Guide:Columbus series - Revision history

Dan: /* Notes */

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Notes

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	* The references to the core stage diameter being 40 meters has been corrected to 15. Adrasil measured them as 14.8 meters.		* The references to the core stage diameter being 40 meters has been corrected to 15. Adrasil measured them as 14.8 meters.

	* The ~~infobox must still be updated with Timo~~'~~s named ships (only)~~. ~~(Remove this when complete~~.)		* The season three ''Strange New Worlds'' episode, "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail", revealed that the ''Asaasllich'' was originally a [[Human]]-crewed vessel launched post-WW III, but prior to First Contact. Like the ''Nautilis'', it was built by the [[United States]], had a mission to contact other civilizations, and was lost and presumed destroyed. Though the original hull form viewed briefly from the ''USS Farragut'' is notably different, I've decided that somehow the ''Nautilus'' survived its transit through the Oort cloud after all and became the scavenger vessel that menaced the outer worlds.


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	* [[Timo's Guide to Star Fleet\|Back to the Table of Contents]]		* [[Timo's Guide to Star Fleet\|Back to the Table of Contents]]

Dan at 19:53, 4 September 2026

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	\|name= ''Spaceflight Chronology''		\|name= ''Spaceflight Chronology''
	\|history= ''Spaceflight Chronology'', Timo		\|history= ''Spaceflight Chronology'', Timo
			\|report= [[Columbus class]]
	\|delta= [http://starshiptracker.com/deltadynamics/index.php/File:SRM_Columbus.pdf ''SRM #308'']		\|delta= [http://starshiptracker.com/deltadynamics/index.php/File:SRM_Columbus.pdf ''SRM #308'']
			\|excel= [[:File:Columbus class ship template.xlsx\|Columbus class]]
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Dan: /* Hobbyist's Guide */

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Hobbyist's Guide

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	Yet after demanding, decades-long journeys (lasting physically only years from the viewpoint of the relativistic-speed ships, and biologically mere days or weeks for the crews in hibernation), the ''Icarus'', ''Hector'' and ''Prometheus'' did get through to Alpha Centauri A, [[Arcturus]] and [[Epsilon Indi]], respectively. The crews awoke, extended their sensor gear, and were hit by radio-frequency broadcasts, low enough in power not to be discernible outside the systems’ ionization bubbles but still undoubtedly marks of advanced civilizations. Excitedly, the crews set to work to prepare for first contact with extraterrestrial cultures, not knowing that this had already taken place on Earth several years ago.		Yet after demanding, decades-long journeys (lasting physically only years from the viewpoint of the relativistic-speed ships, and biologically mere days or weeks for the crews in hibernation), the ''Icarus'', ''Hector'' and ''Prometheus'' did get through to Alpha Centauri A, [[Arcturus]] and [[Epsilon Indi]], respectively. The crews awoke, extended their sensor gear, and were hit by radio-frequency broadcasts, low enough in power not to be discernible outside the systems’ ionization bubbles but still undoubtedly marks of advanced civilizations. Excitedly, the crews set to work to prepare for first contact with extraterrestrial cultures, not knowing that this had already taken place on Earth several years ago.

	The rest, as the approximately 1,800 ~~human~~-visited inhabited worlds now stand witness, was history. Before this history could be written, however, there were two more chapters to be added to the ~~human~~ spaceflight chronicles: the midpoint of the [[21st century]] would mark the birth of a unified combat fleet for Earth, and the launch of a bold experiment that would take this fleet to the stars.		The rest, as the approximately 1,800 [[Human]]-visited inhabited worlds now stand witness, was history. Before this history could be written, however, there were two more chapters to be added to the Human spaceflight chronicles: the midpoint of the [[21st century]] would mark the birth of a unified combat fleet for Earth, and the launch of a bold experiment that would take this fleet to the stars.

