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Starship Database
CONSTITUTION CLASS
By Ensign Mike Redman
Type : Heavy Cruiser - basic
Unit Run : NCC 1017 USS Constellation - Destroyed
NCC 1700 USS Constitution2 - Retired
NCC 1764 USS Defiant - Missing
NCC 956 USS Eagle4 - Upgraded
NCC 1701 USS Enterprise - Upgraded6
NCC 1664 USS Excalibur - Retired
NCC 1672 USS Exeter - Destroyed
NCC 1647 USS Farragut - Retired NCC 1703 USS Hood8 - Retired
NCC 16312 USS Intrepid - Destroyed
NCC 1710 USS Kongo - Retired
NCC 17094 USS Lexington - Retired
NCC 16574 USS Potemkin - Retired
NCC 1371 USS Republic - Retired
NCC 17174 USS Yorktown - Upgraded
NCC 1895 USS Endeavour - Retired
10 have been lost in all. 5 have been retired from service.
Commissioned : 2244 - 2265, remained in service until 2285
Dimensions : Length : 289 m
Beam : 127.1 m
Height : 72.6 m
Decks : 21
Mass : 600,000 metric tons
Crew : 433
Armament : 6 x Type VI phasers, total output 4,000 Terawatts
2 x 2nd class photon torpedo tube with 120 rounds
Defense Systems : Standard shield system, total capacity 594,000 TeraJoules
Standard Monotanium Double hull.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds
(TOS scale) : Normal Cruise: 5
Maximum Cruise: 6
Maximum Rated: 8 for 2 hours.
Strength Indices :
(Galaxy class = 1,000) Beam Firepower : 80
Torpedo Firepower : 125
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 100
Shield Strength : 220
Hull Armor : 10
Speed : 267
Combat Maneuverability : 4,740
Overall Strength Index : 147
Diplomatic Capability : 4
Expected Hull Life : 40
Refit Cycle :
Minor : 1 year
Standard : 1 years
Major : 20 years
Notes: Perhaps the most famous class of vessel in Starfleet history, the Constitution class was a legend in its own time. When launched, the USS Constitution set a new standard of excellence in almost every applicable field - she was simultaneously the fastest ship, most advanced exploration platform and most powerful combat vessel in known space. The four hundred and thirty crewmembers enjoyed a standard of crew accommodation unknown on other vessels of the period, while the diplomatic facilities rivaled those of all but the most elaborate Starbase.
Quickly following the Constellation in 2245 was the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701. This was to become the most famous vessel in Federation history; during her years of service life the Enterprise explored countless new worlds, making first contact with many species and expanding the Federations knowledge of the territories surrounding it hugely. Like her sisters the Enterprise also served as a mighty deterrent to both the Klingons and Romulans, several times taking part in combat actions which determined the fate of the entire Federation if not the Alpha Quadrant itself.
The Constitution class ships where designed for long duration missions with minimal outside support and exploratory missions typically lasted up to five years. The Enterprise conducted several such missions, first under Captain April and then under Captain Pike, followed by Captain Kirk. Kirk captained the Enterprise through her most difficult missions, and it is largely because of his incredible success that the Constitution class has acquired the reputation it has.
Other ships of the class were less fortunate than the Enterprise; the USS Defiant was lost in an interphase pocket in 2268. The ship emerged in the Mirror universe, where it was captured first by the Tholians and then by the Terran Empire. The USS Excalibur and Lexington were badly damaged in the unfortunate M-5 incident - Excalibur's entire crew was killed in the incident. Virtually the entire crew of the Exeter was killed by a deadly alien virus in 2268. The USS Constellation was destroyed fighting against the Doomsday machine, again with the loss of her entire crew.
By 2265 the early Constitutions where reaching twenty years of age, their designed life span. Starfleet had decided that they where becoming somewhat long in the tooth and was looking for a replacement class; however, such was the popularity of these ships that the Starfleet design bureau stated in an official memo that none of the contemplated new designs matched up to them and the best course of action was to simply rebuild the existing ships with the latest technology. Although Starfleet was not convinced at first, careful testing of the skeleton framework of several Constitution class ships revealed that the basic structure was more than capable of continuing in service, having withstood twenty years of hard use with ease.
