TAU class
| STARSHIP CLASS | |
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| TAU (Thousand Astronomical Unit) | |
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| extrasolar exploration vessel | |
| Affiliation | NASA |
| Completed | 5 |
| Active | 1 |
| Projected Lifespan | 5 years |
| Dimensions | |
| Mass | 6,440 mt |
| Length | 218.2 m |
| Beam | 50.3 m |
| Height | 122.1 m |
| Characteristics | |
| Crew | 15-18 |
| Cruise Speed | 0.1 c |
| Maximum Speed | 0.2 c |
| Defenses | electromagnetic shield |
| Auxiliary Craft | mix of up to 4 drone probe capsules and modified landers |
| Combat Ratings | |
| Size | 3 |
| Impulse | 0.1 c / 0.2 c |
| Background | |
| Costs (RPs) |
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| Guide entry | Guide: TAU |
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Ships
| Name | NCC | Builder | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daedalus | TAU One | Rockwell | 2036.02 | 2036.08 | lost |
| Betelgeuze | TAU Two | Rockwell | 2037.02 | 2043 | decommissioned |
| Charybdis | TAU Three | Rockwell | 2037.0723 | 2038.0207 | lost |
| Phlebas | TAU Four | Rockwell | 2037.12 | 2042 | decommissioned |
| Jacob | TAU Five TAU Six TAU Seven TAU Eight |
Rockwell | 2038.08 | 2069 | decommissioned |
Initial Flight Configuration
Mass: 6,440 metric tons
- Size: 3
- Length: 218.2 m
- Beam: 50.3 m
- Height: 122.1 m
- Maximum SU: 642.75
- Utilized SU: 642.75
- SU Mass: 10 mt (10.02 mt specifically)
Hull (30 SU)
- Outer Hull/Primary Structure: 12 SU
- Inner Hull/Secondary Structure: 12 SU
- Shipbuilder: Rockwell
- Resistance: 6 SU
- 8 points (4 free, 2 inner hull, 2 outer hull)
- Structural Integrity Field: n/a
- Backup SIF: n/a
- Atmospheric Capability: n/a
- Planetfall Capability: n/a
Personnel Systems (??? SU)
- Crew: 15-18
- Crew Quarters: 2 SU
- 8x spartan (1 SU)
- 18x cryogenic pods (1 SU)
- Basic Life Support: 12 SU [3 PWR]
- Reserve Life Support: 6 SU [2 PWR]
- Emergency Life Support: 6 SU (18 shelters)
- Gravity: n/a
- Consumables: 13.2 SU
- 2 years (fully active crew)
- Food Processor System: 2 SU
- Food stores
- Industrial Fabrication Units: n/a
- Medical Systems: 5 SU
- Rating 1, Skill 10 [1 PWR]
- Recreation Facilities: 12 SU [4 PWR]
- Rating 2
- Personnel Transport: 1 SU
- Jefferies tubes
- Fire Suppression: 3 SU [1 PWR]
- Cargo: ????
- ???? mt total
- Escape Pods: n/a
Propulsion Systems (9.5 SU)
- Impulse Propulsion System: 5 SU [PWR 2 / 4]
- Type I fusion / atomic piles (0.1 c / 0.2 c)
- Reaction Control System: 4.5 SU [PWR 2 / 1]
- Primary RCS: (3 SU); .025c
- Auxiliary RCS: (1.5 SU); .013c
Power Systems (## SU)
- Warp Engines: # SU
- type
- Auxiliary Power Systems: # SU
- type
- Battery Power Systems: # SU
- Emergency Power: # SU
- type
- Electroplasma System: # SU
Operations Systems (## SU)
- Bridge Systems: # SU
- Auxiliary Control Room: # SU
- Separation Systems: # SU
- Computers: ## SU
- # cores (type) (#.# each)
- Computer Upratings: # SU
- type
- Optical Data Networks: # SU
- type
- Navigational Deflector: # SU
- Sensor Systems:
- Long-Range Sensors: # SU
- type, descriptions
- Lateral Sensors: # SU
- type, descriptions
- Navigational Sensors: # SU
- type, descriptions
- Long-Range Sensors: # SU
- Probes: # SU
- descriptions
- Flight Control Systems:
- Autopilot: # SU
- Flight Control #, Coordination #
- Navigational Computers: # SU
- type, descriptions
- Back-up: # SU
- type, descriptions
- Autopilot: # SU
- Inertial Stabilizer/Inertial Damping Field: # SU
- #x of rating #
- Back-up: # SU
- #x of rating #
- Attitude Control: #.## SU (unrounded)
- Communication Systems: # SU
- type
- Emergency Communications System: # SU
- Tractor Beams: # SU
- #x of Class (new line for each different class)
- Transporter Systems:
- Personnel: # SU
- # pads/array type
- Emergency: # SU
- # pads/array type
- Cargo: # SU
- ###kg pads/array type
- Energizing/Transition Coils: # SU
- class
- Personnel: # SU
- Security Systems: # SU
- descriptions
- Anti-Intruder System: # SU
- Internal Force Fields: # SU
- Science Systems: # SU
- Rating #
- descriptions
- Specialized Science Systems: # SU
Tactical Systems (xx SU)
- Weapon Control Rooms: # (x SU)
- Beam Weapons:
- types (x SU)
- descriptions
- Firing Arcs: arc (x SU)
- Firing Modes: modes (x SU)
- types (x SU)
- Missile Weapons:
- types (x SU)
- descriptions
- Torpedo Storage: # torpedoes (x SU)
- types (x SU)
- Threat Assessment/Tracking/Targeting System: Class x (x SU)
- Hull Plating: Type (x SU)
- Hull Polarization: type (x SU)
- Deflector Shields:
- Shield Generators: Class # (x SU * 4), xx protection
- Shield Grids: Type (x SU * 4), xx% increase
- Distortion Amplifiers: Class (x SU * 4), xx threshold
- Recharging Systems: type/class (x SU * 4), xx seconds
- Backup Shield Generators: x SU * 4
Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems (xx SU)
- Shuttlebays:
- types, Size x (xx SU)