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Pearl System

The Pearl System is the site of the Federation Reserve Fleet shipyards. Previously a relatively unknown system, it became infamous with the events of the 26th February 2292.

## History

A relatively undeveloped system (other than a few isolated settlements), Pearl became an important star system to the Federation in 2222 with the formation of the Federation Reserve Fleet. Pearl was chosen to be the site of the Federation Reserve Fleet Shipyards, gradually expanding over the years to dominate the orbit of Henderson.

On the 26th February 2292, the Klingon Empire (under the command of the Warlord Melkor) launched an invasion of the Federation. This began with a brutal surprise attack on the Federation Reserve Fleet, docked at their shipyard in the Pearl System. The Federation Prime Fleet was already deployed to the distant Galactic Fringe in their hunt for the Interstellar Concordium staging grounds, and the destruction of the Reserve Fleet left the Federation almost powerless to stop the Klingon invasion. With the Federation Calling on their Gorn allies for dire assistance, the Pearl System was also the first system to be liberated, although she remained on the front lines until the Gorn counter-invasion of the Klingon Empire several months later.

Although the Reserve Fleet was disbanded after the signing of the Khitomer Accords, the Pearl System remained an important repair and refitting facility for Starfleet.

## Planets

* Pearl I

* Wake (Pearl II)

* Henderson (Pearl III)

* Pearl IV
Eta Cassiopeia System

The Eta Cassiopeia System is a Binary Star system composed of the Class G Star Eta Cassiopeia A orbited at some distance by the smaller Class M Star Eta Cassiopeia B. Between the two orbit four planets, with a single Class U Ice Giant (Eta Cassiopeia V orbiting beyond the orbit of the second star. A small Class E Planet, Eta Cassiopeia BI, orbits Eta Cassiopeia B directly.

## History

Eta Cassiopeia had the unfortunate problem of laying almost equidistant between three powers; the Orion State, the Tellarite Confederation, and (at the time of it's discovery) newcomers to the galactic scene, United Earth. This initially caused a great deal of friction, with each laying claim to the system, despite it being rather distant for the technologies of the time to successfully colonise.

In 2135 a solution was bartered, with Vulcan assistance, whereby the three habitable worlds in the system were shared between the three vying races. The Orions, most suited to the hot climate of Eta Cassiopeia IIa, claimed the world and named it "New Orion". The Tellarites, preferring the colder of the two Class M Planets in the system, claimed Eta Cassiopeia IV, naming it Feynman (a renowned politician on Tellar, unbeknownst to them also the name of an Earth Physicist). The last world, set between these two, was left for human colonists. With a sense of historical irony and feeling as if they'd somewhat deliberately been given the dubious task of separating the two famously confrontational foes, the human colonists of United Earth named their world Trojan.

By the outbreak of the Earth-Romulan War in 2150, these colonies were well established, and proved an important stepping stone on the path towards the Confederation of Planets and the eventual forming of the United Federation of Planets in 2161.

## Stars

Eta Cassiopeia A (Class G Star)

Eta Cassiopeia B (Class M Star)

## Planets

* Rock (Eta Cassiopeia I)

* Between (Eta Cassiopeia II)
	+ New Orion (Eta Cassiopeia IIa)

* Trojan (Eta Cassiopeia III)

* Feynman (Eta Cassiopeia IV)

* Eta Cassiopeia BI

* Eta Cassiopeia V
Jaragua Work Bee

The standard Gorn maintenance, construction and utility shuttlecraft, the basic layout of Jaragua served as the inspiration for the larger Viper Class Pseudo-Fighter, the Gorn Royal Navy having little experience in designing small, light craft. The Jaragua actually continued on in service beyond 2325, when the Gorn Confederacy joined the United Federation of Planets, as conventional Federation Type A Work Bees proved unsuitable for Gorn personnel.
Diamond Class

Another Tholian vessel first encountered during their incursion into Klingon space, the Diamond Class appears to be a Fleet Repair Tender of sorts, helping to repair damaged Crystalene to perfect condition. Since the Federation has been attempting this sort of crystal reconciliation since the mid 2260s, to no avail (although in 2284, Admiral James T. Kirk‏‎ did achieve this during a temporal excursion to the late 20th Century), Federation scientists are baffled as to how this process occurs. The Diamond Class seems to fulfil the same role in the Tholian Incursion Reaction Force as the Fleet Repair Tenders of other powers. She also appears to be based on a similar design to the Bismuth Class.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Crystal Reconciler
* **Hull Type Designation:** TAR
* **Length:** 280m
* **Crew:** 100
* **Warp Nacelles:** Unknown

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 2500 k/s (25 Mk/s)
* **Cruise** **Warp Factor Speed:** wf 7.7
* **Safe** **Maximum Warp Factor Speed:** wf 8.4
* **Hull Rating:** 330 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 590 FSP

* **Sensor Rating:** 800 SRU

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- None
	+ Secondary
		- None
	+ Heavy
		- None
	+ Advanced
		- None
	+ Equipment
		- Molecular Repair Beam Emitter
		- Tractor Beam Emitter
Occilot Class Pseudo-Fighter

Whilst the Gorns use of Pseudo-Fighters was due to their considerable physical size impeding use of conventional Fightercraft, the Lyrans adopted them for other reasons; they found they simply couldn't bolt enough weaponry or power systems on a Fightercraft.