	===Delta Dynamics===		===Delta Dynamics===

Dan: /* Missions */

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Missions

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	==Missions==		==Missions==
	Vessels of the ''Columbus'' series were named after the famous Italian explorer, the ship that circumnavigated [[Earth]] in 1892-1894 (''Nautilus'') and the rest from mythological characters. ~~The following dates and events are SFC-canon:~~		Vessels of the ''Columbus'' series were named after the famous Italian explorer, the ship that circumnavigated [[Earth]] in 1892-1894 (''Nautilus''), and the rest from mythological characters.
	* ''UNSS Columbus'' ([[2040]]-[[2053]]): destroyed in [[Earth]] orbit		* ''UNSS Columbus'' ([[2040]]-[[2053]]): destroyed in [[Earth]] orbit
	* ''UNSS Nautilus'' ([[2046]]): [[Tau Ceti]] mission; destroyed in [[Sol]]'s Oort cloud in the days after 05 May.		* ''UNSS Nautilus'' ([[2046]]): [[Tau Ceti]] mission; destroyed in [[Sol]]'s Oort cloud in the days after 05 May.

Dan: /* Conclusion (Earth) */

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Conclusion (Earth)

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	Voices all around the planet clamored for the imminent recall of the three remaining ships and their 120 slumbering passengers. However, ISA was adamant that each of the vessels, even the ''Icarus'' (which had not yet entered the cloud), would be well into the same relative region by the time forward momentum was overcome and then each would have to traverse back again, exposed to the exact same threats. There was no certainty that the overwriting tasks transmitted from Earth would even be completely received, due to the high ionic activity experienced by ''Nautilus''. It was forecasted that the interplanetary objects would be more dispersed in the outer cloud, if the original movement directives stood. The ships continued their pre-plotted routes as mission-reserved data frequencies grew more and more quiet with each passing hour; the partner agencies all but shuttered their telemetry monitors within weeks. The four operational vessels—and their Human crews—were considered lost to the depths of deep space.		Voices all around the planet clamored for the imminent recall of the three remaining ships and their 120 slumbering passengers. However, ISA was adamant that each of the vessels, even the ''Icarus'' (which had not yet entered the cloud), would be well into the same relative region by the time forward momentum was overcome and then each would have to traverse back again, exposed to the exact same threats. There was no certainty that the overwriting tasks transmitted from Earth would even be completely received, due to the high ionic activity experienced by ''Nautilus''. It was forecasted that the interplanetary objects would be more dispersed in the outer cloud, if the original movement directives stood. The ships continued their pre-plotted routes as mission-reserved data frequencies grew more and more quiet with each passing hour; the partner agencies all but shuttered their telemetry monitors within weeks. The four operational vessels—and their Human crews—were considered lost to the depths of deep space.

	====Conclusion (Earth)====		====Premature Conclusion (Earth)====
	''UNSS Columbus'', as the last remaining vessel, saw all efforts to prepare her for her own mission (to 40 Eridani) canceled shortly after the final decision regarding the other three ships was made. She had been completely repaired from her fuel accident, but there was no discussion as to how she might be tasked. She remained in a near-mothball state until [[2049]], when the [[United States Strategic Command]] took over authority of the ship from NASA (ignoring the ISA’s stake) and had her transferred from lunar orbit to one of [[Space Station Freedom]]’s assembly berths, in response to the [[Eastern Coalition]]’s construction order for five cruisers of the ''[[Akademik Mstislav Keldysh]]'' class. Over the next two years, as tensions on and above Earth simmered, ''Columbus'' received an overhaul—primarily on her forward section—that included a weapons package of four laser cannons and a missile launcher for 25 fusion warheads. The vessel performed low-profile patrols, generally in Earth orbit, during her brief operational period before her destruction in a preemptive ECON attack in [[2053]], just days before the outbreak of the Third World War.		''UNSS Columbus'', as the last remaining vessel, saw all efforts to prepare her for her own mission (to 40 Eridani) canceled shortly after the final decision regarding the other three ships was made. She had been completely repaired from her fuel accident, but there was no discussion as to how she might be tasked. She remained in a near-mothball state until [[2049]], when the [[United States Strategic Command]] took over authority of the ship from NASA (ignoring the ISA’s stake) and had her transferred from lunar orbit to one of [[Space Station Freedom]]’s assembly berths, in response to the [[Eastern Coalition]]’s construction order for five cruisers of the ''[[Akademik Mstislav Keldysh]]'' class. Over the next two years, as tensions on and above Earth simmered, ''Columbus'' received an overhaul—primarily on her forward section—that included a weapons package of four laser cannons and a missile launcher for 25 fusion warheads. The vessel performed low-profile patrols, generally in Earth orbit, during her brief operational period before her destruction in a preemptive ECON attack in [[2053]], just days before the outbreak of the Third World War.

