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BRAD'S COMMENTS: What can you say about a ship that's shaped like the little sparring droid in Star Wars; the one that Luke fights with his light saber when first onboard the Millennium Falcon? Not much I guess. The Fenlon is just plain dumb, at least aesthetically, though it does play okay for a ship in the mass V range. Stranger still is the realization that if we ever do have to fight wars with ships in outer space, they may very well look like the Fenlon! No, really. As any hard SF fan can tell you, shapes like spheres and cylinders would be the ideal shapes for warships in outer space, where we don't need wings to fly in an atmosphere and the less surface area we expose to hostile fire, the better. So even though the Fenlon is the most radical departure from Federation design philosophy of any ship in the entire game, it is the ship that probably best represents the true future of warships in outer space. I kid you not.
From the FASA Star Trek FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, circa 1985
Fenlon Class V Monitor
Notes: The Fenlon is the only monitor class in Star Fleet.
Because ships of the monitor type generally are used to patrol and maintain order over subjugated worlds, the UFP has little need for a vessel of this type, except near the borders.
These ships patrol border systems and protect them from marauders and pirates.
The spherical hull design is a drastic departure from normal Star Fleet designs.
The engines are mounted centrally and are difficult to locate on a visual scan.
The sub-Iight drive system is capable of moving the Fenlon at 0.9 warp for periods of up to 6 months.
Of course, being stationed in-systern or at a border outpost because their limited top speed limits their range, the monitors will seldom need this
capability because they are always near their supply depots.
The Fenlon Class monitor is seldom found alone.
Its primary function is to support the cutters that are operating in the area.
It will act as a heavy support vessel when the cutters have encountered a ship that they cannot deal with alone.
The Fenlon, with its 10 phasers, is an unwelcome sight to smugglers, pirates, and marauders.
Of the 876 Fenlons built, 334 Mk Ils and 130 Mk IVs remain in active service, with 110 Mk Ils and 42 Mk IVs in reserve fleets.
One of each type is used by Star Fleet Training CQmmand; 132 Mk Ils and 68 Mk IVs have been destroyed; 4 Mk Ils and 2 Mk IVs are listed as missing; 39 Mk Ils and 8 Mk IVs have been scrapped; and 4 Mk Ils and 1 Mk IV have been sold to private commercial
concerns.
The Fenlon is produced at the Alpha Centauri shipyards at a rate of 2 per year.
| Construction Data: Model Numbers- Ship Class- Date Entering Service- Number Constructed |
MK II V 1/9701-2/1512 620 |
MK IV V 2/1010 587 |
| Hull Data: Superstructure Points- Damage Chart- Size Length- Width- Height- Weight- Cargo Cargo Units- Cargo Capacity- Landing Capability- |
14 C 120 meters 120 meters 120 meters 48,080 tons 100 units 5,000 tons None |
14 C 120 meters 120 meters 120 meters 48,335 tons 100 units 5,000 tons None |
| Equipment Data: Control Computer Type- Transporters- Standard 6-person- Combat 20-person- Emergency 22-person- cargo- |
M-1 3 1 1 1 |
M-1 3 1 1 1 |
| Other Data: Crew- Passengers- Troops- Shuttlecraft- |
72 20 20 6 |
76 20 20 6 |
| Engines and Power Data: Total Power Units Available- Movement Point Ratio- Antimatter Engine Type- Number- Power Units Available- Stress Charts- Impulse Engine Type- Power Units Available- |
27 2/1 FSLB 2 12 O/M FIC-2 3 |
30 2/1 FSLB 2 12 O/M FIB-3 6 |
| Weapons and Firing Data: Beam Weapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing Chart- Maximum Power- Damage Modifiers +3 +2 +1 |
FH-2 10 in three banks 2f 4p, 4s H 3 (1 - 10) |
FH-4 10 in three banks 2f 4p, 4s N 3 (1 - 8) (9 - 14) |
| Shields Data: Deflector Shield Type- Shield Point Ratio- Maximum Shield Power- |
FSD 1/2 8 |
FSF 1/2 12 |
| Defense Factor- Weapon Damage Factor- |
69.0 13.0 |
79.0 26.0 |