Although interrupted by the Interregnum, as early as 2290 there were plans afoot to upgrade the Occicat Class Pseudo-Fighter with even more formidable weaponry and upgraded shield systems. This upgrade became the Occilot Class Pseudo-Fighter, although the new type never fully replaced the Occicat in service. Both types survived the annexation of the Lyran Star Kingdom by the Klingon Empire in 2314 and saw service in the new Lyran Autonomous Defence Force until 2328, when they were withdrawn due to increasing obsolescence.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Pseudo-Fighter
* **Hull Type Designation:** LPF
* **Length:** 68m
* **Crew:** 6

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 4425 k/s (44.25 Mk/s)
* **Hull Rating:** 45 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 65 FSP

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- 2 × Light Disruptor Cannon
		- 2 × Disruptor Cannon
	+ Secondary
		- None
	+ Heavy
		- 2 × Heavy Disruptor Cannon
		- 1 × Heavy Phaser Cannon
	+ Advanced
		- None
	+ Equipment
		- None
Caracal Class

Lyran Destroyer tactics traditionally revolve around single, predatory warships engaging in hit and fade attacks on exposed targets, rather than traditional flotillas. The Caracal is designed for such attacks in mind, with a very powerful weapons array at the expense of shield and hull strength. She is fast, agile and well-armed, but should not be expected to face more well-rounded foes. She can outrun that which she cannot out-gun, so Lyran tacticians claim.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Destroyer
* **Hull Type Designation:** LDD
* **Length:** 173m
* **Crew:** 80
* **Warp Nacelles:** 2

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 3975 k/s (39.75 Mk/s)
* **Cruise** **Warp Factor Speed:** wf 7.7
* **Safe** **Maximum Warp Factor Speed:** wf 9.3
* **Hull Rating:** 230 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 240 FSP

* **Sensor Rating:** 600 SRU

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- 5 × Disruptor Cannon
	+ Secondary
		- None
	+ Heavy
		- 2 × Heavy Disruptor Cannon
		- 2 × Heavy Phaser Cannon
	+ Advanced
		- None
	+ Equipment
		- Tractor Beam Emitter
		- Probes
		- Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM)

## Ships in Service (2292)

LSS Caracal

LSS Aurata

LSS Catopuma

LSS Sergar

LSS Ocelot

LSS Badia

LSS Braccatus

LSS Guigana

LSS Pajeros

LSS Pardinus

LSS Onca

LSS Leptailurus

LSS Twinfang

LSS Malevolent Claw

LSS Farrath

LSS Gorath

LSS Locktheer

LSS Jargeth

LSS Shaagh

LSS Dahkar

LSS Ri'gh

LSS Zoartaba

LSS Urjadul

LSS Ranasien

LSS R'dumiwa

LSS Ranfer

LSS Zan'ier

LSS Ak'idzo

LSS Vasshavir

LSS Omjhan

LSS Ab'sien

LSS Fa'nor

LSS Shojidarr

LSS Dar'hirr

LSS Vashathra

LSS Naesi

LSS Ak'arsha

LSS Dahljirr

LSS Jotoaksa

LSS Zan'atharr

LSS Baamhirr
Ceres

Ceres is a Class D Planetoid in the Sol System and the only one identified as such in the Sol Asteroid Belt.

The Dawn Probe, launched in 2007, was the first Earth spacecraft to study Ceres, albeit from a high orbit. Studies were made in the mid-2020s for using Ceres as a waystation, supporting further colonisation efforts on Mars, but the outbreak of the Eugenics Wars curtailed most further efforts in space exploration. Ceres was not surveyed fully until the early 22nd Century with the missions of the S.S Valiant.

The small, rocky planetoid became the site of a United Earth Star Navy (and later Starfleet) sensor outpost during the Earth-Romulan War for scanning the Asteroid Belt for intruders. This outpost was one of the most remote, yet secure locations in United Earth space, and it soon became used as a high security prison for captured pirates, criminals and other high profile undesirables (with facilities extended for expected Romulan captives, although none were ever taken during the war). With the formation of the United Federation of Planets in 2161, this was formalised as the Starfleet Military High Security Prison, known colloquially as "The Rock". While other facilities, such as those on the worlds of Tantalus V, became places of reform and rehabilitation (as per Federation doctrine), The Rock was reserved for prisoners of war, disgraced Starfleet personnel and those who were considered truly beyond reform or rehabilitation. Amongst their most famous inmates was disgraced former Vice-Admiral Vaughn Rittenhouse, although he was only officially on the prison's books; in reality he had been taken somewhere far worse.
Heavy Cruiser

Heavy Cruisers are the backbone of every spacefaring power (With the exception of the Fightercraft-focused Sha'Kurian Duchies). In many ways the "original" starship type, the Heavy Cruiser is an almost perfect balance of speed, firepower, defences and manoeuvrability. It's this potent combination that has kept her at the forefront of starship tactics, with most fleets formed around her core.

## History

As with her smaller sister, the Light Cruiser, the first examples of Heavy Cruisers debuted in the Earth-Romulan War. These were very different to the starships of today however. The first modern Heavy Cruisers appeared in the last decades of the 22nd Century. These groundbreaking designs included the Federation Hyperion Class, Klingon D3 LeTH (Sword) Class and the Romulan Cataract Class. The balance of power between these three powers waxed and waned with the strength of their Heavy Cruiser designs, initially favouring the Romulans, swinging to the Klingon Empire with the introduction of their D3, and finally to the Federation with their mighty Lancaster Class.

Beginning in the 2180s, Heavy Cruisers began to be supported by new Light Cruiser designs. Fleet organisations grew in scope and complexity, with new types such as the Frigate being introduced to scout for the larger Cruiser Squadrons, Destroyers to take over local defence (and eventually become an attack arm in their own right) and finally a return to the enormous Capital Ships of the Earth-Romulan War with the introduction of new Battleship designs in the 2270s. Despite the plethora of new types, the Heavy Cruiser remained and still remains an essentially part of all powers arsenals.

