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1 Federation class Dreadnought PORT SIDE VIE DORSAL VIE BO VIE Federation Federation class Dreadnought page of

VENTRAL VIE STERN VIE et me state now that I cherish this design. It was part of the old Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual first put out by Franz Joseph in 97.

I think Franz Joseph's work shares a hell of a lot in common with FASA's STSTS. Both were way ahead of their time, extrapolating wildly from what information was available at the time of publication.

2 VENTRAL VIE STERN VIE et me state now that I cherish this design. It was part of the old Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual first put out by Franz Joseph in 97. My copy from Pocketbooks sits proudly on the shelf alongside other similar manuals, like Mister Scott's Guide to the Enterprise and Rick Sternbach's Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual. I think Franz Joseph's work shares a hell of a lot in common with FASA's STSTS. Both were way ahead of their time, extrapolating wildly from what information was available at the time of publication. And both have been soundly ignored by the powers-that-be who decide what is and is not "official" Trek canon. I've stated many times that my largest and most bitter beef with the entire Star Trek franchise is the policy that film and television producers have taken towards the majority of all printed Trek material. Basically, to them, it doesn't matter who prints what, or in what form. Unless the words come from the word processor of an established fixture in the Trek production office, like M. Okuda, then it's treated with extreme prejudice. All the hundreds of Star Trek novels written by good authors, all the countless pages of technical and behind-the-scenes data in various 'technical manuals'. In the eyes of the current Trek powers, none of this work is worth anything. ith a twinkle in their eyes they remind us time and again that what we're often reading is not to be taken seriously. And I believe this greatly damages the franchise as a whole. As a long-time science fiction fan, what I expect most out of my favorite authors is consistency within the work itself. Authors like Larry Niven take huge pains to ensure that their various universe(s) remain internally consistent. Look at Larry's KNON SPAE saga. That damn thing is at least as snarled and complex as the Star Trek universe! But it is consistent within itself, and I know of no Larry Niven stories in KNON SPAE that are considered apocryphal. Even more importantly, Larry has allowed other writers to come onto his "playground" and build onto the established---and accepted--- framework. itness the successful Man-Kzin wars books. 90% written by other authors, 90% wildly extrapolative where KNON SPAE and the races within it are concerned. Yet it is ALL 00% reliable and 00% adopted and accepted by both Larry himself, and the fans as a whole. Larry does not Federation Federation class Dreadnought page 2 of

3 smirk and, with a wink, tell us that the Man-Kzin tales never happened, nor that the stories in the series cannot be relied upon. This makes KNON SPAE a hundred times more fascinating is some respects when compared to Star Trek. And as a Niven reader I don't feel betrayed. I think that's where my emotional anger really lies. hen the television and film producers ignore and disregard the novels and the manuals, they are in a certain sense betraying the fans. Investing time and energy in paying attention to a science fiction saga is a major effort for most fans. e're not like soap opera people who swallow whatever is offered to us. e have certain demands and standards that we expect to be met. e hate it when there is no internal consistency, and if any auxiliary materials are produced around a television or motion picture series, we appreciate it when those materials are embraced as part and parcel of the media venture that spawned them. Not shunned and cut off, as in the case of Star Trek's auxiliary material. So I offer you the Federation class dreadnought, from the mind of Franz Joseph. This is my way of embracing all that is Trek, regardless of what the Trek producers may say. Maybe they ignore books like Franz's, but I don't. To me, that book, and indeed the Federation class, are just as "real" as anything written in Okuda's Star Trek Encyclopedia. My hat is off, Franz. Here is to your work. Besides, the Federation class just looks so damn cool!! A great evolution on the old onstitution lass, into a vessel that still retains all the old lines but is markedly different in just the right ways. In a certain sense, this class does live on in official Trek lore, if for no other reason than the neat-looking refit Galaxy design that we see in in the final episode of ST:TNG. Nobody can tell me that the tri-engined Enterprise of that final episode wasn't influence by the Federation class!! Likewise, I have seen various model makers who have produced works that borrow an awful lot from the Federation class. Too much so for it to be a coincidence. During the re-draw process I tried to remain as true to the original as I could, with a handful of deliberate cheats; like the torpedo tube apertures on the ventral surface of the saucer, and the slightly modified and increasingly-detailed saucer itself, both in the forward view and the port-side view. I also tried to be as careful as I could with the stats. I quoted the Star Fleet Technical Manual verbatim where applicable. I didn't want to make this class unrealistic, especially since it is a ST:TOS era design. But I did want it to be better than an ordinary ST:TOS era onstitution class, since this design was clearly intended to be a battleship. I hope I was successful. Brad, STSTSOLD&A Federation Federation class Dreadnought page of

4 onstruction Data: Model Numbers- Ship lass- Date Entering Service- Number onstructed MK X * XIV 2248 A.D. MK XI * XIV 22 A.D. MK XII * XV 229 A.D. MK XIII * XV 22 A.D. Hull Data: Superstructure Points- Damage hart- Size Length- idth- Height- eight- argo argo Units- argo apacity- Landing apability meters. meters 98. meters 28,000 tons 00 units 2,000 tons meters. meters 98. meters 29,000 tons 00 units 2,000 tons 8.2 meters. meters 98. meters 0,000 tons 00 units 2,000 tons 8.2 meters. meters 98. meters,000 tons 00 units 2,000 tons Equipment Data: ontrol omputer Type- Transporters- Standard -person- Emergency 22-personcargo- Other Data: rew- Troops- Shuttlecraft Engines and Power Data: Total Power Units Available- Movement Point Ratio- arp ore Type- arp ore Output- Stress harts- Maximum Safe ruising Speed- Emergency Speed- Impulse Reactor(s) Type- Impulse Reactor(s) Output- 4 / FF- 0 arp 7 arp 8. FID-2 4 / FF- 0 arp 7 arp 8. FIF / FF-2 arp 7 arp 9.9 FIF / FF-2 arp 7 arp 9.9 FIF-2 eapons and Firing Data: Beam eapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing hart- Maximum Power- Damage Modifiers Missile eapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing hart- Power To Arm- Damage- FH- 0, in banks FP- 2 F L 0 FH- 0, in banks FP- 2 F L 0 FH- 0, in banks FP- 2f, a O 2 FHX-A 0, in banks 7 FP- 2f, a R Shields Data: Deflector Shield Type- Shield Point Ratio- Maximum Shield Power- FSN-X /2 FSN-X /2 FSN-X2 / 8 FSN-X2 / 8 Defense Factor- eapon Damage Factor- Federation Federation class Dreadnought page 4 of

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Indomitable class Battleship PORT IDE DORAL BOW www.ststcsolda.space Federation Indomitable class Battleship page of VENTRAL TERN hile approaching the re-draw for this class, I had to make a decision: