Yellowstone class (Vanguard)

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Yellowstone-class

Yellowstone-class
Yellowstone-class Runabout
Class:	Yellowstone (Vanguard)
Type:	Runabout
Affiliation:	Federation, Starfleet
Dimensions
Length:	23.1 meters
Beam:	13.5 meters
Draft:	5.4 meters
Mass:	158.7 metric tons
Specifications
Decks:	1
Complement:	2-4
Speed:	Via enhanced warp drive: - Warp 7 (normal cruising) - Warp 8.5 (top sustained)
Armament:	Phasers: - 8 Type-VIII micro-phaser emitters - 2 Type-VIII pulse phaser cannons; Torpedo launchers: - 2 quantum mini-torpedo launchers - 1 dorsal torpedo pod Torpedo Payload: - 20 quantum mini-torpedoes - 4 quantum torpedoes
Defenses:	- Enhanced Deflector shield - Unimatrix shielding - Ablative hull armor - Ablative armor plating - Microdiffracted carbon hull coating - Sensor stealth system
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For additional meanings of "Yellowstone class", please see Yellowstone class (disambiguation).

Commissioned in 2382, the Yellowstone-class was the successor to the popular Danube-class runabout of the Federation Starfleet, fulfilling the same multi-mission role as its honored predecessor, with potential missions including scientific research, personnel and supply transfer, a base of operations for missions from orbit or landed and as a support craft for larger vessels on other missions.

Overview

The Yellowstone-class, like many Federation starship designs post-Dominion War, was heavily armed.

The Yellowstone-class space frame is compact and sturdy. Designed to endure a wide variety of harsh environments and astronomical hazards.

In their standard configuration, Yellowstone-class runabouts were equipped with six Type-VIII phaser arrays spread across their hull, as well as a pair of direct-fire mini-torpedo tubes built into the vessel’s prow.

The dorsal aft of a Yellowstone runabout features a pair of connective clamps that can be used to house one of a number of mission-specific equipment modules. The available modules include a powerful sensor pod, a high-yield communications array, a medium-sized cargo capsule, and a starship-grade torpedo launcher capable of loading four photon or quantum torpedoes.

The aft internal compartments of a Yellowstone class runabout can also be interchanged to suit different mission parameters, allowing the ship to install additional cargo bays, living quarters, research labs, or reconnaissance equipment.

Runabouts carry a powerful tractor beam and offer an impressive degree of engine power for a small craft, leading to their frequent use as tugs or haulage vessels around federation starbases and drydocks.

But when equipped with enhanced warp drive modifications, the vessels can push their sustained speed of Warp 5 to an impressive Warp 8.5. Allowing them to serve as medium range vessels.

The Yellowstone was armed with 8 of the revolutionary Type-VIII micro phaser strips and equally impressive quantum mini-torpedo launcher under the cockpit. Up to four standard photon or quantum torpedoes could also be fired from the optional multi-role module on top, giving the ship the firepower of most other spacefaring gunship designs. Defensively, the Yellowstone was equipped with a regenerative shield grid, [[unimatrix shielding, ablative hull armor and ablative armor plating allowing the ship to stay in combat much longer than its predecessor, the Danube-class.

The Yellowstone-class runabout, much like the Danube, featured a modular design with the aft section being swappable for mission specific modules, such as a more spacious passenger module to accommodate a larger crew or passengers, or modules containing specialized scientific equipment. These exchangeable components consisted of the aft-most living compartment or cargo section and the central multi-mission module pack. The central section could be configured with either one larger mono-load section, or combinations of half-load modules and up to four quarter-load modules.

The exterior of the vessel could also be altered to best fit a mission with strap-on equipment pods, including specialized communications equipment, sensors or weapons. The class's cockpit also functioned as an independent module which could be detached in the case of emergencies and continue in space flight or make an emergency planetary landing.