## Tactical Usage

Heavy Cruisers are the "bread and butter" of a fleet. They perform all tasks, only being limited by their relatively low numbers (hence the number of smaller designs intended to supplement them) or relative weakness in the face of heavy enemy defences, where larger Battleships are required to break the line without considerable losses. They also form the basis of most powers exploration efforts, and it is often the Heavy Cruisers of two powers that meet during a first contact event.

## Apocrypha

The Heavy Cruisers of the 23rd Century soldiered on into the 24th for the most part, notable exceptions being the retirement of Romulan Heavy Cruiser designs in favour of larger vessels, and the final retirement of the famous Constitution Class Refit (and her unrefit predecessor in the Federation Reserve Fleet). The remainder were most often recategorised as Light Cruisers or Destroyers.

The type itself remains a core element of Starfleet and Klingon Defence Force tactics as of 2375.
Io

Io
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Io is the innermost and third-largest of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter. With over 400 active volcanoes, Io is the most geologically active object in the Sol System. This extreme geologic activity is the result of tidal heating from friction generated within Io's interior as it is pulled between Jupiter and the other Galilean satellites; Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

The first Earth probes to pass by Io were the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes in 1973 and 1974 respectively, The camera on board Pioneer 11 took the only good image of the moon obtained by either spacecraft, showing its north polar region. Close-up images were planned during Pioneer 10's encounter, but those were lost because of the high-radiation environment. When the twin probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 passed by Io in 1979, their more advanced imaging system allowed for far more detailed images. Io was scanned again in 1995 by the Galileo probe, and photographed by the spacecraft on subsequent close passes in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. Further more distant scans were made by the New Horizons and Juno probes in 2007 and 2016. A full detailed analysis of Io was finally completed in the early 22nd Century by the S.S Valiant.

Due to it's extreme volcanic activity, Io is unsuitable for any colonisation attempts, although the same unusual gravity waves that create the tidal heating in it's core make it a prime location for various research projects, which United Earth recognised early on, often placing science ships in orbit. A more permanent science station was constructed to study exotic materials in the Earth-Romulan War, becoming the Starfleet Research & Development Division‏‎ Exotic Materials Laboratory in 2161.

## Notable Stations in Orbit

Starfleet Research & Development Division‏‎ Exotic Materials Laboratory
Constellation Class

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**Constellation Class** may refer to one of the following Starfleet classes:

* Constellation Class, A fast Cargo Freighter from the 2180s.
* Constellation Class, An Exploratory Cruiser design of 2280s that finally entered service in 2294.
Fightercraft

Fightercraft are small, fast, heavily armed assault craft designed to function from a Carrier mothership.

## History

Fightercraft have a long history in galactic warfare. The first reported use of Fightercraft was during the Earth-Romulan War, although the fighters used during that conflict were larger even than the Pseudo-Fighters of the 23rd Century.

The first Fightercraft that would fit the modern definition was the Puffin Fighter. This was a short-ranged, fusion-powered craft that mainly saw service on Lancaster Class Heavy Cruisers. Although successful enough as a type to be superseded by the M/AM powered Penguin Strike Fighter in the 2230s, Fightercraft had been rendered obsolescent by technological advances and ceased to be used by the the mid-2240s.

The Hydran Kingdoms brought the Fightercraft back into vogue with their stunning return to galactic politics in 2285. Using advances in miniaturisation, the Hydrans were able to create powerful light attack craft that helped offset the numerical superiority of the Imperial Lyran Navy and the Klingon Defence Force. The Hydran Royal Navy employed two types of Fightercraft, the Fusileer Hellbore Fighter and the Halberdier Fusion Beam Fighter, specialising in long range fire support and close range assault respectively.

The other powers soon took notice of this significant force multiplier, and raced to create their own. Each power took a slightly different approach to Fightercraft design and deployment, based around the role they perceived such craft would fill in their respective fleets. The Federation and later the Interstellar Concordium deployed well-balanced Strike Fighters, designed equally for attacking enemy starships or defending against enemy fighter attack. The Klingon Empire chose to develop Heavy Fighters, designed to overcome the heavy shielding on Federation Starships. The Romulan Star Empire chose to miniaturise their Bird of Prey concept to create powerful first strike Cloakshape Fighters.

## Tactical Usage

Whatever their design ethos, all Fightercraft are dependant on a Carrier mothership for sustained operations, being unable to stray far on their own. Each power has found different ways to deploy their Fightercraft, but they are all almost universally used to support conventional starships rather than as a strike force of their own.

The exception to this rule are the secretive Sha'Kurians. The forces of the Sha'Kurian Duchies employ Carriers and their Fightercraft as their sole naval forces. Sha'Kurian usage of Fightercraft predates their usage by the Hydran Royal Navy, but the reclusive nature of the Sha'Kurians precluded the existence of their Fightercraft becoming common knowledge to the other powers of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.

## Apocrypha

Fightercraft were once against surpassed by new technological developments, and their small resurgence was all but over by the dawn of the 24th Century. Some lingered on as planetary defence craft for another few decades until hopelessly obsolete.
D7Q Chava'Kal (Poisoned Barb) Class

Designed for the planetary assault role, the D7Q Chava'Kal (Poisoned Barb) Class is based on the capable D7C qItI'tinga' (Great Powerful Conqueror) Class hull.

