Maiden Voyage

Bravofleet Tactical Group 192's Steamrunner Class

During the late 2360's Starfleet became increasingly worried about the average age of the ships in the fleet. Although vessels such as the Miranda and Excelsior class were performing adequately as mid sized cruisers and destroyers, these designs dated back between over 70 years and were lagging behind the latest technology despite frequent refits. Rapid expansion of the Federation was also putting a great strain on both the exploratory and defense capacities of Starfleet, and although the Nebula class was under development Starfleet was predicting that it would be unable to meet all of its commitments by 2375. The Steamrunner design was fielded in the early 2370s along with the Saber as part of a major fleet wide program of modernization and a reaction to the new Borg threat. Essentially the Steamrunner's serve a similar function as the modern day Intrepid Class - a smaller, faster counterpart which would be deployed in large numbers to augment the more capable designs.

Technical Specifications for Steamrunner Class ships in BFTG192 expected duration: 50 years time between resupply: 2 years time between refit: 5 years category: Explorer/Light Cruiser Personnel: officers: 45 enlisted crew: 140 marines: 74 passengars: 45 Speed: cruising speed: Warp 6 maximum speed: Warp 8 emergency speed: Warp 9.5 ( for 12 hours ) Auxiliary Craft: shuttle bays: 1 shuttles: 6 attack fighters: 5 3 Peregrin Class 2 Rogue Class runabouts: 0 Weaponry: phasers: 1 type- X phaser arrays; 6 type-VIII torpedoes: launchers: 4 ( 3 forward, 1 aft ) photon: 250 quantum: 100 tri cobalt: 10 shields: Ablative Armor Dimensions: height: 50.70 meters width: 200 meters length: 310 meters decks: 9

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