arrays at the far aft of the ship. This gives the Galaxy Class a total of five Phaser arrays on the secondary hull.

Finally there is one lateral primary array on each vertical bound pylon. Coverage is similar to Secondary Hull's Ventral Primary array. This leaves a total of two Phaser arrays on the Nacelles.

The Galaxy Class has Type-X Phaser arrays. It was the first class to be designed with these arrays; contemporaries have since been refit. Each array fires a steady beam of Phaser energy and the forced-focus emitters discharge the Phasers at speeds approaching .986c. Current Tactical policy has Phaser arrays automatically rotate Phaser frequency and attempt to lock onto the frequency and phase of a threat vehicle's shields for shield penetration.

Each Phaser array takes its energy directly from the impulse drive and auxiliary fusion generators. Individually, each type-X emitter can only discharge approximately 5.1 megawatts. However, several emitters (usually two) fire at once in the array during standard firing procedures, resulting in a discharge of approximately 10.2 megawatts.

The maximum effective range on the Type X emitter is 300,000 kilometers.

TORPEDO LAUNCHERS

The Galaxy Class is fitted with three fixed-focus torpedo launchers, one forward launcher on the secondary and another aft. The third launcher can only be used when the vessel is in Separated-Flight Mode; it is an aft firing launcher on the Primary Hull. Each is capable of firing off ten torpedoes in a single salvo.

The Galaxy Class is armed with the Mark XXV photon torpedo, capable of pattern firing (sierra, etc.), spread firing, as well as independent launch. Independent targeting once launched from the ship, detonation on contact unless otherwise directed.

Payload: The ship can carry a maximum of 275 torpedoes.

Range: Maximum effective range is 3,000,000 kilometers.

DEFLECTOR SHIELDS

The Galaxy Class is equipped with a Symmetrical subspace graviton field. This type of shield is fairly similar to those of most other Starships. Under Starfleet Directives all vessels now incorporate the nutation shift in frequency. During combat, the shield sends data on what type of weapon is being used on it, and what frequency and phase the weapon uses. Once this is analyzed by the tactical officer, the shield can be configured to have the same frequency as the incoming weapon - but different nutation. This tactic dramatically increases shield efficiency.

There are a total of twelve shield generators on the Galaxy Class. Each generator has a cluster of twelve thirty-two megawatt graviton polarity sources feeding a pair of six hundred twenty five millicochrane subspace field distortion amplifiers. During emergency situations the generators are synchronized together providing two thousand 688 megawatts continuously. The maximum peak load is four hundred seventy-three thousand megawatts for one hundred seventy milliseconds.

The shields, when raised, operate at two distances. One is a uniform distance from the hull, averaging about ten to twelve meters. The other is a bubble field, which varies in distance from any single point on the hull but has a common center within the ship.

A Galaxy Class asserting itself!

COMPUTER CORE

Number of computer cores: Four: The primary cores are located near the center of the primary hull between Decks 5 and 14. There are two of them, one on each side of the ship thus to balance out the massive weight they entail. The secondary cores are in the Secondary hull between Decks 30 & 37. They are similarly off balanced like the primary cores. Any single core is capable of operating all computer functions of the vessel. In most configurations the Galaxy Class is only equipped with three computer cores. The fourth core, normally a secondary core, is substituted for a ballast tank. However, long-term or computer intensive missions may require that the fourth core is installed, which is a time and labor-intensive process. Type: The computer cores on Galaxy Class starships are Isolinear storage devices utilizing faster than light processing drives with Isolinear temporary storage.

WARP PROPULSION SYSTEM

The Galaxy Class is equipped with the Theoretical Propulsion Group [TPG] Matter/Anti-Matter Reaction Drive, developed by Theoretical Propulsion Group in the Utopia Planitia Division. Information on this Warp Drive is classified [repealed: 2371; now available in standard Starfleet Omnipedia Databases].

Normal Cruising Speed: Warp 6

Maximum Speed: Warp 9.6 for twelve hours

Note: Vessels equipped with the CF version 8 series M/ARA Drive System no longer have the maximum cruising speed limit of Warp 6.3, thanks to innovations discovered and utilized in the General Electric Type 8 M/ARA Warp Drive outfitted in the new Sovereign Class Starship.

IMPULSE PROPULSION SYSTEM

Standard Galaxy Class Impulse drives developed and built by Theoretical Propulsion Group in conjunction with the Advanced Starship Design Bureau - Utopia Planitia Division. Each engine (there are three impulse engines, two flanking the back edge of the primary hull and one on the centerline of the secondary hull) can propel the ship at speeds just under .75c, or "maximum impulse". Full impulse is .25c (one quarter of 186,282 miles per second, which is warp one).

