Nebulas class

The Nebulas Class Starship is the most sophisticated type of ship between 2269-2281. They were designed for long missions away from Starbase, they were designed so that they could last 10 years at a time without ever needing to be resupplied.

=History=

The Nebulas Class project first started after the war with the Folians. The vessel was to have a new type of computer system and engines. In the beginning the team of engineers working on the USS Nebulas were planning to have a Transwarp Drive system built into the ships engines.

Starfleet wanted the Nebulas class starship to reshap the entire fleet as they thought that the fleet was looking slightly "old!"

Work on the prototype of the USS Nebulas began in 2251 for 2264, but work was hard as the spaceframe of the ship was very complicated to be built up in space. So the engineers decided to buildthe ship on planet Mars which worked. New labs including Astro-physics and Bio-Chemistry was ubgraded so that the ship could stuy phenomenons and Nebula's better. By 2266 the USS Nebulas was launched. The ships shake-down cruise was a success until the Transwarp system was tested. It failed terribly and the ship only reached Warp 8.4, so the team of engineers building the ship changed it for a Warp System. To their surprise the ship managed a speed of Warp 9. The Nebulas Class starship then went into mass production and many vessels such as the USS Discovery (NCC-74749) was built.

=Physical Arrangement=

The Nebulas Class starship had the standard features of a starship, the saucer and a neck connecting to the engineering hull. The main Bridge was located on the top of the primary hull and Main Engineering located in the centre of the engineering hull. The ship had various labs dotted around the ship mostly in the Saucer Section and the Neck of the ship.

The Nebulas Class Starship was also designed with a seperation system able to detach the Warp Necelles from the ship; this feature was mostly for maintenance but could also be done if the engines were to overload but could only be properly fitted back together in a Starbase. (Although this procedure has never been done before.)

=Main Bridge Module=

A Nebulas Class Main Bridge Module is located on the top surface of the saucer part on Deck 1. This is where the ships main operations were performed and were overseen by the commanding officer, who generally sat in the centre of the Bridge. On the left side of the command seat was where the executive officer sat: on a Nebulas Class Starship the executive officer would also be the science officer. On the right of the Command seat sat the Communications officer and generally the second in command. In front of the Command seat was the Helm Station and the Tatical stations. At the rear end of the Bridge was 4 station; Tatical, Engineering and 2 science stations.

The 2 sidewalls of the Bridge were usually normally very plain and empty but wall stations such as science, communications and life support stations could be installed. At the Right and left rear ends of the Bridge were turbolifts and at the front right of the Bridge was the commanding officers Ready Room.

At the front Bulkhead of the Bridge was the viewscreen which allowed the Bridge crew to view what was going on outside of the ship.

=Propulsion System=

The Nebulas Class Starship has been built with a dilithium reactor powered Warp Drive. The ship was fitted what was a failed Transwarp system and changed to be a Warp System. This increased the ships cruising speed to Warp 5 and Maximum of Warp 9, although speed could be increased even further but at extreme risk by pumping more dilithium and antimatter into the core. The Nebulas Class was installed with standard thrusters and two Impulse Engines.