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USS Invincible
Combining the abilities of a fully armed battleship, a full-fledged starcarrier, and a mobile base of operations, all in one massive platform, the Invincible-class of starship is the new flagship class of Starfleet. Designed as part of Starfleet's advanced technology starship program, the Invincible-class has emerged from the dockyards as the most sophisticated, most comprehensively armed, the most impressive, and the most advanced starship in Starfleet, no doubt designed because of the Dominion war and the Borg threat. The Invincible-class is also the single largest multi-mission combat-equipped starship ever constructed. She is also designed as the ultimate in frontline explorers. She is classified as a Fleet Carrier-Battleship hybrid. Invincible-class ships combine the roles of battleship and fighter carrier, having a massive offensive capability in terms of on-board weapons and huge complement of space superiority fighters. The Invincible’s hull configuration is comparable to other established Starfleet vessels. Her carrier features are considered to be the next step in carrier technology as she is of carrying four (4) whole wings of starfighters into combat scenarios as well as overpower heavily armed enemy starships in one-on-one encounters. The Invincible-class is currently one of the few Starfleet vessels that has enough firepower for any combat role yet also carries the full capabilities of an exploratory starship. She incorporates every weapons system known to Starfleet, supports triple computer cores and a twin type-D trelinium/dilithium hybrid reactor.

The Invincible-class boasts of a large crew complement, opulent crew quarters, guest comforts and facilities, recreation facilities and impressive diplomatic capabilities. There are five large mess lounges onboard that are equipped with full bar and kitchen facilities. Each mess lounge is equipped with mass-use food replicators with an extensive recipe listing from over two hundred worlds. Eating accommodations are provided by a slew of tables and chairs. Sixteen standard Holodeck facilities and thirty two holosuites scattered all over the ship. Only three ships of this class have ever been built. With her 60 Decks, 1650 meter length, and full crew complement of 4,800, she is virtually a city in space. The gym facilities of the Invincible are not overly spacious, but are numerous and are well outfitted. The facilities include variable weight machines, isometric machines, and callisthenic machines and a sparring ring configured for Anbo-Jitsu but easily modified and/or expanded for other practices. All equipment is equipped with the ability to variate gravity for those species that are physically biased toward higher or lower than standard gravity.

The Invincible-class is designed to provide military superiority in unstable regions. As such, it is well armed and self reliant, capable of handling all types of military situations, including fleet battle. The Invincible is equipped with Starfleet's most advanced and most extensive weapons and defense systems. Constructed as a response to the Dominion Battleship-Class heavy cruisers, the Jem'Hadar super cruisers, and the Borg cube, the Federation needed a hard-hitting starship that was much more powerful than the Sovereign-class. Starfleet specified a long-range, multi-purpose fleet carrier-battleship that can capably function as a fleet command ship and that could penetrate enemy defenses and strike strategic installations with little or no escort. While fairly effective flying solo, the Invincible-class is devastating when operating as the center of a battle fleet. However, as Starfleet appears to be taking on the role of galactic police officer, it is also fitted for diplomatic purposes to hopefully stop conflict as it starts. As well, the ship carries a good complement of marines for shipboard defense and to support landing parties.

The ship merges the catamaran hull design of the Akira-class with the features of the starship carrier-classes, and then combines the maneuverability (both physically and mission-wise) of the Sovereign-class, the overwhelming firepower of the Achilles-class and Yamato-class with their Mini-Quantum Torpedo Phalanx weapons systems and thick, shielding, the ablative armor of the Defiant-class, the technological advancements and speed of the Prometheus-class, the bio-neural circuitry and borrowed regenerative and multiphasic shielding, regenerative ablative armor technology and transphasic torpedoes borrowed by the Intrepid-class from the future. Her new micro-torpedoes arranged in a 'phalanx' array along her hulls allow an astoundingly high rate of fire that can cripple any enemy capital ship. With the 'broadside' arrangement of the 'phalanx' micro-torpedo launchers and their complement of port and starboard standard torpedo launchers, the Invincible can defend herself against starfighters, escorts, light cruisers, or even capital ships defending enemy facilities while she maintains focus on destroying the primary target.