The USS Enterprise was selected to be the first ship to undergo such a refit, and in 2269 she went into space dock in Earth orbit for eighteen months of work. Never in Starfleet history has any vessel been so comprehensively updated - essentially a new vessel was built onto the bones of the old, replacing virtually every major system. The Enterprise was rushed out of Space dock in 2271 to face the threat presented by the entity known as V'Ger, which was destroying everything in its path as it advanced towards Earth; she succeed in averting the danger and proceeded on her shakedown cruise
Type : Heavy Cruiser - refit
Unit Run : NCC 1701 USS Enterprise - Destroyed
NCC 956 USS Eagle - Retired NCC-1701-A USS Enterprise - Retired
Plus 37 others built in total. 10 have been lost in all. 30 have been retired from service.
Commissioned : 2269 - 2286, remained in service until 2298
Dimensions : Length : 305 m
Beam : 140 m
Height : 75 m
Decks : 23
Mass : 620,000 metric tons
Crew : 400
Armament : 186 x Type VII phasers6, total output 6,000 Terawatts
423 x 2nd class photon torpedo tube with 120 rounds
Defense Systems : Standard shield system, total capacity 702,000 TeraJoules
Standard Duranium Double hull.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds
(TOS scale) : Normal Cruise: 6
Maximum Cruise: 76
Maximum Rated: 9 for 4 hours.
Strength Indices :
(Galaxy class = 1,000) Beam Firepower : 120
Torpedo Firepower : 250
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 150
Shield Strength : 260
Hull Armor : 20
Speed : 381
Combat Maneuverability : 5,340
Overall Strength Index : 214
Diplomatic Capability :
4
Expected Hull Life : 40
Refit Cycle : Minor : 1 year
Standard : 1 years
Major : 20 years
Notes: Once the Enterprise was through her shakedown cruise successfully the remaining Constitutions where refitted in quick succession. The new ships proved to be more than capable of carrying out their normal exploratory and scientific roles, while in the combat arena they where judged an easy match for the new Klingon K’tinga class. The Constitutions continued in service for a further twenty years, and once again the Enterprise set the standard for the rest of the ships to follow. After her shakedown the ship conducted another five year exploratory mission under Admiral Kirk before being transferred to training duties in 2277 under Captain Spock. She continued in this role for a further eight years, and many of Starfleet’s most successful officers went into space for the first time aboard this ship. In 2285 the Enterprise suffered heavy battle damage while preventing Khan from stealing the Genesis Device; the ship was to be retired at this point, but Kirk and his officers stole her and took her to Genesis to retrieve Captain Spock's regenerated body from the planet. The Enterprise was attacked and crippled by a Klingon Bird of Prey while at Genesis, and was subsequently destroyed by Admiral Kirk shortly after the Klingon crew boarded to take control.
The USS Yorktown was subsequently renamed as the second Starship Enterprise, NCC-1701-A, and assigned to the now Captain Kirk. The Yorktown had recently emerged from a major refit, and the ship suffered many technical problems on her first mission2; nevertheless, she went on to serve the remainder of her service life with distinction. The most notable mission of the Enterprise-A where the actions she and the USS Excelsior participated in at the Khitomer conference; as the Enterprise escorted the Klingon Chancellor to the first meeting assassins beamed over to the Klingon ship and killed the chancellor. Kirk and his chief medical officer where arrested and convicted of this crime, and sentenced to life imprisonment on the penal asteroid of Rura Pente; Kirk promptly escaped and took the Enterprise to the conference at Khitomer, preventing another assassination attempt and saving the peace process.
The Enterprise-A went into retirement shortly after this mission2. The remaining Constitutions where decommissioned over the next five years as the Excelsior class became available in numbers.
Saucer Section features
Deck Contains...
A Bridge
B Security office.
C Officer's mess
D VIP staterooms , conference room, junior officer's quarters, water tanks, pump machinery, phaser banks
E Senior officer's quarters
F Crew quarters, crew mess rooms, crew lounge, impulse engineering section, elevator maintenance shop, personnel airlocks.
G Crew quarters, crew mess rooms, crew lounge, impulse engineering section, elevator maintenance shop, personnel airlocks.
H Main docking ports, fire control, computer core, laundry, fabrication facility, phaser banks, saucer, engineering hull couplings.
I Viewing lounges, backup computer memory bank.
Star drive Section features
Deck Contains
J Primary hull circuit breaker room.
K Main sensor array monitoring room.
L Photon torpedo stowage.
M Docking ports, photon torpedo launcher, and observation lounge.
N Main engineering upper deck; main structural hull supports.
O Main engineering lower deck; horizontal intermix shaft.
