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{{ShipSpecs
|image= [[Image:Hornet.jpg]]
|name= Hornet Class
|category= Escort
|duration= 50 Years
|resupply= 0 Years
|refit= 1 Year
|officers= 10
|enlisted= 30
|marines= 0
|passengers=
|evaccap=
|stardock=
|cruisevel= Warp 6
|maxvel= Warp 9.2
|emervel= Warp 9.82 (4 Hours)
|diameter=
|mainheight=
|overallheight=
|length= 180 Metres
|width= 115 Metres
|height= 30 Metres
|decks= 4
}}

While the USS ''Defiant'' had been a prototype for a ship that [[Starfleet]] was just starting to experiment with, after the close of the [[Dominion War]] there was time to perfect it. With all of the redesign and 'tuning' that the ''Defiant'' prototype had gone through, engineers now had a very large pool of research to invest into a completely new ship design. Warp geometry and reactor size could be increased because of knowledge of how such systems affect the ship hull and speed. New weapons were designed based on the [[Defiant class|Defiant's]], using the same technology but being able to miniaturize it a fraction more so that it reduced internal volume taken up.

After the [[Dominion]] and [[Borg]] were seen as no longer a current threat for the [[Federation]], [[Starfleet]] decided that a weapon of much greater potential than the [[Defiant class|Defiant]] should be designed and make a limited production of this vessel for any further attacks on [[Federation]] space. Their intentions were to have a ship ready and waiting when the next threat came along. They announced its intentions to all of the major design teams, but only 3 designs were eventually submitted for review. The main goals of this class were to include a warp geometry more suited for its use, thicker armour and a larger profile than the [[Defiant class|Defiant]]. Current weaponry available were deemed powerful and effective enough for use on this new class.

The ''Hornet'' design, chosen over the others, was a longer, sleeker escort. The class was so named because an engineer had thought it looked like the insect and had doodled a small hornet with the warp nacelles on submitted schematics. The design included an increased output M/ARA system and trapezoidal [[warp coil|warp field coil]] arrangement. The armor was much thicker, but internal volume was even more cramped than the [[Defiant class|Defiant]]. The designers christened it a modern submarine, with ladders connecting the decks and very close quarters for all crew. While the [[Defiant class|Defiant]] had a centrally-located bridge, the ''Hornet'''s was to be placed where the [[Navigational deflector|deflector dish]] and main body of the ship came together. This freed up space for the [[computer core]], deuterium tank, and [[warp core]]. The limited medical facilities were to be a small room capable of two EMH Mark II holograms and space for surgery and recovery of 3 patients. Science received no lab or specialized department area, only a single post aboard the bridge. The ablative armour of the ''Hornet'' was much thicker, and internal armor was placed around critical places such as the engine room and torpedo magazines so as to provide more protection.

Old maritime practices such as 'hot-bunking' were to be used when the ship was operating with a full crew. This means that 2 crewman share a single bunk, and one sleeps in the bunk while the other is on duty, and vice versa. In some places, the corridors are very narrow where equipment and structure was required. [[Starfleet Command|Starfleet Headquarters]] decided that this ship was to be mainly based out of a [[Starbase]], and not undertake potentially long deep space missions. They also ruled that careful psychological evaluation of potential crew would be undertaken, because any mental problems in the middle of a mission would definitely be detriment to the crew and the mission.

The prototype ''Hornet'' was first completed in late 2378 and sported no crew quarters at all. It was simply based out of starbase and crew were loaned from the testing outfit. The ship fortunately didn't suffer the engine problems that the [[Defiant class|Defiant]] had, thanks to increases in safety and knowledge of its overpowered engines. Weaponry were fitted on the same areas that the [[Defiant class|Defiant]] had used, but two months of research proved that a forward pair of torpedo launchers on the deflector assembly decreased lag time from the bridge and were more accurately targeted.

Commissioned fully after receiving many redesigns of impulse systems and quarters were fully finished, the USS ''Hornet'' launched for its maiden voyage on the New Years Day of 2379.

==Auxiliary Craft==
Shuttlebays: 1

Shuttles
:[[Type 10 class|Type 10 Shuttle]]: 1
:[[Type 18 class|Type 18 Shuttlepod]]: 2

==Armament==
Defensive Systems
:[[Ablative armour|Ablative Armour]]
:[[Cloaking device|Cloaking Device]]
Phasers
:[[Type U|Type U Pulse]]: 4
:[[Type X|Type X Array]]: 1
Shielding Systems
:[[Auto-modulating shields|Auto- Modulating Shields]]
:[[Metaphasic shielding|Metaphasic Shielding]]
Torpedoes
:[[Pulse-fire torpedo launcher|Pulse-Fire Torpedo Launcher]]: 4
::[[Photon torpedo|Photon Torpedoes]]: 48
::[[Quantum torpedo|Quantum Torpedoes]]: 86
::[[Polaron torpedo|Polaron Torpedoes]]: 6
:[[Tri-cobalt torpedo|Tri-Cobalt Devices]]: 10

'''Number of decks includes 1 bridge subdeck. This subdeck is located foward of the main body of the ship, and is between decks 1 and 2.'''

==Deck Listing==

{| border="1"
|+
|-
!Deck || Items
|-
|Deck 1 || Pulse Phaser Cannons (2), [[Computer Core]], [[Main Engineering|Upper Main Engineering]], Plasma Exhaust Vents, Upper Sensor Array, [[Officer's Quarters|Officer]] and [[Crew Quarters]], [[Deuterium Storage]], Main [[Shuttlebay]], [[Cargo Bay]], Type X Phaser
|-
|Deck 2 || '''SUBDECK:''' [[Bridge|Main Bridge]], [[Captain's Ready Room]], [[Transporter|Transporter Room]]
|-
|Deck 3 || [[Main Engineering|Lower Main Engineering]], [[Impulse engine|Main Impulse Engines]], [[Mess Hall]], Warp Coils, [[Sickbay]], [[Transporter|Transporter Room]], Officer and Crew Quarters, [[Deflector Control]] Room, Forward Torpedo Launcher (1), Aft [[Torpedo Magazine]], Aft Torpedo Launchers (2), [[Airlock]]s (2), [[Navigational deflector]]
|-
|Deck 4 || [[Impulse engine|Main Impulse Engines]], [[Antimatter Storage]], Warp Coils, Navigational Deflector, Pulse Phaser Cannons (2), Forward Torpedo Magazines, Forward Torpedo Launcher (1), Lower [[Sensor Array]], [[Tractor beam|Main Tractor Emitter]]
|}

==Commissioned Ships==
[[USS Falcon]]

{{Ships}}

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