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DEEP SPACE 13, GOLD Fleet, SPECS
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ver: 1.4.1, SD: 140302
BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name : STAR CORE
Classification : Modular station
Type : DS (Deep Space Station)
Number in service : 43
Primary Profile : Forward Operations
Secondary Profile : Observation Platform
Designations : DEEP SPACE 'N' (where N is number designation like
DEEP SPACE 13) and SB GIBRALTAR
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length : 2,104 m
Beam : 225 m
Draft : 225 m
Displacement : 92,570,000 mt
COMPLEMENT
Total Standard : 6,500
Officers : 750
Crew : 5,330
Marines : 420 + Krima Batallion
Passengers : Variable (depending on number and type of modules)
Max. Life Support : Variable (approx. 12,000)
ATTITUDE CONTROL
Station-Keeping
Thrusters : SKT-200 Series
Number : 4 sets of 4 per module
ENERGY SYSTEMS
Main Reactor : M/AM-2000s (section Beta)
Secondary reactors : FRIF-1010 (1 per section, except Beta)
Backup reactor : FRIF-600 (section Beta)
ARMAMENT
Phaser, Type X
Number : 36 strips (4 per section, section Beta 4 additional)
Range : 310,000 km
Arcs : north, east, south and west sides
Pulse Phaser, Type Xa
Number : 4 turrets (2 cannons each)
Range : 180,000 km
Arcs : 2 weapons pod section Alpha
2 weapons pod section Omega
Quantum Torpedo, Type III Seeking/Direct
Number : 18
Range : 3,500,000 km
Arcs : 2 per section
2 additional in section Beta
Point Defense system
Number : 106 laser canons
Range : 150,000 km
Arcs : 12 per section
10 additional in section Beta
Number : 9 Type I drones (1 launcher per section,
1 additional on Beta)
Range : 2,000,000 km
Arcs : Dorsal, Ventral, North, Northeast, East,
Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest.
Complement : 270 drones (30 per section,
30 addional in Beta)
Deflector System : FS-3 Starbase Deflector System
(Cocooned and overlapping per section)
OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
Standard, 6-person : 240
Emergency, 16-person : 140
Cargo : 280
Docking Ports: 32 small docking ports for cargo vessels
Embarked Craft (Standard, specific bases may vary)
Shuttlepod : 60
Combat Shuttle, Fighter : 32
Personnel Shuttle, Small : 30
Personnel Shuttle, Large : 18
Shuttle, D-Warp : 9
Courier, D-Warp : 5
Cargo Shuttle : 80
Runabout : 5
Runabout (E-12) : 3
Marine Dropship : 2
Sensors
ORACLE IIs Sensor Phalanx
Glove I shell experimental system
Tractor beams
Number: 4 main, 88 docking or cargo
Arcs : 4 main section Beta
Docking ports and shuttle or cargo bays
Drydock Facilities
Individual Bays : 2 (Outside Station's Perimeter)
FS-1 Deflector System
No Tactical Capability
NOTES
DEEP SPACE 13 is a medium/large size modular station designed to be
easily deployed, assembled and disassembled in its place of residence.
It consists of 8 greatly independent modules, named Alpha (A), Beta
(B), Gamma (G), Delta (D), Epsilon (E), Eta (H), Phi (F) and Omega
(W). All but Beta are cylinder-like shaped, of 225 meters length and
150 meters of diameter. Section Alpha is a command Type III section,
while sections Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Eta, Phi and Omega are different
civilian Type VI sections. Section Beta is an orthohedron of 225
meters of side and 300 meters height engineering Type II section
modified to hold main Shuttlebay. All sections are connected through
umbilicals and special gel-connected free rotating heads. Energy
conduits and computer wiring is designed to allow free rotation
between the modules, but standard operation should minimize the
rotation of sections to facilitate cargo and embark operations. All
modules can be isolated from the rest in case of emergency.
Attitude Control systems provide the station with the ability to move
itself around once deployed and assembled for small distances
(tipically to change orbits or similar maneuvres), provided by the
networks of specially designed thrusters (due to the displacement of
the station, trhusters have a poor performance).
All sections but Beta has 12 decks, Beta having just 11 high ceiling
decks. This makes a total of 95 decks, which are located by
section-number up-down (eg. Alpha-3 is deck #3 and Gamma-9 is deck
#32). All sections have a 36 meters diameter cylindrical core that
contains the main wirings and energy conduits shared with the other
sections. Section Beta has, besides the M/AM reactor core, a backup
reactor, main engineering and main shuttlebay. Sections Alpha and Beta
are considered security critical and are separated from the civilian
sections by several security layers.