Although by the 2270s the KDF already had a capable transport in the F5Q pIH (Suspicious) Class, increasing planetary garrisons (in light of increasing galactic tensions) meant that several of these Frigates would be needed to take control of even a Federation border world, to say nothing of the heavily defended core. To remedy the situation, a larger Assault Transport was designed based on the proven hull of the D7C qItI'tinga' Class. Although not intended for ship-to-ship operations, the Chava'Kal is far from helpless, and her weapons complement also gives her the ability to punch through the shields on enemy installations, allowing her Assault Marines to capture them for the Empire.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Assault Transport
* **Hull Type Designation:** KAPA
* **Length:** 264m
* **Crew:** 500
* **Warp Nacelles:** 2

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 2250 k/s (22.5 Mk/s)
* **Cruise** **Warp Factor Speed:** wf 7.8
* **Safe** **Maximum Warp Factor Speed:** wf 8.9
* **Hull Rating:** 280 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 380 FSP

* **Sensor Rating:** 600 SRU

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- 2 × Disruptor Cannon
	+ Secondary
		- None
	+ Heavy
		- 2 × Heavy Disruptor Cannon
	+ Advanced
		- None
	+ Equipment
		- Tractor Beam Emitter
		- Probes

## Ships in Service (2292)

IKS TuQmeh

IKS QongDaqDajDaq

IKS Jawbogh

IKS NabVad

IKS Qu'ta'Dl'Hegh

IKS Num'eghmeh Duj

IKS QumHa'bogh

IKS Qochbe'meH

IKS QuSmey

IKS Sepbogh Yabvad

IKS Dotlh

IKS Vuplu'bejnes

IKS Lununglaw'Hoch

IKS Qo'Joh

IKS Satlho'Qu'tlh

IKS Targhmey

IKS IwwIj'ay'Hom

IKS Daw'meh DuhlvDi

IKS DaDabej

IKS Heghta'meH
Hyperion Class

A late 22nd Century Federation Exploratory Cruiser design, the Hyperion was the first class to be fitted with modern subspace transtator radio. With this quantum leap in communications technology, they could roam far on expeditions to unexplored areas of space. Hyperion Class ships initiated first contact with many new species, most infamously the disastrous "Triton Incident" of 2218, leading to almost a century of hostility with the Klingon Empire.
Emerald Class

First encountered during operations in the Galactic Fringe, and later during the Andromeda Strike, the Emerald is a clear development of the Sapphire Class Dreadnought. She features the heavy armament of the Amethyst Class Battlecruiser with hull armour and shielding even strong than her progenitor. Starfleet tacticians theorise that her only real weakness is her inability (as with all Tholian vessels) to sudden, heavy shocks, as she has a low crew complement for her size.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Battleship
* **Hull Type Designation:** TBB
* **Length:** 532m
* **Crew:** 560
* **Warp Nacelles:** Unknown

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 2625 k/s (26.25 Mk/s)
* **Cruise** **Warp Factor Speed:** wf 8.2
* **Safe** **Maximum Warp Factor Speed:** wf 9.2
* **Hull Rating:** 780 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 1480 FSP

* **Sensor Rating:** 1000 SRU

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- 6 × Tholian Type Phaser Emitter
	+ Secondary
		- None
	+ Heavy
		- 4 × Tholian Type Heavy Disruptor
	+ Advanced
		- Web Cannon
	+ Equipment
		- Tractor Beam Emitter
		- Probes
C9 Puw'Leth (Sawblade) Class

The first Battleship in the Klingon Defence Force and the direct predecessor of the C9A pumwI' (Accuser) Class, the Puw'Leth was the most powerful ship in the Klingon arsenal throughout the 2270s. Several were traded to the Romulan Star Empire and became the basis of their Condor Class Dreadnought. Beginning in 2283, the remaining ships of this class were upgraded to C9A pumwI' (Accuser) Class Dreadnoughts, and the class became extinct.
Constellation Class (2182)

Derived from a fast civilian passenger liner, the Constellation Class was commissioned by Starfleet after their defensive policy of slow, bulk freighters proved infeasible in the 2170s with the increasing size of Federation space. Whilst most of the class had uneventful careers, two were converted to Troop Transports for the Starfleet Marine Corps, proving the concept feasible in the post-Earth-Romulan War period and serving until the introduction of the Belleau Wood Class in 2230.

The Constellation Class served with Starfleet Transport Command until 2242, when replaced with more modern designs.
Mako Class

The Terran equivalent to the Federation Akula Class Refit, the Mako Class sports an extra warp nacelle, although her performance appears to be unchanged. Many vessels of this class have been sighted, entering this dimension from the Mirror Universe by unknown means.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Destroyer
* **Hull Type Designation:** EDD
* **Length:** 235m
* **Crew:** 110
* **Warp Nacelles:** 3

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 4200 k/s (42 Mk/s)
* **Cruise** **Warp Factor Speed:** wf 7.2
* **Safe** **Maximum Warp Factor Speed:** wf 9.5
* **Hull Rating:** 230 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 407 FSP

* **Sensor Rating:** 800 SRU

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- 3 × Terran Type Phaser Emitter
	+ Secondary
		- 2 × Terran Photon Torpedo Tube
	+ Heavy
		- None
	+ Advanced
		- None
	+ Equipment
		- Tractor Beam Emitter
		- Terran Probes

## Ships in Service (2292)

ISS Mako (NCC-278)

ISS Los Angeles (NCC-224)

ISS Seawolf (NCC-831)

ISS Wolverine (NCC-237)

ISS Relentless (NCC-235)

ISS Great White (NCC-236)

ISS Vigilant (NCC-455)

ISS Bullhead (NCC-885)

ISS Grey Nurse (NCC-998)

ISS Regalado (NCC-244)

ISS Murma (NCC-241)

ISS Shras (NCC-303)

