Post by Main Computer on Jul 21, 2009 14:31:08 GMT -5
Arrow Class Runabout
Dimensions:
Length: 24 meters
Beam: 8 meters
Height: 4 meters
Decks: 1
Mass: 24 metric tonnes
Personnel:
Crew: 2 (Pilot and Co-Pilot/Tactical Officer)
Passengers: 12 Personnel or 8 Medical Patients on stretchers
Evacuation (Short Period of Time): 24
Warp Speeds:
Standard Warp: 6.0
Sustainable Warp: 9.0
Maximum Warp: 9.2 (25-48 Hours)
Tactical and Defensive Systems:
2 x Pulse Phaser Canons (Port Wing, Starboard Wing)
4 x Phaser Arrays XII (Aft, Port Wing, Starboard Wing, Forward Dorsal)
1 x Microtorpedo Launcher (Forward Ventral)
Background:
The Arrow Class Ruanbout, introduced in 2396, is probably the best runabout built in Starfleet history. Designed in response to the Klingon BaHpuv class armoured courier, the Arrow is smaller, lighter, more powerful, and better armed and shielded. Its excellent hull, warp and impulse engines give the Arrow speed to match its long-range firepower.
The warp system used on the Arrow Class is one of the finest packages used on a Starfleet designed runabout, consisting of the excellent and reliable Class 9/O Warp Drive System with a pair of Type 6C Nacelles and a Type J Plasma Injector System allowing the runabout class to achieve maximum warp for a considerable period of time.
In open space there are few smaller craft that can match the Arrow, but in the constricted star systems or planetary atmospheres the Arrow can not take full advantage of its superiority. Arrow variants included the formidable Arrow Class Attack Runabout ("Hunters Arrow"), which replaces its passenger carrying capability with increased weapons capabilities.
