USS Striker

USS Striker CB-46 -- Advantage class Heavy Frigate
With the increasing threats from multiple sources on many fronts the ADF has decided to put the Manta class back into production. However, there have been considerable advancements in starship design since the Manta was finalized. It was decided that a new class was required.
To this end the Advantage class was designed. Outwardly identical to the Manta class, the size and form are not considered to need improvement, all the improvements are under the skin. However those improvements are sufficient to consider this a new class of ship.
The Advantage class is designed from the keel up for DiSodium drives. She packs the latest in crystalmind computers, sensors, and shields. There are improvements in medical support and duration on station. The vessels will still be heavy frigates, not cruise ships.
One of the things added is frozen matter storage. Using the Rrell system of freezing transporter buffer patterns on disks. It takes a lot of energy, but fragile and non replicatible items can be stored on small disks. The amount of space that the colony kits and engineering storage takes is massively reduced. Antimatter storage is up 50% from what the Manta had. The Advantage can carry a much heavier marine force because they don't take up space. She is also slightly more versatile in that she can carry rescue gear and do the SAR mission.
The Advantage class is not replacing the Manta class but supplementing it 
===Controversy===
Yes there is some. The heavy frigate is not the favorite ship among Gentlebeing camp. the Guns & Butter crowd is all but dancing with delight. This particular design of heavy frigate is more a lighting rod than most because it is so specialized. Ships like the Sovereign class straddle the category between frigate and cruiser. There is nothing ambiguous about the Manta/Advantage. This is the can whup-ass comes in. 
However even the gentlest of Gentlebeings will grudgingly agree that hostile powers respect the Manta/Advantage class ships, and when they patrol a border it is a quieter border. Only crazy people want to see these vessels in action.
==Enterprise D Scale==
*Science capacity 500 -- The Advantage simply does not have the crew or the lab space, better sensors help.
*Crew Comfort 1000 -- Yes the ship is small, but so is the crew. There is plenty of space.
*Duration 600 -- The Advantage has an 20 month on station duration. She is not a long distance cruiser.
*Medical facilities 1000 -- The Advantage can do the S&R mission.
*Tactical maneuvering 1700 -- Centerline mounted nacelles mean this ship can flip around fast, she has the same impulse drive as the galaxy class with a much lower mass.
*Strategic Speed 18000 -- cruise. Wf Ds8 Max wf Ds9.9 cruse speed is 18 light years a day. 
*Defense 2200 -- Shielding improvements along with the fleet.
*Offense 2500 -- Class 14 weapons. Lighter on the phasers but a significantly heavier quantum torpedo battery plus ion cannon.
*Versatility 200 -- This is the can whup-ass comes in, there isn't room for much else.
*Internal Security 2200 -- RI computer monitoring.
==Crew==
===Command/Operations===
*CO: Cpt Morris M'bongo Human (Ansisi) male: An officer of much experience in the ADF. He made Senior Lieutenant in Starfleet before transferring to the ADF, where he commanded the Stingray class ADF Chiss FF-78, and later the Covenant class ADF Affinity CL-02 before transferring to the Striker. Morris is a jovial man who considers crew sritching one of the main benefits of the post. Sleeping with his Science officer and wondering if this is getting serious. 
*XO: Cmd Fortiban Ane male: A hard extrovert that was caught in the teeth of the Cardassian war. He became a protector. He has served the frigate fleet at every chance. A master at Ane Fu, and serious about it. A class 9,9 badass that will kick your slats out.
*CpO: Cmd Sharilan Ane RI female: Fun loving and a comforter. She freely swings Ane, Aneilog, and Humanoid bios at will. She will love on anyone. Gender means which parts you have, not who you can love. Currently unmated.
===Engineering===
*CENG: Lt Cmd Beauban Aneilog male: Yes Warp Drive for Dummies is on his shelf, its a thing. A good engineer that is aiming for Scotty. He is not there yet in his own mind. He has yet to build a warp drive from twine and spit. Being Aneilog he is less dependent on biomechs to do the work. He is usually draped in a vest (uniform style) for the tools and his hide. 
===Communication Tactical===
*CS/T: Lt Tallilan Ane RI female The backup computer officer and she needs something to do. Her "head" is filled with the experience of every tactical genius she can find. She is a scary good ship fighter. Being able to plug into the ship internal sensor system, she is damn good at that too. Outside the job is is fun loving. She mainly pushes an Aneilog bio. She has Ane as well.
===Medical===
*CMO: Lt Cmd Danilan Ane female A healer of much experience, she is pushing 300. Her and her bond group (The Meds) are the medical department. She with the aid of the RIs has developed a telepath directed hologram skin. You stick you head in and control it. It makes conventional medicine possible for an Ane. It has gotten around the fleet.
*Ships Caterer: Lt Cmd Ravalan Ane female The ship's official Ane Mom. The mental well being of the crew is her task and she loves it. One of the Meds.
*Lt Uandaban Ane male: A rare male Healer. One of the Meds. He gladly uses his mate's homogram hands. He also serves as Ane Dad. 
*Lt Pataban Ane male: All of them are XMDs, knowledge shared between them. Pataban commonly wears the rather bulky harness that lets him project the hologram outside the sickbay.
===Sciences===
*CSO: Lt Cmd Nalai Ne'ansisi Human (Ansisi) female: An intense woman that leverages her telepathic contact with the computer to swing Spock level knowledge and a bit more. A science generalist, her first love is astrophysics. Shacking with the Captain. He doesn't know he is caught, but he's caught.
===Other Crew===
70 mixed Ane, Ansis and Aneilog crew.
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