NAVIGATION DEFLECTOR

A standard Galaxy Class main deflector dish is located along the forward portion of the secondary hull, and is located just forward of the primary engineering spaces. Composed of molybdenum/duranium mesh panels over a duranium framework, the dish can be manually moved seven and two tenths degrees in any direction off the ship's Z-axis. The main deflector dish's shield and sensor power comes from three graviton polarity generators located on Deck 34, each capable of generating one hundred twenty-eight megawatts which fed into a pair of five hundred fifty millicochrane subspace field distortion amplifiers.

TRACTOR BEAM

Equipped with a multiphase subspace graviton beam, used for direct manipulation of objects from a submicron to a macroscopic level at any relative bearing. Each emitter is directly mounted to the primary members of the ship's framework, to lessen the effects of isopiestic subspace shearing, inertial potential imbalance, and mechanical stress.

Each tractor beam emitter is built around two variable phase sixteen megawatt graviton polarity sources, each feeding two four hundred seventy-five millicochrane subspace field amplifiers. Phase accuracy is within two and seven tenths arc-seconds per microsecond. Each emitter can gain extra power from the Structural Integrity Field by means of molybdenum-jacketed waveguides. The subspace fields generated around the beam (when the beam is used) can envelop objects up to one thousand meters, lowering the local gravitational constant of the universe for the region inside the field and making the object much easier to manipulate.

Effective tractor beam range varies with payload mass and desired delta-v (change in relative velocity). Assuming a nominal five m/sec-squared delta-v, the primary tractor emitters can be used with a payload approaching 7'500'000 metric tons at less than one thousand meters. Conversely, the same delta-v can be imparted to an object massing about one metric ton at ranges approaching thirty thousand kilometers.

TRANSPORTER SYSTEMS

The Galaxy Class is equipped with a total of six personnel transporters capable of a maximum payload mass of 800kg (1,763 lbs) at a maximum range: 40,000 km. The maximum beam Up/Out Rate is approximately one hundred persons per hour per Transporter

The Galaxy Class also has a total of four cargo transporters capable of a maximum payload Mass of 800 metric tons.

Finally a total of six emergency transporters which are capable of a maximum range of only 15,000 km (send only) [range depends on available power] with a maximum beam out rate of two hundred persons per hour.

COMMUNICATIONS

Standard Communications Range: 42,000 - 100,000 kilometers with a Standard Data Transmission Speed: 18.5 kiloquads per second. The Subspace Communications Speed: Warp 9.9997

SENSOR SYSTEMS

Long range and navigation sensors are located behind the main deflector dish, to avoid sensor "ghosts" and other detrimental effects consistent with main deflector dish millicochrane static field output. Lateral sensor pallets are located around the rim of the entire starship, providing full coverage in all standard scientific fields, but with emphasis in the following areas: Astronomical phenomena, Planetary analysis, Remote life-form analysis, EM scanning, Passive neutrino scanning, Parametric subspace field stress (a scan to search for cloaked ships), Thermal variances and Quasi-stellar material. Each sensor pallet, three hundred fifty in all, can be interchanged and re-calibrated with any other pallet on the ship, including those in storage.

TACTICAL SENSORS

There are twenty-eight independent tactical sensors on the Galaxy Class. Each sensor automatically tracks and locks onto incoming hostile vessels and reports bearing, aspect, distance, and vulnerability percentage to the tactical station on the main bridge. Each tactical sensor is approximately eighty-four percent efficient against Electronic Counter Measures.

STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY

The entrance to the main stellar cartography bay is located on Deck 10. The lab is served by a direct Electro-Plasma System power feed from the impulse engines. All information is directed to the bridge and can be displayed on any console or the main viewscreen.

SCIENCE LABS

There are over one hundred separate scientific research labs on board the Galaxy Class. However depending upon current internal arrangement the ship can have more. At the same time all labs are specifically designed for adaptability. Very few of the labs will remain under the same discipline of science for more than six months. Most science labs share the same design, only a few have extremely specialized equipment. When necessary, the Engineering department can by contacted and the lab can be outfitted with equipment either in storage or replicated. Other, even more specialized equipment can be brought on board by mission specialists and installed per approval of appropriate members of the Senior Staff.

MEDICAL SYSTEMS

There are two sickbay facilities located on Deck 12. The primary facility has two intensive-care wards, a laboratory, a nursery, and the Chief Medical Officer's office. The secondary facility has two dedicated surgery suites, a physical therapy facility, a nursery, and a null-gravy therapy ward. The primary facility is located on the port side of the vessel and the secondary facility is located on the starboard side. Also pursuant to new Medical Protocols, all Primary Medical Facilities are equipped with holo-emitters for the usage of the Emergency Medical Holographic System.

As on Starbases and other large ships, the Galaxy Class has nurse stations around the vessel, almost on each deck. These areas are staffed on a rotating schedule during green mode, and during higher alert status they may all be activated. They provide first aid to injured personnel and become quick essential command posts during situations where the ship is damaged. When the Captain needs to know how many people are injured, those who find out serve at these stations.

