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The Mountaineer class starship is a radical ship design for Starfleet, being "Y" or forked-shape rather than the traditional saucer and engineering hull combination. A medium-size attack cruiser, most Mountaineer class starships patrol the Federation's borders, out there in the 'boonies'. It has significant firepower for its size, as attributed to the abundance of energy generated by its proportionally large warp nacelles. The Mountaineer is a versatile ship of good size, with many having been built and distributed throughout the Federation.
The Mountaineer class starship usually serves as a good proportion of the initial first wave in battles. Its main task is to break a hole through enemy lines, as well as to harass and cripple as many enemy vessels as possible while waiting for the arrival of the larger warships. The distinctive fork design coupled with its powerful impulse reactors allow the Mountaineer to easily outmanuever most other ships, even smaller ones. Its armaments include: (higher the type number, higher the energy)
[Fore Weapons] 22 type-13 pulse phasers, 8 type-20 pulse phasers and 6 type-22 pulse phaser cannons.
[Aft Weapons] 12 type-13 pulse cannons, 8 type-20 pulse phasers, 2 type-6 pulse phasers and 1 type-30 swivel phaser cannon.
[Lateral Weapons] 12 type-13 pulse phasers, 4 type-6 pulse phasers, and 2 type-13 phaser strips.
[Top Weapons] 4 type-13 phaser strips and 4 type-6 pulse phasers.
[Bottom Weapons] 3 type-13 phaser strips.
The Mountaineer class ships have a crew capacity of 410, half of which man the 205 one-man attack shuttles in the cargo/shuttle bay. Due to the enormous energy usage of the weapons in battle, the ship must come out of warp to reroute power to shields and weapons. All nonessential systems are shut down in battle to conserve energy. Two impulse engine reactors provide locomotive power for the ship, also satisfying the rest of the ship's energy needs, and when necessary, acting as a supplementary power source for the weapons systems.
To protect its otherwise weak aft (rear) defense, the Mountaineer class has a single type-30 phaser cannon. The ship has a maximum velocity of Warp 9.94, which it can sustain for up to three hours. It has a normal cruising speed of Warp 9.2. Mountaineer class starships also have extremely powerful deflector shields for their size as well as adequate physical armor plating as a backup. The shield arrays are integrated into the two powerful sliding/rotating phaser turrets built into the top hull of the ship.
