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Omake: Mirror Mirror
KlavoHunter
THOU SHALT WORSHIP NO GODS ABOVE ENTERPRISE!
2155 - Hoshi Sato has Captain Archer assassinated, seizing command of the USS Defiant and declaring herself Empress of the Terran Empire.
The following years are filled with consolidation of the Empire around Earth, Vulcan, Andor and the nearest colonies, using the rechristianed ISS Defiant as the Empress' flying palace and biggest stick. The Rebellion had nearly defeated the Empire before Defiant's coming, and few Imperial Starfleet vessels remained to secure their territory and freight lanes. Doling out tidbits from Defiant's library computer to engineers and scientists who would be nothing without her patronage, Empress Sato spearheads the recovery of Terran industry, and growth of her own network of loyalists.
2163 - The prototype ISS Mengele launches, bristling with modern phasers and photonic torpedoes, sensors, transporters, and a biomedical laboratory. The designers had been handed an already-complete blueprint, and simply had to remove some superfluous Science Labs and crew quarters for additional weapons and a suite of Agony Booths. The Empress herself was involved in the design of Starfleet's cutting-edge starship every step of the way, choosing to force her subordinates to use guile and cleverness to expand the Empire, rather than commissioning larger, more expensive battlecruisers with bellies full of Marines (that could perhaps threaten the Defiant herself). The logs of the future alternate-universe Federation indicated there were numerous plagues, pathogens, and parasites that lay in wait for their colonists, but the savage Terrans instead sought to enhance these into the most terrible biological weapons they could unleash on their foes. Additional vessels such as ISS Musk and Von Braun quickly follow.
ISS Mengele's most notable discovery was a series of Class-L planets that were home to Andorian refugee colonies. Rather than completely wiping them off the map, a weaponized and aerosolized version of Rigelian Fever was concocted and beamed down during the Imperial vessel's orbital bombardment, leading to rescued survivors spreading the disease throughout the Free Andorian population. This killed millions and forced the Andorian Rebels to focus their remaining production and training on medical equipment and doctors, instead of cutting-edge phasers and soldiers.
The ISS Musk, however, accrued much more fame under its captain who would go on to be known as the Emperor Africanus. The Musk would be known for its suppression of the democratic commune on the Vega Colony with biological weapons, waiting until they were able to beam down with a single vaccinated landing party to accept surrender from ringleaders of the bedridden rebellion, before citing biohazard protocols and burning them to death. The future Emperor also discovered a pristine class-M planet, working to ensure its new governor's loyalty also.
Africanus succeeded Empress Sato by patiently playing the long game, staying his hand when the Empress feigned weakness earlier in her reign to draw out hotheaded challengers. Investing his influence among brilliant Terran scientists and engineers who did not need the hidden secrets of Defiant's memory core to innovate, he ensured the downfall of many rivals, maintaining a show of loyalty while waiting for a slow-acting degenerative disease he'd infected the Empress with to prematurely age her body and sap her wits, finally smoothly usurping her once he'd replaced all captains and important officials with his chosen loyalists.
The following years are filled with consolidation of the Empire around Earth, Vulcan, Andor and the nearest colonies, using the rechristianed ISS Defiant as the Empress' flying palace and biggest stick. The Rebellion had nearly defeated the Empire before Defiant's coming, and few Imperial Starfleet vessels remained to secure their territory and freight lanes. Doling out tidbits from Defiant's library computer to engineers and scientists who would be nothing without her patronage, Empress Sato spearheads the recovery of Terran industry, and growth of her own network of loyalists.
2163 - The prototype ISS Mengele launches, bristling with modern phasers and photonic torpedoes, sensors, transporters, and a biomedical laboratory. The designers had been handed an already-complete blueprint, and simply had to remove some superfluous Science Labs and crew quarters for additional weapons and a suite of Agony Booths. The Empress herself was involved in the design of Starfleet's cutting-edge starship every step of the way, choosing to force her subordinates to use guile and cleverness to expand the Empire, rather than commissioning larger, more expensive battlecruisers with bellies full of Marines (that could perhaps threaten the Defiant herself). The logs of the future alternate-universe Federation indicated there were numerous plagues, pathogens, and parasites that lay in wait for their colonists, but the savage Terrans instead sought to enhance these into the most terrible biological weapons they could unleash on their foes. Additional vessels such as ISS Musk and Von Braun quickly follow.
