Cheyenne class

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Cheyenne Class
CategoryLight Cruiser
Expected Duration110 Years
Time Between Resupply2 Year
Time Between Refit5 Years
Personnel
Officers92
Enlisted Crew276
Marines32
Passengers75
Maximum (Evacuation) Capacity600
Speed
Cruising VelocityWarp 6.2
Maximum VelocityWarp 8.4
Emergency VelocityWarp 9.5 (12 Hours)
Dimensions
Length380.6 Metres
Width275.6 Metres
Height88.8 Metres
Decks20


With new technologies and classes being brought about by the other local powers, such as the Klingons, Romulans, and especially the Cardassians, Starfleet wanted to completely modernize it's fleet with ships that could handle nearly any task from scientific to combat to exploration or even diplomatic missions. The Admirality contracted a team of experienced scientists and engineers to develop a new family of ship classes, which would trace their roots back to the Constitution class. Since the Constitution had long been retired, and the almost century-old Miranda and the aging Constellation would soon be obsolete, Starfleet set the project in motion.

The program was created to construct a new era of starships, but the technology was fairly new and unknown, so Starfleet didn't want to risk contracting too many new classes, in case the designs didn't work. After the great success and unpredicted effectiveness of the Galaxy and Nebula, Starfleet began production of yet another class, the Cheyenne, which would take on the role of the Constellation, being a small ship with a high power-output, designed for long duration or highly power demanding work.

Starfleet had no trouble finding a team of engineers to begin developement of the Cheyenne-Class project, since there were many Constellation CO's and experts which were still living, and the engineers from the Galaxy project had just become available. Starfleet assembled a team that began work immediately, and in 2359, just two years after the Galaxy had been launched, work on the Cheyenne began.

Production moved along quickly, with the two totally different groups of engineers working together exceptionally. Since the technologies from the Cheyenne's larger siblings was already tested and proved effective, the Cheyenne project was used to capitalize on the efficiency of already existing systems and technology, rather than inventing new ones, an approach that had proved effective with the Constellation. The most noticeable and unique trait of the Cheyenne is its unique nacelle design, which arose from the demand for a more effective successor of the Constellation. The four nacelles were designed to increase the power output of the ship rather than raise its top warp speed. Because the Galaxy-style warp nacelles weren't designed to handle the added stress of heavy duty work from such a small ship a new nacelle was created, which most noticeably had a flat front and less rounded edges, but internally the nacelle was designed to more effectively handle the power-flow from the warp core. The new design worked and satisfied all of the requests from Starfleet, but was not used in later classes because its design wasn't meant to exceed warp 9.2.

After a relatively short amount of production time, just 8 months including testing programs and correcting design flaws, the USS Cheyenne was launched. It was an instant success in its duties, and Starfleet could safely retire the Constellation class, although many were still kept to work as tugs or in war games.

Auxiliary Craft

Shuttlebays: 2

Fighters

Razor Interceptor: 6

Runabouts

Delta Flyer Runabout: 1

Shuttles

Type 10 Shuttle:1
Type 11 Shuttle: 2
Type 6 Shuttle: 1
Type 9 Shuttle: 2

Transports

Wyvern Hopper Transport: 3

Armament

Defensive Systems

Ablative Armour
Cloaking Device

Phasers

Type IX Array: 5
Type X Array: 4

Shielding Systems

Auto- Modulating Shields
Metaphasic Shielding

Torpedoes

Burst-Fire Torpedo Launcher: 2
Photon Torpedoes: 190
Quantum Torpedoes: 72
Polaron Torpedoes: 13
Tri-Cobalt Devices: 10

Deck Listing

Deck Items
Deck 1 Dorsal Tractor Emitter, Warp Core Ejection System, Communications Array
Deck 2 Auxiliary Craft Maintenance, Aft Torpedo Launcher, Torpedo Magazine, Aft Dorsal Phaser Arrays
Deck 3 Shuttlebay 1, Engineering Lab 1, Docking Ports
Deck 4 Deuterium Storage, Auxiliary Engineering, Cargo Bays 1 & 2
Deck 5 Environmental System Controls, Lateral Sensor Array, Hydroponics Bay
Deck 6 Stellar Cartography, Maintenance Bay 1, Gymnasium
Deck 7 Bridge, Captain's Ready Room, Observation Lounge, Matter Reactant Injectors
Deck 8 Captain's Quarters, XO's Quarters, XO's Office, Senior Officer's Quarters, Main Computer Core (Level 1)
Deck 9 Lounge, Reception Hall, Junior Officers' Quarters, Primary Sensor Array, VIP/Guest Quarters, Holodeck 1, Transporter Room 1, Main Computer Core (Level 2)
Deck 10 Fusion Reactor 1, Impulse Assembly (Upper), Upper Engineering, Main Sickbay, Holodeck 2, Civilian Quarters, Power Distribution Centre, Transporter Room 2, Main Computer Core (Level 3)
Deck 11 Fusion Reactor 2, Impulse Assembly (Lower), Main Engineering, Ambassadorial Quarters, Holodecks 3 & 4, Cargo Bays 3 & 4
Decks 12 Crew Quarters, Civilian Quarters, Auxiliary Deflector Controls, Diplomatic Chambers 1-3, SIF Generators, Transporter Room 3
Deck 13 Crew Quarters, Civilian Quarters, Mess Hall, Security Office, Brig
Deck 14 Captain's Yacht, Anti-matter Reactant Injectors, Marine HQ, Maintenance Bay 2
Deck 15 Science Labs 1-3, Chief Science Officer's Office
Decks 16 Main Deflector Array, Engineering Lab 2, Cargo Bay 5
Deck 17 Antimatter Storage, Secondary Sensor Array, Docking Port
Deck 18 Shuttle Bay 2, Forward Torpedo Launcher, Torpedo Magazine, Docking Port
Decks 19 Shuttle Maintenance, Aft Ventral Phaser Arrays
Deck 20 Ventral Tractor Emitter, Waste Reclamation
Starfleet Starship Classes (Active)
Research Bases Argus class - Lowell class
Starbases Nor class - Regula class - Stardock class
Cruisers Ambassador class - Galaxy class - Nebula class - Prometheus class - Sovereign class
Light Cruisers Akira class - Cheyenne class - Excelsior class - Intrepid class - Luna class - Normandy class - Norway class
Research Vessels Nova class - Olympic class - Oberth class
Escorts Centaur class - Defiant class - Miranda class - New Orleans class - Sabre class - Steamrunner class