Dimensions
Overall Length 464.43 meters
Overall Draft 87.43 meters
Overall Beam 316.67 meters

Performance
Maximum Velocity warp 9.8 (12 hours maximum)

Armament
6 Type X phasers, 5 photon torpedo launchers [3 tube]

Embarked Craft
4 Type 6 Personnel Shuttle
4 Type 7 Personnel Shuttle
2 Type 9A Cargo Shuttle
6 Type 16 Shuttlepod
12 Peregrine Class Fighter
2 S-3 Sentry SWAC Shuttle

Transporters
Four personnel, four cargo, four emergency

Deck Layout
Deck 1 Captain's Ready Room, Main Bridge, Briefing Room
Deck 2 Observation Lounge, Officers Quarters
Deck 3 Officers Quarters
Deck 4 Officers Quarters
Deck 5 Sickbay, Doctor's Office
Deck 6 Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, VIP/Guest Quarters
Deck 7 Science Labs, Computer Core
Deck 8 Junior Officers and Crew Quarters, Lounge
Deck 9 Deflector Control, Lower Level Torpedo Bay Control
Deck 10 Upper Engineering Support Area, Transporter Rooms 3 and 4
Deck 11 Main Engineering
Deck 12 Lower Engineering, Shuttle Bay
Deck 13 Shuttle Maintenance
Deck 14 Stellar Cartography
Deck 15 Cargo Bay 1
Deck 16 Transporter Rooms 1 and 2
Deck 17 Recreation Deck, Holodecks
Deck 18 Living Quarters
Deck 19 Living Quarters
Deck 20 Living Quarters
Deck 21 Living Quarters
Deck 22 Main Tractor Beam Control and Emitter
Deck 23 Cargo Bays 2 and 3
Deck 24 Maintenance, Systems Support, Environmental Control
Deck 25 Deuterium Storage
Deck 26 Anti-matter Storage Pods

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A Brief History of the AKIRA-CLASS Starship.

Initial production of the Akira class began at the ASDB Integration Facility, Antares Fleet Yards, Antares IV and has since expanded to include the ASDB Integration Facility, Utopia Planetia, Mars where nearly 15 of these vessels enter service each year. The first of the Carrier variants were assembled and launched from the ASDB Integration Facility, Balikinur Kosmodrome, Earth before being consolidated with the rest of the primary production facilities at Utopia Planetia.

Akria Class vessels are part of the new belief that smaller, faster, more maneuverable Starships are needed to better serve Starfleet's, and, by extension, the Federation's needs.

Unlike many Larger Starships of the era, saucer separation is a pre-requisite, Akira Class vessels to date cannot separate into two vessels. As a result, the Akira Class no longer has the twin hull design that has been seen in vessels such as Excelsior, New Orleans, Galaxy and Ambassador Classes. This means that the primary hull and the engineering hull are no longer separate, with no "neck" section. While this division of Saucer and Stardrive has been blurred, it does allow the Claymore to make a smoother, less polluted entry into subspace during Warp. Also, because of this "no stardrive" design, the surface between the two hulls has a much more gradual descent and streamlined appearance; the dorsal mid-ships section, which slopes up where the two hulls connect. The Akira spaceframe appears very similar in design to that of an ancient earth sailing boat known as a Catamaran. With the Nacelles parallel to the main hull, they can be more adequately protected by the primary and secondary shield generators with only a minimal loss in shield efficiency.

Heavily armed, the design philosophy for the Akira class drew on lessons learned in the Defiant Project. A Combined Forward/Aft torpedo bay is located both along the Aft Dorsal "Sail" portion of the hull, while a second set of Forward launchers are located just under the nose of the ship. Combined with the Type X phaser array, the Akira class is heavily armed, and in raw torpedo firepower, could return fire - torpedo for torpedo, with the vaunted Galaxy / Nebula Class launchers.

The Akira Class is a sleek and economical design; although smaller than other Starships( with the exclusion of the Sovereign, Saber, Steamrunner, Intrepid and Defiant Class Starships) , it is an small vessel by comparison to other races with technology equal to or superior to the Federation's.

Akira Variants

Even though the Akira class is a relatively young class of Starship, Starfleet and the ASDB has already devised two Variants on the Akira space frame. These variants are the Akira-Uprated and Akira-Carrier - each striving to make the spaceframe a more combat-oriented vessel in the current, chaotic political situation.

Standard

The Akira (Standard) Class is by far the most numerous of the Akira class vessels built to date. Boasting 2 High-speed, Fixed Focus Photon Torpedo launchers, 6 Type X phaser arrays, the Akira class starship boasts a respectable amount of firepower for any situation.

Uprated

The Akira-Uprated Class was spawned during the end of the first production run and implemented during the vessels second production contract at both ASDB Facilities. Realizing that relations with the Cardassians was going to deteriorate before they improved, and the looming presence of a Borg incursion, Starfleet requested that a portion of the new Akira's be refitted with more weaponry and upgraded shields. The resulting Akira class mounted no less than 15, Fixed Focus Photon torpedo tubes spread between 5 launchers scattered around the vessel [4 located on the Aft sail, and 1 mounted on the ventral portion of the vessel just under the main deflector].

Carrier

The Akira-Carrier was devised shortly after the beginning of the first production run of the Akira Class when Starfleet command had its attention fully on the possibility of a Borg attack. It was reasoned that smaller, quicker vessels would stand a better chance against a Borg Cube than larger ones (a painful lesson learned at Wolf 359). Several Akira class ships were outfitted with a full-fly through hangar on deck 11 from which no more than 12 Peregrine Class fighters could be launched. This combined with the 2 photon torpedo launchers [located in the aft sail] and 6 Type X phaser array 's standard on the Akira class gave the carrier impressive sublight combat capabilities. However, these improvements were made at the sake of the vessels long range endurance both on the vessel and on the crew. The hangar bays necessitated the removal of the Holodecks and Holosuites. While these have been supplanted with a Recreation Deck, no Holographic facilities can be found, meaning the few Akira Carriers still in service are tied to a static Facility such as a Starbase or Outpost.

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