ISS Bluntnose (NCC-264)

ISS Arcus (NCC-923)

ISS Sawblade (NCC-225)

ISS Arstotzka (NCC-232)

ISS Barb (NCC-632)

ISS Gurnard (NCC-912)

ISS Swordfish (NCC-129)

ISS Gato (NCC-242)

ISS Growler (NCC-142)

ISS Minkino (NCC-145)

ISS Silvertip (NCC-156)

ISS Peskha (NCC-176)

ISS Leningrad (NCC-188)

ISS Stalingrad (NCC-423)

ISS Moskva (NCC-412)

ISS Severomorsk (NCC-166)

ISS Kola (NCC-377)

ISS Murmansk (NCC-935)

ISS Krivak (NCC-332)

ISS Dinstroy (NCC-331)

ISS Teriberka (NCC-772-B)

ISS Monchegorsk (NCC-263)

ISS Nikel (NCC-931)

ISS Pechenga (NCC-484)

ISS Kirkenes (NCC-556)

ISS Severodvinsk (NCC-162)

ISS Arkhangelsk (NCC-884)

ISS Olenegorsk (NCC-372)

ISS Kilyavr (NCC-363)
D5A Qa'HoS (Relentless) Class

A refit of the earlier D5 Qa'HoS (Relentless) Class Light Cruiser, the D5A had more efficient Disruptors and an improved warp core for greater power output. All D5As were upgraded, beginning in 2255 to D5B standards, involving the replacement of some older systems and the fitting of a Cloaking Device. This rendered the D5A extinct.
Advanced Weapons

"Advanced weapons" is a term that covers a wide variety of weapons systems that are connected by two features; they are very powerful, and usually complicated, exotic or arcane in operation.

The simplest form of advanced weapon in service is the Type III Assault Phaser, although to call it simple is only in comparison to other advanced weapons. Other advanced weapons include similar direct-fire energy weapons, such as the Klingon Anti-Matter Field Projector or the Interstellar Concordiums Plasmatic Pulsar Device. Although operating on vastly different principles, all these weapons are designed to inflict as much damage on a target as possible.

Not all advanced weapons are designed as blunt instruments of pure damage however. The Quantum Carrier-Wave Beam (QCB) and Gravimetric Harmonic Resonance Cannon (GHRC) are two advanced weapons based upon Tractor Beam technology, designed for quite opposite tasks. The QCB is designed to quickly bring down a targets shields, without causing any physical damage. Conversely, the GHRC shakes a target rapidly, eventually reaching it's harmonic resonance, causing massive hull damage even through shields.

Other advanced weapons can be used for offensive or defensive purposes, such as the Graviton Density Distortion Sphere (GDDS). This device forms an energy shell around the vessel equipped with it, which can be used either offensively, for ramming, or defensively as an additional protective shield.

Other advanced weapons included the highly specialised Extremely High Frequency Radiation Cannon (EHFRC), used by the Romulan Star Empire as a siege weapon against planets, the exotic and arcane Tholian Web Cannon, which freezes a target in space, unable to move or fire weapons, and the extremely powerful Tri-Parallax Device, a Gorn invention originally designed as a last ditch defensive weapon, now serving as a siege breaker when all other options have failed.

## See also

Primary Weapons

Secondary Weapons

Heavy Weapons
Fleet Carrier

Fleet Carriers are large starships dedicated to the role of carrying Fightercraft into battle, usually as part of a heavy battlegroup. The Hydran Kingdoms were the first to introduce the type during their return from exile in 2285. The success of their Royal Sovereign Class Fleet Carriers lead to the Federation (and unbeknownst to all, the Interstellar Concordium) developing their own.
Blade Cloakshape Fighter

Designed to give the Romulan Star Navy a Fightercraft design, the Blade is very different to most of her counterparts in that she is a power, first strike weapon rather than a conventional multi-role craft. Essentially the smallest possible craft built around a Type L Plasma Torpedo Tube (with a single, pre-charged salvo) and a miniaturised Cloaking Device, the Blade is small, , fast, manoeuvrable and stealthy. She was later partially replaced by the even more formidable Shadowblade Cloakshape Fighter, with both types serving first aboard Tribune Class Escort Carriers and later onboard Melak Class Warbirds, until their retirement due to obsolescence in 2320.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Cloakshape Fighter
* **Hull Type Designation:** RFA
* **Length:** 22m
* **Crew:** 1

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 4800 k/s (48 Mk/s)
* **Hull Rating:** 10 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 10 FSP

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- None
	+ Secondary
		- 1 × Type L Plasma Torpedo Tube
	+ Heavy
		- None
	+ Advanced
		- None
	+ Equipment
		- Romulan-Type Cloaking Device
Neutral Zone

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**Neutral Zone** may refer to one of the following:

* Romulan-Federation Neutral Zone‏‎ established in the Treaty of Gamma Trianguli after the Earth-Romulan War.
* Klingon-Federation Neutral Zone‏‎ established in the Organian Peace Treaty after the 4-Day War in 2266.
Patrician Class

Designed as a fleet transport, the Patrician Class has become the primary Cargo Freighter of the Romulan Star Empire. She carries important trade goods inside and outside of the Star Empire, using her Cloaking Device to hide from hostile patrols.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Cargo Freighter
* **Hull Type Designation:** RAK
* **Length:** 324m
* **Crew:** 100
* **Warp Nacelles:** 2

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 2250 k/s (22.5 Mk/s)
* **Cruise** **Warp Factor Speed:** wf 7.2
* **Safe** **Maximum Warp Factor Speed:** wf 7.8
* **Hull Rating:** 280 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 282 FSP

