Sutherland class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

The ***Sutherland*-class** was a type of spacecraft developed by Starfleet in the late 24th century. It was derived from the *Nebula*-class and inspired the *Andromeda* and *Yamato*-classes.

## History

When the USS *Sutherland*, lead ship of the class, was commissioned in 2398 it was placed under the command of Captain Jin Yu.

## Technical specifications

The class was designed with a tachyon particle field emitter, which allowed vessels to emit a tachyon field that would interfere with and disrupt the deflector shields of enemy vessels.

### Command systems

#### Bridge

The layout of the original module followed practices established by many bridge designs from the back half of the 24th century. The command chair sat center, on a slightly elevated platform. It was flanked by two other chairs, one for the executive officer and a second for use at the CO's discretion. Curving around this command area was a railing, with the tactical console embedded immediately behind the chairs.

### Captain's yacht

The *Sutherland*-class was equipped with a ventrally docked support craft: the VAR-5 *Mollard*-class captain's yacht. Use of the craft was left at the discretion of a vessel's commanding officer, with the intended purpose being for diplomatic and personal use of the captain.

### Mission pods

Like many designs before it, a key element of the *Sutherland*-class was its mission pod capability. While the cruiser could mount previous pod designs from the *Nebula* lineage, two new pods were developed for the class. The first was triangular in shape and mounted several launch tubes. The second unit was circular and was inspired by the pod in development for the *Manticore*-class.

### Science and remote sensing systems

Flanking the navigational deflector were suites of passive multi-dimensional sensor vanes.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Project groups:** **Union Station** (*Geneva* • *Concorde* • *Presidio*) • **Century Cruiser** (*Springfield* • *New Orleans* • *Challenger* • *Niagara* • *Freedom II* • *Galaxy* • *Nebula* • *Cheyenne*) • **Multi-Mission explorers** (*Brigid* • *Esquiline* • *Palatine*) • **Deep Shadow** (*Eclipse* • *Phantom* • *Scryer*) • **Miracle Worker** (*Scott* • *Daystrom* • *Tucker* • *Gagarin*) • **Aeronaut** (*Mercury* • *Ajax* • *Icarus* • *Shran*)

**Other named classes:** *Aegian* • *Aerie* • *Akula* • *Atlas* • *California* • *Centaur* • *Challenger* • *Cheyenne* • *Constellation* • *Constitution III* • *Crossfield* • *Curry* • *Daedalus* • *Dauntless* • *Excelsior II* • *Freedom II* • *Gemini* • *Glenn* • *Guardian* • *Inquiry* • *Iwo Jima* • *Jupiter* • *Lexington* • *Niagara* • *Obena* • *Okinawa* • *Parliament* • *Perseus* • *Pioneer* • *Ranger* • *Sagan* • *Solanae* • *Springfield* • *Turing* • *Ulysses*

**Auxiliary craft:** *Aero* • Class C • Class F • *Danube* • *Flyer* • *Gondola* • *Kodai* • *Mollard* • *Peregrine* • *Selenic* • Type 4 • Type 5 • Type 6 (Type 6A • Type 6S) • Type 7 • Type 8 • Type 9 (Type 9A) • Type 10 • Type 11 • Type 14 • Type 17 • Type 19 • *Valkyrie* • *Venture* • *Waverider* • *Yellowstone*

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • Security • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

### Sources consulted

* Sutherland class article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Sutherland class article at *Memory Beta*.
* Sutherland Advanced Research Vessel article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* *Star Trek Adventures - Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook* by Modiphius Entertainment.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ Tweet from *JNIUpdate*.
2. ↑ Derived from USS Concordia - Bridge cutaway by Falke2009 on DeviantArt.