Starship Datebase- Ncc 9523 U.S.S Essex-A

[Richard Ransom]

The increased internal volume allowed for 800,000 square metres of mission adaptable facilities.39 This allows the Galaxy class to support a wide range of ongoing research projects independently of the vessels primary mission.2 Although not a new idea in Starfleet vessels, the Galaxy class is unique in the extent to which this is possible. These ships are capable of supporting up to 5,000 mission specialists, while the decentralized nature of the secondary power grids allows laboratories to function effectively even during combat operations.

The combat capability of the Galaxy class was also significantly greater than that of the Nebulas.40 The burst fire torpedo tubes are each capable of launching groups of photons torpedoes16, up to ten at a time41 every six seconds, while t42 As with many recent Federation designs, the use of long phaser arrays rather than banks gives the main phasers of the Galaxy class a great capability for sustained firing and rapid recharge/cool down time. The Galaxy class is the first on which all segments of every phaser array are supplied by a separate power system; although this increases the complexity of the system tremendously, it gives the phaser arrays a tremendous survivability in the face of combat damage.

In service the Galaxy class at first proved exemplary, beyond any of Starfleet's expectations43 but by 2371 no less than three of the initial six ships had been lost - the Yamato,6 Odyssey,4 and finally Enterprise-D1. Yamato 's loss was particularly horrific, as she was destroyed with her entire complement of crew and families aboard.6 This alarming record led to many changes being introduced during refits of the remaining three vessels, and also to the construction of six new Galaxy class ships from space frames held in reserve against future need. The unfortunate history of the Galaxy class vessels combined with the recent escalation's in tensions within the alpha quadrant has led to all six vessels being subsequently completed, and all are now on active service against the Dominion.

Major changes to the Galaxy class have included a new warp core,44 a redesigned shield system intended to perform far better against phased polaron beam weapons,45 various changes to the ships computer systems, plus many minor changes to the ships systems. Production of these vessels continues today; five Galaxy class ships took part in the recent operation to retake Deep Space Nine from the Dominion46 and the class has gained a fearsome reputation during the war, operating with one of the highest kill-to-loss ratios of any Starfleet classes. Though new Galaxy class ships are being produced without any science or diplomatic facilities included in order to reduce the vessel mass and so enhance combat performance during the Dominion war.39 These ships will be "filled out" after the war, considerably enhancing Starfleets exploration capacity. At this point further production is expected to be terminated in favour of the new Sovereign class.


Type : Explorer / Heavy Cruiser -Re-Fit- uprated
Unit Run :  U.S.S Essex-A(maybe)
             
Commissioned : 2381 - present
Dimensions : Length : 712 m
Beam : 470 m
Height : 245 m
Decks : 50
Mass : 7,125,000 metric tons
Crew : 2,400, 25,000 person evacuation limit.  
Armament : 1423 x Type X phaser arrays23, total output 90,000 TeraWatts
2 x Type 3 burst fire photon torpedo tube + 250 torpedoesxquantum torpetos+250
Defence Systems : Standard13 shield system, total capacity 9,103,000 TeraJoules
Standard Duranium/Tritanium Double hull plus 50 cm High density armour.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds
(TNG scale) :  Normal Cruise : 9
Maximum Cruise : 9.7
Maximum Rated : 9.999 for 1248 hours.

Strength Indices :
(Galaxy class = 1,000) Beam Firepower : 3,400
Torpedo Firepower : 4,000
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 2,220
Shield Strength : 2,890
Hull Armour : 3,000
Speed : 7,601
Combat Manoeuvrability : 4,000
Overall Strength Index : 4,355
Diplomatic Capability : 6
Expected Hull Life : 100
Refit Cycle : Minor : 1 year
Standard : 5 years
Major : 20 years  

The other modifications that will be made will be the addition of a second warp core, for more power, and to give longer capapbility to go high warp speeds for longer periods of time, we will be adding a third warp drive down the middle of the star drive sector.

The shield system will be a modulating system, that allows the computer to adjust shields for impacts on the shields.  

There will be  phaser arrays added to the warp nacelles, one added to the bottom of the saucer drive section, and oneon the new warp nacelle of the saucer drive section.  The phaser arrays will be updgraded to type x XI phaser arrays.There will be to additional photon torpedoe launchers, and one rapid fire quantam torpedoe launcher added to the star drive section.

The impulse drives will get an upgrade to the newest systems, and engines.


The ship will be upgraded to a bio-neural gel pack system.
The Ship will also have a new computer system.
The Ship will also have a system which will be able to hide the power signture of the ship.