CREW QUARTERS

All crew and officers' quarters are located on decks 2, 3, 5, 7-11, 13-14, 17-20, and 32-33. Individuals assigned to Galaxy Class Starships for periods over six months are permitted to reconfigure their quarters within hardware, volume, and mass limits. Individuals assigned for shorter periods are generally restricted to standard quarter configuration.

Standard Living Quarters are provided for both Starfleet Non-Commissioned Officers and Ensigns. These persons are expected to share their room with another crewmate due to space restrictions aboard the starship. After six months, crewmembers are permitted to bring family aboard the ship and a slightly larger room is allocated to them.

Two NCO's or two Ensigns are assigned to a suite. Accommodations include 2 bedrooms with standard beds, connected by a living/work area. A washroom with ultrasonic shower is located off of each bedroom. A food replicator and a personal holographic viewer are located in the living area. Small pets are allowed to NCO's.

Enlisted crewmembers share quarters with up to 4 others. Accommodations include 2 bedrooms with twin beds, connected by a living/work area. A washroom with ultrasonic shower is located off of each bedroom. A food replicator and a personal holographic viewer are located in the living area. Pets are not allowed to enlisted crew.

Crewmen can request that their living quarters be combined to create a single larger dwelling. Starfleet personnel from the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade up to Commander are given one set of quarters to themselves. In addition, department heads and their assistants are granted such privileges as well, in an effort to provide a private environment to perform off-duty work. After six months, officers are permitted to bring family aboard the ship and a slightly larger room is allocated to them. Members of the Captain's Senior Staff can have these restrictions waved with the Captain's permission.

These accommodations typically include a small bathroom, a bedroom (with standard bed), a living/work area, a food replicator, an ultrasonic shower, personal holographic viewer, and provisions for pets.

Officers may request that their living quarters be combined to form one large dwelling. The Captain and Executive Officer of Galaxy Class Starships have special quarters, located on Deck 8.

These quarters are much more luxurious than any others on the ship are, with the exception of the VIP/Diplomatic Guest quarters. Both the Executive Officer's and the Captain's quarters are larger than standard Officers Quarters, and this space generally has the following accommodations: a bedroom (with a luxurious bed), living/work area, bathroom, food replicator, ultrasonic shower, old-fashioned water shower, personal holographic viewer, and provisions for pets. The second officer and senior staff have similar quarters with less area, generally between that of the Executive Quarters and the Officer's Quarters.

The Galaxy Class is perhaps the ultimate symbol of UFP authority, a tool in dealing with other races. The Galaxy Class is used extensively in diplomacy, and the need to transport or accommodate Very Important Persons, diplomats, or ambassadors often arise.

These quarters are located on Deck 8. These quarters include a bedroom, spacious living/work area, personal viewscreen, ultrasonic shower, bathtub/water shower, and some provisions for pets, food replicator, and a null-grav sleeping chamber. These quarters can be immediately converted to class H, K, L, N, and N2 environments.

RECREATIONAL

As the Galaxy Class is one of the largest vessels in Starfleet and its design has been maximized for scientific and tactical usage, it is realized that the stress of operating at ninety-nine percent efficiency on a ship that is built for deep-space exploration can be dangerous, so there are some recreational facilities on board.

There are four standard holodeck facilities on the Galaxy Class located on Deck 11. There are also a total of twenty Holosuites on the Galaxy Class. These are smaller versions of standard Federation Holodecks, designed for individual usage (the four Holodecks themselves are to be used by groups or individual officers; enlisted crewmen and cadets are not allowed to use the Holodecks under normal circumstances). They do everything that their larger siblings can do; only these Holosuites can't handle as many variables and are less detailed. They are equivalent to the Holodecks on an Intrepid Class Starship. There are twenty Holosuites on board as well, located on Decks 12 and 33.

THE LOUNGE (Ten Forward)

This is a large lounge, located on Deck 10, at the forward most part of the ship. It has a very relaxed and congenial air about it; Ten-Forward is the only place on the ship where rank means nothing - "sir" need not be uttered when a person of lower rank addresses an officer, and everyone is on an equal footing. Opinions can be voiced in complete safety. This lounge is the social center of the ship.

Ten-Forward has a battery of recreational games and assorted "stuff." 3-D chess, pool tables, poker tables (complete with holographic dealer and chips), windows that look out into space, heavily cushioned seats, and numerous other games. There is also a bar (usually serviced by an on-duty bartender), and it stores various potent alcoholic beverages, such as chech'tluth, Aldebaran whiskey, Saurian brandy, Tzartak aperitif, Tamarian Frost, C&E Warp Lager, Warnog, Antarean brandy, and countless others. The replicators are also able to produce other food and beverages for the crew to enjoy in this relaxed social setting.