* **Sensor Rating:** 800 SRU
* **Cargo Hold:**
	+ 2000 units

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- None
	+ Secondary
		- None
	+ Heavy
		- None
	+ Advanced
		- None
	+ Equipment
		- Romulan-Type Cloaking Device
		- Tractor Beam Emitter

## Ships in Service (2292)

RSE Adivnivs

RSE Agonivs

RSE Allanivs

RSE Allivs

RSE Amvlvs

RSE Anis

RSE Arcorio

RSE Bantivs

RSE Billivs

RSE Bvrivivs

RSE Cabvnsivs

RSE Canestivs

RSE Cantivs

RSE Carivlx

RSE Cero

RSE Cvrontvs

RSE Deccivs

RSE Divstvs

RSE Entia

RSE Fasinibivs
North American Alliance

Formed in 2037 in the aftermath of the Eugenics Wars, the North American Alliance was formed from a unification of the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. In this form, the NAA helped to restore order to these areas of the world, and to an extent bring quality of life back to their people.

With their formation, the NAA reformed NASA into a national space agency known as the North American Space Agency. In this form, they cooperated with the European Union (and their space agency, ESA) on several space exploration programs, most infamously the Event Horizon in 2040. Four years later, these peaceful endeavours ended when the NAA reformed NASA into the North American Alliance Space Defence Agency, or NAASDA. In 2055, the NAA became the first power to operate a military spacecraft, the NAS Alliance.

The NAA can be said to have ceased existing on the 31st July 2056. On this date, an unknown malfunction occurred in NAASDA Central Control in Bozeman, Montana. It remains unknown whether it was an intentional system breach or simply a computer glitch, but the result was devastating. All nuclear missiles on-board NAASDA satellites targeted the cities of the ECON and launched. ECON launched their own missiles in response. In the confusion, the handful of spaceships of both the NAA and ECON were destroyed in suspicious circumstances. NAASDA defence lasers failed to fire, and the Sword of Damocles system shut down and was rendered inactive. Within 48 hours, the world as it was ends. This event became known as “The Collapse”
Cracker Class

Designed to replace the earlier Cataract Class, the Cracker Class was the first Romulan design to adopt cylindrical warp nacelles, rather than the earlier "bulb shaped" nacelles so unmistakably of Romulan design. These new nacelles are believed to have been developed from stolen Federation plans. When introduced, the Cracker had superior performance to the Klingon D3 LeTH (Sword) Class, but as the Klingon Empire continued to develop M/AM technology, the fusion powered Cracker Class was rapidly outpaced. This lead to a sea change in the various border wars the Star Empire fought with their neighbours, and for several decades turned the balance of power away from the Star Empire.

She was succeeded by the Capsize Class in 2225 but was not finally retired until the 2230s.
Quenisset

Founded in 2115, Quenisset was intended as a replacement for the previous Enterprise Colony on Mars, lost to an unknown plague in the 2080s. The settlement was founded some distance from the old colony, both for environmental concerns and the desire to preserve the former Enterprise Colony as a site of memorial.

Quenisset itself was not without tragedy, as a series of brutal murders occured in the colony in 2118, the perpetrator of which was never identified. In 2267, the truth of the crime emerged. (See Redjac Entity)
Interstellar Pacification Force

The apparent sole military organisation in the Interstellar Concordium, the Interstellar Pacification Force serves as instrument of the will of the Concordium Council, the central governing body of the Interstellar Concordium. Whilst officially governed by the will of the council, the ISPF is essentially judge, jury and executioner to whomever they see fit, with the Declaration of Ideals to guide them. How this rule of law functions within the Interstellar Concordium itself is not known, but in the colonial rule enforced on the powers of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants during the War of Pacification, the ISPF was the sole authority and justiciar.

The strength of the ISPF during the War of Pacification was the strength of their Echelon formations. Built around a core of their Dreadnoughts and Heavy Cruisers, flanked by Light Cruisers, Destroyers and with the wings protected by roaming Frigates, the Echelon could sweep like a scythe through hostile fleets. It's weakness was it's inflexibility; if caught from the rear or hit sufficiently hard from the flanks, the formation could buckle. Very few fleets during the War of Pacification could bring enough weight of fire to bear quick enough to collapse an Echelon.

After their expulsion to the Galactic Fringe, Echelon tactics proved too difficult to maintain, with the ISPF falling back on smaller, conventional fleet tactics, as well as an increasing reliance on hit and fade strikes, using the many nebulae found in the fringe to hide from massing Starfleet forces. Driven by desperation, and a series of accidents when trying to contact their home galaxy, the Concordium Remnant is known to have made contact with both the Neo-Tholians and the Mirror Universe, with disastrous consequences. The resulting Neo-Tholian Invasion was only countered by an unprecedented co-operative action between the ISPF and Starfleet, culminating with the Andromeda Strike.