Decks #1 and #2 on section Beta and deck #7 in the rest of the
sections are exclusively designed and dedicated to host a modified
version of the ORACLE Sensor Phalanx, designated ORACLE IIs.
Modifications to the basic ORACLE design, due to the lack of a
distorting warp field while in operation and greater space
availability has allowed to install a sensor network with broader
multi-scan capabilities and range in all frequencies than any starship
class. Equipped whith this and other enhancements taken from the
successful AUGUR sensor networks, DS13 perfectly fulfills its primary
role as a Deep Space listening post, controlling the Gorn and Tholian
boundaries with Federation territory. Adding to this, DS13 is
surrounded by a shell of 174 class 1 and 2 Sensor Probes, deployed at
a distance of 7 light-seconds from the station in an spherical,
stationary orbit around the station, temporarily designated Project
Glove I. They serve multiple purposes, as amplifying the station
sensoring capabilities as well as augmenting the resolution of LR
sensors by a 31% as well as augmenting the defensive power of the
station by providing both powerful jamming capabilities as well as
excellent counter-ECM capacity, aiding the station aiming systems
(torpedoes range is about 10-10.5 light-seconds range).
Decks B-8, #9 and #10, where the main M/AM reactor is hosted, are
specially prepared to allow de emergency shutdown and expulsion of the
core in case of inminent breach, via several protocols. It has been
calculated that the station would only suffer a drop to 12% of the
shields if the ejection of the core would happen 30 seconds before
detonation.
Decks Phi-6, #7 and #8 hold a promenade. Despite the fact that the
primary roles of the station are Starfleet oriented, it will also hold
merchant ships and civilians. Section Omega has been provisioned with
a second promenade and more civilian space for presumed greater trade
and commerce with Lehrren space, while also holding additional
quarters for crew of visiting Starships.
The station is defended by an array of phasers fed by each module
reactor core. This phaser strips have been modified so the power
output is greater per unit length. This allows for smaller strips,
which provide safer conditions for the main station weapon, as it
makes them harder to be disabled. Additionally, several quantum and
photon torpedoes launchers and 4 pulse phaser cannons provide stronger
defensive capabilities. These are attached to sections Alpha (A) and
Omega (W) attachment ports as independent modules, fed by their own
engines and helped by the station reactors. A Point Defense laser
system is installed to provide better defense against small crafts and
torpedoes or missiles. Defense drones, both with jamming, ECM, sensors
ghosts and disabling capabilities are installed.
Standard multiphasic deflector systems provide a suitable shield for
the station, generated by each section, with big overlapping. For
intra-station defense, DS13 accounts a standard complement of 420
Marines plus the special Krima Batallion, for special operations
within KrimaXFor territory. Additional security is provided by Navy
Security personnel, while Federation Marshalls are basically in charge
of the civilian sectors.
DS13 has suitable acommodation for diplomatic delegations, providing
big areas for native biospheres for liasons of Gorn, Tholian and
Rihannsu potencies. It has also extensive medical facilities, being
able to attend emergencies from damaged ships or evacuation of
colonies (although there are no known colonies near the station).
Operations Center (Ops), sited on decks Alpha-2 and -3, is equipped
with dedicated areas for Flight Control and Fleet Command operations,
accordingly with the station secondary mission profile.
The station can be assembled and get completely functional within 11
days. Disassembling can be accomplished in 2.1 days. Emergency
disassembling, however, can be achieved in 2.5 hours. Thruster systems
give the station the ability to move from one place to another,
although they are not designed to move the station like a starship
would. The station does not possess any rotation around its axis to
avoid problems with docked ships and to facilitate ships operations.
Transport to goal locus can be easily acomplished by towing the
different sections with a flotilla of ATs escorted by some FLs.
Additionally, DS13 has been assigned a class II spacedock facility,
usually situated 10 km away of the station. Class II spacedock repair
facilities consist of two big dry-docking areas and can assist and
repair inot severely damage ships up to the size of a MAGELLAN-class
Heavy Cruiser. Two cargo containers are assigned to the repair
facility, both can be easily moved by assembly with a Warp Tug TA. The
support ships TITANIA and SPITFIRE are usually locked by some small
tractor beams and umbilicals to section Beta.
