USS Venus:  Nebula Class
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USS Venus Specs

Dimensions Length : 452 m
Beam : 560 m
Height : 145 m
Decks : 42 (including pod)
Mass 4,500,000 tons
Crew 780 including family members

Weapons
8 x Type X Phaser arrays, total output 50,000 TeraWatts
3 x Type 3 burst fire quantum/photon torpedo tubes + photon 180 torpedoes 
100 quantum torpedoes
Antimatter spread emitter

Defence Systems
High capacity shield system, total capacity 2,565,000 TeraJoules
Standard Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 9.0 cm High Density armour.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field

Warp Speeds
(TNG Scale) Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 6
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 9
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 9.9 for twelve hours

Diplomatic Capability Grade 7
Expected Hull Life 100 years
Refit Cycle Minor : 1 year
Standard : 5 years
Major : 20 years

In the year 2343 the design for a new multi-mission starship, the Nebula class starship, was approved. Compared to the Galaxy class the Nebula has a more compact shape - the engineering hull is mounted directly to the underside of the saucer section, a measure which saves some 200 meters in 
length.

This enables the vessel to carry any one of a variety of special equipment pods - current models include a high capacity sensor pod, an enhanced weapons pod, a colony transport pod, an emergency field hospital unit, or a 
science laboratory pod. Although the basic Nebula design has approximately 80% of the capability of a Galaxy class vessel in most areas, the addition of the mission pod brings that figure up to 95% or more in that specific area. This flexibility actually allows the Nebula design to accomplish almost almost identical missions despite its smaller size.

2343: Starfleet issues a general design brief for a multi purpose vessel capable of deep space, combat, and diplomatic missions replace the aging Ambassador Class. The general idea is for a modular starship. Permission for base designs are approved.

2344: Starfleet views the design schematics for the new class and after deliberation, the primary design is approved and briefs propulsion, computer, weapons and spaceframe parameters are sent out to Starfleet Design agencies for consultation. Spaceframe design is approved and full 
specifications are forwarded to the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards for designations. Production begins with a projected 11 year turnover for the prototype ship.

2345: Saucer Section separation mechanism is designed. This new design will allow the ship to separate saucer and stardrive sections in an emergency, but will not allow reconnection without the need of a major starbase.

2346: Separation systems pass Review 1, and finds shared with Galaxy team. Navigational Deflector designed. Theoretical Propulsions Dynamics Labs send a functional test core for fitting and alignment in the bare chassis. Chassis latching system passes Review 1. By the end of the year the 
Spaceframe is 37% completed.

2347: Mid year, computer cores arrive and are fitted to the Nebula. Propulsion dynamics labs deliver a fully functional warpcore for testing. By late June , reactors are on line and supplying primary power.

2348: Computer system are operating at 59% of maximum. System expected to become self aware late in the year. Warpcore begins primary testing. Stardrive section nears completion. Bridge module attached to primary hull. 
Master chassis now completed for three Starships. Newly designed type-3 torpedo launchers fitted.

2350: Primary hull work complete. Habitat modules are attached and bridge unit is brought to functional status. Chassis is completed. Computer systems are uploaded and tested. Primary modules are attached and outer hull of the 
saucer section nears completion.

2351: Warpcore passes Review 3 and it tested to 85% peak. Computer system fully self aware and umbilical from the station are cut as the ship become self sufficient. Structural latching systems onboard the USS Nebula with regards to saucer separation are tested and approved. Impulse systems pass Review 3 and being autonomous low level power control. Secondary back-up generators are shutdown and become auxiliary system control. Structural latching system for saucer separation passes Review 3.

2353: USS Nebula leaves dry dock for primary testing estimate to last two years.

2355: USS Nebula returns to Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards early in year. Warp Stress Coating is applied and the ship is clear to begin deep space assessments. All primary tests have passed Review 4. Final exterior markings and paint applied. On 3, July 2355 the USS Nebula is officially commissioned 
by Starfleet during a brief Ceremony.

Deck 1: Main bridge, ready room, conference lounge

Deck 2: Duty lounge, bridge electronics and connectives, escape pod

Deck 3: Science labs (physics, chemistry, geology)

Deck 4: Shuttlebay (rear), shuttlebay control, observation deck, top of the main computer core, internal power generator, cargo transporter 1, upper phaser array generators, cargo holds, upper shield generating coils

Deck 5: Shuttlebay (double-height deck), transporter rooms 1-4 and their staging areas, equipment rooms

Deck 6: Science labs (zoology, biology, engineering, electronics), stellar cartography, environmental nodes

Deck 7: Guest quarters, top of computer archive core

Deck 8: Crew quarters and amenities, replicator node, environmental node, auxilliary command

Deck 9: Senior officer quarters, guest quarters, meeting and seminar rooms, quartermaster's office

Deck 10: Acropolis, communications and linguistics lab, saucer section armory, observation decks, crew quarters

Deck 11: Main gangway and external connectives, holodecks 1-3, saucer-mounted impulse engiens (rear), subspace drivers, internal power units, fuel cells

Deck 12: Sickbay, medical labs, replicator nodes, dedicated medical transporter, gymnasium, therapy rooms, counselor's office, crew quarters

Deck 13: Crew quarters, lounges and other amenities, staging area, equipment storage, lander access

Deck 14: Crew quarters, lounges and other amenities, maintenance areas, emergency equipment and storage areas

Deck 15: Crew quarters, lounges and other amenities, upper computer core 
processing array, reading room, science labs (alien technology, xenobiology)

Deck 16: Crew quarters, lounges and other amenities, ship's auditorium (top 
half), lower phaser array generators, lower shield generating coils

Deck 17: Crew quarters, lounges and other amenities

Deck 18: Captain's yacht docking, lower umbilicals, lower 
transporter/communications/sensor grids, saucer section fuel storage cells

Deck 19: Captain's yacht

Engineering Section

Deck 17: Fuel storage cells, warp core, nacelle power conduits, power 
distribution coils, main engineering

Deck 18: On-line converters, plasma discrimination injectors

Deck 19: Engineering labs, dedicated engineering replicators, machine shop, 
dilithium and hypermatter storage

Deck 20: Environmental node, top of antimatter reserve storage cells, 
dedicated engineering computer system, plasma injector reactor

Deck 21: Emergency weapons control, quarters and amenities

Deck 22: Main impulse engineering deck, backup engineering systems, subspace 
drivers, cloaking device controller

Deck 23: Quarters and amenities

Deck 24: Quarters and amenities (generally unoccupied), equipment storage, 
environmental node, replicator node, torpedo storage and replication

Deck 25: Deflector control, deflector generators, access to photon/quantum 
torpedo manual operations

Deck 26: Science labs, atomic-level replicator, quarters and amenities

Deck 27: Cargo hold, stasis and cryo chambers, cargo transporters 2-3, 
primary deconstructors, environmental and replicator nodes, ship's 
arboretum, biology labs and experimental gardens

Deck 28: Securty section, transporter rooms 7-8, brig, ship's vault, primary 
armory

Deck 29: Main gymnasium, running track, swimming pool and related 
facilities, equipment storage, fuel cell monitoring

Deck 30: Deuterium and hydrogen fuel cells and support equipment

Deck 31: Deuterium and hydrogen fuel cells and support equipment

Deck 32: Deuterium and hydrogen fuel cells and support equipment, remote 
resupply equipment, ventral phaser array generators, ventral connectives, 
external turbolift port, emergency antimatter dump