## Current Interstellar Pacification Force Starship Classes (2292, descending class order)

### Capital Ships

Type CVN-VI Fleet Carrier

Type DN-IIId Dreadnought

Type DN-III Dreadnought

### Heavy Screen Ships

Type CSA-III Star Cruiser

Type CT-II Torpedo Cruiser

Type CA-VIIId Heavy Cruiser

Type CA-VIII Heavy Cruiser

### Light Screen Ships

Type CCL-II Light Command Cruiser

Type CL-V Light Cruiser

Type DD-IIIFLd Destroyer Leader

Type DD-IIIFL Destroyer Leader

Type DD-IIId Destroyer

Type DD-III Destroyer

Type FF-IVsc Scout Frigate

Type FF-IVd Frigate

Type FF-IV Frigate

### Support Ships

Type APA-VII Troop Transport

Type AR-XII Fleet Repair Tender

Type DF-XX Mining Freighter

Type FB-I Colony Ship

Type ACS-XIV Construction Tender

### Shuttlecraft and Fightercraft

Type FA-IX Strike Fighter

Type FA-VII Strike Fighter

Concordium Work Bee

## See also

Starfleet

Klingon Defence Force

Romulan Star Navy
Orion

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**Orion** may refer to:

* Orion (Race), The Federation member and founding species.
* Orion (Planet), Homeworld of the Orion people.
Achernar System

The Achernar System is a large star system on the borders of the Tholian Assembly, Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets. Highly desired by the Federation and the Klingon Empire for its resource rich worlds, it is fiercely defended by the Tholians, despite the fact they appear to make no use of its worlds at all. The system is also unusual in that one of the moons of Achernar IX, (Achernar IXb), has her own moon.

## History

Achernar was the destination of the S.S Conestoga, a United Earth DY-100 Class Sleeper ship that went missing in 2130. Her crew included Doctor Zephram Cochrane, the pioneer of human warp travel. His loss was mourned by all humanity, and may very well have deterred further expeditions to the distant star system.

Achernar was finally explored in 2269 by the USS Albuera (NCC-1785), Constitution Class. The system was discovered to be resource rich, with many large gas giants rich in mineable deposits and their habitable and pleasant moons, including two M Class Worlds. However, Achernar was also under the control of the Tholian Assembly, who barely tolerated the presence of the Albuera in their space.

During the Organian Conflict, Achernar came to be the site of a battle between the Tholian Assembly and the Klingon Empire. The Battle of Achernar came to pass when KDF forces attempted to by-pass Federation defences along the very edge of the Klingon-Federation Neutral Zone. Unbeknownst to the Empire, this lead them straight into the xenophobic Tholian Assembly, and this incursion into their space was met with extreme military force. This discovery led to a lengthening of the disputed Klingon-Tholian border, and temporarily brought the Tholian Assembly into the war, albeit only as a co-belligerent and only until the Klingon Defence Force abandoned further attempts to advance through Achernar and the surrounding systems.

As of 2292, Achernar appears to be relatively undeveloped by the Tholian Assembly, likely due to their physiological differences making their colonisation of M Class Worlds inhospitable. Why they continue to hold onto a system that has seemingly such little worth to them is unknown, but both the Federation and the Klingon Empire desire control of Achernar and wealth of resources that such control would yield.

## Planets

* Achernar I

* Achernar II

* Achernar III

* Achernar IV
	+ Achernar IVa

* Achernar V

* Achernar VI
	+ Cochrane's Grave (Achernar VIa)
	+ New World (Achernar VIb)
	+ Pacifica (Achernar VIc)
	+ Promised Land (Achernar VId)

* Achernar VII
	+ Achernar VIIa

* Achernar VIII
	+ Achernar VIIIa

* Achernar IX
	+ Achernar IXa
	+ Achernar IXb
		- Achernar IXb1
	+ Achernar IXc
	+ Achernar IXd
	+ Achernar IXe

* Achernar X
	+ Achernar Xa
	+ Achernar Xb
	+ Achernar Xc
Monitor

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**Monitor** is a catch-all term referring to any starship designed to carry oversized weapon systems for their hull size, usually for defensive purposes. The term may refer specifically to:

* Defence Monitors, sublight only defensive warships employed by the Tholian Assembly
* Hellbore Monitors, heavily armed defensive warships employed by the Hydran Kingdoms
* Guided Missile Monitors, missile carrying warships used for long ranged bombardment by the Lyran Star Kingdom
DY-100 Class

Originally designed for the United Nations as part of their Martian colonisation plan, the DY-100 was a jack-of-all-trades that also became Humanity's first military starship, the backbone of both in solar system and interstellar colonisation efforts and the workhorse of early transport runs. It also had a darker role in humanity's reach for the stars, being the implement of Khan Noonien Singh's escape in 2036 and seeing service with the first generation of human space pirates in the 2140s. By the 2170s, surplus military freighters had largely replaced the DY-100 as the transport of choice for human Civilian trading operations.

## See Also

S.S Enterprise

S.S Botany Bay

NAS Alliance
Amalthea

Amalthea (Sol Va) is a Class D Planetoid in the Sol System and the smallest (notable) moon of Jupiter (Sol V).

Amalthea was first surveyed by an Earth probe with the passing of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes in 1979. The Galileo probe also surveyed the planetoid in 2002, but little of interest was found. A complete scan of Amalthea wasn't completed until the voyages of the S.S Valiant in the early 22nd Century.
Pluto

Pluto is a Class C Planetoid at the outer edge of the Sol System. It is in a binary system with Charon, in that the two planetoids orbit one another as they orbit Sol.

Pluto was first surveyed by the New Horizons probe in 2015, the only Earth probe prior to the discovery of warp drive to visit the distant planetoid. The S.S Valiant visited the planetoid, as well as it's binary system counterpart Charon, during her mapping of the Sol System in the early 22nd Century.

During the Earth-Romulan War, the United Earth Star Navy established a weapons research laboratory on the planetoid, eventually expanding to a weapons firing range in orbit, far from any inhabited stations or colonies. This was reformed with the formation of the United Federation of Planets in 2161 into the Starfleet Research & Development Division‏‎ Combined Weapons Research Laboratory‏‎, or SCWRL, nicknamed the Squirrel's Nest for obvious reasons. Many weapons were developed here successfully for Starfleet, but the site was marred with tragedy in 2231 when the full-power test of the Kaminari Type I Phaser Cannon results in the explosion of the test ship, killing 17 spectators including several high ranking Federation dignitaries.

