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Diligent Class


By 2376 the Dominion War was over and Starfleet was faced with the herculean task of rebuilding the fleet. While classes like the Akira, Intrepid, Saber, Defiant, Steamrunner, and even Nebula, Galaxy, and Sovereign were being produced at record rates to bolster Starfleet’s numbers, it was decided that new designs were also needed to address gaps in functionality made apparent during the war.

The Defiant Class, for instance, demonstrated vividly the difference between a vessel designed primarily for exploration and one designed primarily for combat. While the war was over and diplomatic and scientific discovery needed to resume, Command decided it was not about to grow lax and so called for a vessel with a compact design and significant combat capabilities, like the Defiant, that also had the capacity to execute scientific, diplomatic and explorative missions on a small scale, when larger explorers were not required.

The Diligent Class was the resulting proposal. Stolen by the then FCapt. Tolleson on a SSD covert mission and put into construction under his command. Equipped with the latest technology, including bio-neural circuitry, new sensor suites and propulsion systems, at the expense of being somewhat larger, it represented an overall improvement over the smaller Defiant Class in terms of non-combat mission interoperability, while still maintaining nearly the same combat potential. However, this vessel was not designed to replace the Defiant class project, but to supplement it and other small vessels designed for short-range exploratory missions. It sacrifices the heavy pulse phaser cannons and greater maneuverability of the smaller vessel for a high top speed and creature comforts for its crew.


Compared to the Defiant, crew accommodations are increased greatly, officers ranked Lieutenant jg and above have their own staterooms, Ensigns, warrant officers, and chief petty officers share bunked quarters, with one other person, while petty officers and below share quarters with three other crewmen. The starship is equipped with two holodecks as well as a fully equipped mess hall.

The ship is also equipped with two sets of VIP quarters and a conference lounge, facilities not featured aboard a Defiant, Raptor, or Saber Class, which makes it capable of undertaking diplomatic missions between two to three parties. This capability, combined with her impressive weapons array, makes the Diligent suitable for second or third contact missions with new races or to mediate disputes between small spacefaring powers. In essence, the Diligent has the ability to ‘fight her way out’ should negotiations fail.

Medical systems take heavy inspiration from the Nova and Intrepid Class starships. They include one standard sickbay module, with an attached medical lab, as well as a secondary ward and morgue. There are also provisions aboard to convert one of the vessel's standard science labs to work as a medical lab if there’s ever a medical crisis. The ship takes a cue from the Prometheus Class in having full-ship holographic projectors that allow the ship's EMH to work anywhere on the vessel.


The Diligent's warp propulsion system is based off of innovations made by both the Intrepid and Sovereign Class projects. The warp coils are based off of a scaled-down Sovereign platform, while the warp core is a dilithium 'swirl' chamber, based off of the Intrepid Class design, which allows for excellent power and speed. The warp engines are mounted on variable orientation pylons. When not at warp the nacelles are held close to the ship, minimizing the ship's target profile from the front and rear. This affords the nacelles some amount of protection since they are less exposed. Shortly before going to warp, the nacelles are deployed to help create a warp field that does not harm subspace, similar to the way an Intrepid Class vessel's nacelles pivot upwards prior to engaging warp speeds.

While the Diligent Class boasts notable improvements over the Defiant Class, and other similarly sized vessels, it is not without reproach. Designers were unable to find a way to install impulse engines capable of making the Class as maneuverable at sublight speeds than its smaller cousins, for instance. Instead, the Diligent relies upon complete weapons arc coverage, hence the reason for the large number of phaser arrays incorporated into the design. All of the vessel's torpedo launchers are capable of launching a complement of standard probes, negating the need for a specific probe launcher.

The vessel's single shuttlebay is not fitted for carrying fighters or large runabouts. A typical Diligent Class ship carries two shuttles.

Typical missions for the Diligent Class include border patrol, light exploration, convoy escort, and tactical interdiction. It is not suited for duty as a deep space exploratory vessel with missions longer than a year, due to its size, but it can certainly handle more local missions based out of a starbase or deep space station.


-2376: Starfleet issues a brief for a 'heavy escort' that can complement the Defiant class, but able to better under take close-in exploration missions. Design plans commence at the ASDB ( where FCapt. Tolleson stole them).

-2377: Designs plans are submitted and the Diligent project is approved. Primary design work begins on the Diligent Class and the primary hull construction begins. By late in the year design work is still continuing with weapons designs from the Sovereign class integrated.

