Kirk Class
161m x 98m x 19.25m
5 decks: 60crew - 10 officers 50 enlisted
3x Type X phasers
6x Rapid Fire Phaser Pulse Cannons
3x Rapid Fire A-Class Torpedoes (2 Fore, 1 Aft)
2x Type 4 Burst Fire Teslic Torpedoes (1 Fore, 1 Aft)
Shields: 3 million TJ
25cm Ablative Armor
High SIF
Transphasic Cloak
Beam: 2100
Torpedoes: 9300
Wepons Range: 300
Shields: 111.111
Hull: 4150
Warp: 1762.238
Maneuverability: 4000
Overall: 3791.447
Kirk Class
In 2405 the sciences division of Starfleet began to push for a specially designed ship able to explore and map nebulas and other similar phenomenon that blocked sensors on normal ships. The hostilities between the Klingon's and Federation were also at a new high. Pressure from both the sciences and military factions of Starfleet pushed them to build them a new ship for their needs, and in 2407 the Federation assigned Admiral Dax of Sciences, and Vice Admiral Mark of Starfleet Tactical to begin work on the new ship.
The deliberations over the design were actually fairly quick, the basic shape and size was agreed upon within a few weeks, however the onboard gear dragged down design time by months. Admiral Dax wanted large numbers of sensor suites, science labs, astrometrics, and other science related rooms. Vice Admiral Mark wanted the ship to have a heavy armament, heavy shields, specially modified to work in all nebulas, and to be fitted with one of the new cloaking devices.
Finally after 8 months of deliberation, the designs were approved by Rear Admiral Paris in Class Development and the team was sent to Utopia Platia to oversee production. The ship was rather complicated, incorporating the newest and best sensor suites, and used them in ways they hadn't been used before, so as to increase their ability in nebulas. The ship's armament was light, but still added a certain amount of additional production that could have been dropped without some of the extra wepons. Finally a year later, the USS Kirk emerged from Space Dock, the newest ship in the fleet.
Currently the ship is labeled as a "Submarine" ship, filling both exploration, and stealth combat rolls. The light armament of the ship makes it rather ill-suited for open combat; however it serves it great in stealth combat, in places such as nebulae. The ship is in high production now, as light cruiser/explorer.
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