ISS Mengele's most notable discovery was a series of Class-L planets that were home to Andorian refugee colonies. Rather than completely wiping them off the map, a weaponized and aerosolized version of Rigelian Fever was concocted and beamed down during the Imperial vessel's orbital bombardment, leading to rescued survivors spreading the disease throughout the Free Andorian population. This killed millions and forced the Andorian Rebels to focus their remaining production and training on medical equipment and doctors, instead of cutting-edge phasers and soldiers.
The ISS Musk, however, accrued much more fame under its captain who would go on to be known as the Emperor Africanus. The Musk would be known for its suppression of the democratic commune on the Vega Colony with biological weapons, waiting until they were able to beam down with a single vaccinated landing party to accept surrender from ringleaders of the bedridden rebellion, before citing biohazard protocols and burning them to death. The future Emperor also discovered a pristine class-M planet, working to ensure its new governor's loyalty also.
Africanus succeeded Empress Sato by patiently playing the long game, staying his hand when the Empress feigned weakness earlier in her reign to draw out hotheaded challengers. Investing his influence among brilliant Terran scientists and engineers who did not need the hidden secrets of Defiant's memory core to innovate, he ensured the downfall of many rivals, maintaining a show of loyalty while waiting for a slow-acting degenerative disease he'd infected the Empress with to prematurely age her body and sap her wits, finally smoothly usurping her once he'd replaced all captains and important officials with his chosen loyalists.
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Theunderbolt
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[X] 75-Meter Hull, 4 Decks (+Shuttlebay, +Auxiliary Slot)
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- madison
[X] 75-Meter Hull, 4 Decks (+Shuttlebay, +Auxiliary Slot)
The math people has said the math checks out, so i'll trust them.
The math people has said the math checks out, so i'll trust them.
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- The Void
[X] 75-Meter Hull, 4 Decks (+Shuttlebay, +Auxiliary Slot)
We are going to want a shuttle bay, we are going to want cargo space, we are going to want a dedicated workshop. Is there a third thing that we actually need? If no then I inclined to save on mass and industry in favor of being able to afford more gun.
[X] 75-Meter Hull (+Shuttlebay)
[X] 75-Meter Hull (+Shuttlebay)
[X] 75-Meter Hull, 4 Decks (+Shuttlebay, +Auxiliary Slot)
I agree with the mathematics for this. As for future options, one question I want to ask @Sayle would be if it would be possible to design the ship "for but not with" extra impulse engines and similar - ie., if we planned for the ship to reach final production with 3 engines as designed, would it be possible to leave space for a 4th if Starfleet felt the extra expense was justified? Or would that require so much extra work as to effectively be just as expensive as installing the fourth impulse engine from the shipyard? I recall you mentioning that the ship could be up-gunned during a refit, if war seemed imminent but was not ongoing, but nothing about secondary systems like impulse engines being altered.
Also, in terms of phaser firing arcs, how wide is the arc covered by a single phaser bank? ie., would phasers spaced port and starboard on a saucer be able to fire forwards, or is their firing arc closer to 45 degrees (or less)?
I agree with the mathematics for this. As for future options, one question I want to ask @Sayle would be if it would be possible to design the ship "for but not with" extra impulse engines and similar - ie., if we planned for the ship to reach final production with 3 engines as designed, would it be possible to leave space for a 4th if Starfleet felt the extra expense was justified? Or would that require so much extra work as to effectively be just as expensive as installing the fourth impulse engine from the shipyard? I recall you mentioning that the ship could be up-gunned during a refit, if war seemed imminent but was not ongoing, but nothing about secondary systems like impulse engines being altered.
Also, in terms of phaser firing arcs, how wide is the arc covered by a single phaser bank? ie., would phasers spaced port and starboard on a saucer be able to fire forwards, or is their firing arc closer to 45 degrees (or less)?
Transporters are an obvious option - in the previous ship project, biological rated transporters were an entire separate room, and even if those aren't separated out this go around there's also the option of going for larger cargo transporters to simplify loading and unloading cargo from planetary surfaces.
No, you have to fit major systems as they are. I generally assume these phasers are something like 135 degrees.
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- alphen aan den rijn
[X] 75-Meter Hull, 4 Decks (+Shuttlebay, +Auxiliary Slot)