Prometheus Class

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Contents 1 Re-Development of Prometheus Class 2 Summary of Re-Development 3 Technical Specifications for Prometheus Class 4 Additional Information

Re-Development of Prometheus Class

The Prometheus class starship entered service in 2374 to assist Federation forces in the Dominion War. The vessel was designed for long range tactical assignments.

In 2381 hostilities with the C’Hakilian Empire began to rise with numerous border skirmishes between Starfleet and C’Hakilian forces. At the end of January in 2381 the C’Hakilians launched a massive assault against Starbase 611, ripping through its defensives and heavily damaging the Jupiter class starbase. The starbase operated as the base for the fourth fleet’s Task Force 21. With one of their bases now out of commission and unable to supply the task force in the new conflict with the C’Hakilians, the task force was now fighting a new class of C’Hakilian with ships that needed more supplies and power.

By the end of March one of the ships in the task force, the USS Odyssey NCC 79002 a Prometheus class starship was forced to retreat back to Starbase 610 in an adjacent sector to receive urgent repairs. The ship had been infected by a destructive computer virus and the crew had to fight of C’Hakilian boarders from taking the ship. The ship suffered a heavy amount of internal damage, as well the saucer and tertiary section took damage when the ship collided with a C’Hakilian battleship.

The ship was dry-docked for three months while it received repairs and refits. With events in sector six one one heating up with the C’Hakilians newly promoted Commodore Luke Duncan suggested a refit to the Odyssey, his ship. At this time relief efforts from the seventh fleet were arriving in the sector and along the C’Hakilian border, however the fleet lacked larger powerful capital class starships to combat the stronger C’Hakilian fleet.

The commodore had worked at the Advanced Starship Design Bureau for over a year where he was part of a project to design ships and systems to combat the Borg. With his knowledge of C’Hakilian tactics and intelligence reports Commodore Duncan looked a possible refit for the Prometheus class, especially his own ship. The Odyssey could easily take on a C’Hakilian warship one on one, but the enemy vessel was still smaller and manoeuvrable then the Prometheus class vessel. The commodore wanted to expand the Odyssey’s capabilities as a ship designated for long range tactical assignments.

The Odyssey was re-launched from Starbase 610 where shortly after it participated in the peace talks between the Federation and C’Hakilians. Commodore Duncan still remained sceptical over the C’Hakilians and forwarded his proposed refits for the Prometheus class.

The one problem the vessel had been with its Multi-Vector Assault mode. When connected the ship was limited to the use of only eight type 12 phaser banks and three torpedo launchers. The starship separation process was still slow and it took time to for all three sections to be fully armed and operational to fight an enemy. The individual section response times were also long and meant that a full crew had to be on each section for the “independent� ship to operate.

Duncan wanted to change this and so with assistances from his own crew and others from Task Force 21 they begin to look at improving the Prometheus’ capabilities as a front line cruiser and explorer.

The Odyssey herself had been built with some extra science labs and other scientific facilities. It was Starfleet’s hope that she would be able to perform the same type of scientific missions that her cousin the Intrepid class starship could do. The Odyssey proved how well the Prometheus could operate in these types of missions countless times when she was launched in 2379. However these extra facilities were not practical in the current state of galactic affairs.

The ship was taken back to Avalon shipyards on 11th October 2381 for routine re-supplying and general maintenance of her computer core. While there Commodore Duncan met with several admirals and other members of the ASDB to discuss the issue of a possible re-development of the Prometheus class. Many of them weren’t happy with the idea of trying to make the Prometheus class a warship…it was something that Starfleet had been trying to avoid since the end of the Dominion War. Many Federation politicians and citizens didn’t feel it was necessary to have so many well armed ships in the fleet. After using his position as Executive Officer of Task Force 21, the commodore’s suggestion was taking under advisement and he was given permission to begin his changes to the Odyssey only. Starfleet would give him two years to have the upgrades in place before they would decide follow his plans to refit other Prometheus class starships.

The ship’s science department was heavily reduced; leaving the ship with a very basic stellar cartographer lab, astrometrics and one laboratory. Commodore Duncan had his chief science officer create these re-designs with the idea of having adequate science capabilities using limited amount of space on the ship.

Another feature scaled down on the Odyssey was her Tactical Astrometrics Suite. Even though she was the first of many ships to experiment with this new facility, Starfleet Tactical had re-designed the facility so that it wouldn’t take up as much room on smaller crafts. Again the commodore allowed his chief strategic operations officer to oversee the changes as it would effect his department more then others.

With more ships designed to carry fighters in to battle Commodore Duncan suggested the removal of all fighters from the Odyssey’s auxiliary craft compliment. He also traded in the ship’s type eleven shuttles for type ten shuttlecrafts, again providing more room for other systems. Commodore Duncan even allowed his chief flight operations officer to look in to the possibilities of improving the ship’s new auxiliary crafts with their capabilities.