A primary feature of the Invincible-class is the arrangement of her hangar bays. The ship has five large hangar bays, each used for a different purpose. The four large full-fly through Main Flight Bays runs the length of the port and starboard hulls of the Carrier Section, following the catamaran design, and has bay doors, both dorsal and ventral, at the front and at the back ends, allowing for large numbers of simultaneous launch and landing operations. One wing of five squadrons each are housed in each of the four flight bays. This is where all the fighters and equipment are kept. All fighter launchings and dockings take place here. These large hangars are capable of supporting and maintaining approximately 20 full squadrons of 1- and 2-man starfighters, and several combat-equipped runabouts and shuttlecrafts, with support facilities for all. The Invincible-class boasts of a fighter complement of 72 Rogue-class tactical starfighters, 72 Valkyrie-class space interdictors and 36 Hawk-class heavy starfighters, divided into 20 squadrons of 9 fighters each. She is also equipped with a complement of 32 shuttles, over a 12 runabouts, and 8 Deltaflyers as support crafts. She also has fighter and shuttlecraft construction and repair facilities onboard to keep support craft numbers at an optimum level. The third hangar bay, located underneath the Engineering Section holds a large complement of subspace antimatter mines. These mines, when deployed remain in subspace until triggered by an enemy warp signature or ion trail. When triggered the device will destroy the triggering starship and seriously damage any others in the direct vicinity. All mine functions are controlled by subspace transmitters located on each mine, the main control of them being on a special console located by the chief tactical officer’s console on the main bridge. The fourth and fifth bays located dorsal aft of the Saucer Section is where all non-combat runabouts and shuttles are kept. Aside from the main hangar bays, the Carrier Section also houses equipment, locker rooms, offices, and other various services the flight crews may need.

Designed to go for extensive periods on deep-space exploratory duties, the ship is equipped with cutting-edge scientific equipment. It also serves as a testbed for experimental science technology not yet available in other classes, with the exception of the Luna-class of mid-sized explorers. State of the art computers give it unprecedented storage capacity, access speed, and rigor conditioning. This, combined with a wide array of sensors covering a large amount of the exposed surface, makes the Intrepid class a premier ship of the line for Starfleet’s scientific endeavors. The Invincible also boasts of a large Astrometrics and Stellar Cartography Department, which is not only dedicated to the science and practice of charting space, but could also be used for long-range communications purposes or even, as a workplace for easy access to sensor information. It features a holotank which allows a person to gain a 360° panoramic view of an area using holographic technology. There are a series of control panels to manipulate the screen. The area below the screen and in front of the control panels could be used as a stage during presentations. Astrometrics also include six additional workstations on the side wall.

The Invincible-class also carries an extremely heavy torpedo armament. The phaser and torpedo firepower of the Invincible-class Carrier-Battleship makes her a powerful force in ship-to-ship combat equaled only by the Yamato-class battleship. The ship’s weaponry systems consist of the most advanced phaser and torpedo systems available. She features eight (8) brand new torpedo turrets as her primary weapon, as well as sixteen (16) Type-XIV phaser arrays (known as Sovereign-Type) and twelve (12) Type-XV (commonly known as Defiant-Type) pulse phaser cannons. The ship boasts of thirty (30) torpedo bays among her three sections, as well as the type X+ phaser cannon prototype. Ten (10) of the torpedo bays are mounted in the large primary roll-bar pod, five (5) forward and five (5) back. Another ten (10) are located on the underside of the saucer section while the remaining ten (5) face directly out at five each to port and starboard, a unique feature in a Starfleet vessel. Octo rapid-fire quantum torpedoes and enhanced pulse phasers enables the Invincible sufficient firepower to destroy large fixed targets in one pass. This gives the Invincible-class the most powerful torpedo armament of any vessel in Starfleet service.

