USS Corsair

U.S.S. Corsair

Vessel Information
U.S.S. Corsair
Class:	None-Prototype
Registry:	NX-011979
Government:	United Federation of Planets
Commission:	2408
Commanding Officer:	Taverain Ramius
Executive Officer:	Alanis Novada
Status:	Active

History

The USS Corsair is a prototype hull design based upon the versatile, reliable, and rugged Nebula class starship. In the closing days of the second conflict with the Dominion, Starfleet expressed a desire for a agile, heavily armed, and rugged front line starship capable of various offensive and defensive roles. With the overwhelming success of the Nebula class, its characteristics were incorporated into a new modern hull design meeting Starfleet's criteria for a starship that could be built rapidly for the sole purpose of wartime combat duties. Sporting many enhancements over the existing Nebula design, the upgraded prototype features wider use of protective ablative hull armor, a more powerful propulsion plant, additional firepower, and the installation of two untested, experimental phaser canons. The end result was a Starfleet raider that was fast, tough, and heavily armed. The prototype began its shakedown cruise in the closing act of the Second Dominion War. The concept design was a success, but Starfleet soon abandoned the project as the war came to a close and the demand for warships ceased. As peace again dominated politics, the Nebula prototype project was scrapped leaving the original test hull the only ship ever constructed.

With Starfleet unwilling to provide ongoing maintenance for a non-standard prototype ship, the newly commissioned USS Corsair, named after swift vessels used for piracy in Earth's distant past, was saved from the scrap yards and assigned to Starfleet Intelligence for use in covert missions requiring the prototype's unique and valuable capabilities.

Current Mission

The Corsair's true mission is perpetually clouded in secrecy and classified to all but a handful of ranking officers and officials. Her orders are dispatched from the office of Rear Admiral James Valtren who retains the ship to perform clandestine missions deemed too dangerous, difficult, or problematic to be performed by regular naval starships and crews. While the Corsair's orders shift given ever changing intelligence needs - her primary mission is to monitor, investigate, and report on the secretive activities of the powerful NeoDyne Defense Corporation whose actions are closely monitored by Starfleet Intelligence.

Crew

• Captain Taverain Ramius - Commanding Officer
• Commander Alanis Novada - Executive Officer
• Commander Sai Kusinagi - Chief Engineer
• Commander Keith Durandal - Chief Medical Officer
• Lieutenant Alexander Redstone - Tactical Officer
• Captain Zane Akina - Starfleet Intelligence Agent
• Lt. Commander Lawrence "Mustang" Everic - Combat Pilot/Squadron Commander

U.S.S. Corsair Specifications

• Class: None (Nebula Prototype Design)
• Designer: United Federation of Planets
• Design Date: 2406
• Type: Heavy Cruiser/Combat Raider
• Primary Function: Combat

Hull Specifications:

• Length: 442.23 meters (cubed)
• Beam: 318.11 meters (cubed)
• Height: 130.43 meters (cubed)
• Decks: 28
• Mass: 2,905,000 Metric Tons

Crew Information:

• Standard Crew Capacity: 700+ (150 Officers - 500 Enlisted Crew)
• Emergency/Evacuation Capacity: 9800 persons

Propulsion System:

• Maximum Rated Speed: Warp 9.8 (for 12 Hours)
• Normal Cruising Speed: Warp 6
• Maximum Cruising Speed: Warp 8.6
• Maximum Sub-Light Speed: .97c

Weapons Systems:

• Phasers: (x12) Type XI phaser banks, total output 50,000 TeraWatts
• Phasers: (x02) Experimental Type XII Phaser Canons (Mounted Beneath Saucer)
• Torpedo Launchers: 4 Modified Quantum/Type VI Torpedo Launchers (2 Forward 2 Aft)
• Torpedo Cache: 25 Quantum Torpedoes, 100 Type VI Photon Torpedoes

Cloaking Device:

• None "Officially" Installed...

Defensive Systems:

• Standard shield system, total capacity 2,362,500 TeraJoules
• Standard Duranium/Tritanium Double hull
• 10 cm High Density Ablative Hull Armor

Refit Cycle:

• Minor : 1 year
• Standard : 2 years
• Major : 20 years

Shuttle & Runabout Compliment:

• (x02) Type 15 Shuttlepods
• (x02) Type 6 Shuttles
• (x01) Type 9 Shuttles
• (x12) AC409 MKII Valkyrie Class Space Superiority Fighters