Dan at 02:33, 15 July 2023

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	\|name= ''~~SFC~~''		\|name= ''Spaceflight Chronology''
	\|history= ''~~SFC~~'', Timo		\|history= ''Spaceflight Chronology'', Timo
			\|delta= [http://starshiptracker.com/deltadynamics/index.php/File:SRM_Columbus.pdf ''SRM #308'']
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Dan at 01:48, 15 July 2023

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	* 1x atmospheric craft		* 1x atmospheric craft
	* 2x maintenance pods		* 2x maintenance pods
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	* The references to the core stage diameter being 40 meters has been corrected to 15. Adrasil measured them as 14.8 meters.		* The references to the core stage diameter being 40 meters has been corrected to 15. Adrasil measured them as 14.8 meters.

			* The infobox must still be updated with Timo's named ships (only). (Remove this when complete.)

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Dan at 01:47, 15 July 2023

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	* [https://www.deviantart.com/revancherm/art/Columbus-intersteller-explorer-2040-967412271 DeviantArt: ''Columbus'' interstellar explorer (2040)]		* [https://www.deviantart.com/revancherm/art/Columbus-intersteller-explorer-2040-967412271 DeviantArt: ''Columbus'' interstellar explorer (2040)]
	* [http://starshiptracker.com/deltadynamics/index.php/File:SRM_Columbus.pdf ''Starship Recognition Manual Report #308: ''Columbus'' interstellar explorer'']		* [http://starshiptracker.com/deltadynamics/index.php/File:SRM_Columbus.pdf ''Starship Recognition Manual Report #308: ''Columbus'' interstellar explorer'']

			==Alt Sources==
			* Review page 61 of Mandel's ''[https://starshipfiles.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/fsc_r2v1.pdf FSC Terran Orientation (Modified Okuda Timeline)]'' for examples of the explorer and militarized versions of the ''Columbus''.

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	* The references to the core stage diameter being 40 meters has been corrected to 15. Adrasil measured them as 14.8 meters.		* The references to the core stage diameter being 40 meters has been corrected to 15. Adrasil measured them as 14.8 meters.

	~~==Alt Sources==~~
	* Review page 61 of Mandel's ''[https://starshipfiles.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/fsc_r2v1.pdf FSC Terran Orientation (Modified Okuda Timeline)]'' for examples of the explorer and militarized versions of the ''Columbus''.


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Dan at 15:16, 17 June 2023

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	\|crew= 40		\|crew= 40
	\|beamweapons= 4x Sorac 0.36 Class laser emitters (''UNSS Columbus'' only, [[2046]])		\|beamweapons= 4x Sorac 0.36 Class laser emitters (''UNSS Columbus'' only, [[2046]])
	\|missileweapons= 1x nuclear missile launcher (25 Mk III nuclear missiles) (''UNSS Columbus'' only, [[~~2046~~]])		\|missileweapons= 1x nuclear missile launcher (25 Mk III nuclear missiles) (''UNSS Columbus'' only, [[2051]])
	\|otherweapons=		\|otherweapons=
	\|shields=<br>		\|shields=<br>

Dan: /* Gallery */

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Gallery

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	</gallery>		</gallery>

			==Supporting Documents==
			* [http://www.starshiptracker.com/deltadynamics/index.php/Auxiliary_Blueprints#Columbus_.282040.29 Blueprints]
			* [https://www.deviantart.com/revancherm/art/Columbus-intersteller-explorer-2040-967412271 DeviantArt: ''Columbus'' interstellar explorer (2040)]
			* [http://starshiptracker.com/deltadynamics/index.php/File:SRM_Columbus.pdf ''Starship Recognition Manual Report #308: ''Columbus'' interstellar explorer'']

	==Notes==		==Notes==