P Engineering support, energy converter units, main battery room, chief engineer's briefing room and office, main maintenance area, upper landing bay and observation galleries, Circuit breaker room.
Q Landing bay, docking ports, upper cargo bay, observation lounges.
R Shuttlecraft hangar, lower cargo bay, secondary auxiliary control centre, secondary computer, lifeboats.
S Main cargo storage. Fabricators, shuttlecraft maintenance, recorder-marker system.
T Matter/antimatter containment system, botanical garden, tractor beam housing, mess room, ship's pool.
U Sanitary waste recovery, fresh water tanks, pumping machinery, swimming pool maintenance, phaser banks.
Daystrom Institute
Starfleet technical database
TRANSPORTER
By: 2nd Lt Victoria Love
The transporter is probably the single greatest revolution in the movement of people and goods in recorded history; invented in 2135, the first transporter cleared for the transport of biological organisms was installed aboard the NX class starship Enterprise in 2151. Although many crewmembers did not trust the new device, with some justification1, the transporter eventually became a common feature of 22nd century life.
The basic operating principles of the transporter are relatively simple. It makes a detailed scan of the subject, breaks down its molecular structure, and then transmits this beam to another location. The information gained from the scan is then used to reassemble the subject exactly as before.
Like many simple ideas, the actual engineering required to construct a working transporter are quite more complex. A standard transporter unit consists of ten major components:
The Transport Chamber is the area in which the subject is placed for transport. The transport chamber can be of almost any size or shape, though larger chambers have far greater energy requirements and are correspondingly less efficient for general use. Most transport chambers are capable of holding approximately six persons.
The Operators Console is the control unit of the whole system; these consoles are typically manned by a single operator who oversees the transport process and is responsible for reacting to emergency situations, as well as conducting routine maintenance of the transporter systems.
The Transporter Controller is a dedicated computer system which controls the minutiae of the transport process itself.
The Primary Energizing Coils are located directly above the transport chamber. These coils generate the annular confinement beam, creating a space-time matrix within which the dematerializing process occurs. The primary energizing coils also generate a containment field around the subject in order to prevent any possible breach of the annular confinement beam during the transport process. This is important as such disruption can result in a sizeable energy discharge.
The Phase Transition Coils are located in the floor of the transport chamber. It is the phase transition coils that cause the actual dematerialization/materialization process. They do this be decoupling the binding energy between the subatomic particles of the subject, causing the atoms themselves to disintegrate.
Molecular Imaging Scanners are located in the roof of the transport chamber. These devices scan the subject to be transported at quantum resolution, determining the location and momentum of every particle within the subject. Bulk cargo can be scanned at the molecular resolution, as it is not generally vital to recreate the object exactly. Living matter requires that exact information be obtained, a process which violates the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. This is made possible by the Heisenberg Compensator system, a component of the molecular imaging scanners of all personnel transport systems. All transporters are built with four redundant sets of scanners, allowing any three to override a fourth should it make an error. Should two scanners produce the same error the transport process would be aborted automatically by the transport controller system.
The Pattern Buffer is a large super conducting tokamak device, usually situated directly underneath the transporter unit itself. Once the subject has been dematerialized they are passed into the pattern buffer and held in suspension while the system compensates for relative motion between itself and the target location. Pattern buffers can be shared by several different transport systems, although only one transporter can use a given buffer at a time. Should an emergency arise during transport a pattern can be held suspended in a transport buffer without being either sent or dematerialized; however, after a few minutes such a pattern will begin to degrade to the point at which the subject will be unrecoverable.
The Biofilter is an image processing device which analyses the data from the molecular imaging scanner in order to locate any potentially damaging organisms which may have infected the subject. The biofilter is not generally a part of civilian transporter systems, though it is mandatory on all Starfleet transporters.
The Emitter Pad Array is mounted on the exterior of the transport system itself - in the case of a spacecraft, on the hull of the ship. The array transmits the actual matter stream to or from the destination. Components of the emitter array include the phase transition matrix and primary energizing coils. Some transporter systems also contain clusters of long range molecular imaging scanners within the emitter pad; this allows the system to lock onto targets at long range to beam them from remote locations without outside assistance. Most transporter systems do not include long range molecular scanners; such transporters can only beam to and from other systems.
Targeting Scanners are a set of redundant sensors which are responsible for determining the exact location of the destination in relation to the transporter unit. Targeting scanners also determine the environmental conditions at the target site. Although dedicated targeting scanners should ideally be a component of any transport process, in practice any sensor device of sufficient range and accuracy can provide the required information so long as it is compatible with the transporter controller information protocols. In addition, if transport is being conducted between systems with a fixed relative position - planetary transporter units, for example - targeting information can be disregarded.
