SS Unspecified

[Robbert Raets]

un-spec-i-fied: not named or stated explicitly or in detail

Unspecified-Class
Class and type: Unspecified-class Surveyor Variant
Commissioning date: 2321

HULL SYSTEMS
Size: 5
Length: 152 meters
Beam: 52 meters
Height: 38 meters
Decks: 9
Mass: 180,000(?) metric tonnes
SU's available: 1234
SU's Used: 1199

Hull
Outer 20
Inner 20

Resistance
Outer Hull: 5 5
Inner Hull: 5 4

Structural Integrity Field
Main: Class 3 (Protection 60/90) 23
Backup: Class 3 (Protection 30) 12
Backup: Class 3 (Protection 30) 12
[1power/10 protection/round]

PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 76/28/600

Crew Quarters:
Basic: 60 6
Expanded: 10 2
Luxury: 2 2
Unusual: 3 3

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [8 power/round] 20
Reserve Life Support [4 power/round] 10
Emergency Life Support (21 Shelters) 21
Gravity [3 power/round] 5
Consumables: 2 years' worth 10
Food Replicators [5pow/r] 5
Industrial Replicators
Network of small Replicators [2pow/r] 5
Large Unit [2pow/r] 3
Medical Facilities: 6 (+1) [6pw/r] 30
Recreational Facilities: 5 [10pw/r] 40
Personnel Transport:
Turbolifts & Jeffries Tubes [2pow/r] 15
Fire Suppression System [1pw/r] 5
Cargo Holds: 66,000 m3 2
Escape Pods: 100 pods, 4 passengers 5

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Warp Drive
Type 5C Nacelles [5pw/warp/r] 65
Speed: 5.0/8.0/9.0
Type C PIS (6 h of max warp) 6

Impulse Engines
Class 4 Impulse Engines (.6c/.8c) [6/8pw/r] 20
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2pw/r] 5

POWER SYSTEMS

Warp Engine
Class 5/H M/AM reactors 60
generate 250 power/round
Impulse Engines generate 32pw/r
Auxiliary Reactors: 3 generate 5pw/rctr/r 9
Emergency Power: Type C (35pw/r) 35
EPS: Standard +200 flow 45

OPERATIONS SYSTEMS
Bridge: Saucer Dorsal 25

Computers
Core 1: saucer [5pw/r] 10
Core 2: engineering [5pw/r] 10
Alpha-Class uprating(+1) [1pw/r] 2
ODN 15

Navigational Deflector [5pw/r] 20
Range:10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11

Sensor Systems
Long-Range Sensors [5pw/r]
Range: Type 6 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10) 24
Strenght: Class 8 (Strenght 8) 16
Gain: Alpha Class (+1) 3
Coverage: +3000 9
Lateral Sensors [5pw/r]
Strenght: Class 8 (Strenght 8) 16
Gain: Alpha Class (+1) 3
Coverage: +3000 9
Navigational Sensors [5pw/r]
Strenght: Class 8 (Strenght 8) 16
Gain: Alpha Class (+1) 2
Probes: 200 probes of various types 20

Sensors Skill: 4

Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Flight Control 3, Coordination 2 [1pw/r] 11
Navigational Computer: Class 2 (+1) [1pw/r] 2
Backup: Class 2 (+1) [1pw/r] 2
Inertial Dampeners
Main: 3 Strength 9 [3pw/r] 30
Backups: 3 Strength 6 [2pw/r] 8
Attitude Control [1pw/r] 1

Communications Systems
Type: Class 6 (Strenght 6) [2pw/r] 12
Security: (-2)

Tractor Beams
2 Gamma Class Emitters [3pw/strenght/r] 18
Locations: Aft Ventral, Forward
1 Alpha Class Emitter [3pw/strenght/r] 3
Location: Shuttlebay

Transporters
2 Personnel Transporters [6pw/use/tr] Pads: 8 32
Class F Coils (str6) Emitter/Receivers: Type 6 (40,000km)
Location: One in Saucer, one in Engineering
2 Emergency Transporters [4pw/use/tr] Pads: 12 24
Class F Coils (str6) Emitter/Receivers: Type 3 (15,000km)
Location: One in Saucer, one in Engineering
2 Cargo Transporters [4pw/use/tr] Pads: 400kg 22
Class F Coils (str6) Emitter/Receivers: Type 3 (40,000km)
Location: Both in Saucer

Cloaking Device: None

Security Systems
Rating: 2 8
Anti-Intruder System [1pw/r] 5
Internal Force Fields [1pw/3str] 5

Science Systems
Rating: 3 (+2) [3pw/r] 20
Specialized Systems: 3 15
21 Laboratories 6

TACTICAL SYSTEMS

Forward Phaser Array 17
type VIII 160 damage [16pw]
60 emitters (1 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Forward, All Firing Modes
Location: Ventral, inbetween saucer & engineering