The vessel is also equipped with a new variant of the Type-XIV phaser array, which equips the Federation's most powerful starbases and deep space facilities. The Type XIV has a raw beam power output some 60% more powerful than the Type-X arrays installed on the standard Galaxy-class. In addition, the Type XIV has a shorter recharge time and can fire a longer sustained burst, giving each bank a combat effectiveness 79.4% greater than a Type-X array. All told, the Invincible-class has an overall 300% increase in phaser capability over the Sovereign-class.

Another special feature of the Invincible-class is the full flag facilities it was equipped with. Invincible-class starships serve as the flagships of the fleets of Starfleet. A primary flag facility onboard is the War Room, which is found at the rear half portion of the Bridge. The War Room is where coordination between task force elements and planning for task force operations are done. It also serves as a briefing room for command staff and department heads.

The Invincible has four main hulls or sections: the primary hull, the secondary hull, the tertiary hull and the carrier hull. The hulls of the Carrier Section are joined by a wide roll bar pod carrying a module array and the hatchways of the Invincible’s three “companion” ships. The Invincible utilizes a series of interlocking tritanium/duranium truss frames for its space frame construction. Instead of gamma wave welding, all ships of its class use transporter welding to create stronger joints compared to traditional construction methods.

The shield system of the Invincible-class is similarly the most powerful of any Starfleet ship; the design was modified just prior to installation in order to have regenerative features and to increase effectiveness against both high energy tractor beams and phased polaron particles, measures clearly aimed at the Borg and Dominion respectively. Under normal operation, the shield modulation frequencies are controlled by the ship's computer system, which continually evaluates incoming weapons fire and automatically re-modulates the shields to provide the most effective possible defense. It is thought that this system can also prevent beam-through by Borg transporter technology. The Invincible-class is also fitted with bio-neural gel pack computer interfaces and circuitry that enable high speed information transfers and the newest sensor equipment with efficiency levels that exceed that of the Galaxy-class by 100%. Due to her overlapping and regenerative Xentronium and ablative armors, she can take many direct hits from enemy fire even with minimal shields.

Redundant warp and impulse nacelles were designed on the Invincible so that she can sustain heavy damage, and still maneuver. The ship's warp engines are based on a new concept in warp drive design, one which eliminates subspace distortion effects inherent to standard warp drives. In addition, the four warp nacelles have been brought closer to the hulls (dorsal and port or starboard side of the carrier hull) to a minimum safe distance for field EM. With a normal cruise speed of Warp 7.5, a maximum cruise speed of Warp 9.85 and a top speed of Warp 9.975 sustainable for up to twelve hours, Invincible-class starships are currently some of the fastest vessels in Starfleet. Also, the ship is equipped with one quantum slipstream drive and one transwarp coil, the latter modified to Starfleet compatibility by Starfleet Engineering with the help of Seven-of-Nine. The ship is allowed to alternately use the quantum slipstream drive and the transwarp coil and travel at superfast transwarp speeds only once every two weeks. These very high speed capabilities are intended to allow the ship to deploy as rapidly as possible to potential trouble spots and to reach the Gamma and Delta Quadrants in a comparatively shorter period of time on very special occasions. Additionally, the Invincible-class impulse drive system is the most sophisticated model in production. Her oversized impulse engines are equipped with impulse thrusters that provide superb sublight maneuvering speed, especially considering her size. This, plus the new retro-thrusters, and up-rated structural integrity fields give the ship maneuverability equal to the size of a Steamrunner-class vessel.