The precise operation of a transporter naturally depends on the level of system specifications. Starfleet transporters are generally reckoned to be the most advanced in the Federation, since they are required to perform a wider range of tasks over much more variable conditions than civilian models. Typical operations for Starfleet transporters include the following:
Beam up involves using the emitter array as the primary energizing coil in order to beam a subject from a remote location which does not have a transporter system.
Site-to-site transport involves following the conventional beam up process until the subject is in the pattern buffer; the subject is then shunted to a second pattern buffer and on to another emitter array before being beamed out to a new location. This process essentially merges two transport processes in order to allow a subject to be beamed from one location to another without having to rematerialize on board ship first. This process is avoided if possible since it requires double the energy expenditure and system resources to accomplish each transport.
Hold in pattern buffer. As described, the pattern buffer can be used to hold a subject essentially is stasis. Normally these patterns will degrade after just a few minutes at most, though on one occasion a specially modified transporter held a subject intact for seventy five years.
Although transporter systems are designed to beam a subject to or from a destination intact, it is possible to override the safety systems on a standard Starfleet transporter and cause it to deliberately disperse the subject over a wide area. This is done by disengaging the annular confinement beam during rematerialization, depriving the subject of a proper reference matrix to form against. Such a measure may be used in order to neutralize a dangerous payload such as a bomb or other weapon; the measure is frequently complemented by materializing the subject in space.
Near warp transport is achieved by careful shifting of the ACB frequency. This can be an uncomfortable experience for those who go through it, and on occasion can even be dangerous.
Warp transport can be achieved by the same method as near warp transport; this is only effective if the origin and destination are moving at the same warp speed. Transport between locations moving with different warp speeds result in a catastrophic loss of pattern integrity - this is fatal to living organisms.
Daystrom Institute
Alien Corner: 40th Anniversary edition
TALOSIANS
One of the more mysterious species the Federation has encountered, the Talosian culture dates back hundreds of thousands of years. In the distant past they waged a terrible war which rendered the surface of their planet uninhabitable, forcing the few Talosian survivors to retreat underground. They found this life highly restrictive, and so devoted themselves to developing a tremendous level of telepathic ability. They are able to project utterly convincing images into the brain of another species across distances of at least several light years, apparently at speeds greatly in excess of light. However, this ability proved to be the downfall of their race. The Talosians enjoyed sharing the experiences of those aliens they had collected prior to the war, but this became a dangerous narcotic for them. They came to rely on their fantasy life more and more, eventually losing almost all touch with reality. Meanwhile, their technology crumbled and decayed around them to leave them all but helpless.
The Talosian response was to bring aliens to their world, hoping to select appropriate specimens and use them to breed an entire race of slaves to maintain their society whilst they continued to enjoy their telepathic fantasy lives. The first encounter between Talosians and Humanity came when the SS Columbia crashed on Talos IV in 2236. All the crew was killed except for one woman, Vina, who was badly injured. The Talosians repaired her injuries, but although they found Humans to be an ideal physical choice for their slaves they were not able to proceed with their plans for a further 18 years due to the lack of any male candidate.
In 2254 the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Pike, encountered a radio distress call sent by the Columbia and proceeded to Talos. The Talosians kidnapped several crewmembers, including the Captain, in order to start their slave race. Pike made every effort to escape, but the Talosians mental abilities made it all but impossible - so complete were their abilities that they could easily destroy the starship just by tricking the crew into pressing the wrong buttons.
Ultimately, Pikes first officer threatened to kill all of the captives rather than submit to slavery. Realizing that the Humans would never accept captivity, the Talosians allowed them to leave.
Starfleet quarantined the planet, forbidding any Starfleet ship to approach under penalty of death for its Captain. Yet in 2267 the USS Enterprise was hijacked by its first officer, Spock, and taken to Talos. Captain Pike had recently suffered devastating injuries from exposure to delta rays, leaving him permanently crippled. Spock was convinced that Pike could live out the rest of his days more comfortably on Talos, where his mind could be convinced that his body was once again healthy. Starfleet ultimately allowed the mission due to the special circumstances.
Since this time there has been no further contact with the Talosians. Presumably their society is still decaying, although the presence of a Human male and female may mean that a small group of Humans was produced after all.
