Waverider class

Type:  Nova Class Waverider Craft

Accommodation:  3 flight crew, 3 passengers

Power Plant:  3 Magnodynamic thrusters (Aft), fusion core, maneuvering thrusters.

Dimensions:  Length: 16.8m; Width: 14.5m; Height: 3.1m

Performance:  Impulse: 0.25c, Atmospheric: Mach-12

Armament:  2 Type-IV Phaser Arrays.

An auxiliary craft for Nova Class Survey Vessels, the Waverider-Type atmospheric shuttlecraft is designed to facilitate close quarters examination and survey of planetary bodies by science personnel aboard the ship. It is equipped with a small general scientific laboratory, and even a foldaway biobed and vital medical equipment.

At just under 20 meters in length, the vessel is small enough to be carried by the Nova Class but large enough to be useful. Intended to work primarily in atmosphere, the small craft is highly fuel efficient at Mach-5 and above, making use of conventional propulsion with backup impulse and RCS thrusters for maneuvering in space.

The WaveRider is capable of sustained sublight velocities approaching 0.65c. The impulse propulsion system (IPS) consists of six sequential beam-fusion reaction chambers feeding a central toroidal driver coil. Each chamber measures 1.3 m in diameter and is similar to its larger IPS cousins on the Twilight. The reaction exhaust is vented through the driver coil and magnetohyodynamic (MHD) accelerator for impulse travel. The MHD tap provides power to the navigational deflector grid for removal of interstellar dust and gas from the vehicle flight path. For atmospheric flight the exhaust is redirected after it exits the MHD tunnel and sent through the aerodyne engines around the ellipse equator. The normal atmospheric cruising velocity is Mach 5; maximum safe Waverider velocity is Mach 20. Magnetic turbulence contour equalizers, variants of the navigational deflector, provide momentum conditioning at Mach transitions.

The Twilight is designed to operate safely without the Hippocrates in place, since its structural integrity field and inertial damping fields produce slightly modified fields in those areas to compensate for the concavity of the Waverider docking structure. Waverider rules in the vicinity of the starship are generally the same as those for other auxiliary spacecraft, with the difference being that the Waverider, during emergency underdockings, may be safely deployed at velocities as high as Warp Factor 7. The Waverider’s systems are designed to afford the craft a smooth falloff of warp field, unless the craft’s own warp engines take over. The Waverider’s velocity then drops smoothly to its own warp drive, which has a cruising velocity of Warp 5.

Unlike ordinary shuttlecraft, the Waverider does not enter the ship’s Main and Auxiliary Shuttlebays; instead, it inserts itself into a recessed docking port in the ventral part of the saucer just forward of the main sensor dome. Access to the Waverider is provided by a hatchway inside the ship through the Main Computer Core compartment, and a ladder-equipped hard umbilical.

It is not warp capable, but can be modified.

NOTE: As of this Stardate, the Hippocrates, the Waverider shuttle attached to U.S.S. Twilight NCC-74413, has been modified to include streamlined nacelles and a Danube-class warp core. The starcraft is capable of cruising at Warp 5, with a burst speed of Warp 6.5 for 12 hours before automatic shut-down of the engines. Additional modifications include a fold-away biobed and a Mark-I EMH. She has an ample cargo hold compartment, and is equipped with all the sensors necessary for any mission she might undertake.

 Last Unicorn Games Statistics: 

LUG Game Statistics:  Class and Type: Waverider Shuttle; Commissioning Date: 2367

Hull Characteristics: Size: 2 ( 16m long, 1 deck ); Resistance: 4; Structural Points: 40

Operations Characteristics: Crew/Passengers: 3/4; [2 pwr/rd]

Computers: 1 [1 pwr/rd]; Transporters: 1 personnel [1 pwr/rd]

Tractor Beams: 1 av, 1 fd [2/rating used]

Propulsion and Power Characteristics: Warp System: 4.0 / 5.0 / 7.5 (12 h); 

[2/warp factor]; Impulse System: .76c/.96c [8/ 10pwr/rd] Power: 105

Atmospheric Engines: Mach 5/Mach 20 [5 Pwr/Rd]

Sensor Systems: Long-Range Sensors: +1 / 10 lightyears [6pwr/rd]

Lateral Sensors: +3/ 1 lightyear [4 pwr/rd]

Navigational Sensors: +2 [5 pwr/rd]; Sensors Skill: 3

Weapons Systems: Type V Phaser: Range: 10/ 30000/ 100000/ 300000;

Arc: all (720 degrees); Accuracy: 3/4/6/9; Damage: 10; Power: [10]

Defensive Systems: Starfleet Deflector Shield; Protection: 32/45; Power: [32]