DECK PLANS
(NB. blanks are left to the imagination, but I guess SIFF generators,
artificial gravity and other niceties like the small docking ports for
freighters, civilian houses and such have to be located somewhere )
Deck # Feature from axis outwards
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A-1 Torpedoes launchers, Auxiliary computer systems, torpedoes
cargo bays
A-2 Upper Ops, CIC, TAC
A-3 Ops, Fleet Command center, CO's Ready Room, XO's Office, main
Observation lounge
A-4 Officers lounge, Briefing room, Flight Control Center
A-5 Senior officers' quarters, Cartography
A-6 Secondary computer core, Communications computers and panels
A-7 ORACLE Phalanx, sensors palettes
A-8 Lower ORACLE Phalanx, Lower sensors palettes
A-9 Backup computer cores, Security, brig, Marines OpCenter
A-10 Secondary reactors, Officers' quarters, VIPs' quarters
A-11 Lower secondary reactors
A-12 Torpedo launchers and storage
B-1 Upper Main ORACLE IIs Phalanx, Main sensors, torpedo launchers
B-2 Main ORACLE IIs Phalanx, Lower Main sensors
B-3 Upper main shuttle bay
B-4 Main shuttle bay
B-5 Upper main computer core, upper auxiliary Engineering
B-6 Main computer core, auxiliary Engineering
B-7 Lower main computer core, lower auxiliary Engineering
B-8 Upper main Engineering, upper main reactor core
B-9 Main Engineering, main reactor core
B-10 Lower Main reactor core
B-11 Torpedo launchers and storage
G-1 Torpedo launchers and storage
G-2 Crew quarters
G-3 Crew quarters
G-4 Hospital
G-5 Hospital, COUNS Department
G-6 Upper Sciences
G-7 Sciences, gardens
G-8 Crew quarters, gardens
G-9 Crew quarters
G-10 Crew quarters
G-11 Secondary reactor
G-12 Torpedo launchers, storage
D-1 Torpedo launchers and storage
D-2 Marine Country
D-3 Marine Country
D-4 Upper Fighters Bay
D-5 Fighters Bay
D-6 Auxiliary Engineering Bay
D-7 Crew quarters
D-8 Crew quarters
D-9 Crew quarters
D-10 Crew quarters
D-11 Secondary reactor
D-12 Torpedo launchers, storage
E-1 Torpedo launchers and storage
E-2 Crew quarters
E-3 Crew quarters
E-4 Crew quarters
E-5 Crew quarters
E-6 Crew quarters
E-7 Crew quarters
E-8 Crew quarters
E-9 Crew quarters
E-10 Crew quarters
E-11 Secondary reactor
E-12 Torpedo launchers, storage
H-1 Torpedo launchers and storage
H-2 Civilian quarters.
H-3 Civilian quarters. Main craft docking ports
H-4 Auxiliary power reactor to docked ships
H-5 Civilian quarters.
H-6 First civilian zone, arboretum
H-7 Arboretum
H-8 Civilian quarters
H-9 Civilian quarters
H-10 Civilian quarters
H-11 Civilian quarters
H-12 Torpedo launchers and storage
F-1 Torpedo launchers and storage
F-2 Civilian quarters
F-3 Civilian Control Center (CIVSEC)
F-4 Upper Civilian Hospital
F-5 Civilian hospital
F-6 Promenade, Romulan Embassy, Gorn Embassy
F-7 Promenade, Main Civilian Zone (quarters, schools, &c)
F-8 Promenade, Second Civilian Zone
F-9 Civilian quarters
F-10 Merchant Cargo bays
F-11 Merchant Cargo bays
F-12 Torpedo launchers and storage
W-1 Torpedo launchers and storage
W-2 Civilian quarters.
W-3 Civilian quarters. Craft docking ports
W-4 Auxiliary power reactor to docked ships
W-5 Civilian quarters.
W-6 Upper Second Promenade
W-7 Second Promenade
W-8 Crew quarters
W-9 Crew quarters
W-10 Crew quarters
W-11 Crew quarters
W-12 Torpedo launchers and storage
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STAR CORE MODULAR DEEP SPACE STATION SPECS
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v1.1 (SD. 110805)
(N.B. This is a temporary draft. SFEng has added aditional section
types to this specs, particularly more type VIII types.)
INTRODUCTION.
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STAR CORE-class Modular Deep Space Stations were introduced in normal
production by Starfleet Engineering in SD 030324. The idea was breaking
with the usual Starfleet Champignon Station layout and using a much more
flexible, modular design, better fitted for Forward Operations, which are
their primary mission profile.
STAR CORE-class Stations are usually composed by one Engineering module
(providing the main energy source for the station) and one or more modules
specially designed for different types of missions.
