BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name : FEYNMAN
Classification : Surveyor
Type : DD (Destroyer)
Model Number : I
Number in Service : 4
Primary Mission : Exploration, First Contact
Secondary Mission : Mapping, Patrol and Reconnaissance
Designations : USS FEYNMAN (NCC-66000), USS TESLA (NCC-66001),
USS HAWKING (NCC-66002), USS GAUSS (NCC-66003),
USS CURIE (NCC-66004-A), USS GALILEO (NCC-66005)
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length : 342 m
Beam : 192 m
Draft : 73 m
Displacement : 1,920,000 mt
Separation : emergency separation available
COMPLEMENT
Total : 412
Officers : 52
Crew : 360
Passengers : 12 (60 maximum)
max life support : 3,300
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
Drive Type : ILN-417 Mk IX
Number : 2 (variable)
Main Reactor : FRAM-901
Impulse System
Drive Type : CAN
Number : 2
Secondary Reactor: FRIF-460 Network
Thruster Control : Quickstep
Velocity
(Sensor Mode)
Standard Cruise Speed : 6.0
Maximum Cruise Speed : 9.0
Sustainable for 12 hours: 9.6
(Flight Mode)
Standard Cruise Speed : 7.0
Maximum Cruise Speed : 9.4
Sustainable for 12 hours: 9.80
Maximum Emergency Speed : 9.90
Core Failure Immenent : 9.92
ARMAMENT
Phaser Banks: 4
Phaser, Type X
Number : 4 units
Range : 300,000 km
Arcs : Saucer module dorsal array
Saucer module ventral array
Secondary hull aft array
Secondary hull ventral array
Photon Torpedo, Mk XXIII Seeking/Direct
Number : 2 tubes
Range : 3,000,000 km
Arcs : 1 forward, 1 aft
Deflector System : FD-7c Cocoon multiphasic deflector system
OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
Standard, 6-person : 4
Emergency, 16-person: 3
Cargo : 3
Shuttle Bays : 2 (1 main, 1 auxilliary
Embarked Craft (Standard, specific ships may vary)
Shuttlepod : 4
Personnel Shuttle, Small: 4
D-Warp Shuttle : 1
Cargo Shuttle : 1
Runabout : 1
Notes:
After successfully testing and improving the DELPHI array deep
space sensor system on the USS FENRIS, it was decided to
implement it in a smaller class of vessel with a strong emphasis
on scientific use. It quickly became evident that a medium-sized
ship of 300 to 450 crew would be the platform suited best.
To avoid the mass and energy consumption that comes along with a
third nacelle to shape the subspace field for scanning purposes,
the FEYNMAN class uses a variable warp nacelle geometry, based on
a two nacelle design. It also uses the minimum reflectance
surface for minimal background noise, making the ship appear
black from most view angles, as well as the thruster control
system used on it's bigger cousin.
The ship's saucer section is somewhat elongated with a more
streamlined arrowhead appearance to facilitate a more efficient
warp bubble at higher warp speeds, while the engineering section
is resembling the shape of the EXCELSIOR-class design, with the
difference of the variable and shorter warp nacelles. The hull
allows an emergency separation but cannot reassemble in space.
There is no Captain's yacht to allow the bottom of the saucer
section to be shaped for optimum deflector use. The auxiliary
shuttlebay goes forward.
Details on the modification:
The variable nacelle geometry is not explicitly required for warp
drive, but serves the purpose of stabilizing and refining the
warp field for the main delphi array which is operating on
subspace frequencies during warp. When operating in a different
configuration it can serve to increase warp field efficiency
(greatly reducing the sensor efficiency) at high speed to optimze
energy consumption and effectively increasing speed.
The low reflectance surface is reducing sensor ghosts of all
kinds, making scans more accurate and providing additional
passive protection against being scanned. To compensate for this
in non-hostile encounters, the protocols have been modified to
allow to provide beacons for own and friendly vessels.
History:
The Feynman class is named in honor of the twentieth century
Nobel prize winning physicist/philosopher/teacher, Richard P.
Feynman, whose simple but elegant demonstration of O Ring failure
during the Challenger hearings lead to improved standards of
safety for early earth spacecraft. He is also considered one of
the fathers of Nanotechnology; an award named is his honor has
been given since the late twentieth century.
In October 2405 the project approval was received. A rescaled
version of the DELPHI Array began construction. In May 2406 the
keel was laid, and the actual construction on the primary hull
began. In June 2406 the nacelle construction began. August 2406
saw the joinging of primary and secondary hulls and the
installation of the DELPHI array began. In September 2406 the
installation of the remaining communication, navigation systems
and computer core followed.
October 2406 the Warp Drive was tested, followed by finishing the
installation of the rescaled DELPHI array in November, and its
calibration and test in December 2406. In January 2407 the
construction was completed and the ship commissioned for system
evaluation as NX-66000 USS Feynman.
The original design of the FEYNMAN class by Armin Lenz and Kelli Belden.
Deck # Major Feature (Saucer)
1 Main bridge, ready room
2 Observation Lounge, sensor array control
3 DELPHI sensor array upper
4 DELPHI sensor array lower
5 senior officers' quarters, lifepods
6 impulse drive, transporter rooms 1 and 2
7 impulse reactors, residential apartments
8 science labs, holodecks
9 computer core, science labs
10 ten forward, residential apartments
11 medical labs, residential apartments
12 lifepods, maintenance, auxiliary shuttlebay fwd
Deck # Major Feature (Stardrive)
6 docking latches, lifepods
7 warp nacelle servo systems
8 volatile storage pods, emergency batteries
9 life support systems, sickbay
10 science labs, residential apartments
11 main shuttle bay, transporter room 3, computer core
12 shuttle bay support, maintenance, cargo bays
13 living quarters, arboretum, holodecks
14 transporter room 4, photon torpedo launchers aft and fwd
15 power distribution, security central, brig, DELPHI array fwd
16 main engineering, warp reactor core, aux impulse drive
17 antimatter injection reactors, cargo bays
18 anitmatter storage, antimatter generator
Names for the FEYNMAN class are Registration numbers are of the
taken from famous physicians. 66xxx series.
USS HAWKING
USS FERMI
USS HEISENBERG
USS CURIE
USS EINSTEIN
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