Enterprise D scale

The Enterprise-D scale is a system for rating the relative capacity of one starship versus the next.
Since no good objective measuring standard exists for measuring the capacities of Starships, it was decided to take an Iconic starship and use that ship itself as the measuring stick.
We took the Enterprise-D as a good yard stick. But when? We assume the Enterprise-D is being improved and updated as she goes.
So we picked the first moment the ship appears on screen 2364.
On an open ended scale where 1000 is The Enterprise-D as seen in 2364 (TNG, Season 1):
(Many write ups use 100 points as the E-D basis. It's essentially the same with the decimal point moved one to the left.)
*Science capacity -
*Crew Comfort -
*Duration -
*Medical facilities -
*Tactical maneuvering -
*Strategic Speed -
*Defense -
*Offense -
*Versatility -
*Internal Security –
Note this scale is for comparison. Most Starships, being smaller than the Enterprise-D Will rate higher than the E-D on the Tactical Maneuvering part of the scale.
Since most starships are not appointed like cruise ships, they will rate lower than the E-D on the Crew comfort scale.
==Reading the Scale==
===Science Capacity===
This measure describes how well the starship is equipped to explore and perceive new things, explore new phenomenon, or generate useful scientific information.
*1000 indicates a ship with large departments for science that a crew of 600+ offers.
===Crew Comfort===
How well appointed the ship is, how well equipped it is to support the crew for a long period of time. A poorly equipped starship will look like a world war II Submarine.
*1000 indicates that the majority of the ship is turned over to crew accommodation.Most if not all crew have a private cabin.
===Duration===
How long the ship can remain in space without needing to pull into a starbase for a major service. Also an implication of how long the ship can go between fuel stops. In this case larger is usually better, unless the ship is dedicated to long distance travel.
*1000 indicates the classic five year mission.
===Medical Facilities===
How advanced and well equipped the ships Sickbay is. A better medical rating means the ships can handle more wounded people, or stranger and more dangerous diseases.
*1000 is assuming the sickbay can handle up to sixty persons without strain and has at least three full time doctors. I consider a ratio of 10% of the crew disabled and no strain to be reasonable. However the number is based on the 60 persons not a crew percentage.
===Tactical Maneuvering===
How fast the ship is, using impulse sub-light drives - also how quickly the ship can change direction, turn or conduct evasive maneuvers. The bigger the ship, the worse this is going to be.
*1000 is reasonable maneuverability. How one sees the E-D move.
===Strategic Speed===
How fast the ship can cover space in warp. this is important because it determines how quickly a ship can respond to distress calls or calls for reinforcement from friendly units.
*1000 equals 3 light years a day or WF 8 on the new scale.
===Defense===
A general rating of how well the ship can weather and fend off damage from incoming attacks.
*1000 is the E-D defensive capacity. Yes the dramatic sensor make pinning that down very difficult. Size does matter. Larger ships can absorb more hits. The E-D has class 10 shields.
===Offense===
A general rating out how well the ship can dish it out.
*1000 equal class 10 weapons and lots of them.
===Versatility===
How well does the ship adapt to other roles? A WWII battleship, for instance, has a poor versatility rating. Its focus on winning navel combat makes it a lousy cruise ship. I doesn't do well as a cargo ship. There are better ships for oceanographic studies. Good Luck landing an airplane on it.
*1000 is a high rate of versatility. Frigates, even large ones that can outclass the E-D in other categories will not outclass here here.
===Internal Security===
How well can the crew monitor the inside of the ship? How hard is it to gain access to critical systems? How well defended are critical places on the ship? A low rating means a user-friendly ship, maybe even to the wrong folks.
*1000 Again with the dramatic sensor. I assume that except on the days when the writers are lazy the E-D is very hard to seize from the rightful crew.
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