Daystrom Institute
CONSTITUTION CLASS
By Ensign Mike Redman
Type : Heavy Cruiser - basic
Unit Run : NCC 1017 USS Constellation - Destroyed
NCC 1700 USS Constitution2 - Retired
NCC 1764 USS Defiant - Missing
NCC 956 USS Eagle4 - Upgraded
NCC 1701 USS Enterprise - Upgraded6
NCC 1664 USS Excalibur - Retired
NCC 1672 USS Exeter - Destroyed
NCC 1647 USS Farragut - Retired NCC 1703 USS Hood8 - Retired
NCC 16312 USS Intrepid - Destroyed
NCC 1710 USS Kongo - Retired
NCC 17094 USS Lexington - Retired
NCC 16574 USS Potemkin - Retired
NCC 1371 USS Republic - Retired
NCC 17174 USS Yorktown - Upgraded
NCC 1895 USS Endeavour - Retired
10 have been lost in all. 5 have been retired from service.
Commissioned : 2244 - 2265, remained in service until 2285
Dimensions : Length : 289 m
Beam : 127.1 m
Height : 72.6 m
Decks : 21
Mass : 600,000 metric tons
Crew : 433
Armament : 6 x Type VI phasers, total output 4,000 Terawatts
2 x 2nd class photon torpedo tube with 120 rounds
Defense Systems : Standard shield system, total capacity 594,000 TeraJoules
Standard Monotanium Double hull.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds
(TOS scale) : Normal Cruise: 5
Maximum Cruise: 6
Maximum Rated: 8 for 2 hours.
Strength Indices :
(Galaxy class = 1,000) Beam Firepower : 80
Torpedo Firepower : 125
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 100
Shield Strength : 220
Hull Armor : 10
Speed : 267
Combat Maneuverability : 4,740
Overall Strength Index : 147
Diplomatic Capability : 4
Expected Hull Life : 40
Refit Cycle :
Minor : 1 year
Standard : 1 years
Major : 20 years
Notes: Perhaps the most famous class of vessel in Starfleet history, the Constitution class was a legend in its own time. When launched, the USS Constitution set a new standard of excellence in almost every applicable field - she was simultaneously the fastest ship, most advanced exploration platform and most powerful combat vessel in known space. The four hundred and thirty crewmembers enjoyed a standard of crew accommodation unknown on other vessels of the period, while the diplomatic facilities rivaled those of all but the most elaborate Starbase.
Quickly following the Constellation in 2245 was the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701. This was to become the most famous vessel in Federation history; during her years of service life the Enterprise explored countless new worlds, making first contact with many species and expanding the Federations knowledge of the territories surrounding it hugely. Like her sisters the Enterprise also served as a mighty deterrent to both the Klingons and Romulans, several times taking part in combat actions which determined the fate of the entire Federation if not the Alpha Quadrant itself.
The Constitution class ships where designed for long duration missions with minimal outside support and exploratory missions typically lasted up to five years. The Enterprise conducted several such missions, first under Captain April and then under Captain Pike, followed by Captain Kirk. Kirk captained the Enterprise through her most difficult missions, and it is largely because of his incredible success that the Constitution class has acquired the reputation it has.
Other ships of the class were less fortunate than the Enterprise; the USS Defiant was lost in an interphase pocket in 2268. The ship emerged in the Mirror universe, where it was captured first by the Tholians and then by the Terran Empire. The USS Excalibur and Lexington were badly damaged in the unfortunate M-5 incident - Excalibur's entire crew was killed in the incident. Virtually the entire crew of the Exeter was killed by a deadly alien virus in 2268. The USS Constellation was destroyed fighting against the Doomsday machine, again with the loss of her entire crew.
By 2265 the early Constitutions where reaching twenty years of age, their designed life span. Starfleet had decided that they where becoming somewhat long in the tooth and was looking for a replacement class; however, such was the popularity of these ships that the Starfleet design bureau stated in an official memo that none of the contemplated new designs matched up to them and the best course of action was to simply rebuild the existing ships with the latest technology. Although Starfleet was not convinced at first, careful testing of the skeleton framework of several Constitution class ships revealed that the basic structure was more than capable of continuing in service, having withstood twenty years of hard use with ease.
