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BRAD'S COMMENTS:
In spite of Neale Davidson doing a swell re-draw of this ship's schematics, I
still hate how it looks. I really, really do. It makes no sense
to me at all. Another copy-cat on the
Constitution Refit saucer, with no
secondary hull whatsoever, and somehow this ship masses as much as a
Baker??? Compare the Wilkerson to the
Baker and the Baker ought to mass at least twice as much as the Wilkerson!
What were the writers and
graphic artists thinking?? Where is Engineering supposed to be
located? The navigational deflector?? And look at that
nonsensical warp pylon structure that is paper-thin and connects to each nacelle
at an odd angle!
Oh my goodness I cannot express how
much I detest this ship. It looks like a cheap hack cookie-cutter fanship off the
internet. No style, no imagination at all, and no effort made
to think logically. There is no way a saucer all by itself could hold a warp core
and all the other
machinery necessary to support a warp drive! Even if we (somehow) believe
that the saucer contains the warp core, where is the crew supposed to have their
quarters, their mess hall, their sick bay? Engineering would occupy so
much space within the saucer that there would be no room for a
sizeable crew. At least not the 200+ people listed in the stats!
Having said this, the Wilkerson plays
fairly well, almost as good as the Baker class. If the two torpedoes were
facing forward the Wilkerson would be almost identical to a Baker in game play, but
with the second torp bay facing aft, the Wilkerson cannot put as much offensive
oomph
into the forward arc as I would like for a destroyer. I admit I never play
this ship at all, simply because I can't stand it's looks, and because the Baker
is just better. There are not very many ships out of the original UFP Ship
Recognition Manual that I think truly suck. This is one of
them!
From the FASA Star Trek FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, circa 1985
Wilkerson Class IX Destroyer
Notes: The Wilkerson Class destroyers, which first entered service on Stardate
2/1804, have since become a favorite among the personnel of Star Fleet's Destroyer Command.
These sleek ships are not only fast and maneuverable, but also well-armed and shielded.
Spacious crew quarters and work areas make tours of duty aboard a Wilkerson much
sought after.
The Wilkersons were tested for combat readiness shortly after they began arriving at their duty stations.
Six of them participated in Solar Wind IV, a fleet-Ievel training operation designed to test the fleet's ability to respond to and repulse an invasion by limited Romulan forces.
The after-action reports showed the Wilkerson to be a formidable opponent.
During this operation, the Wilkersons were in combat four times and suffered no losses.
The only pertinent negative reports from the operation were due to an overzealous
captain who was so flushed with victory during a successful engagement that he pursued the fleeing enemy ships and left his support behind.
Luckily, he broke off the action after realizing that he was the only ship in pursuit of the five enemy ships.
During a docking operation on Stardate
2/2010, the USS Carmichael was pulled into the USS Henley. Both Wilkersons were destroyed, along with the docking facility and 730
personnel. Post-accident investigations revealed that a faulty tractor beam guidance control aboard the docking facility pulled the
Carmichael into the Henley.
Of the 132 Wilkersons built, 128 remain in active service, 2 are used by Star Fleet Training Command, and 2 have been destroyed.
The Wilkerson Class destroyers are produced at the Sol IV and Salazaar shipyards at a combined rate of 26 per year.
Star Fleet has contracted for the construction of 340 of these destroyers.
| Construction Data: Model Numbers- Ship Class- Date Entering Service- Number Constructed |
MK I IX 2/1804 132 |
| Hull Data: Superstructure Points- Damage Chart- Size Length- Width- Height- Weight- Cargo Cargo Units- Cargo Capacity- Landing Capability- |
15 C 240 meters 150 meters 60 meters 112,500 tons 100 units 5,000 tons none |
| Equipment Data: Control Computer Type- Transporters- Standard 6-person- Emergency 22-person- cargo small - cargo large - |
M-3 3 2 none 1 |
| Other Data: Crew- Troops- Passengers- Shuttlecraft- |
200 none 20 2 |
| 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- |
38 3/1 FWF-2 2 13 G/K Warp 7 Warp 9 FIF-1 12 |
| 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-3 4, in two banks 2f/p, 2f/s W 5 (1 - 10) (11 - 17) (18 - 20) FP-1 2 1f, 1a L 1 10 |
| Shields Data: Deflector Shield Type- Shield Point Ratio- Maximum Shield Power- |
FSI 1/3 12 |
| Defense Factor- Weapon Damage Factor- |
93.5 32.0 |