SHUTTLEBAYS

There are three Shuttlebays aboard a Galaxy Class. Shuttlebay One is on Deck 4, Shuttlebays Two and Three are on Deck 13. The Galaxy Class contains the latest in Starfleet shuttle and runabout designs. A space/air-traffic control room, known as "Flight Ops" controls the Shuttlebay. This is located against the forward wall of the Shuttlebay, next to the exit for the turbolift.

SHUTTLECRAFT

At least ten personnel shuttles or five runabouts with living quarter’s module, at least ten cargo shuttles or three runabouts with no modules; Twelve shuttlepods, unless otherwise replaced by personnel shuttles, two Sphinx Workpods and three Work Bees.

OPERATIONS

A Galaxy Class Starship is designated as an Explorer. Explorer Type Starships are always Multi-Mission platforms. Each ship is capable of performing a wide range of tasks without any modifications. Trying to define every mission that a Galaxy Class Starship could perform would be a task which can't be completed. For the most part though, Starfleet sends Galaxy Class Starships on missions of importance or missions that are considered more dangerous than others. This justifies some of the expense in resources that it takes to build a Galaxy Class.

LIFEBOATS

Aside from the escape options of shuttlecraft or transporters, the primary survival craft of the Galaxy class is the escape pod or lifeboat. Each Galaxy Class carries a total of 120 of the 8-person variants, which measures 5.6 meters tall and 6.2 meters along the edge of the triangle. Each Lifeboat can support a full compliment for 8 months, longer if the lifeboats connect together. All are equipped with navigational sensors, microthrusters, plus emergency subspace communication equipment.

Pods are also located below Deck 2. Each pod can support a total of eighty-six person-days (meaning, one person can last eighty-six days, two can last for forty-three, etc.). Two pods are reserved for the top four officers in the chain of command on each vessel, because they are the last four to leave the ship. These are located on Deck three. As the number of experienced Captains dwindles in Starfleet, the notion of a Captain going down with his ship has been abolished. If the ship is abandoned, the top four officers in the chain of command will wait until everyone else is off the ship, opt to arm the auto-Destruct (not always necessary, but there if needed), and then leave in the two escape pods. The current life pods are called ASRVs, or autonomous survival and recovery vehicles.

DECK CONFIGURATION

The Galaxy Class, the second largest vessel in Starfleet in the year 2370-2372.

Deck 1: Main Bridge, Captain’s Ready Room, Observation Lounge

Deck 2: Senior Officer's Quarters, Junior Officer’s Quarters

Deck 3: Junior Officer’s Quarters

Deck 4: Main Shuttle Bay, Cargo Bays

Deck 5: Science Labs, Residential Apartments

Deck 6: Transporter Rooms 1-(2) 4, Science Labs

Deck 7: Residential Apartments

Deck 8: Residential Apartments, Captain’s Quarters

Deck 9: Residential Apartments

Deck 10: Main Lounge, Computer Cores

Deck 11: Holodecks, Residential Apartments

Deck 12: Sickbay, Medical Laboratories, Gymnasium

Deck 13: Residential Apartments, Life Support

Deck 14: Residential Apartments

Deck 15: Maintenance

Deck 16: Captain’s Yacht Docking Port

Stardrive Section:

Deck 8: Battle Bridge

Deck 9: Docking Latches

Deck 10: Emergency Batteries, Phaser Bank Systems

Deck 11: Life Support Systems

Deck 12: Science Labs

Deck 13: Shuttlebays 2 and 3

Deck 14: Shuttlebay Support, Personnel Transporters 5 and 6

Deck 15: Science Labs

Deck 16: Maintenance

Deck 17: Living Quarters

Deck 18: Living Quarters

Deck 19: Living Quarters

Deck 20: Living Quarters

Deck 21: Power Distribution

Deck 22: Engineering Support Labs

Deck 23: Main Impulse Engines

Deck 24: Life Support

Deck 25: Dorsal Docking Port, Forward Photon Torpedo Launcher

Deck 26: Engineering Support

Deck 27: Deuterium Fuel Pumps and Fill Ports

Deck 28: Deuterium Fuel Storage

Deck 29: Deuterium Fuel Storage

Deck 30: Deuterium Injection Reactors

Deck 31: Science Labs

Deck 32: Living Quarters

Deck 33: Living Quarters

Deck 34: Environmental Support

Deck 35: Aft Photon Torpedo Launcher

Deck 36: Main Engineering

Deck 37: Environmental Support, Waste Management

Deck 38: Cargo Bays, Brig

Deck 39: Cargo Bays

Deck 40: Antimatter Injection Reactors

Deck 41: Antimatter Storage Pods

Deck 42: Antimatter Storage Pods

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