The USS Enterprise was selected to be the first ship to undergo such a refit, and in 2269 she went into space dock in Earth orbit for eighteen months of work. Never in Starfleet history has any vessel been so comprehensively updated - essentially a new vessel was built onto the bones of the old, replacing virtually every major system. The Enterprise was rushed out of Space dock in 2271 to face the threat presented by the entity known as V'Ger, which was destroying everything in its path as it advanced towards Earth; she succeed in averting the danger and proceeded on her shakedown cruise
Type : Heavy Cruiser - refit
Unit Run : NCC 1701 USS Enterprise - Destroyed
NCC 956 USS Eagle - Retired NCC-1701-A USS Enterprise - Retired
Plus 37 others built in total. 10 have been lost in all. 30 have been retired from service.
Commissioned : 2269 - 2286, remained in service until 2298
Dimensions : Length : 305 m
Beam : 140 m
Height : 75 m
Decks : 23
Mass : 620,000 metric tons
Crew : 400
Armament : 186 x Type VII phasers6, total output 6,000 Terawatts
423 x 2nd class photon torpedo tube with 120 rounds
Defense Systems : Standard shield system, total capacity 702,000 TeraJoules
Standard Duranium Double hull.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds
(TOS scale) : Normal Cruise: 6
Maximum Cruise: 76
Maximum Rated: 9 for 4 hours.
Strength Indices :
(Galaxy class = 1,000) Beam Firepower : 120
Torpedo Firepower : 250
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 150
Shield Strength : 260
Hull Armor : 20
Speed : 381
Combat Maneuverability : 5,340
Overall Strength Index : 214
Diplomatic Capability :
4
Expected Hull Life : 40
Refit Cycle : Minor : 1 year
Standard : 1 years
Major : 20 years
Notes: Once the Enterprise was through her shakedown cruise successfully the remaining Constitutions where refitted in quick succession. The new ships proved to be more than capable of carrying out their normal exploratory and scientific roles, while in the combat arena they where judged an easy match for the new Klingon K’tinga class. The Constitutions continued in service for a further twenty years, and once again the Enterprise set the standard for the rest of the ships to follow. After her shakedown the ship conducted another five year exploratory mission under Admiral Kirk before being transferred to training duties in 2277 under Captain Spock. She continued in this role for a further eight years, and many of Starfleet’s most successful officers went into space for the first time aboard this ship. In 2285 the Enterprise suffered heavy battle damage while preventing Khan from stealing the Genesis Device; the ship was to be retired at this point, but Kirk and his officers stole her and took her to Genesis to retrieve Captain Spock's regenerated body from the planet. The Enterprise was attacked and crippled by a Klingon Bird of Prey while at Genesis, and was subsequently destroyed by Admiral Kirk shortly after the Klingon crew boarded to take control.
The USS Yorktown was subsequently renamed as the second Starship Enterprise, NCC-1701-A, and assigned to the now Captain Kirk. The Yorktown had recently emerged from a major refit, and the ship suffered many technical problems on her first mission2; nevertheless, she went on to serve the remainder of her service life with distinction. The most notable mission of the Enterprise-A where the actions she and the USS Excelsior participated in at the Khitomer conference; as the Enterprise escorted the Klingon Chancellor to the first meeting assassins beamed over to the Klingon ship and killed the chancellor. Kirk and his chief medical officer where arrested and convicted of this crime, and sentenced to life imprisonment on the penal asteroid of Rura Pente; Kirk promptly escaped and took the Enterprise to the conference at Khitomer, preventing another assassination attempt and saving the peace process.
The Enterprise-A went into retirement shortly after this mission2. The remaining Constitutions where decommissioned over the next five years as the Excelsior class became available in numbers.
Saucer Section features
Deck Contains...
A Bridge
B Security office.
C Officer's mess
D VIP staterooms , conference room, junior officer's quarters, water tanks, pump machinery, phaser banks
E Senior officer's quarters
F Crew quarters, crew mess rooms, crew lounge, impulse engineering section, elevator maintenance shop, personnel airlocks.
G Crew quarters, crew mess rooms, crew lounge, impulse engineering section, elevator maintenance shop, personnel airlocks.
H Main docking ports, fire control, computer core, laundry, fabrication facility, phaser banks, saucer, engineering hull couplings.
I Viewing lounges, backup computer memory bank.
Star drive Section features
Deck Contains
J Primary hull circuit breaker room.
K Main sensor array monitoring room.
L Photon torpedo stowage.
M Docking ports, photon torpedo launcher, and observation lounge.
N Main engineering upper deck; main structural hull supports.
O Main engineering lower deck; horizontal intermix shaft.
