The Hornet-class Assault Boat was designed and approved prior to the establishment of STF’s Standardized Ship Specification Format. When the SSSF was introduced all specs were required to be converted to the new format or retired, and Hornet was not updated.
Mission Brief
The Hornet Class Assault Boat was designed to complete the following tasks:
- Transportating soldiers to a landing zone in severe combat conditions
- Use as a first strike vessel during combat situations
- Disabling ships for boarding missions; Performing capture operations under various scenarios
- Performing search and rescue operations for de-planed pilots or crews of terminally damaged ships in combat situations
- Use on a starbase as needed, for missions beyond the capability of a shuttle, yet not requiring a full starship(or when a full starship is not available)
- Provide fire support for starfighters in a combat zone.
Description
The top deck is the reserved for the bridge and crew quarters. The bottom 2 decks can be openly changed by use of modular units. There are different units for different situations. These units fall into two categories: weapons, and transport. The exterior of the ship looks somewhat like the Defiant Class only slightly smaller.
Technical Specifications
| Spec | Description |
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| Dimensions | 15 m (3 Decks) tall, 30 m wide, 45 m long |
| Crew | 8 with no modules, in emergency situations the Hornet can hold 17. Some modules require special personel, such as the Warp Pack, and Troop Pack. |
| Engines |
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| Cruising Speed | Warp 3.5 |
| Maximum Speed | Warp 4.5 for 18 hours 39 minutes |
| Basic Armament | |
| Weapons |
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| Shields |
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| Armor | The Hornet Class has a layer of quantoberilium armor sandwiched between two layers of ablative. |
| Docking Hardpoints | The Hornet Class has a docking hatch on its topside designed to allow it to be piggybacked by any ship with a universal exterior connect hardpoint (as exemplified in the Galaxy-class design). |
Modules
In the Hornet Class there are 4 gunwale module slots and 8 interior module slots. There is also 4 hardpoints on each wing, to which extra weapons could be attached.
Gunwale Modules
- Type 6 Phaser Array
- Torpedo Launcher
- Mine Layer
- Sensor Pack
- Probe Launcher
Internal Modules:
- Shield Pack: One Hornet Class shield generator and the needed equipment to allow for use on the ship.
- Generator Pack: One fusion power generator to generate extra power to run module equipment.
- Ammo Storage: 15 Torpedos, 15 mines, or 10 probes and an extension to the loading system to allow ammo to reach the launchers.
- Cloak Pack: One Cloaking Device and the needed equipment to allow for use on the ship.
- Troop Pack: Passenger area and needed equipment to transport 20 troops.
- Vehicle Pack: Storage area and loading and offloading system for land vehicles.
- Brig Pack: A containment cell and forcefield to store 5 prisoners until more secure transport can be arranged.
Weapon Wing Modules
- Type 4 Phaser Emmiters
- Triple rack of mini-torpedos
- Single Quantam Torpedos
- Single Mines
- Sensor Packs
Special Modules
- Warp Pack: The Warp Drive module uses 2 Gunwale Module slots for Warp field generators, and 2 interior module slots for the Warp Core, M/A Reaction chamber, etc.
Module Notes
Each module (internal and gunwale) is one deck tall. There are 2 internal module slots on the port and starboard side of each deck, and 1 gunwale module slot on the port and starboard side of each deck. Each deck contains a total of 4 internal modules, and 2 gunwale modules. Running between the modules is a corridor which can be removed if the modules placed in the ship needs it to be.