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BRAD'S COMMENTS: I took the liberty of re-drawing this class, mostly because it has always annoyed me that such a smallish warship uses a warp nacelle copied directly off the much larger Constitution Refit. The new nacelles are in the same spirit as those featured on the original, but different enough that the nagging scaling problems (which I have noted elsewhere on the site) are essentially avoided. From a gaming standpoint, almost all cutters are undergunned and lacking hitting power. I have only found them to be playable during midget wars, pitted against other dinky vessels. Of course, since cutters are mainly defensive weapons against pirates and criminals and such, it seems unlikely a Federation cutter would ever fight a Klingon gunboat, though I have tried this. It's an interesting exercise.
From the FASA Star Trek FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, circa 1985
Solar Class III Cutter
NOTES: Of the 1,297 Solar Class cutters built, 144 Mk Ills and 524 Mk VIs remain in active
service, with 196 Mk Is and 42 Mk Ills in reserve fleets. Twenty-four Mk Ills and 24 Mk
VIs are used by Star Fleet Training Command; 79 Mk Is. 48 Mk Ills, and 46 Mk VIs have been destroyed; 2 Mk
Is, 1 Mk III and 3 Mk VIs are listed as missing; 16 Mk Is, 14 Mk Ills, and 14 Mk
VIs have been scrapped; and 81 Mk Is, 29 Mk Ills, and 10 Mk VIs have been sold to civilian commercial concerns.
The Solar class cutters are manufactured at the Salazaar and Alpha Centauri shipyards at a combined rate of 26 per
year.
| Construction Data: Model Numbers- Ship Class- Date Entering Service- Number Constructed |
MK I III 1/9805-2/1501 588 |
MK III III 2/1010 410 |
MK VI III 2/1206 621 |
| Hull Data: Superstructure Points- Damage Chart- Size Length- Width- Height- Weight- Cargo Cargo Units- Cargo Capacity- Landing Capability- |
6 C 90 meters 20 meters 12 meters 17,100 tons 5 units 2 50 tons Yes |
7 C 90 meters 20 meters 12 meters 18,100 tons 5 units 2 50 tons Yes |
8 C 90 meters 20 meters 12 meters 20,400 tons 5 units 2 50 tons Yes |
| Equipment Data: Control Computer Type- Transporters- Standard 6-person- Combat 20-person- Emergency 22-person- cargo small- cargo large- |
L-14 1 1 None 1 None |
L-14 1 1 None 1 None |
L-14 1 1 None 1 None |
| Other Data: Crew- Troops- Passengers- Shuttlecraft- |
23 10 6 None |
25 10 6 None |
28 10 6 None |
| 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- |
15 1/1 FWA-1 2 6 G/K Warp 7 Warp 9 FIA-3 3 |
19 1/1 FWA-2 2 8 J/M Warp 7 Warp 9 FIA-3 3 |
19 1/1 FWA-2 2 8 J/M Warp 7 Warp 9 FIA-3 3 |
| Weapons and Firing Data: Beam Weapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing Chart- Maximum Power- Damage Modifiers +3 +2 +1 |
FH-1 6 in three banks 2f/p, 2f/s, 2f F 2 - - - |
FH-1 6 in three banks 2f/p, 2f/s, 2f F 2 - - - |
FH-2 6 in three banks 2f/p, 2f/s, 2f H 3 (1 - 10) |
| Shields Data: Deflector Shield Type- Shield Point Ratio- Maximum Shield Power- |
FSB 1/2 11 |
FSB 1/2 11 |
FSB 1/2 11 |
| Defense Factor- Weapon Damage Factor- |
66.6 3.0 |
80.6 3.0 |
80.6 7.8 |