Saucer Port Phaser Array 17
type VIII 160 damage [16pw]
60 emitters (1 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Port, All Firing Modes
Location: Port Edge of saucer

Saucer Starboard Phaser Array 17
type VIII 160 damage [16pw]
60 emitters (1 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Starboard, All Firing Modes
Location: Starboard Edge of saucer

Engineering Port Phaser Array 17
type VIII 160 damage [16pw]
60 emitters (1 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Aft/Port, All Firing Modes
Location: Behind Port Nacelle Support Beam

Engineering Starboard Phaser Array 17
type VIII 160 damage [16pw]
60 emitters (1 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Aft/Starboard, All Firing Modes
Location: Behind Starboard Nacelle Support Beam

Torpedo/Probe Launcher 12
Load: One Type II Photon Torpedo (200 damage) [25pw]
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: Forward, but self-guided
Location: Engineering Hull, above Deflector Dish

Torpedoes Carried:
18 2

[b]TA/T/TS: Alpha Class 6
Strength:6 Bonus:+0

Weapons Skill: 3

SHIELDS
4 Class 2 Shields (400 protection) [40pw/shield/r] 40
4 Type B Shield Grid (+33%) 20
4 Gamma Class Distortion Amplifiers (Threshold 120) 40
4 Class 1 Recharging System (45 seconds) 10
4 Backup Generators 5

Auto-Destruct System 5

AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS
Shuttlebay: Capacity for 5 size worth of Ships 10
Standard complement: 2 shuttlecraft
Location: Engineering Hull Aft

NOTES: Stealing many ideas from the Ambassador Design Program and having help from the newly admitted Bolians, the SS Unspecified was ready 3 years early. The Unspecified class of ships is very versatile and configurable for various tasks. Many ships of the class were built, and only a fraction of their number are in use by Starfleet. Most of them are used as cargo freighters and civilian science vessels, although some foreign powers have acquired a significant amount of the basic Unspecified hull . Some were traded with the Klingons or bought by Ferengi. It is even believed that the Romulans have 'em. Due to the attrition of Federation ships in the Dominion War, there is talk of renewing production of the Unspecified Class. The four major configurations currently in service are Science, Gunship, Cargo Hauler And Medical


NOTEWORTHY VESSELS/SERVICE RECORDS/ENCOUNTERS
SS Unspecified, NAR 10467: First ship of the class. Lost near Alpha Centauri, cause unknown.

USS Clinton, NCC 11500: Wrecked in collision with tree, rolled over twice and exploded during emergency landing attempt in which the ship's psychologist took the helm.

USS Eisenhower, NCC 25908: First contact with BrennonBraga race Tested Recurring Character Rescue And Protection System (R-CRAP) in 2384

SS Henry Jones, NAR 12157: Civilian Science Vessel owned by the famous archeologist/explorers Sue Expendable and Jason Expendable-Noughtworth.
Nearly destroyed in encounter with Baran's Raiders.

USS Impossible, NCC 41831: The only ship of the 13th Fleet disaster in 2374 in the Kalandra Sector to survive with minimal casualties & damage, the Impossible is currently assigned to scouting and exploration missions.


USS Holland, NCC 36431: First gun-ship conversion. Will take part in Admiral Janeway's ill-fated attempt to destroy That Damn Fish, once she gets back from the DQ.

USS Knight-Errant, NCC 36547: Gunship variant sister-ship of the Impossible. Refitted after the 13th Fleet disaster, it is now going through it's shakedown near the Vulcan/Bolian front


USS Simon & Garfunkel: Cargo Hauler, assigned to DS9-New Subspace Relay re-supply run

Also in service: USS Arrogant, USS Belinda Carlisle, USS Downright, USS Inexplicable, SS Average, SS Boring, SS Redundant, SS Unlikely SS Nefarious

[Lancer]

I like it. The descriptions are funny and the stats are realisitc for a ship of it's age, thankfully avoiding the old "let's cram in one more cool system-upgrade" trap. While I certainly won't call it the Unspecified class I might use it in my game.

Robbert, why don't you provide us with stats for the major variations, e.g. gunships adds xxx weapon systems and removes yyy science systems, etc.?

[Robbert Raets]

I'm working on that. Credit of course to Styro, who came up with the original idea and ship names.

I'm also considering giving the ship a trait/quirk or two.

[StyroFoam Man]

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[Robbert Raets]

Starship Disadvantage: Packaged
The Unspecifieds currently in SF-service are enhanced civilian science vessels. Because of the Dominion War, all but the weakest crusers and explorers are tied up, leaving mostly Oberth and Unspecified class ships for minor scouting and scientific duty. Turning a light freighter/surveyor into a full SF vessel has its price, however: the ships are usually cramped to the outer hull. The proximity of ship's systems and the tangled circuitry makes combat very dangerous for the fragile Unspecified: Even a swingle hit has a chance of damaging multiple systems.