P Engineering support, energy converter units, main battery room, chief engineer's briefing room and office, main maintenance area, upper landing bay and observation galleries, Circuit breaker room.
Q Landing bay, docking ports, upper cargo bay, observation lounges.
R Shuttlecraft hangar, lower cargo bay, secondary auxiliary control centre, secondary computer, lifeboats.
S Main cargo storage. Fabricators, shuttlecraft maintenance, recorder-marker system.
T Matter/antimatter containment system, botanical garden, tractor beam housing, mess room, ship's pool.
U Sanitary waste recovery, fresh water tanks, pumping machinery, swimming pool maintenance, phaser banks.
Daystrom Institute
Starfleet technical database
TRANSPORTER
By: 2nd Lt Victoria Love
The transporter is probably the single greatest revolution in the movement of people and goods in recorded history; invented in 2135, the first transporter cleared for the transport of biological organisms was installed aboard the NX class starship Enterprise in 2151. Although many crewmembers did not trust the new device, with some justification1, the transporter eventually became a common feature of 22nd century life.
The basic operating principles of the transporter are relatively simple. It makes a detailed scan of the subject, breaks down its molecular structure, and then transmits this beam to another location. The information gained from the scan is then used to reassemble the subject exactly as before.
Like many simple ideas, the actual engineering required to construct a working transporter are quite more complex. A standard transporter unit consists of ten major components:
The Transport Chamber is the area in which the subject is placed for transport. The transport chamber can be of almost any size or shape, though larger chambers have far greater energy requirements and are correspondingly less efficient for general use. Most transport chambers are capable of holding approximately six persons.
The Operators Console is the control unit of the whole system; these consoles are typically manned by a single operator who oversees the transport process and is responsible for reacting to emergency situations, as well as conducting routine maintenance of the transporter systems.
The Transporter Controller is a dedicated computer system which controls the minutiae of the transport process itself.
The Primary Energizing Coils are located directly above the transport chamber. These coils generate the annular confinement beam, creating a space-time matrix within which the dematerializing process occurs. The primary energizing coils also generate a containment field around the subject in order to prevent any possible breach of the annular confinement beam during the transport process. This is important as such disruption can result in a sizeable energy discharge.
The Phase Transition Coils are located in the floor of the transport chamber. It is the phase transition coils that cause the actual dematerialization/materialization process. They do this be decoupling the binding energy between the subatomic particles of the subject, causing the atoms themselves to disintegrate.
Molecular Imaging Scanners are located in the roof of the transport chamber. These devices scan the subject to be transported at quantum resolution, determining the location and momentum of every particle within the subject. Bulk cargo can be scanned at the molecular resolution, as it is not generally vital to recreate the object exactly. Living matter requires that exact information be obtained, a process which violates the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. This is made possible by the Heisenberg Compensator system, a component of the molecular imaging scanners of all personnel transport systems. All transporters are built with four redundant sets of scanners, allowing any three to override a fourth should it make an error. Should two scanners produce the same error the transport process would be aborted automatically by the transport controller system.
The Pattern Buffer is a large super conducting tokamak device, usually situated directly underneath the transporter unit itself. Once the subject has been dematerialized they are passed into the pattern buffer and held in suspension while the system compensates for relative motion between itself and the target location. Pattern buffers can be shared by several different transport systems, although only one transporter can use a given buffer at a time. Should an emergency arise during transport a pattern can be held suspended in a transport buffer without being either sent or dematerialized; however, after a few minutes such a pattern will begin to degrade to the point at which the subject will be unrecoverable.
The Biofilter is an image processing device which analyses the data from the molecular imaging scanner in order to locate any potentially damaging organisms which may have infected the subject. The biofilter is not generally a part of civilian transporter systems, though it is mandatory on all Starfleet transporters.
The Emitter Pad Array is mounted on the exterior of the transport system itself - in the case of a spacecraft, on the hull of the ship. The array transmits the actual matter stream to or from the destination. Components of the emitter array include the phase transition matrix and primary energizing coils. Some transporter systems also contain clusters of long range molecular imaging scanners within the emitter pad; this allows the system to lock onto targets at long range to beam them from remote locations without outside assistance. Most transporter systems do not include long range molecular scanners; such transporters can only beam to and from other systems.
