Defiant / Valiant class

STARSHIP CLASS
Defiant / Verne
survey cruiser
Affiliation	Eastern Coalition / Western Alliance
Ordered	2
Completed	2
Operational	2065 - 2073
Active	2
Projected Lifespan	10 years
Dimensions
Mass	16,300 mt (Defiant) 16,900 mt (Valiant)
Length	92.4 m
Beam	41.1 m
Height	17.0 m
Characteristics
Crew	4 command crew 26 specialists
Cruise Speed	w 2.3
Sustainable Speed	w 2.4
Maximum Speed	w 2.5
Armaments	2x Sorac 1.5 Plus class lasers 1x missile rack (w/ 6x Mk V fusion missiles & 18x Class 1 probes)
Defenses	bead dispensers Type II hull plating
Auxiliary Craft	4x maintenance pods
Combat Ratings
Size	3
Background
Costs (RPs)	Prototype: ### RP (overhaul)Note IMC: ##.# RP + #.##/yrNote
Guide entry	Guide: Defiant and Valiant

Ships

Name	NCC	Builder	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
Defiant	CX-01		2064	n/a	destroyed 2065
Valiant	CX-02		2064	n/a	lost 2073

Defiant Flight Configuration

Mass: 16,300 tons

Size: 3

Length: 92.4 m

Beam: 41.1 m

Height: 17.0 m

Maximum SU: 709

Utilized SU: 682.25

SU Mass: 23 mt (23.01 mt specifically)

Hull (34.5 SU)

Outer Hull/Primary Structure: 12 SU

Inner Hull/Secondary Structure: 12 SU

Resistance: 6 points (4 free, 0 inner + 2 outer hulls)

Structural Integrity Field: Class A (5/5 Protection)(5 SU)

Backup SIF: (3/3 Protection) (2.5 SU)

Personnel Systems (465 SU)

Crew: 30

Passengers: 0

Crew Quarters:

1x barracks (1 SU)

1x spartan (1 SU)

1x cryogenic (1 SU)

Basic Life Support: 12 SU

Reserve Life Support: 6 SU

Emergency Life Support: 6 SU

Gravity: n/a

Consumables: 2 years (6 SU)

Food Processor System: food stores (2 SU)

Industrial Fabrication Units: Mark I (2 SU)

Medical Systems: Rating 1 (5 SU)

Skill 10

Recreation Facilities: Rating 1 (6 SU)

spartan galley, exercise room

Personnel Transport: Jefferies tubes (1 SU)

Fire Suppression: 3 SU

Cargo: 9,503 mt total (413 SU)

Escape Pods: n/a (command pod detachable)

Propulsion Systems (4 SU)

Warp Propulsion System: Mark 1.1 (4 SU)

Plasma Injector System: Class 0 (1 SU)

w2.3/2.4/2.5

1 downgrade "package 2" for each warp category (-6 SU)

Impulse Propulsion System: Type 1 (2 SU)

0.1c/0.2c

Reaction Control System:

Primary RCS: 3 SU

Power Systems (72 SU)

Warp Engines: Mark I (20 SU)

Auxiliary Power Systems: 1 fusion (3 SU)

Battery Power Systems: 9 SU

Emergency Power: Type A (25 SU)

Electroplasma System: 15 SU

Operations Systems (64.75 SU)

Bridge Systems: 21st century (6 SU)

Separation Systems: non-reattacking command pod (1.5 SU)

Computers: 2 cores (silicon) (3 SU, 1.5 each)

Optical Data Networks: fiberglass laser optics (9 SU)

Sensor Systems:

Long-Range Sensors: Mark 0 (1 SU)

High Res: 1 ly (0.3/0.4-0.6/0.7-0.9/0.91-1.0)

Low Res: 3 lys (0.5/0.6-1.0/1.1-2.0/2.1-3.0)

Standard gain; Class 1 strength (2 SU)

Lateral Sensors: (6 SU)

Class 0 strength (1 SU); standard gain

Navigational Sensors: (6 SU)

Class 0 strength (1 SU); standard gain

Probes:

18 Class 1 (2 SU)

Flight Control Systems:

Autopilot: Flight Control 1, Coordination 1 (4 SU)

Navigational Computers: Class 1 (6 SU)

Back-up: 0 SU

Inertial Stabilizer: 1x of rating 2 (6 SU)

Back-up: 1x of rating 1 (1.5 SU)

Attitude Control: 0.75 SU (unrounded)

Communication Systems: Type II interplanetary radio (2 SU)

Emergency Communications System: 1 SU

Security Systems: n/a

Science Systems: Rating 1 (8 SU)

1x astrophysics

Tactical Systems (34 SU)

Weapon Control Rooms: n/a

Beam Weapons:

2x Sorac 1.5 Plus class lasers (6 SU)

350 mw, 30 damage, 1/rnd, 4/10,000/30,000/100,000 ranges

Firing Arcs: 180 deg (0 SU)

Firing Modes: standard (0 SU)

Missile Weapons:

1x Mk V nuclear missile/Class I probe launcher rack (8 SU)

150 damage, 6/300/2,500/8,000 ranges

Torpedo Storage: 6 torpedoes (8 SU)

Threat Assessment/Tracking/Targeting System: Class Zero (3 SU)

Hull Plating: Type II, Protection: 8 (3 SU)

Bead Dispensers (anti-laser defense): 6 SU

Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems (8 SU)

Shuttlebays:

4x maintenance pods, Size 1 (8 SU)

Valiant Flight Configuration

• identical to Defiant, with the exception of cargo holds with 26 additional SU, leaving no full SU remaining

Notes

• The Defiant was originally built as the Akademik Fedorovich Ioffe (AOS-11033) and the Valiant as the Akademik Sergey Vavilov (AOS-11031), both of the ECON's Akademik Mstislav Keldysh class cruisers.

References

• File:Defiant & Valiant class ship template.xlsx