Roll 1d6-2: That amount of damage bleeds off into another system; Roll again on the starship hit locations table.

[StyroFoam Man]

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[Lancer]

Originally posted by StyroFoam Man
Comments, ideas, feedback?

How about a description of the ship. That it's the counterpart to the Ambassador-class is a good idea, but it doesn't tell anything about the configuration of the Unspecified-class.

And I think you should include crew quarters on maybe decks 2 and 4, not just on deck 3.

During the last few days I tried to come up with deckplans for the Nova-class, which is comparable in size and crew strength and believe me, these quarters take up a LOT of space.

[Robbert Raets]

Unspecified-Class
Class and type: Unspecified-class Escort Variant
Commissioning date: 2374

HULL SYSTEMS
Size: 5
Length: 152 meters
Beam: 54 meters
Height: 38 meters
Decks: 9
Mass: 180,000(?) metric tonnes
SU's available: 1234
SU's Used: 1199

Hull
Outer 20
Inner 20

Resistance
Outer Hull: 6 6
Inner Hull: 6 6

Structural Integrity Field
Main: Class 5 (Protection 80/120) 29
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40) 15
Backup: Class 5 (Protection 40) 15
[1power/10 protection/round]

PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 37/19/470

Crew Quarters:
Basic: 30 3
Expanded: 5 1
Luxury: 1 1
Unusual: 1 1

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [7 power/round] 20
Reserve Life Support [4 power/round] 10
Emergency Life Support (21 Shelters) 21
Gravity [3 power/round] 5
Consumables: 2 years' worth 10
Food Replicators [5pow/r] 5
Industrial Replicators
Network of small Replicators [2pow/r] 5
Large Unit [2pow/r] 3
Medical Facilities: 3 (+1) [6pw/r] 15
Recreational Facilities: 3 [6pw/r] 24
Personnel Transport:
Turbolifts & Jeffries Tubes [2pow/r] 15
Fire Suppression System [1pw/r] 5
Cargo Holds: 100,000 m3 3
Escape Pods: 100 pods, 4 passengers 5

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Warp Drive
Type 5E Nacelles [5pw/warp/r] 75
Speed: 5.0/9.0/9.2
Type C PIS (6 h of max warp) 6

Impulse Engines
Class 4 Impulse Engines (.6c/.8c) [6/8pw/r] 20
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2pw/r] 5

POWER SYSTEMS

Warp Engine
Class 5/H M/AM reactors 60
generate 250 power/round
Impulse Engines generate 32pw/r
Auxiliary Reactors: 3 generate 5pw/rctr/r 9
Emergency Power: Type C (35pw/r) 35
EPS: Standard +200 flow 45

OPERATIONS SYSTEMS
Bridge: Saucer Dorsal 25

Computers
Core 1: saucer [5pw/r] 10
Core 2: engineering [5pw/r] 10
Alpha-Class uprating(+1) [1pw/r] 2
ODN 15

Navigational Deflector [5pw/r] 20
Range:10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11

Sensor Systems
Long-Range Sensors [5pw/r]
Range: Type 2 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10) 8
Strenght: Class 5 (Strenght 5) 10
Gain: None
Coverage: -3000 -6
Lateral Sensors [5pw/r]
Strenght: Class 5 (Strenght 5) 10
Gain: Alpha Class (+1) 3
Coverage: Standard
Navigational Sensors [5pw/r]
Strenght: Class 6 (Strenght 6) 12
Gain: Beta Class (+2) 4
Probes: 20 probes of various types 2

Sensors Skill: 4

Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Flight Control 3, Coordination 2 [1pw/r] 11
Navigational Computer: Class 2 (+1) [1pw/r] 2
Backup: Class 2 (+1) [1pw/r] 2
Inertial Dampeners
Main: 3 Strength 9 [3pw/r] 30
Backups: 3 Strength 6 [2pw/r] 8
Attitude Control [1pw/r] 1

Communications Systems
Type: Class 6 (Strenght 6) [2pw/r] 12
Security: (-2)

Tractor Beams
2 Gamma Class Emitters [3pw/strenght/r] 18
Locations: Aft Ventral, Forward
1 Alpha Class Emitter [3pw/strenght/r] 3
Location: Shuttlebay

Transporters
2 Personnel Transporters [6pw/use/tr] Pads: 8 32
Class F Coils (str6) Emitter/Receivers: Type 6 (40,000km)
Location: One in Saucer, one in Engineering
2 Emergency Transporters [4pw/use/tr] Pads: 12 30
Class I Coils (str9) Emitter/Receivers: Type 3 (15,000km)
Location: One in Saucer, one in Engineering
2 Cargo Transporters [4pw/use/tr] Pads: 400kg 22
Class F Coils (str6) Emitter/Receivers: Type 3 (40,000km)
Location: Both in Saucer

