Specifications - USS Jane Addams

Summary

Hull Frame: NCC 10641
Constructed at San Francisco Fleet Yards, Sol
Launched in June 2345

"For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."
~ Amanda Gorman

"Resistance isn't futile, it's a necessity."
~ Captain M'Raz



Hull: Duranium plating over duranium/tritanium structural members

Rescue and Evacuation Operations

> Transport up to 350 persons/hour via personnel transporters
> Availability of three Type 6 shuttlecraft on hot standby for immediate launch with all additional shuttlecraft available for launch in an hour's notice. Total transport capabilities of these craft vary due to differing classifications but an average load of 150 persons can be offloaded per standard orbit to an M Class planetary surface
> Capacity to support up to 4800 evacuees with conversion of the shuttle bays and cargo bays to emergency living quarters
> Holosuites, Recreation Deck, and Crew Lounge can be converted to emergency triage and medical centers
> Temporarily convert Cargo Bay 3 to Type H, K, or L environments for non-humanoid casualties

Abandon Ship Scenario

> Transport 350 persons per hour from the ship via personnel and emergency transporters.
> Availability of the 3 Type 6 shuttlecraft to be on hot-standby for immediate launch, with all additional shuttlecraft available for launch in an hours notice. Total transport capabilities of these craft vary due to differing classifications but an average load of 150 persons can be offloaded per hour from a standard orbit to an M Class planetary surface.
> Protocol also includes the use of Lifeboats. Each lifeboat carries a total of 100 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 4 months, longer if they connect together in "Gaggle Mode".
> Environmental Suits are available for evacuation directly into a vacuum. In such a scenario, personnel can evacuate via airlocks, the flight bay, or through exterior turbolift couplings. Environmental suits are available at all exterior egress points, along with survival lockers spaced through-out the habitable portions of the starship.
> Many exterior windows are removable, allowing for egress. However, these manual releases are only activated in the event of atmosphere loss, power loss, certain Red Alert conditions, and only if personnel in contiguous compartments have access to an environmental suit.


General

Class Ambassador
Role Heavy Cruiser
Duration spaceframe: 80 years
Time Between Refits 40 years - refit in 2345

Dimensions

Length 514 Meters
Width 322 Meters
Height 128 Meters
Decks 25/Habitable

Personnel

Officers 250
Enlisted Crew 500
Civilians 100
Emergency Capacity 2750

Speed

Cruise Speed 7
Maximum Speed 9.4/12 Hours

Weapons & Defensive Systems

Shields Deflector Shields
A symmetrical subspace graviton field. This type of shield is fairly similar to those of most other Starships. However, besides incorporating the now mandatory nutation shift in frequency, the shields alter their graviton polarity to better deal with more powerful weapons, such as the neutron-carbide beams of Tamarian vessels. 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.

Output: There are twelve shield grids on the Ambassador Class starship, and each one generates 145.9 MW, resulting in a total shield strength of approx. 1750 MW. The power for the shields is taken directly from the warp engines and impulse fusion generators. If desired, the shields can be augmented by power from the impulse power plants. The shields are now comparable to the original New Orleans class and can protect against approximately 12% of the total EM spectrum (whereas the Galaxy Class starship's standard shields can protect against about 23%), This improvement was made possible by the multi-phase graviton polarity flux technology incorporated into the shields, which is now standard issue on Federation starships.

Range: The shields, when raised, stay extremely close to the hull to conserve energy - average range is ten meters away from the hull.
Primary purpose: Defense from enemy threat forces, hazardous radiation and micro-meteoroid particles.
Secondary purpose: Ramming threat vehicles

Navigational Deflector

A standard Ambassador Class main deflector dish is located along the fore portion of the Ambassador Class's secondary hull, and is located just forward of the primary engineering spaces. Composed of molybdenum/duranium mesh panels over a tritanium framework (beneath the Duranium-Tritanium hull), the dish can be manually moved four degrees in any direction off the ship's Z-axis. The main deflector dish's shield and sensor power comes from two graviton polarity generators located on deck 21, each capable of generating 128 MW, which can be fed into two 550 millicochrane subspace field distortion generators.
Weapon Systems Phasers

Three dorsal arrays on the saucer section, one for the forward, starboard and port sides. These arrays are duplicated on the ventral side of the primary saucer. Two smaller arrays cover the aft side firing arcs, are mounted on the nacelle pylons. Two small arrays cover the aft firing arc and are located on the aft, dorsal portion of the saucer section.

Phaser Array Type: The Ambassador Class starship utilizes the Type IX system. The eight arrays are all type IX arrays. Each array fires a pulsed beam of phaser energy, discharging 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 drive and auxiliary fusion generators. Individually, each type IX turret can discharge approximately 3 MW (megawatts).
Phaser Array Range: Maximum effective range is 300,000 kilometers.
Primary purpose: Assault
Secondary purpose: Defense/anti-spacecraft/anti-fighter
Armament Torpedo Launchers

Two fixed-focus torpedo launchers, located just above the main deflector dish in the neck of the vessel. A third launcher is set to fire dead aft and is located on the rear of the engineering hull just below the aft shuttlebay. These launchers are the second generation of automated, high-speed launcher originally found on the Excelsior Class starships. Since the launch of the Ambassador Class, however, the vessel has had continuous upgrades to keep the vessel up to date with modern Torpedo Weapon technology.

Type: Mark XXV photon torpedo, capable of pattern firing (sierra, etc.) as well as independent launch. Independent targeting once launched from the ship, detonation on contact unless otherwise directed by the Chief Tactical Officer.

Payload: Ambassador Class starships can carry a maximum of 175 torpedoes.
Range: Maximum effective range is 3,000,000 kilometers.
Primary purpose: Assault
Secondary purpose: Anti-spacecraft

Auxiliary Craft

Shuttlebays 1
Shuttles 6 - Type 15 Shuttles
4 - Type 6 Shuttles
2 - Type 10 Shuttles