Targeting Scanners are a set of redundant sensors which are responsible for determining the exact location of the destination in relation to the transporter unit. Targeting scanners also determine the environmental conditions at the target site. Although dedicated targeting scanners should ideally be a component of any transport process, in practice any sensor device of sufficient range and accuracy can provide the required information so long as it is compatible with the transporter controller information protocols. In addition, if transport is being conducted between systems with a fixed relative position - planetary transporter units, for example - targeting information can be disregarded.
The precise operation of a transporter naturally depends on the level of system specifications. Starfleet transporters are generally reckoned to be the most advanced in the Federation, since they are required to perform a wider range of tasks over much more variable conditions than civilian models. Typical operations for Starfleet transporters include the following:
Beam up involves using the emitter array as the primary energizing coil in order to beam a subject from a remote location which does not have a transporter system.
Site-to-site transport involves following the conventional beam up process until the subject is in the pattern buffer; the subject is then shunted to a second pattern buffer and on to another emitter array before being beamed out to a new location. This process essentially merges two transport processes in order to allow a subject to be beamed from one location to another without having to rematerialize on board ship first. This process is avoided if possible since it requires double the energy expenditure and system resources to accomplish each transport.
Hold in pattern buffer. As described, the pattern buffer can be used to hold a subject essentially is stasis. Normally these patterns will degrade after just a few minutes at most, though on one occasion a specially modified transporter held a subject intact for seventy five years.
Although transporter systems are designed to beam a subject to or from a destination intact, it is possible to override the safety systems on a standard Starfleet transporter and cause it to deliberately disperse the subject over a wide area. This is done by disengaging the annular confinement beam during rematerialization, depriving the subject of a proper reference matrix to form against. Such a measure may be used in order to neutralize a dangerous payload such as a bomb or other weapon; the measure is frequently complemented by materializing the subject in space.
Near warp transport is achieved by careful shifting of the ACB frequency. This can be an uncomfortable experience for those who go through it, and on occasion can even be dangerous.
Warp transport can be achieved by the same method as near warp transport; this is only effective if the origin and destination are moving at the same warp speed. Transport between locations moving with different warp speeds result in a catastrophic loss of pattern integrity - this is fatal to living organisms.
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Alien Corner: 40th Anniversary edition
TALOSIANS
One of the more mysterious species the Federation has encountered, the Talosian culture dates back hundreds of thousands of years. In the distant past they waged a terrible war which rendered the surface of their planet uninhabitable, forcing the few Talosian survivors to retreat underground. They found this life highly restrictive, and so devoted themselves to developing a tremendous level of telepathic ability. They are able to project utterly convincing images into the brain of another species across distances of at least several light years, apparently at speeds greatly in excess of light. However, this ability proved to be the downfall of their race. The Talosians enjoyed sharing the experiences of those aliens they had collected prior to the war, but this became a dangerous narcotic for them. They came to rely on their fantasy life more and more, eventually losing almost all touch with reality. Meanwhile, their technology crumbled and decayed around them to leave them all but helpless.
The Talosian response was to bring aliens to their world, hoping to select appropriate specimens and use them to breed an entire race of slaves to maintain their society whilst they continued to enjoy their telepathic fantasy lives. The first encounter between Talosians and Humanity came when the SS Columbia crashed on Talos IV in 2236. All the crew was killed except for one woman, Vina, who was badly injured. The Talosians repaired her injuries, but although they found Humans to be an ideal physical choice for their slaves they were not able to proceed with their plans for a further 18 years due to the lack of any male candidate.
In 2254 the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Pike, encountered a radio distress call sent by the Columbia and proceeded to Talos. The Talosians kidnapped several crewmembers, including the Captain, in order to start their slave race. Pike made every effort to escape, but the Talosians mental abilities made it all but impossible - so complete were their abilities that they could easily destroy the starship just by tricking the crew into pressing the wrong buttons.
Ultimately, Pikes first officer threatened to kill all of the captives rather than submit to slavery. Realizing that the Humans would never accept captivity, the Talosians allowed them to leave.
Starfleet quarantined the planet, forbidding any Starfleet ship to approach under penalty of death for its Captain. Yet in 2267 the USS Enterprise was hijacked by its first officer, Spock, and taken to Talos. Captain Pike had recently suffered devastating injuries from exposure to delta rays, leaving him permanently crippled. Spock was convinced that Pike could live out the rest of his days more comfortably on Talos, where his mind could be convinced that his body was once again healthy. Starfleet ultimately allowed the mission due to the special circumstances.
Since this time there has been no further contact with the Talosians. Presumably their society is still decaying, although the presence of a Human male and female may mean that a small group of Humans was produced after all.
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