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Akira class | |
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Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
Type: | heavy cruiser |
Dimensions | |
Length: | 464.6 meters |
Width: | 316.7 meters |
Height: | 87.4 meters |
Mass: | 3,055,000 metric tons |
Specifications | |
Decks: | 26 decks |
Crew: | 500 4500 personnel evacuation limit |
Speed: | Cruise: Wp 6 Max. Cruise: Wp 9.2 Max. Emergency: Wp 9.8 |
Armaments: | 6 Phaser arrays 15 Photon tubes |
Defences: | Ablative armor Deflector Shields |
Auxiliary craft: | 10 Work bees 40 Fighters 10 Shuttlecraft 5 Shuttlepods |
The Akira-class was a type of Federation heavy cruiser used by Starfleet in the late 24th century. Built in response to the Borg threat and rising hostilities with the Dominion, Akira class vessels are fast manoeuvrable attack ships. (ST roleplay module: Starfleet Operations Manual)
They were registered as Class-3 heavy cruisers. (DS9 video game: Dominion Wars)
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The Akira class was initially conceived during rising hostilities with the Cardassian Union, the project at first was just a test in starship design, however following Starfleet’s disastrous losses to the Borg in the Battle of Wolf 359 Starfleet began a major program of starship development and building to meet any future Borg threat.
The USS Akira was launched in 2368 and the Akira class went on become a major player in the fleet. The class performed admirably against the Borg on their return and was involved in numerous battles in the Dominion War. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)
The Akira class is heavily armed with an amazing fifteen photon torpedo launchers. However its defining feature is its shuttle bay which exists through the length of the ship allowing the Akira class to act as a fighter carrier. Its complement of forty fighters exit through the forward shuttle doors and return through one of two aft bays. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)
STARSHIP | |
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Name: | USS Martel |
Registry: | NCC-73196 |
Class: | Akira |
Type: | heavy cruiser |
Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
Status: | active |
The USS Martel (NCC-73196) was an Akira-class Federation starship in service in the late 24th century.
The Martel was a heavy participant in the Dominion War as part of the 605th Tactical Wing, Starfleet Eighth Fleet, spending the first two-thirds of the war defending Andoria and later often fought along the front lines. During the early part of 2374, the Martel was commanded by Captain Anderson Matthews. (LUG RPG: The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon)
Akira class heavy cruisers | |
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Canon: Spector - Thunderchild | |
Other notable ships: Adventure - Agamemnon - Akira - Alamo - Alexios Komnenos - Artemis - Arthur C. Clarke - Atlantis - Avenger - Bondar - Cedar - Charybdis - Dawnstar - Effingham - Endeavor - Fleetwood - Fleming - Fury (I) - Fury (II) - Garneau - Geronimo - Hainan - Hastings - Hawk - Independence - Inspiration - Ixion - Kitty Hawk - Landal - Madrid - Martel - Masamune - Mateo - Mathias - McCaffrey - Midway - Monitor - Osiris - Panther City - Patrick - Persephone - Prospero - Rabin - Resnik - Sentinel - Southern Cross - Striker - Susquehanna - Swiftfire-A - Takeda Shingen - Ticonderoga (I) - Ticonderoga (II) - Valkyrie - Winchester - Yerevan | |
UFOP: StarBase 118: Challenger - Discovery - Discovery-A - Ronin - Walton |
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