Concorde-Class
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| Concorde-Class | |
| Class Information | |
| Role: |
Fleet Carrier |
| Decks: |
45 |
| Cruising Speed: |
Warp 8 |
| Personnel | |
| Total Compliment: |
1050 |
| Tactical Systems | |
| Energy Weapons: |
6 Type-X Phaser Arrays |
| Torpedo Launchers: |
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| Shields: |
MLSS |
| Template:Shipclass | |
By the early 2370's Starfleet was forced acknowledge that its previous attempts to develop a delivery system for the fighter craft which had proved such a valuable tool in major fleet engagements during the Dominion War had been entirely unsatisfactory. While the Akira class continued to perform admirably as a light carrier in both the escort and attack roles, its cramped flight deck could provide only a limited amount of fighter cover at significant cost to the ship's internal volume. The emergency war-time expedient of the Carrier class, which had so inelegantly involved refitting Galaxy class battle sections with custom-built saucers thrown together for flight operations, had proven far less successful than even the most pessimistic admirals had expected, and an attempt to modify the Sovereign space frame into a heavier version of the Akira's role had also proved fruitless. With the new Valkyrie fighter design only a few years from operation, the admiralty turned to Starfleet Engineering with a simple, unambiguous order: produce a working carrier design with at least double the Akira's capacity within no more than four years.
External Information
- Concorde-Class at the Bravo Fleet Infobase
