Guide:Kiaga/Agilis - Revision history

Dan at 01:32, 6 August 2023

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			==External Sources==
			* [https://vintagestarships.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/2249-kiaga/ Vintage Starships: "2249 – Kiaga"]: includes 3D viewer

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	~~==Alt Sources==~~		<br><br>
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	* [[Guide: Timo's Guide to Star Fleet\|Back to the Table of Contents]]		* [[Guide: Timo's Guide to Star Fleet\|Back to the Table of Contents]]

Dan at 23:14, 16 November 2022

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	\|image=[[File:Kiaga (stbd).png\|Starboard\|250px\|''Kiaga'' class perimeter ship]]		\|image=[[File:Kiaga (stbd).png\|Starboard\|250px\|''Kiaga'' class perimeter action ship]]
	\|classname= ''Kiaga ''		\|classname= ''Kiaga ''
	\|category= perimeter ship		\|category= perimeter action ship
	\|years= [[2248]]-[[2294]]		\|years= [[2248]]-[[2294]]
	* ''Kiaga'' perimeter action ship: ([[2248]]-[[2294]])		* ''Kiaga'' perimeter action ship: ([[2248]]-[[2294]])

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	* Consider alternate war paint schemes, per the image caption.		* Consider alternate war paint schemes, per the image caption.

			* Do all ''Kiaga'' ship names start with K? All ''Agilis'' with A? The later class (''Akyazi'', ''et al'') have a lot more that start with A than do not, apparently.

	==References==		==References==

Dan at 21:47, 16 November 2022

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	\|category= perimeter ship		\|category= perimeter ship
	\|years= [[2248]]-[[2294]]		\|years= [[2248]]-[[2294]]
	* ''Kiaga'' perimeter action ship: ([[~~xxxx~~]]-[[~~xxxx~~]])		* ''Kiaga'' perimeter action ship: ([[2248]]-[[2294]])
	* ''Agilis'' perimeter action ship: ([[~~xxxx~~]]-[[~~xxxx~~]])		* ''Agilis'' perimeter action ship: ([[2250]]-[[2294]])
	\|constructed= 189<br>		\|constructed= 189<br>
	* ''Kiaga'': 35 ([[2248]]-[[2250]])		* ''Kiaga'': 35 ([[2248]]-[[2250]])

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	* The two failed refurbishment initiatives are randomly chosen as occurring in [[2294]] and [[2297]].		* The two failed refurbishment initiatives are randomly chosen as occurring in [[2294]] and [[2297]].

			* Consider alternate war paint schemes, per the image caption.

	==References==		==References==

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	* The class is presumed to be pressed back into service the [[2285\|year]] after the Organians' disappearance is confirmed.		* The class is presumed to be pressed back into service the [[2285\|year]] after the Organians' disappearance is confirmed.

			* The two failed refurbishment initiatives are randomly chosen as occurring in [[2294]] and [[2297]].

	==References==		==References==

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	* Construction concluded in [[2256]], in order for there to be "189 vessels by [[2257]]".		* Construction concluded in [[2256]], in order for there to be "189 vessels by [[2257]]".

			* The class is presumed to be pressed back into service the [[2285\|year]] after the Organians' disappearance is confirmed.

	==References==		==References==

Dan: /* Background: Hobbyist's Guide */

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	The next two decades would again alter Star Fleet’s perceptions. From the viewpoint of the [[2280s]], the inability to support a perimeter fleet had been dismissed too lightly. Would the Xindi have been able to strike their claws so deep into the soft coreward flank of the UFP if there had been perimeter defenses in place? Could not their aggressions have been contained the same way the PA ships had done to the Tholian ones in the [[2250s\|late fifties]]? Was the price truly not worth paying, when the red ink was made of humanoid blood?		The next two decades would again alter Star Fleet’s perceptions. From the viewpoint of the [[2280s]], the inability to support a perimeter fleet had been dismissed too lightly. Would the Xindi have been able to strike their claws so deep into the soft coreward flank of the UFP if there had been perimeter defenses in place? Could not their aggressions have been contained the same way the PA ships had done to the Tholian ones in the [[2250s\|late fifties]]? Was the price truly not worth paying, when the red ink was made of humanoid blood?

	Once the false lull of Organia was over, ''Kiaga'' and ''Agilis'' ships were pressed back to service. Technologically obsolete, they would be at greater risk than ever. Yet combined with over a hundred new PA ships, they could once again mount an effective tripwire defense, alerting the main fleets to Klingon incursions and slowing them down as much as possible.		Once the false lull of Organia was [[2285\|over]], ''Kiaga'' and ''Agilis'' ships were pressed back to service. Technologically obsolete, they would be at greater risk than ever. Yet combined with over a hundred new PA ships, they could once again mount an effective tripwire defense, alerting the main fleets to Klingon incursions and slowing them down as much as possible.

