Posted by Captain Nicholas Villarreal (Engineering Director) in Specification Review: Brazen-Class Escort Destroyer, Mark II - Draft 2 - Review CLOSED

Posted by Captain Nicholas Villarreal (Engineering Director) in Specification Review: Brazen-Class Escort Destroyer, Mark II - Draft 2 - Review OPEN Until 8 August 2020
Ray Branch has submitted a second draft of his Brazen-class Mark II design. I know it’s a little late in the term, but we might as well take a look, shall we? The same review rules as usual apply.

The review period ends on 8 August 2020.

Nicholas Villarreal
Engineering Director

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Sorry that I let this slip past the actual review date. Anyway, time for me to give my thoughts!

Change Log:
-Corrected grammar mistakes throughout description
-Reworded cargo bay levels description
-Specified landing bay access

BRAZEN-CLASS
CATEGORY: DESTROYER
VARIANT: ESCORT
DESIGNER: Ray Branch
Mark II
Draft 2
DATE: 20 July, 2020

HISTORY AND MISSION OVERVIEW

Nearly 10 years after the creation of the Avenger class starship, Starfleet Command decided that a new class of starship would be created to go above and beyond the capabilities of both of the Defiant and Avenger classes. This new class of starship, the Brazen-class, would be built to serve on the front lines and combat the Federation’s current enemies like the Flarn, Orion pirates, and rogue Romulans, just to name a few. In 2388, it took engineers a few months to design the ship that would replace the Avenger. This new ship was to carry the state of the art sensors, weaponry, and shielding. It wasn’t until two years later, in 2390, that the first Brazen class was set for its maiden voyage.

The Brazen Class starship will continue in the roles of its sister classes and partake in missions including, but are not limited to, the following:

System patrols
Search and rescue
Sabotage
Escort
Scouting

Given the concluding paragraph, I believe that “Intelligence gathering” or “Espionage” might be suited to the mission profile. It isn’t very Starfleet-like, but it’s how the Brazen is used.

STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

SNIP No issues besides what Jared raised.

SCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS

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WARP PROPULSION SYSTEM

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IMPULSE PROPULSION SYSTEM

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TACTICAL SYSTEMS
-DEFENSIVE SHIELDS
The Brazen Class starship is equipped with Type 10 shields that allow for a Max Graviton Load of 2150 MW and a Max Dissipation Rate of 5.84 X 10^5kW. The ship’s Main Deflector is built into the nose of the ship.

-PHASER SYSTEMS
The Brazen class has four Type 10 phaser strips located in the wings of the ship; two on each wing. They are located dorsally and ventrally respectively. There are also four forward Type 10 pulse fire phaser cannons located in the nose of the ship. Each phaser array has a Max Energy output of 5.1MW and a range of 150,000 km.

I just noticed this - you’re missing emitter counts for the strips and pulse phasers.

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COMMAND AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS

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-ARMORY
The ship’s armory is located in the Security Center. The armory is equipped with 75 handheld type 2 phasers and 25 type 3 phaser rifles. The Brazen is also equipped with 5 PSP-1s, 3 Sentry guns, and 10 WTR-600s which could be used in lieu of tricorders.

http://www.star-fleet.com/library/bookshelf/tm/psp-1.html
http://www.star-fleet.com/library/bookshelf/tm/sentrygun.html
http://www.star-fleet.com/library/bookshelf/tm/wtr-600.html

You might want to separate the WTR-600s from the PSP-1s and the Sentry Guns, because the sentence currently makes it sound like you could use all of them in place of tricorders. While that would be amusing to see a GM cause mayhem with such intentions, I don’t think that is your meaning.

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UTILITY SYSTEMS

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CREW SUPPORT SYSTEMS

-SICKBAY
The ship’s sickbay is located on Deck 6. It’s split up into 3 sections or rooms. The first section is the Examination and Emergency Room. The standard setup has two biobeds and a permanent table. The table can be removed and replaced with a third biobed, if needed. The second section is where the medical storage and bio labs are located. The third section is where the Chief Medical Officer’s office is located. There, the Chief Medical Officer can review patient status from monitors located on the wall.

I agree with Jared that if something can be removed, it isn’t permanent. Maybe you meant hard-point installed? Otherwise, you could have the table be modified into a makeshift bio-bed in emergencies?

Holo emitters are located throughout sickbay to support the Emergency Medical Hologram. The medical staff only has 12 official staff members, so members of the science department are optionally cross trained in the medical department as Emergency Medics.

-COUNSELOR’S OFFICE
While not always assigned, Starfleet thought that a Counselor could serve as a moral officer, along with their psychology role, on longer missions. Inside the office, one could set up a desk, 3 chairs, and a computer. Decoration would be left up to the assigned Counselor.

That’s “morale”, not “moral”, because one would expect all Starfleet officers to act morally (even if every single Star Trek series proves the case to be otherwise).

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AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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DECK LAYOUT

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SHIPS OF THE LINE

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CONCLUSION

The Brazen Class is the next generation destroyer escort. It is designed to handle long term covert missions into the heart of the Federation’s enemies. With its state-of-the-art technology, the Brazen class will be Starfleet’s key to remain the top power in the quadrant.

Ray Branch
20 July 2020

Truth be told, this just needs a little bit of polish in order for it to pass muster. One more go-round and I think we’ve got a new and improved Brazen class. Good work, Ray. For the moment, however, the current review for the Mark II Brazen-class Escort Destroyer is closed. The specification is returned to its designer for further revision.

Nicholas Villarreal
Engineering Director

As the CO of the Centurion I can tell you I like what I see. Thanks for all the hard work.

Sidney