When it came down to the ship’s engines this was where the problems occurred. The Odyssey unlike her sister ship the Prometheus had a different type of warp drive. She only had one warp core which powered all three sections. When the ship was separated, so was the core. Magnetic locks would be inserted to the core and would alter how each section was powered. The Odyssey had only separated on a few occasions but was affected by the separation locks as a nineteen percent drop in ship wide power was experienced. Commodore Duncan with his engineers and operation staff saw that this was not good. So each section was outfitted with their own warp cores. Only the tertiary/engineering section would house the main warp core which would power the vessel while it was joined. Commodore Duncan looked at the Defiant class starship’s own warp core and found his answers. His chief operations saw that the class 7 warp core was the answer to their problems, however there was another flaw. The class 7, though powerful could never attempt to maintain speeds as high as the powerful class 9 warp core that sat in the tertiary/engineering section of the ship. The crew was stuck with putting in these new cores and reducing the capabilities of the main warp core or look making a new design for the ship’s antimatter/matter reaction assembly. Not willing to wait for a new design to come about the commodore ordered for the new warp cores to be installed. It wasn’t until the new cores arrived at Avalon fleet yards did the Odyssey’s chief engineer come up with an idea. The class 7 cores could be enhanced and use Trelinium crystals instead of their Dilithium crystal counterparts. The cores would be re-designed to allow the new crystals to create higher temperature and more powerful reactions allowing the cores to achieve the high speeds expected of the Prometheus class starship. Duncan approves the idea and the enhancements begin.

The last systems to be refitted where the tactical systems, most notable the Phaser and Torpedo systems. Duncan had planned for the ship to receive a fourth launcher, two aft and two forward firing systems. The secondary/stardrive section was already outfitted with six phaser arrays and didn’t have any more room for torpedo launchers. The tertiary/engineering section was already armed with three phaser arrays and two torpedo launchers (one forward & one aft). So it was decided the primary/saucer section would receive the second aft launcher to compliment its forward one and five phaser arrays.

An increase in the ship’s torpedo compliment was also added on, allowing the ship to fire more photon torpedoes at a rapid pace.

Crew quarters were also scaled down. Senior quarters were re-distributed on the ship for security reasons. Enlisted crew quarters were altered where they would have to share with at least three people to a room. The deck specifically for the Marine Detachment was also altered so more storage bays could be put in. The Detachment number was also reduced to 125 troops, instead of 146. The enlisted crew count was also shortened to 116 and officer numbers were taken down to 40. The reduction in crewmembers meant that marine, enlisted and officers had to work closer together in operating the ship. The commodore’s crew had gone through a lot together so any prejudice and biased issues between the different crew “sects� had banished a long time ago. Many people voiced their concerns in the lack of crewmembers on the ship but the commodore was confident that the ship could operate with just one hundred crew members on board. Later simulations proved he was right and the ship could operate with fewer crew on board.

Crew recreational facilities were also re-structured and the ship’s third holodeck was removed. Holodeck Two which had been for Marine use only was now opened to all crew members. The commanding officer’s dining hall was also removed, as the Commodore would normally dine with his family, senior officers and guests in his quarters. The mess hall was re-vamped and designed on the Intrepid class crew lounge. A bigger galley was put in and the mess hall was provided with a total of six food and drink replicators.

By the time these refits had been finished to the Odyssey, the Borg War was starting up. The Odyssey was rushed out of space dock and sent straight to sector 611 to assist in the evacuation of Kovar colony and Starbase Six-One-One.

The ship performed well during the first five years of the Borg War. Starfleet was impressed at the re-design and upgrades, which prompted them to order all Prometheus class starships modified to the new Odyssey specifications. The Odyssey served Starfleet for a long time during the Borg War. It assisted in the Kovar Retreat of mid 2382, the Khitomer assault of 2391, the battle of Wolf 359 in 2392 and soon helped in the defence of the Sol sector from 2392-2396. However the Odyssey went missing in action on 4th January 2397 when Vice Admiral Luke Duncan led the remaining ships of his old task force in the Battle of Centauri. During mid battle the ship engaged its MVAM as it fell back to engage a Borg Sphere that was trying to retreat from the battle. Contact was lost with the Odyssey and the disappearance of the ship remained a mystery.

In 2399 after the Battle of Sol, San Francisco shipyards had started work on construction of three Prometheus class starships; they were named the USS Prometheus NCC 75913-A, USS Yorktown NCC 1717-F and USS Bristol NCC 90087. In 2400 the Yorktown was constructed and assigned to the Re-Exploration Initiative and by 2403 all three ships had been built with the Prometheus and Bristol assigned to the Earth Defence Force.