## Notable Cities & Points of Interest

Starfleet Research & Development Division‏‎ Combined Weapons Research Laboratory‏‎ (SCWRL)
Alpha Centauri System

Proxima Centauri

The Alpha Centauri System is a Ternary Star System comprised of Centauri A and Centauri B, with a smaller star, Proxima Centauri orbiting the Binary pair at some distance. The system is famous as the site of Humanity's first extra-solar colony, sited on the planet of Eden, which became the only one of the many colonies of United Earth to declare independence. It is also well-known as a founding member of the United Federation of Planets.

## History

The closest star system to the Sol System, Alpha Centauri has always fascinated mankind and has been the source of many efforts for extra-solar exploration, the first of which was the ill-fated ESS Charybdis in 2034. Successfully colonised in 2116, the system was the only United Earth colony to declare independence. This independence, declared in 2140 was somewhat short-lived however, as the Independent Republic of Alpha Centauri became a founding member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161.

## Stars

Centauri A (Class G Star)

Centauri B (Class K Star)

Proxima Centauri (Class M Star)

## Planets

* Lagrange (Alpha Centauri I)
	+ Alpha Centauri Ia
* Alpha Centauri II
	+ Alpha Centauri IIa

* Eden (Proxima Centauri I)
	+ Proxima Centauri Ia
Disruptor

Disruptors are the Primary Weapons of many spacefaring powers. The disruptor mechanism creates a hyper-energetic particle stream that cannot be contained for more than a few milliseconds. The containment field is ejected from the disruptor emitter and as the field decays the contained energy is released, disrupting whatever matter it contacts.

Disruptor technology lends itself more to small bolts or packets of energy. This inherently puts more strain (albeit for milliseconds) on ship wide systems than Phaser-based weaponry. This is not normally an issue in every day operation, but it does largely prohibit the development of larger, more powerful disruptors.

Although the term "Disruptor" usually refers to the standard Disruptor Cannon, it can refer to other more specialised weapons. (See "Heavy Disruptor Cannon", "Light Disruptor Cannon" and "Beam Disruptor Cannon")
Jupiter

Jupiter (Sol V) is a Class J Planet in the Sol System and is one of four Gas Giants orbiting that star. Jupiter is surrounded by 63 moons, however most of them are the size of asteroids.

The first Earth probe to visit Jupiter was Pioneer 10 in 1973, and that was soon followed by Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 1979, as these probes moved into the outer Sol System. In 1995, Galileo was the first probe to descend into Jupiter's atmosphere, and sent back the first reports on the atmosphere to Earth. It was further explored by the Juno probe in 2016.

In the 2020s, the exploration of Jupiter's atmosphere continued when three atmospheric probes were sent into the Red Spot. The information was sent back to Doctor Lloyd Elkins on Earth, and he summarised that the Spot was the result of Jupiter's inner core and not simply an atmospheric disturbance.

In 2063, it was Jupiter which was to play a part in First Contact between humans and Vulcans. The Vulcan starship T'Plana-Hath was dispatched to chart potential wormhole eddies that could be created by Jupiter's interaction with Sol. While performing the survey, the T'Plana-Hath detected Zephram Cochrane's warp-ship, the Phoenix, travelling away from Earth at warp, and changed course to investigate.

## Moons (Class D Planetoid and above)

Amalthea

Io

Europa

Ganymede

Callisto

Leda

Himalia

Elara

Pasiphae
Enterprise Colony

The first Human colony on another planet, the Enterprise Colony was founded on August 18th 2028 with the successful planetfall of the S.S Enterprise on Mars.

All communication had been lost with the Enterprise, however, with the outbreak of the Eugenics Wars in 2026. When contact was finally re-established in 2040, the men and women of the Enterprise Colony refused to answer to a single sovereign nation on Earth, their mission being launched under the flag of the United Nations (disbanded in 2036). With the people of Luna making a similar stand, this marked the beginning of independence for these colonies.

With The Collapse in 2056 and the subsequent Third World War, all contact with the Luna and Martian colonies was lost. The fate of these colonies was discovered in 2114 by the S.S Valiant, humanity's first warp starship. Unbeknownst to the people of Earth, both the Luna Colony of Apollonius and the Martian Enterprise Colony had suffered from some kind of viral plague, believed to have occurred in the mid-2080s. The following year, new colonies were established on both Luna (New Berlin) and Mars (Quenisset).
Daedalus Class

Entering service just before the end of the Earth-Romulan War, the Daedalus Class was the backbone of early exploratory and policing efforts in the newly formed Starfleet of the United Federation of Planets. Operating far beyond their original design parameters (being a wartime Light Cruiser design for the United Earth Star Navy, not an Exploratory Cruiser), many of these early voyages were fraught with danger and ended with tragedy, their ultimate fates often not discovered till almost a century later.
Belleau Wood Class

Introduced after the Homunculus Disaster, the Belleau Wood Class provided Starfleet with an "all-weather" landing capability from her debut in 2230 until she was retired in 2276. By that time, transporters had become reliable enough that large scale shuttle landings were no longer performed, and the class became surplus to requirements.

The class became most famous for humanitarian missions, in evacuations of beleaguered colonies such as that which occurred at the New Venice colony in 2238.

Although not replaced by any dedicated Troop Transport design immediately, combat conditions in the War of Pacification lead to a similar requirement for a Troop Transport to capture enemy starships and to liberate planets occupied by the ISC. This lead to the Washington Class Troop Transport, which in many ways is considered the descendent of the Belleau Wood.