Cloaking Device: None

Security Systems
Rating: 3 12
Anti-Intruder System [1pw/r] 5
Internal Force Fields [1pw/3str] 5

Science Systems
Rating: 1 (+0) [1pw/r] 10
Specialized Systems: None
Laboratories: none

TACTICAL SYSTEMS

Forward Phaser Array 23
type X 200 damage [20pw]
80 emitters (2 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Forward, All Firing Modes
Location: Ventral, inbetween saucer & engineering

Saucer Port Phaser Array 23[/b]
type X 200 damage [20pw]
80 emitters (2 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Port, All Firing Modes
Location: Port Edge of saucer

Saucer Starboard Phaser Array 23[/b]
type X 200 damage [20pw]
80 emitters (2 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Starboard, All Firing Modes
Location: Starboard Edge of saucer

Engineering Port Phaser Array 23[/b]
type X 200 damage [20pw]
80 emitters (2 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Aft/Port, All Firing Modes
Location: Behind Port Nacelle Support Beam

Engineering Starboard Phaser Array 23[/b]
type X 200 damage [20pw]
80 emitters (2 shot)
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Arc: 360 degrees Aft/Starboard, All Firing Modes
Location: Behind Starboard Nacelle Support Beam

Forward Torpedo Launcher 14[/b]
Load: Type II Photon Torpedoes (200 damage) [20pw +5pw/torp]
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Spread: 5 Arc: Forward, but self-guided
Location: Engineering Hull, above Deflector Dish

Saucer Torpedo Launcher 14[/b]
Load: Type II Photon Torpedoes (200 damage) [20pw +5pw/torp]
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Spread: 5 Arc: Forward, but self-guided
Location: Saucer Forward Dorsal

Aft Torpedo Launcher 14[/b]
Load: Type II Photon Torpedoes (200 damage) [20pw +5pw/torp]
beta class auto interlock (accuracy 4/5/7/10)
Spread: 5 Arc: Aft, but self-guided
Location: Engineering Hull, above Shuttlebay

Torpedoes Carried:
120 12

[b]TA/T/TS: Delta Class [4pw/r] 15
Strength:10 Bonus:+3

Weapons Skill: 4

SHIELDS
4 Class 3 Shields (600 protection) [40pw/shield/r] 76
4 Type B Shield Grid (+33%) 20
4 Gamma Class Distortion Amplifiers (Threshold 120) 40
4 Class 2 Recharging System (40 seconds) 15
4 Backup Generators 5

Auto-Destruct System 5

AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS
Shuttlebay: Capacity for 10 size worth of Ships 20
Standard complement: 3 shuttlecraft, 1 TacFighter
Location: Engineering Hull Aft

NOTES: Desperate needs lead to desperate deeds, the Federation motto during the Dominion War. Starfleet made an escort refit of, of all things, the Unspecified-class. Most are assigned one or two TacFighters, to increase their (barely existant) combat capabilities.


NOTEWORTHY VESSELS/SERVICE RECORDS/ENCOUNTERS
USS Holland, NCC 36431: First gun-ship conversion.

USS Knight-Errant, NCC 36547: Gunship variant sister-ship of the Impossible. Refitted after the 13th Fleet disaster, it is now going through it's shakedown near the Vulcan/Bolian front

USS Arrogant, NCC 37782: Took part in Operation Return in 2374 and was heavily damaged.

USS Belinda Carlisle, NCC 36997: Testbed for the Tri-Polar Gravatic-Electostatic Genitalia Dislocater, Mk IV.

USS Black Belt, NCC 36999: Took part in Operation Return in 2374, afterwards used as training vessel by SF Academy.


All names and commission contract numbers are product of my imagination. Styro-Raets Productions is not responsible for accidently having the same name and/or commission contract number you do.

[Robbert Raets]

Reviving this thread, because the Impossible and Green Card from the story I wrote up are ships of this class

[Captain Blake]

Originally posted by StyroFoam Man
A deck-by-deck breakdown. Please note, despite what Robbert says... There ARE bathrooms on all the decks, not just deck two!

Reminds me of the old Klingon D-7 Deckplans. All the bathrooms were at the very back of the ship, beyond the engineering section. The crew was, of cource, up front. So, in order for the Klingons to use the bathrooms, they had to run the entire length of the ship.

And then they had to stand in line because there weren't that many of them.

No wonder TOS Klingons were so vicious.

Hmmm, I wonder if the "Bathroom Issue" is the real reason why the Klingons developed forehead ridges. Either radiation from the warp cores, or an extra place to store stuff.

Just ruminating.

Alex

[StyroFoam Man]

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