-2378: Warp coils are based off of a scaled-down Sovereign platform, while the warp core is a dilithium 'swirl' chamber, based off of the Intrepid Class design. -May: Basic chassis is manufactured and central computer core is Gamma Welded into place. Modified Luna class sensor suite integrated into the design. -July: Ablative Amour arrives from the Arteries Ship Yard. Outer hull is nearing 74% completion except. -November: Warpcore arrives and is Gamma welded into place. Outer hull fully sealed and internal fitting begins. Warp coils arrive and are welded into place.

-2379: -February: Warp nacelles designed, including 'sliding' pylons. Bridge module is attached. Crew quarter are fitted. Computer becomes self aware. Structural latching systems pass reviews. -April: Ablative Amour arrives and is installed over the hull. Preliminary testing of all systems complete. -August: Ship completes its first warp jump. Problems are discovered with the nacelle pylons and the SIF (Structural integrity field). Modification to the nacelles made, correcting problems. SIF is boosted by 15%. Testing of basic systems continues.

-2380: Impulse systems pass Review Three and being autonomous low level power control. Secondary Back up Generators are shut down and become Auxiliary system control. Warp Stress Coating is applied. -2381: MFS McNelly returns to badlands and MFI HQ. All primary tests have passed Review 4. The McNelly receives final exterior markings and paint. On 19, August.

-2381 the MFS McNelly is officially commissioned by Maquis Command during a brief Ceremony. Bridge Plaque is put in pride of place and FCapt. Michael Tolleson takes command of the Ship. USS Diligent leaves the Badlands for shakedown cruise, estimated to last 6 months.


Technical Specifications for Diligent Class ships

• expected duration: 40 years

• time between resupply: 6 months

• time between refit: 2 years

• category: Escort/Patrol/Scout/Light Exploration


Personnel:

• officers: 20

• enlisted crew: 75

• marines: 14

• passengers: 0


Speed:

• cruising speed: Warp 7

• maximum speed: Warp 9.6

• emergency speed: Warp 9.9 (for 10 hours)

• Slipstream: Quantum Slipstream Velocity equivalent to 9.999997359835618 ( for 12 hours before a 'cool down' of 7 hours )


Auxiliary Craft:

• shuttle bays: 1

• shuttles: 2

• MEKK buggies: 8

• runabouts: 0


Defensive Systems:

• phasers: 11 type-XII arrays

• torpedoes: launchers: 5 launchers (2 forward, 3 aft)

hellfire: 20

photon: 50

quantum: 100

transphaisic: 4

tri cobalt: 4

• shields: Class 11 Hull Conformal, regenerative shielding system

• hull armor: Type-1 Ablative Armor


Dimensions:

• height: 37.3 meters

• width: 107.2 meters

• length: 187.5 meters

decks: 8


Sensors:

• Sensors: Four primary arrays (2 lateral, 1 forward, 1 aft), Range of 18 Light Years. Each primary array has a back up Secondary array. Range of 14 Light Years. Each array can be set long, medium, or short range.

• Tactical: Four primary arrays (2 lateral, 1 forward, 1 aft), Range of 18 Light Years. Each primary array has a back up Secondary array. Range of 14 Light Years. Each array can be set long, medium, or short range.


Navigational Deflector:

• Type: Molybdenum & Duranium Mesh

• Power: Six Graviton Polarity Generators

• Output: 400 Gigawatts

• Field Strength: 650 Millicochranes

• Tractor Emitters:

• Power: 3-15 Gigawatt Multi-phase Graviton Polarity Sources

• Field Strength: 480 Millicochranes

• Minimum Range: 126 Million tons at 2 Kilometers

• Maximum Range: 1 ton at 30.000 Kilometers


Personal Transporters:

• Rooms: 1 Transporter Rooms, six persons per cycle

• Payload: 960 kilograms

• Range: 40,000 kilometers

• Operations Per Hours: 100 persons per hour, per room


Cargo Transporters:

• Rooms: 1 Transporters, primary cargo bay

• Payload: 800 tons

• Range: 40,000 kilometers

• Operations Per Hours: 100 cycles per hour, per room


Computer Systems:

• Core: Type 5, Bio-Neural Processing Core

• Software Version: LCARS 6.4

• Storage Capacity: 1145 TeraQuads

• Processing Speed: 645,000 ExaFLOPS


Communications Systems:

• Short Range: 2,000,000 Kilometers

• Long Range: 18 Light-years for Real-Time Transmission

• Transmission Capacity: 18.5 kiloquads per second

• Transmission Speed: Warp 9.9997

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