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| Messier
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| Class Overview
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| Category
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Survey cruiser/heavy cruiser/attack cruiser
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| Operational
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2078 - 2162
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| Constructed
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32 total
- 22 Messier survey cruisers
- 8 Thunder heavy cruisers
- 2 Messiers and 3 Thunders refitted to Verdun attack cruisers
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| Dimensions
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| Length
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258.0 m
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| Beam
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113.8 m
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| Height
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72.1 m
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| Mass
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- 107,700 tons (early survey cruiser)
- 109,400 tons (late survey cruiser)
- 108,600 tons (heavy cruiser)
- 129,500 tons (heavy cruiser, Romulan war, typical)
- 134,000 tons (attack cruiser, typical)
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| Performance
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| Cruise Speed
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w 2.75
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| Max Speed
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- w 2.9 (original)
- w 3.1 (final upgrades)
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| Endurance
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- 4 years (survey cruiser, attack cruiser)
- 2.5 years (attack cruiser)
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| Complement
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| Officers
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- 8 (survey cruiser)
- 25 (heavy cruiser)
- 32 (attack cruiser)
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| Enlisted
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- 85 (survey cruiser)
- 158 (heavy cruiser)
- 274 (heavy cruiser, Romulan war, typical)
- 242 (attack cruiser, typical)
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| Troops
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500-700 (attack cruiser)
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| Tactical Systems
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| Beam Weapons
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Original:
- 4 laser emitters (290 nm / 700 MW) on main hull
- 2 plasma cannon (2.0 GW) on main hull
- 6 plasma cannon (2.0 GW) on aft engine section
Refit 2154-56:
- 2 Type A phased particle cannon (500 GJ / GW) on bow weapons mount
- 4 laser emitters (290 nm / 700 MW) on main hull
- 4 laser emitters (320 nm / 300 MW) on aft engine section
- 4 plasma cannon (2.0 GW) on aft engine section
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| Missile Weapons
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Original:
- 2 missile tubes w/ 55 fusion missiles (120 kT) below fwd hull
Refit 2154-56:
- 2 missile tubes w/ 55 fusion missiles (120 kT) below fwd hull
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| Shields
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All:
- Anti-laser glass-cloud dispensers
Explorer:
- Electromagnetic shield (26 T)
- Reflective armor on forward and engineering hulls
Romulan war combatant:
- 1-layer graviton/subspace globular forcefield
- Polarizable armor on parts of forward hull and warp nacelles
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| Laboratories
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- 1 GP
- 1 astrophysics
- 1 planetary sciences
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| Auxiliary Craft
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Survey cruiser:
- 1 large atmospheric shuttle
- 2 shuttlepods
Romulan war heavy cruiser:
- 4 assault shuttles
- 8 to 16 sublight fightercraft
Attack cruiser:
- 2 assault shuttles
- 12 assault barges
- 2 sublight fightercraft
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| Historical
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| Ships of Note
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- USS Balboa (CA-177)
- USS Braxton (CA-195)
- USS Gorshkov (CA-143)
- USS Halsey (CA-141)
- USS Intrepid (CA-170)
- USS Yamamoto (CA-147)
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| Canonicity
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| Design
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SFC, William Forstchen “The Forgotten War”
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| Name
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SFC, William Forstchen “The Forgotten War”
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| History
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SFC, dates altered; William Forstchen “The Forgotten War”
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