USS Chimera Specs

Class Information

Expected Duration 80 years
Time Between Resupply 1 year
Time Between Refit 4 years
Class Heavy Escort

Engines

Warp Cruising Speed Warp 7
Warp Maximum Speed Warp 9.2
Emergency Speed Warp 9.75 for 12 hours

Personnel

Officers 20
Enlisted Crew 80
Marines 20
Civilians 0
Total 120

Auxiliary Craft

Shuttlebays 1
Shuttles 2
Runabouts 0
Fighters 0

Defensive Systems

Phasers 11 Type-X Phaser arrays
Torpedo Launchers 2 forward, 3 aft
Torpedoes 60 Photon Torpedoes
60 Quantum Torpedoes
5 Tricobalt Devices
Shields MLSS
Hull Duranium/Tritanium Double Hull
Ablative Armor

Dimensions

Length 187.5 meters
Width 103.7 meters
Height 37.2 meters
Decks 8

Technical Data

Construction Materials
Unlike traditional starships, where almost all metallic surfaces are composed of duranium, the Diligent was designed to be lighter and cheaper. So while critical component assemblies, as well as the hull, primary substructure elements, deck flooring, and major bulkheads are composed of duranium, tritanium and related alloys, many less critical components of the ship are made with simpler metals such as stainless steel, aluminum, and various alloys.

Warp Nacelles
In the attempt to reduce the power consumption of future Starfleet vessels, the Diligent uses a prototype for covalent warp nacelles, which use a crosslinked power-sharing method between the warp coils within a nacelle. This scheme, while theoretically somewhat less robust, has been shown to reduce the power drawn by the warp nacelles while at cruising speed by 8%.

The warp nacelles are also capable of retracting to a position flush with the primary hull of the vessel. This strengthens the structural integrity of the vessel during combat, providing a smaller target profile, and reducing sheering forces on the nacelle struts during rapid combat maneuvers. It is possible to override the ship's programming and engage the warp drive while the nacelles are retracted, but the efficiency and strength of the warp field is diminished significantly.

Holographic Systems
The Diligent is equipped with an EMH Mark V due to a lesser capacity for medical crew than larger vessels. As such, all primary areas, such as the Bridge and Engineering, all corridors, and the two quarters closest to sickbay, are equipped with holographic emitters. These holo-emitters are capable of sustaining only one tangible hologram across the entire grid, which is generally reserved for the EMH. It is, however, capable of projecting 2D and 3D holographic diagrams. A small backup power system ensures EMH operation in even the most challenging circumstances.

Transporters
2 Personnel Transporters
1 Cargo Transporter

Interior Design

Engineering and Warp Chamber
Unlike most vessels, featuring a large open engineering section, the Diligent class design calls for a seperate warp chamber from the engine room, connected by Jefferies tube. The warp chamber does not having artificial gravity generation, but is pressurized. The lack of gravity in this part of the ship reduces strain on the warp core's flow regulators, improving core efficiency.

Sickbay and Medical Treatment
The medical facilities of Diligent class vessels are significantly reduced in size, they contain only one primary biobed/surgical bay, and one secondary biobed. However, the two quarters closest to the sickbay are generally kept empty, and usable as overflow medical treatment areas if required.

Crew Quarters
Crew quarters are extremely small rooms somewhat comparable to the quarters of a Defiant Class. Each one contains two bunks and one computer terminal. Like other non-system critical things, the walls and furnishings in crew quarters are made of less complex materials.