MODULES TYPES
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Type Mission Profile Len, Diam Av. l-sup.* Comments
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I Engineering 180 180 300 Small Engineering
II Eng. + Bay 300 225 900 Not cylindrical,
hosts crafts
III Command, Fleet 225 150 600** Biggest Command
Operations type
IIIb Command 180 120 350 Small Command
IIIc Minimal Command 78 120 150 Attached to type
I or II
IV Civilian type 1 225 150 1600 Basic facilities
IVb Civilian type 2 225 150 1800+P***Including hospital
IVc Civ. type 3 225 150 2100+P Hosp. & Promenade
IVd Civ. type 4 225 150 1900+P Hosp. & Sciences
IVe Civ. type 5 450 225 10000 "Flying City"
V Ship Bay 225 150 1500 Crafts and cargo
VI Hospital city 225 150 3000+P Medical facilities
VII Cargo 225 150 1000 Cargo bays
VIII Pulse Phaser 40 80 Pulse Phaser Type Xa
* Average life support in Operational Cycle with an average load of
crew and civilians.
** Command crew not counting Protocol
*** P = patients. Only included standard complement of doctors, nurses
and other hospital personnel.
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Most modules types are the same except for the especialization of the
equipment and use of the space. Original Engineering Type I modules
soon proved too small for big arrays of modules and the tactical
problems arisen from having several Engineering Modules lead to the
creation of Engineering Type II modules, which provide much more raw
power and hold several shuttle and cargo bays to facilitate maintenance
and resupply.
Command Modules Type IIIb and -c are modifications to the basic Command
and Fleet Operations Type III, IIIb does not have facilities for
Protocol nor Fleet Operations, while IIIc is designed to be attached
to a Type I or II and provide basic command abilities to small stations.
Types IV are the basic modules for civilian and crew use and
inhabitation. They provide different configurations, depending on the
specific mission profile. Type IVe is a giant module, able and designed
to host up to 33000 Humans in emergency conditions for several days.
Every station's specific modules can be customized to an extent due to
the modular design of the modules themselves.
Types V and VII have been designed to assist Engineering or Command
Starbases as attached specialised stations. The idea behind this design
is to aleviate Starbases from most of the traffic, allowing safer
security protocols and better response in case of attack.
Type VI is a specialised Medical Reseach and Emergency Hospital Town,
that allows unusual amounts of patients to be attended. They also have
advanced medical facilities for investigation pruposes. As an example,
one of the first STAR CORE Deep Space stations deployed, former DS37
(original GOLD Fleet) nowadays OP578, is now one of the biggest
Medical Research Centers in the whole Starfleet, comprising 1 Type
IIIa Command Module, 3 Type I Engineering Modules, 1 Type VII Cargo
Bay and 7 Type VI Medical Towns Modules. By the way, it's primary
mission profile is not of a Deep Space station anymore.
Type VIII Module is actually a big Pulse Phaser Type Xa pod attachable
to any other modules, providing 4 Type Xa turrets with high energy
flux and enormous peak power sourges. They are terminal modules and
are always installed at both ends of the station.
All modules provide 4 Type X phaser strips (type II provides 4 more)
and 2 (quantum or not) Mark XXII torpedo launchers (type II provides
4). All modules have attitude control thrusters to facilitate assemply
and disassembly and to provide the station with basic attitude control
like changing orbits, et cetera.
STAR CORE class Stations are usually a linear array of modules.
Experiments conducted by SFEng have demonstrated that the STAR CORE
design does not blend itself to thoroidal layouts very well. On the
other hand, an unusual high number of modules would be necessary, more
than 68, to allow such configuration, which renders too big and hard
to defend stations.
The smallest functional STAR CORE Station is comprised by one Type I
module and one attached Type IIIc. A type I is able to feed energy up
to 3 type IV modules. One Type II module is able to feed up to 8 type
IV modules. The biggest STAR CORE Station allowed by safety protocols
is of 18 type IV modules or equivalent, although provided enough
engineering modules are in the link, the design supports up to 117
type IV modules before structural integrity goes beyond limits.
Just as a practical example, DS13 is a STAR CORE-class Deep Space
Station comprised by (from deck 1 and downwards):
1 Type VIII
1 Type III
1 Type II
1 Type IVd
1 Type IV (specialized)
1 Type IV
1 Type IVc
1 Type IVc
1 Type IVc
1 Type VIII
STAR CORE Modules design (c) 1998, 2001 David Suarez de Lis for use in
Alt.Starfleet.RPG only. Acknowledgements for modifications and
suggestions to Starfleet Engineering crew.
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