Vanguard Command

Among the Yellowstone-class runabouts assigned as part of the primary auxiliary craft complement of the various key starships of Vanguard Command were:

• Combat-modified runabouts
  • The USS Waterton, assigned to the USS Orpheus
  • The USS Mikumi, assigned to the USS Hephaestus
  • The USS Yosemite, assigned to the USS Man-o-War
  • The USS Kaziranga, assigned to the USS Resilient
  • The USS Kakadu, assigned to the USS Resilient
  • The USS Kruger, assigned to the USS Perseverance

• Combat-variable runabouts
  • The USS Bryce, assigned to the USS Orpheus
  • The USS Seqouia, assigned to the USS Hephaestus
  • The USS Serengeti, assigned to the USS Man-o-War
  • The USS Katmai, assigned to the USS Perseverance

• Mission-variable runabouts
  • The USS Mesa Verde, assigned to the USS Orpheus
  • The USS Grand Teton, assigned to the USS Orpheus
  • The USS Vu Quang, assigned to the USS Hephaestus
  • The USS Kinabalu, assigned to the USS Hephaestus
  • The USS Göreme, assigned to the USS Man-o-War
  • The USS Sagarmatha, assigned to the USS Man-o-War
  • The USS Verunga, assigned to the USS Perseverance
  • The USS Kunlun, assigned to the USS Perseverance

Among the combat-modified or combat-variable Yellowstone-class runabouts assigned as part of the primary auxiliary craft complement of Odyssey-class Command Battleships were:

• Combat-modified runabouts
  • The USS Alamut, assigned to the USS Illustrious
  • The USS Aulavik, assigned to the USS Formidable
  • The USS Torngat, assigned to the USS Implacable
  • The USS Kootenay, assigned to the USS Glorious
  • The USS Junagarh, assigned to the USS Indefatigable
  • The USS Emain Macha, assigned to the USS Audacious
  • The USS Crannog, assigned to the USS Venerable
  • The USS Baltoro, assigned to the USS Repulse
• Combat-variable
  • The USS Koga, assigned to the USS Illustrious
  • The USS Garamba, assigned to the USS Formidable
  • The USS Upemba, assigned to the USS Implacable
  • The USS Amboseli, assigned to the USS Glorious
  • The USS Kafue, assigned to the USS Indefatigable
  • The USS Aoraki, assigned to the USS Audacious
  • The USS Sierra Nevada, assigned to the USS Venerable
  • The USS Cappadocia, assigned to the USS Repulse
• Mission-variable
  • The USS Rhodes, assigned to the USS Illustrious
  • The USS Malta, assigned to the USS Illustrious
  • The USS Chobe, assigned to the USS Formidable
  • The USS Maiko, assigned to the USS Formidable
  • The USS Salonga, assigned to the USS Implacable
  • The USS Komoé, assigned to the USS Implacable
  • The USS Tsavo, assigned to the USS Glorious
  • The USS Etosha, assigned to the USS Glorious
  • The USS Arusha, assigned to the USS Indefatigable
  • The USS Kidepo, assigned to the USS Indefatigable
  • The USS Ruaha, assigned to the USS Audacious
  • The USS Luangwa, assigned to the USS Audacious
  • The USS Bontebok, assigned to the USS Venerable
  • The USS Hwange, assigned to the USS Venerable
  • The USS Rondane, assigned to the USS Repulse
  • The USS Borjomi, assigned to the USS Repulse

Onboard tactical systems

The ship carried 8 dual-mounted Type-VIII micro-phaser emitters, 2 Type-VIII pulse phaser cannons, and 2 variable-use mini-torpedo launchers. It had a payload of 20 quantum mini-torpedoes. Combat-variable runabout were equipped with 4 quantum torpedoes ensconsed in its dorsal weapons module.

Propulsion

Equipped with the enhanced warp drive of the Khronnians, the Yellowstone-class runabouts assigned to Vanguard Command were also significantly faster than previous runabout designs, able to achieve sub-light velocities of 0.9c and with speeds as fast as warp 9.0 for 12 hours, a normal cruising speed of Warp 7, and a maximum sustained cruising speed of Warp 8.5, thereby significantly increasing the range of this small but versatile starship.

Accommodation

The layout was fairly conventional; a large four-person cabin occupies the forward compartment. The engineering section was located in the larger aft compartment, which could also fit two pairs of stacking bunk beds, a small cargo bay, a retractable biobed, and a two-person transporter, along with the various systems usually associated with a vessel of this type.

Ships Commissioned (Vanguard Command)

There were hundreds of Yellowstone-class runabouts in each of the field commands of Vanguard Command.

Related links

• List of Vanguard Command starship classes
• List of Vanguard Fleet Yellowstone class starships
• List of Vanguard Command auxiliary crafts

External links

• Yellowstone class article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• Yellowstone class article at Star Trek Expanded Universe.