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
Hull Systems (30 SU)
- Size: 3
- Length: 218.2 m
- Beam: 50.3 m
- Height: 122.1 m
- Mass: 6,440 mt
- Maximum SU: 642.75
- Utilized SU: 642.75
- SU Mass: 10 mt (10.02 mt specifically)
- Hull
- Outer: 12 SU
- Inner: 12 SU
- Shipbuilder: Rockwell
- Resistance
- Outer Hull: 4; 3 SU
- Inner Hull: 4; 3 SU
- Structural Integrity Field: n/a
Personnel Systems (400.5 SU)
- Crew: 15-18
- Crew Quarters
- Spartan: 8; 1 SU
- Cryogenic Pods: 18; 1 SU
- Environmental Systems
- Basic Life Support: 12 SU [3 PWR]
- Reserve Life Support: 6 SU [2 PWR]
- Emergency Life Support (18 emergency shelters): 6 SU
- Gravity: n/a
- Consumables: 2 years (fully active crew); 13.2 SU
- Replicator Systems
- Food Processor System: 2 SU
- Type: food stores [0 PWR]
- Industrial Fabrication Units: n/a
- Food Processor System: 2 SU
- Medical Facilities: 1 (10%); 5 SU [1 PWR]
- Recreation Facilities: 2, 12 SU [4 PWR]
- 1 gym, 1 small lounge
- Personnel Transport: Jefferies tubes; 1 SU [0 PWR]
- Fire Suppression: 3 SU [1 PWR]
- Cargo: 3,389.8 mt total; 338.3 SU
- Escape Pods: n/a
Propulsion Systems (39.5 SU)
- Impulse Engine:
- Type: Type I (fusion-powered) (0.1c / 0.2c); 5 SU [2 / 4 PWR]
- Location: aft
- Pratt & Whitney F100 fusion-powered ion engine
- Type: Type I (fusion-powered) (0.1c / 0.2c); 5 SU [2 / 4 PWR]
- Impulse Engine:
- Type: fission-powered (0.1c); 30 SU [3 PWR]
- Location: aft
- set of 4x AmJet SJ-79 fission-powered ion engines
- Type: fission-powered (0.1c); 30 SU [3 PWR]
- Reaction Control System: (0.025c); 4.5 SU [2 PWR]
- Auxiliary Reaction Control System: (0.013c); 1.5 SU [1 PWR]
Power Systems (94 SU)
- Impulse Engine[s]: 1 Type I fusion reactor (generates 6 PWR)
- Impulse Engine[s]: 4 AmJet SJ-79 fission reactors (each generates 1 PWR)
- Auxiliary Power: 4 AmJet SJ-40 fission reactors (each generates 1.5 PWR); 45 SU
- Auxiliary Power: 5 RTGs (each generates 2 PWR); 10 SU
- Emergency Power: 1 Type N2036 fusion reactor (generates 6 PWR); 5 SU
- Battery Power Systems: 9 SU
- Source: Emergency Life Support one-time drain [18 PWR]
- Power Distribution System: Standard Power flow, +10 Power transfer; 16 SU
- Standard Usable Power: 26
Operations Systems (63.75 SU)
- Bridge Systems: 6 SU
- 21st century-type
- Computers: 3 SU
- 2 cores (silicon)
- Core 1: primary [5 PWR]
- Core 2: secondary [5 PWR]
- 2 cores (silicon)
- Optical Data Networks: 9 SU
- fiberglass laser optics
- Sensor Systems:
- Long-Range Sensors: 1 SU [5 PWR]
- pre-warp
- High-res: none
- Low-res ranges: 0.3 / 0.4-0.6 / 0.7-0.9 / 0.91-1.0 ly
- Gain package: standard
- Strength package: Class 1
- Lateral Sensors: 6 SU [5 PWR]
- Gain package: standard
- Strength package: Class 0
- Navigational Sensors: 6 SU [5 PWR]
- Gain package: standard
- Strength package: Class 0
- Long-Range Sensors: 1 SU [5 PWR]
- Probes: 0.5 SU
- 4 externally-mounted, modified lander/capsule probes
- Flight Control Systems:
- Autopilot: 4 SU [1 PWR]
- Flight Control 1, Coordination 1
- Navigational Computers: 1 SU [0 PWR]
- Class 1
- Back-up: 0 SU [0 PWR]
- type, descriptions
- Autopilot: 4 SU [1 PWR]
- Inertial Stabilizer/Inertial Damping Field:
- Main: 6 SU
- Strength: 2 [3 PWR]
- Number: 1
- Backup: 1.5 SU
- Strength: 1 [2 PWR]
- Number: 1
- Main: 6 SU
- Attitude Control: 0.75 SU (unrounded) [1 PWR]
- Communication Systems:
- Type: Type I (interplanetary radio), 1 SU [2 PWR]
- Strength: 1
- Security: 0 (no uprating)
- Basic Uprating: (no uprating )
- Emergency Communications System: 1 SU [2 PWR]
- Type: Type I (interplanetary radio), 1 SU [2 PWR]
- Science Systems:
- Rating 1 (+0); 8 SU [1 PWR]
- Specialized Systems: 1 (physical: subspace); 2 SU
- Labs: 1; 2 SU
Tactical Systems (xx SU)
- [Beam Weapon] Control Room: # SU
- [Beam Weapon by location]: # SU
- Type:
- Damage: ## [# PWR]
- Emitters: ## (up to # shots/round)
- Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy [values]
- Range: [values]
- Location:
- Firing Arc:
- Firing Modes:
- Type:
- [Missile Weapon] Control Room: # SU
- [Missile Weapon by location]: # SU
- Standard Load: missile type (### damage) [# PWR]
- Spread: #
- Range: [values]
- Targeting System: Accuracy [values]
- Location:
- Firing Arc:
- [Missile Weapon]s Carried: #; # SU
- Threat Assessment/Tracking/Targeting System: class; # SU [# PWR]
- Weapons Skill:
- Deflector Shields (Forward, Starboard, Port, Aft): # SU (x4)
- Shield Generator:
- Class # (Protection ###) [## PWR/shield]
- Shield Grid: Type x (#% increase to ### Protection)
- Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers:
- Class x (Threshold ###)
- Recharging System: Class # (## seconds)
- Backup Shield Generators: # (# per shield); # SU
- Shield Generator:
- Auto-Destruct: # SU
Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems (xx SU)
- Shuttlebays:
- types, Size x (xx SU)