RENAISSANCE CLASS CRUISER

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RENAISSANCE CLASS CRUISER A milestone in starship design, the Renaissance class was the first starship class to be designed and constructed in the 24th century.

1 RENAISSANCE CLASS CRUISER A milestone in starship design, the Renaissance class was the first starship class to be designed and constructed in the 24th century. Featuring extremely few commonalities with existing starship classes in existence at the time, the Renaissance was developed as a multi-mission vessel designed to supplant the venerable Enterprise class and it s derivatives as Starfleet s primary deep space explorer. The design maintained a traditional primary/secondary hull layout, with an extended landing deck platform extending out from the hangar bay, being a notable design characteristic. Aesthetically, the Renaissance is an example of the intermediary design language that characterized Federation Starship design between approximately 2305 until the late 2340 s when the Nebula and Galaxy classes began development. Almost as important as it s intended role as a deep-space explorer was the class use as a testbed for revolutionary technological advances which would prove integral to future starship designs and help Starfleet maintain technological superiority over other major galactic powers. Two of the most important advances were Phaser Emitters and ASRV-type escape pods. From the time Phaser technology was introduced, it generally took one of two forms: single mounts, banks (dual mount) and batteries (triple mount) that could fire either proximity blasts or linear beams or cannons that fired highly concentrated bursts of energy at vastly higher energy levels, thus achieving significantly greater damage effects. However, each type had drawbacks that hampered starships tactically. Phaser cannons were extremely power intensive and as such, generally suited for use only on dedicated combat vessels. Phaser mounts/banks/batteries didn t draw nearly as much power, but had a relatively narrow targeting radius, thus requiring a large number of these to be installed in order to achieve optimum coverage an unfeasible option for most classes. be successful in achieving this goal. Resulting weapons took the form of gently raised strips on a starship s hull that took varying lengths and could be designed to provide as much or as little coverage as was deemed necessary. The first ship to be equipped with these weapons was the USS Aries, commissioned in As with Phaser Emitters, ASRV-type escape pods were evolutionary developments of a standardized design that had been featured aboard every Federation Starship class going back to the NX of the 22nd century. ASRV s incorporated a number of advances designed to provide a tremendous leap forward in terms of survivability including redundant life support systems, comm beacons with greatly extended range and emergency ECM equipment that was powered by self contained, regenerative power cells. Only one starship was equipped with these units though, the USS Hokkaido. Produced over a 32 year period from 2305 to 2337, the class had a generally unremarkable service history, but would go on to directly influence future ship classes including Ambassador (2320) and Rigel (2340). Despite their age, some vessels continued to serve well into the latter half of the century, including the Aries, Hornet and Maryland. By 2376, all surviving Renaissance class ships had been withdrawn from active service. In 2312, engineers began experimenting with ways to link these weapons into single, cohesive units. A breakthrough wasn t achieved until 2318, when force couplings were shown to

Renaissance Class, Original Configuration (2305-2319) Renaissance Class, Refit Configuration (2319-2337) Class Classification Service Number Active Length Beam Height Decks Renaissance Cruiser

2 Renaissance Class, Original Configuration ( ) Renaissance Class, Refit Configuration ( ) Class Classification Service Number Active Length Beam Height Decks Renaissance Cruiser m 199m 71m 19 Mass Compliment 1,024,700 metric tons 240 Armament Defense Systems 6 Type VIII Phaser Banks ( ) 9 Type VIII Phaser Emitters ( ) 2 Standard Torpedo Launchers Standard Deflector Shield System, total capacity 977,000 TerraJoules Standard Duranium/Tritanium Double Hull

3 Renaissance class original configuration, circa 2305

4 Renaissance class refit configuration, circa 2319

5 Editor s Annotations The Renaissance class is a class I figured just had to be done, not only to help fill in/flesh out The Lost Era (From approx when the Ent-B was launched to 2364 when TNG started), but to help move things along technologically as well. The popular, canon assumption is that phaser emitters/arrays/strips however you choose to describe them were introduced with the Ambassador class. I ve decided to move this back a little bit, mostly to reinforce the Federation s technological superiority. The bit about the lifeboats reinforces that, however it was not my idea coming from the Advanced Starship Design Bureau where I found this ship.

6 Bibliography Logo Kristian Reverend Trigwell Star Trek Minutae) Blueprint Views Bernd Schneider Advanced Starship Design Bureau)

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