wpe2.jpg (4522 bytes)Federation Assault Fighter.
Production Name: NX-Valkryie
Purpose: Multi Role Trans Atmospheric Assault Craft
Description: The NX-Valkryie Class assault fighter is a rapid response defense and assault craft able to be launched from any standard ship shuttle bay or the new acceleration launcher found in the U.S.S. Nimitz. The Valkryie possesses several advanced stealth, combat and defensive systems, combined with its high maneuverability at high impulse speeds, makes her a deadly competitor. The hull of the Valkryie has multiple layers of ablative armor to prevent major structural damage from enemy energy weapons. As well the Valkryie class fighter has been upgraded to include the latest in Borg-Defense and assault technologies, primarily centered around a randomly generated shield and weapons frequency control system. This systems retunes both the ships shield, phasers and torpedo warhead energy signatures after every shot and every 0.75 seconds. This is to prevent Borg adaptation to assault weapons, allowing the Valkryie to remain in a Borg-Federation confrontation for longer periods of time before requiring weapons re-alignment.
        In addition to this frequency generator system, the Valkryie has been fitted with a new defense shield configuration. While most ships energy shields are based on deflection of incoming energy, hence the name "Deflectors", the Valkryie's shields are based on a technique combining Multi-Phasic Shield technology and a new energy reflection process. the new configuration is able to reflect back energy along the beams length back to its source causing a catastrophic feed back pulse, designed to disable enemy weapons fire. This technology works in conjunction with  the normal 'Deflectors', producing a new shield dubbed 'Reflectors'.
 
Ship Statistics:
Production Base: Classified.
Type: Tactical Assault Fighter.
Configuration: 9.826 meters long, 12.0785 meters abeam and 3.12 meters tall. 
Accommodations: One Flight Operations Officer/Pilot. Back-Up provided by adaptive heuristic computer core.
Power Plant: 2x 2,150 millicochrane inline warp engines, 12x micro-fusion thrusters, 1x 2,175 millicochrane hot-swappable Matter/Anti-Matter Reaction Assembly (M/ARA).
Performance: Warp 3 for 36 hours, Warp 3.4 for 30 hours. Uses new warp field geometry for more efficient use of energy.
Armament:
        2x Type 10P Pulse Phaser Cannons.
        2x Micro Quantum Torpedo Launchers with a 12 shot magazine per launcher (24 Torpedoes total).
        1x Uni-Directional Type 10A Phaser Strip, fixed forward position.
        10x Phased Quantum-Cobalt Limpet Mines with delayed and proximity fuses.
Special Features:
        Computer possesses advanced navigational array used in a pre-programmed 'Vector Jump' based on the Picard Maneuver. The Computer performs a Warp Pulse that makes the ship jump location, while appearing in two places at once.
        The M/ARA core contains both the primary energy source for the Valkryie, but also its weapons payload/magazine. To facilitate a rapid re-arm and refueling of the Valkryie the entire segment is designed to be released and replaces in under 3 minutes by trained and equipped Star Fleet Support Personnel. the Hot-Swappable M/ARA can then be cooled and re-fueled by automated ships systems while its Torpedo and Mine magazines can be replenished.