Intrepid Class Starship

The Intrepid Class Starship is one of the fastest and most maneuverable vessels designed by Starfleet. Capable of even maneuvering safely through the dense plasma fields in the Bajoran sector. The class was made famous in the public view after the heroic return of the USS Voyager from the Delta Quadrant and thus the design and that ship in particular became well known among the public throughout most of known space.

The ship was designed to phase out the aging Excelsior Class as a medium range exploration vessel and support for the Galaxy Class starship. She is designed with a highly advanced power system and computer technologies as compared to earlier ship designs. During the design phase the vessel was also given additional consideration for the Borg threat, which was giving Starfleet Command considerable distress in coming up with methods of dealing with that threat. This anxiety gave rise to an alteration of the design paradigm of many vessels.

There are two obvious and highly notable design changes from the traditional ship designs; the warp drive system uses a unique method to change the warp field geometry where the actual warp nacelles themselves move and the vessel is equipped to actually land on a planet's surface, a design choice that was pioneered in the Nova Class Starship. Like most Starfleet ships of the era, it also has a primary auxiliary craft, called the Aerowing Shuttle docked at the ventral section of the saucer.

Dimensions: 344 x 130 x 63 meters
Crew: 150 (30 Officers / 120 Enlisted)
Cruising Speed: Warp 8 / Fold 7.12
Max Speed: Warp 9.995 / Fold 8
Emergency Speed: Warp 9.999 / Fold 8.91 for 1 hour
Power Sources: Matter/Antimatter Reactor
Fusion Reactors
Propulsion: Impulse Drive
Enhanced Warp Drive
Dimensional Fold Drive
Gravitational Displacement Drive
Deck Plans: Intrepid Class Deck Plans

Offensive Systems

13 Type X Phaser Arrays
2 Fore / 2 Aft Torpedo Launchers

Defensive Systems

Auxiliary Craft

Aerowing Shuttle

The Aerowing Shuttle is an auxiliary craft designed for extended missions away from the mother ship or as a scout vessel during combat missions. It is light, maneuverable, and powerful for its size. The exterior design benefits from extended study of the design of the Venture Class Runabout as well as the Danube Class Runabout. It is designed to execute complex extended missions or act as a general support vessel for its mother ship.

Dimensions: 24.8 x 29.6 x 4.1 meters
Crew: 5 Standard / 8 Maximum / 1 Minimum
Power Sources: Matter/Antimatter Reactor
Fusion Reactors
Propulsion: Warp Drive
Impulse Drive
Cruising Speed: Warp 5
Flank Speed: Warp 6.5
Burst Speed: Warp 7.12 for 1 Hour

Offensive Systems

2 Type V Phaser Arrays
2 Type VI Phaser Arrays
2 Microtorpedo Launchers (1 Fore, 1 Aft)

Defensive Systems

Deflector Shields
Cloaking Device
Holographic Hull Markings
Energy Signature Modification System

Interior

The inside of the Aerowing Shuttle is designed as an advanced form of Runabout (similar to the Danube Class Runabout) but with a focus on the vessels extended range. Configurations for the crew quarters to have either double bunks each or single bunks depends on the required crew capacity. Though for extended missions it is recommended to use the single-bunk configuration.

The mission commander is also given a large crew quarters / ready room at the aft of the ship.