	In the end, the incursions never came. The Khitomer peace had the same effect as the Organian one, as far as border fleets were concerned: standing down from alert status meant withdrawing the PA ships to bases. This time, however, there would be no return to active service. The ships had been built for a single purpose only, and that purpose no longer existed in the new political situation. Lacking the relative versatility and multipurpose abilities of corvettes, or the high performance of the newer perimeter ships, the last ''Kiagas'' were scrapped in [[2302]], after two initiatives to refurbish them for service at the Romulan border were blocked.		In the end, the incursions never came. The Khitomer peace had the same effect as the Organian one, as far as border fleets were concerned: standing down from alert status meant withdrawing the PA ships to bases. This time, however, there would be no return to active service. The ships had been built for a single purpose only, and that purpose no longer existed in the new political situation. Lacking the relative versatility and multipurpose abilities of corvettes, or the high performance of the newer perimeter ships, the last ''Kiagas'' were scrapped in [[2302]], after two initiatives to refurbish them for service at the Romulan border were blocked.

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	The first 35 ''Kiagas'' (NCC-820-854) were swiftly produced on a large number of dockyards, to a wide variety of standards resulting from the differing resources and methods of the yards. Concurrently, the sensor and control stations for the perimeter action system were erected on the Eridani Gap area and integrated to the existing sensor networks. Targeting data began to pour out in March, [[2249]], deliberately aimed to alert the Klingons to the existence of the new defense chain. Codes were allowed to leak across the border, and "orders" were given to dozens, later hundreds, of non-existing perimeter ships. The technique was successful especially because the distributed perimeter ship production was difficult to monitor by traditional Imperial Intelligence methods, and thus the nonexistence of a given ship was more difficult to prove.		The first 35 ''Kiagas'' (NCC-820-854) were swiftly produced on a large number of dockyards, to a wide variety of standards resulting from the differing resources and methods of the yards. Concurrently, the sensor and control stations for the perimeter action system were erected on the Eridani Gap area and integrated to the existing sensor networks. Targeting data began to pour out in March, [[2249]], deliberately aimed to alert the Klingons to the existence of the new defense chain. Codes were allowed to leak across the border, and "orders" were given to dozens, later hundreds, of non-existing perimeter ships. The technique was successful especially because the distributed perimeter ship production was difficult to monitor by traditional Imperial Intelligence methods, and thus the nonexistence of a given ship was more difficult to prove.

	The second (NCC-855-874), third (NCC-P875-P928 in a new scheme that was retroactively applied on the earlier registries as well) and fourth (NCC-P928-P1008) perimeter ship batches were all built to a common improved standard, featuring a stealthier primary hull and a more powerful D-2A onboard computer. Transporters were reduced in size and capacity, primarily to allow more torpedoes to be carried. Some of the second-stage plasma leads were redrawn after an explosion aboard ''USS Kaira'' (NCC-P831) killed two and shut down all power for nineteen harrowing hours until help could arrive. Numerous third batch vessels were equipped with SIGINT systems, and also took the calculated risk of carrying a two-way datalink as onboard processing power was lacking. The subclass name '''''Agilis''''' is often collectively used for these later production batches.		The second (NCC-855-874), third (NCC-P875-P928 in a new scheme that was retroactively applied on the earlier registries as well) and fourth (NCC-P928-P1008) perimeter ship batches were all built to a common improved standard, featuring a stealthier primary hull and a more powerful D-2A onboard computer. Transporters were reduced in size and capacity, primarily to allow more torpedoes to be carried. Some of the second-stage plasma leads were redrawn after [[2250\|an explosion]] aboard ''USS Kaira'' (NCC-P831) killed two and shut down all power for nineteen harrowing hours until help could arrive. Numerous third batch vessels were equipped with SIGINT systems, and also took the calculated risk of carrying a two-way datalink as onboard processing power was lacking. The subclass name '''''Agilis''''' is often collectively used for these later production batches.

	Total ''Kiaga'' production reached 189 vessels by [[2257]]. By that time, relations with the Klingons had been through several ups and downs, but the general atmosphere was one of frustrated restraint. The concept of perimeter ships had never been properly put to test, as Klingon raids after Axanar had been uncoordinated and strategically aimless. It was not tactically sensible to expose the PA pack to deter a lone privateer or to block the return of a raiding party to Empire space. Ships built for attrition ended up suffering zero losses in the campaign. In retrospect, Star Fleet might have attained the same deterrence value by simply broadcasting "targeting data" to a wholly nonexistent perimeter fleet!		Total ''Kiaga'' production reached 189 vessels by [[2257]]. By that time, relations with the Klingons had been through several ups and downs, but the general atmosphere was one of frustrated restraint. The concept of perimeter ships had never been properly put to test, as Klingon raids after Axanar had been uncoordinated and strategically aimless. It was not tactically sensible to expose the PA pack to deter a lone privateer or to block the return of a raiding party to Empire space. Ships built for attrition ended up suffering zero losses in the campaign. In retrospect, Star Fleet might have attained the same deterrence value by simply broadcasting "targeting data" to a wholly nonexistent perimeter fleet!

Dan at 21:10, 16 November 2022

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	* ''Agilis'' perimeter action ship: ([[xxxx]]-[[xxxx]])		* ''Agilis'' perimeter action ship: ([[xxxx]]-[[xxxx]])
	\|constructed= 189<br>		\|constructed= 189<br>
	* ''Kiaga'': 35 ([[2248]]-[[~~xxxx~~]])		* ''Kiaga'': 35 ([[2248]]-[[2250]])
	* ''Agilis'': 154 ([[~~xxxx~~]]-[[2256]])		* ''Agilis'': 154 ([[2250]]-[[2256]])
	\|length=<br>		\|length=<br>
	* ''Kiaga'': 155.5 m		* ''Kiaga'': 155.5 m