Valiant Class |
TYPE |
Destroyer |
COMMISSIONED |
2400 - present |
UNIT RUN |
NCC 74210-A USS Valiant • NCC 76091 USS Seeker • NCC 98947 USS San Diego NCC 99106 USS Aries • NCC 99443 USS Redemption • NCC 100456 USS Avenger Plus an additional 6 vessels. The class remains in production. |
DIMENSIONS |
LENGTH: 187m BEAM: 192m HEIGHT: 39m DECKS: 6 |
CREW |
75; evacuation limit 300 |
ARMAMENT |
4 x Class III rapid fire phaser pulse cannon 1 x Type X phaser bank, total output 95,000 TeraWatts 3 x Pulse fire transphasic torpedo tube 1 x Probe/torpedo launcher equivalent to standard quantum torpedo tube + 390 torpedoes |
DEFENSE |
Auto modulated shield system, total capacity 4,458,000 TeraJoules Heavy Duranium/Tritanium Double hull +35cm ablative armor. High Level Structural Integrity Field |
PROPULSION |
NORMAL CRUISE: Warp 12.0 MAXIMUM CRUISE: Warp 14.4 MAXIMUM SPEED: Warp 18.8 for 3 hours |
STRENGTH INDEX Galaxy Class = 1000 |
BEAM FIREPOWER: 1,900 TORPEDO FIREPOWER: 2,150 WEAPON RANGE/ACCURACY: 955 SHIELD STRENGTH: 1,651 HULL ARMOR: 5,650 SPEED: 1,276 MANEUVERABILITY: 8,660 OVERALL: 2,036 |
DIPLOMATIC GRADE |
2 |
45 years |
HULL LIFE |
REFIT CYCLE |
MINOR: 1 year STANDARD: 1 year MAJOR: 5 years |
NOTES |
With the advent of the Elorg War in 2395, Starfleet initiated the Valiant project intending to simply upgrade and enhance the Defiant's systems. The project was initially successful, but the rapid worsening of the Elorg crisis in 2396 led Starfleet to abandon the Defiant project and instead design an entirely new starship based upon the Defiant's schematics. The resulting Valiant Class starship maintained the look and feel of the original Defiant, though it was slightly larger and much more capable of handling the powerful systems available to it. The Valiant also rectified one of the Defiant's most glaring shortcomings. Capable of sustaining warp 18.3 for three hours, the Valiant is easily one of the fastest ships in Starfleet. Some firepower was sacrificed to achieve these speeds, but compared to other starships of its size, the Valiant is easily the most powerful. The first six Valiant class vessels were commissioned in early 2400, and were thusly able to participate in the final engagement with the Elorg Bloc in February of that year. |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
The utterly awesome Valiant Class vessel used throughout this site was created by EBOLII - D. Bates. This page was created using information from the Daystrom Institute Technical Library (www.ditl.org) |