The Invincible-class is equipped with a module array carrying nine detachable modules of different uses on the dorsal aft portion of her tertiary hull:

1.	The Communications Module is a long-range subspace communications and ECM/ECCM module. With this module, and the ship’s onboard Stellar Cartography room that has been pre-equipped with Borg-type modifications courtesy of Seven-of-Nine, the Invincible is able to send and receive subspace communications at ranges exceeding 90 light-years. Normal subspace communications has a limit of about 22 light-years before the signal degrades to silence. The ship can act as a mobile long-distance communications relay between distant ships or bases, or can jam subspace communications over an extremely wide range. She can also receive LORASON sensor platform information from one ship and relay it to a distant ship using her communications suite. In addition, communications from the ship propagate somewhat faster than standard subspace communications, achieving speeds exceeding warp 9.9999 and data transmission rates approaching 100 kiloquads per second. 2.	The Weapons Module contains 3 Quantum and 4 Photon Launchers. It has 3,000 Photon and 2,000 Quantum Torpedoes. 3.	The Habitat Module is used when transporting colonists or troops. It has room for 500 people and their belongings. 4.	The Troop Transport Module is a very mission-specific module. It has room for 300 Ground Troops, a command HQ, land and air-based combat vehicles, and a subspace relay with Starfleet Command. 5.	The Medical Triage Module is a completely sealed off hospital. It has operating rooms, and ICU, medical labs, and it all runs off its own power, thus minimizing the risk of spread of infectious disease. It has larger space and more medical facilities than the ship’s already extensive sickbay. 6.	The Shield Module is a heavily armored module in itself, it includes extra shield generators, and metaphasic shield generators, thus insuring the ship can go almost anywhere freely. It automatically turns on when the ship’s own onboard shielding systems goes off-line during yellow or red alert. 7.	The Cargo Module is just that. It is big and bulky, but it adds an extra 100,000 metric tons to the cargo capacity of the ship. It is the second place where the Invincible stores its huge stores and reserves. 8.	The Diplomatic Module has quarters for 50 people, negotiating rooms, and a small entertainment center. This small yet very useful module is designed to be a neutral area where negotiations can be staged. 9.	The Science Module is nothing more then a big bundle of sensors with a hull and connects Gamma welded to it. It makes a science ship's sensor array look like a tricorder.

Mounted on the wide roll bar pod joining the Carrier Section’s double hulls to the primary hull, three Defiant-class armored escorts rest in recessed hatchways, just behind the ship’s module array. These ships are deployed on the occasions when the Invincible-class is forced to go on solitary special missions. They serve as immediate companion ships. Each ship has an assigned detail of forty (40) personnel from the Invincible’s main crew.

This class has holo-emitters installed throughout the ship, allowing the ship's holographic personnel complement to operate in all areas of the ship. There are a total of twenty six emergency holograms that are of seven different functions installed on the Invincible:

1.	Three Emergency Medical Holograms 2.	Three Emergency Command and Conn Holograms 3.	Five Emergency Engineering Holograms, 4.	Five Emergency Operations Holograms, 5.	Six Emergency Security and Tactical Holograms, 6.	Three Emergency Science Holograms, and 7.	One Emergency Intelligence and Reconnaissance Hologram.

Each hologram is supplied with a mobile emitter, reproductions of the original device that was used by the Voyager EMH.

All told, the Invincible is shaping up to be one of Starfleet's truly memorable and enduring classes. Since its commissioning, the Invincible-class has become one of the most renowned ship classes in Starfleet, and known as one of the best places to serve. The Invincible-class is looking forward to a long and distinguished service. Owing to their being task force flagships, Invincible-class starships have Commanding Officers that have the rank of two-star Rear Admiral, while Executive Officers, Second Officers, and CAGs are of Captain rank.

The USS Invincible, the class ship of the Fleet Carrier-Battleship class and the flagship of Starfleet in wartimes, is also the flagship of Task Force Invincible, the primary task force of the Vanguard Fleet. As such, she is accompanied by sixty-seven (67) combat oriented starships during task force formations. Invincible-class starships are also the only ships in Starfleet with a permanently attached escort complement of one Akira-class heavy cruiser, one Prometheus-class assault cruiser, one Intrepid-class starship, two Steamrunner-class Light Cruisers, and two Saber-class Frigates.