Summary of Re-Development

• 2381:
• March: USS Odyssey NCC 79002 is dry-docked at Starbase 610 for major repairs. Her commanding officer Commodore Duncan begins to write up plans to improve and enhance the Prometheus class starship.
• October: Starfleet eventually agrees to the commodore’s suggestion and gives him the chance to improve the Odyssey while she is docked at Avalon shipyards. The Odyssey is given two years to have its refits in place and operational within the fleet.
• November: Scientific facilities are reduced in favour of smaller and necessary laboratories. A basic stellar cartographer lab is put in place, astrometrics is kept and one smaller general laboratory is installed. Probe compliment is condensed, and micro-probes are put in place. A new re-design of the Tactical Astrometrics suite replaces the old one originally installed, this suite is also scaled down in size.
• December: Auxiliary craft number altered. Fighters are removed from compliment, and type ten shuttles replace the type elevens. Work on warp propulsion systems begin.
• 2382:
• January: Engineers finally find fault with ship’s propulsion and power systems. The design for the Defiant class warp core is modified and installed on the Primary and Secondary sections of the ship. Each section now possessed warp engines with trelinium crystals as their catalyst for matter/antimatter reactions. Overall warp performance is improved.
• February: Refits to tactical systems begin. Extra aft torpedo launcher installed on saucer section. Increase in photon torpedo armament to compliment extra launcher.
• March: Crew facilities (including holodecks, mess hall and quarters) are altered. Crew count is also reduced.
• May: USS Odyssey is finally re-launched from Avalon shipyards with Commodore Duncan resuming command. Odyssey is ordered back to sector 611 to assist in defence and evacuation of the sector.
• 2387: Starfleet issues a general order for all Prometheus class starship to be improved to the Odyssey refit variant.
• 2399: Borg War ends, and San Francisco shipyards begins construction of three Prometheus class hulls.
• 2400: Final constructions complete on one of the Prometheus class starships. On 23rd December 2400 USS Yorktown NCC 1717-F is officially commissioned by Starfleet a brief ceremony. The ship is assigned to the Re-Exploration Initiative and waits for a commanding officer and crew.
• 2401: On 27th August 2401 USS Prometheus NCC 75913-A is officially commissioned by Starfleet during a brief ceremony. Bridge Plaque is put in pride of place and Commander Darryl Blackburn takes command of the ship. USS Prometheus is ordered to join the Earth Defence Force. On 3rd September 2401 USS Yorktown NCC 1717-F is assigned a commanding officer and crew. Bridge Plaque is put in pride of place and Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Coast takes command of the ship.
• 2402: On 24th April 2402 USS Bristol NCC 90087 is officially commissioned by Starfleet during a brief ceremony. Bridge Plaque is put in pride of place and Commander Darien Smith takes command of the ship. USS Bristol is ordered to join the Earth Defence Force.

Technical Specifications for Prometheus Class

Category: Explorer/Heavy Cruiser - Uprated

Expected Duration: 80 years

Time Between Resupply: 5 Years

Time Between Refit: 10 Years

Systems

Computer: Hybrid bioneural/isolinear Circuitry

Power Systems: Primary Fusion Reactors: Output 6.1 EJ/hr

Secondary Fusion Reactors: Output 4.3 EJ/hr

Tractor Beam: Type-XI (Range 2.75 km)

Sensors: Advanced Lateral & Long Range Output/Retrieval Systems

Warp Core: M/ARA (Using A Trelinium Powered Core)

Speed

Standard Cruise Velocity: Warp 6.5

Maximum Cruise Velocity: Warp 9.91

Emergency Velocity: Warp 9.997 [20 hours]

Personnel

Officers: 40

Enlisted: 116

Marines: 125

Passengers: 30

Auxiliary Craft

Shuttle Bays: 1

Shuttles:

2 type-9 personal shuttles

2 type-10 cargo shuttles

Runabouts:

1 Mustang Class Runabout

1 Delta Flyer Class Runabout

1 Huron Class Runabout

Weapons

Phasers:

14 Type-XII Phaser Arrays (Separated)

8 Type-XII Phaser Arrays (Combined)

Torpedoes:

Launchers: 4 (1 Forward Tertiary Section, 1 Aft Tertiary Section, 1 Forward Saucer Section, 1 Aft Saucer Section)

Hellfire: 40

Photon: 350

Quantum: 200

Transphasic: 6

Tri cobalt: 10

Defence

Hull Plating:

Ablative Armour Type I

Ablative Armour Type II

Shields:

Multi Layered Shielding System

Additional:

Starfleet / Romulan Cloaking Device

Dimensions

Height: 50 Meters

Width: 130 Meters

Length: 365 Meters

Decks: 14

Additional Information

Class Service: Currently there are 3 in service with 1 building per year. 29 were lost during the Borg War.

• USS Yorktown NCC 1717 - F

Assigned to 4th Fleet (Codename: FUTILITY'S END) Starfleet Re-Exploration Initiative Task Force

• USS Prometheus NCC 75913 - A

Assigned to Earth Defence Force

• USS Bristol NCC 90087

Assigned to Earth Defence Force