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BRAD'S COMMENTS:
If the Babcock Class was an exercise in
underestimating the true apparent size and mass of a vessel, the
original FASA Kiev Class is a
step in the opposite direction: stats and mass that are flatly impossible
if the saucer and nacelles are scaled to the same size as the
Consitution refit. The Constitution Refit is listed as
massing roughly 160,000 metric tons, placing it squarely in the mass XI range
according to the old FASA ship construction rules. The
original Kiev Class frigate,
also mass range XI, tops out at 165,000 tons! Where is all that extra mass
supposed to be? For that matter, where the hell is the damn engineering
compartment supposed to be? Or the shuttle bay?? The Kiev is like the
Wilkerson Class destroyer
in that it is basically a Constitution refit saucer decorated with Constitution
refit nacelles on improbably spindly pylons. There is, of course, the Reliant-esq torpedo bay assembly mounted above and behind the bridge, and
a Reliant-esq squaring of the aft saucer section. But at a glance
this hardly seems to make up for the invisible mass nor does it explain exactly
where the warp core and other vital engineering apparatus is supposed to
live. Are they plating the toilets with neutronium? Does engineering
take up the whole back half of the saucer?? And if so, where is the crew
supposed to live? This ship carries 300 staff and 120 marines!
In an attempt to rectify all these
problems, I took the liberty of re-drawing the Kiev. By lengthening and
thickening the blended secondary hull, it's now a little more reasonable for a
design like this to mass as much as it does. I also added a few new
touches, in the form of visible shuttle bays on the aft surface of the secondary
hull, as well as twin, half-dish navigational deflectors recessed into the
forward ventral portion of the secondary hull. Neither item was included
with the original design, but with the
expansion of the secondary hull, such items were easy to add. I was almost
tempted to get creative with the dorsal torpedo pylon, but quickly realized that
a "roll bar" or other familiar device would turn the Kiev into a carbon copy of
the Miranda, so I opted to leave the
torpedo bay design more or less as-is.
From the FASA Star Trek FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, circa 1985
Kiev Class XI Frigate
NOTES: Of the 84 Kiev Class frigates built, 68 remain in active service, 1 is used by Star Fleet Training Command; 12 have been destroyed; 1 is listed as missing; and 2 have been scrapped.
The Kiev is produced at the Salazaar and Merak shipyards at a combined rate of 14 per
year.
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| Construction Data: Model Numbers- Ship Class- Date Entering Service- Number Constructed |
MK I XI 2/1610 84 |
MK III * XI 2299 A.D. (classified) |
MK IV * XI 2311 A.D. (classified) |
MK V * XI 2324 A.D. refit only |
| Hull Data: Superstructure Points- Damage Chart- Size Length- Width- Height- Weight- Cargo Cargo Units- Cargo Capacity- Landing Capability- |
24 C 280 meters 140 meters 50 meters 165,200 tons 150 units 7,500 tons none |
27 C 280 meters 140 meters 50 meters 168,900 tons 150 units 7,500 tons none |
30 C 280 meters 140 meters 50 meters 175,000 tons 150 units 7,500 tons none |
32 C 280 meters 140 meters 50 meters 178,300 tons 150 units 7,500 tons none |
| Equipment Data: Control Computer Type- Transporters- Standard 6-person- Combat 20-person- Emergency 22-person- cargo- |
M-3 4 3 none 2 |
M-6 4 3 none 2 |
M-6 4 3 none 2 |
MBT-07 4 3 none 2 |
| Other Data: Crew- Passengers- Troops- Shuttlecraft- |
300 none 120 4 |
313 none 120 4 |
282 none 120 4 |
270 none 120 4 |
| Engines and Power Data: Total Power Units Available- Movement Point Ratio- Warp Engine Type- Number- Power Units Available- Stress Charts- Maximum Safe Cruising Speed- Emergency Speed- Impulse Engine Type- Power Units Available- |
44 3/1 FWC-1 2 16 O/M Warp 7 Warp 9 FIF-1 12 |
58 2/1 FNWD-2A 2 23 L/M Warp 8 Warp 9.9 FIF-1 12 |
61 2/1 FNWD-2A 2 23 L/M Warp 8 Warp 9.9 FNIS-100 15 |
70 2/1 FNWD-2B 2 25 L/N Warp 8 Warp 9.9 FNIS-120 20 |
| Weapons and Firing Data: Beam Weapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing Chart- Maximum Power- Damage Modifiers +3 +2 +1 Missile Weapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing Chart- Power To Arm- Damage- |
FH-8 6 in three banks 2f/p, 2f/s, 2a T 5 (1 - 10) (11 - 18) FP-4 2 in two bays 1f, 1a S 1 20 |
FH-8 6 in three banks 2f/p, 2f/s, 2a T 5 (1 - 10) (11 - 18) FP-4 2 in two bays 1f, 1a S 1 20 |
FH-8 6 in three banks 2f/p, 2f/s, 2a T 5 (1 - 10) (11 - 18) FP-13 2 in two bays 1f, 1a V 3 23 |
FAHW-20 6 in three banks 2f/p, 2f/s, 2a T 12 (1 - 6) (7 - 14) (15 - 18) FP-15 2 in two bays 1f, 1a W 3 25 |
| Shields Data: Deflector Shield Type- Shield Point Ratio- Maximum Shield Power- |
FSL 1/3 14 |
NGSS-D 1/3 15 |
NGSS-E 1/3 18 |
NGSS-F 1/3 21 |
| Defense Factor- Weapon Damage Factor- |
119.8 50.0 |
unknown unknown |
unknown unknown |
unknown unknown |
* Denotes completely hypothetical model number and stats, devised by Brad R. Torgersen.
