CLASS NAME: M'Benga
CLASS TYPE: Hospital Ship
GOVERNMENT: United Federation of Planets

Port
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IMAGE SOURCE: FASA Star Trek Role Playing Game supplement #2012: Star Trek The Next Generation Officer's Manual
Dorsal
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IMAGE SOURCE: FASA Star Trek Role Playing Game supplement #2012: Star Trek The Next Generation Officer's Manual
Bow
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IMAGE SOURCE: FASA Star Trek Role Playing Game supplement #2012: Star Trek The Next Generation Officer's Manual

BRAD'S COMMENTS: The M'benga makes a rotten combat ship, being unarmed and all, but for TNG-era campaigns I believe the M'benga has an important role as a plot device.  Like freighters and science vessels, the M'benga is ideal as that hapless ship that wanders into the neutral zone, or that requires protection by escorts while crossing uncharted territory, or that must be defended within a war flotilla posed against an enemy fleet.  Certainly if the scenario involves hypothetical ground combat or the seizure of a planet, then several hospital ships might have to be standing by, ready to beam up the wounded at a moment's notice.  These are just a few of the reasons I have found for playing the M'benga, a very different-looking ship with a very different kind of mission.

Construction Data:
     Model Numbers-
     Ship Class-
     Date Entering Service-
     Number Constructed
MK I
VI
2/8003
13
Hull Data:
     Superstructure Points-
     Damage Chart-
     Size
         Length-
         Width-
         Height-
         Weight-
     Cargo
         Cargo Units-
         Cargo Capacity-
     Landing Capability-
17
C

220 meters
88 meters
55 meters
92,000 tons
  
900 units
45,000 tons
None
Equipment Data:
     Control Computer Type-
     Transporters-
         Standard 6-person-
         Combat 20-person-
         Emergency 22-person-
         cargo small-
         cargo large-		   
M-2
  
6
none
4
2
2
Other Data:
     Crew-
     Patient capacity (beds)-
     Shuttlecraft-		   
130
170
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-		     
40
4/1
FWH-2
2
14
Q/R
Warp 6
Warp 8
FIF-1
12
Weapons and Firing Data: none!
Shields Data:
     Deflector Shield Type-
         Shield Point Ratio-
         Maximum Shield Power-		   
FSN
1/2
16
Defense Factor-
Weapon Damage Factor-		 75.31
none

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