Talk:Saber class/@comment-25200314-20181006164816/@comment-25200314-20190827172713

My own deep dive. my Dimensions are based on the 190.5 length from Alex ship diagrams for first contact, and using Orthos from The Star Trek Magazine. Number of deck is an estimate using so guesswork numbers from ASDB. I am alco using a fan Tech Manual from ACTD. But it does need corrections. There is also some Saber-class deck plans from USS Challenger that was also a big help. On a note about my stats. the 40 crew is a wartime compliment. Peacetime should place it at 60 with most of the extra crew going to the Science Department as it transitions from a scout escort to more of a replacement for the Miranda and Oberth.

SABER-class starship Type: Light Cruiser Mission Category: Scout/Escort/Light 	Explorer Production Base: Commissioning Date: 2370 Expected duration: 80 years Time between resupply: 1 years Time between refit: 4 years HULL CHARACTERISTICS Dimensions: 	Length: 190.5 meters. Beam: 193.19 meters, Draft: 48.6 meters Decks: 10 Mass: 2,756,000 metric tons Hull: Duranium-Tritanium composite with micro-fiber reinforced ablative armor over critical compartments. OPERATIONS CHARACTERISTICS Compliment:	40 Officers and Crew 50 Passengers 200 Evacuation Computers: 2 Transporters: 2 Personnel, 1 Cargo Tractor Beams: 2 PROPULSION AND POWER CHARACTERISTICS Power Plant: APD-01 Warp Core Performance: 	Warp 6 Cruising speed Warp 9.3 Maximum 	cruising speed Warp 9.8 Emergency speed for 12 hours SENSOR SYSTEMS Long Range Sensors: 15 LY range Lateral Sensors: 1 LY range WEAPONS SYSTEMS 3 Type X Phaser 2 Type II Photon Torpedoes, 45 completed torpedoes DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS Starfleet Deflector Shields Class 8 Bubble shielding system DESCRIPTION AND NOTES FLEET DATA: The fourth vessel to enter active service as a result of the Perimeter Defense Directive, the SABER-class of light cruisers has already seen extensive action on several frontiers. Using materials technology and spaceframe elements borrowed from the ASDB Defiant Development Project, the first SABER-class vessel was commissioned in late 2370 as fast perimeter-defense ships. Initially assigned to hostile frontier regions, these agile vessels quickly proved that they could hold their own against much larger opponents. The internal nacelle configuration, suggested by Cardassian embedded warp technology and explored by Starfleet R&D during the Defiant Project, makes the ship a compact target and saves additional weight and space that would otherwise be required for nacelle field conduits and compartment structures. Of course, this design also makes these vessels more vulnerable to core breaches when full armor penetration occurs. Small and designed for easy mass production, no less than five major yard facilities currently produce SABER-class vessels. As a result, there are already more SABER-class ships in active service than any of the other new classes that have come out of the Perimeter Defense Directive.