Queen Derenesktta Class

A prototype Pseudo-Fighter Tender for the Gorn Royal Navy, the Queen Derenesktta Class allows the Gorn to bring their Viper Class Pseudo-Fighters on the offensive. She is currently the sole example of her class, and has yet to see much service.

## Development

After the Hydrans re-introduced Fightercraft to the galactic stage, most powers scrambled to create their own versions. These all took different forms, varying from flexible Strike Fighters to powerful Heavy Fighters to stealthy Cloakshape Fighters. However, none varied so much as the approach taken by the Gorn Royal Navy and the Imperial Lyran Navy. These two powers rejected small Fightercraft for larger, semi-independent warships. Neither employed Escorts, preferring larger and better armed Frigates, although their reasons for adopting these new Super-Heavy Fighters, known as Pseudo-Fighters, were quite different.

For the Imperial Lyran Navy, it was a simple limitation with their weapons technology of the time that lead to the adoption of Pseudo-Fighters. On a Fightercraft sized frame, Lyran Designers were simply unable to mount sufficient weaponry to make such a craft worthwhile. Their technology required a larger hull, which allowed sufficient weaponry, a full-sized shield generator, and a multi-person crew which aided in combat performance. The result was the Occicat Class Pseudo-Fighter.

The Gorn Royal Navy meanwhile had a far more basic problem. Gorns themselves are larger than members of most other species, and simply fitting a pilot inside a craft whilst keeping it small enough to function effectively as a Fightercraft was not possible. Instead they simply scaled up the design, accommodating similar equipment to their Lyran counterparts. The Viper Class Pseudo-Fighter was the result. She entered service in 2289, serving as a fast patrol craft and operating from localised mooring stations along the volatile Romulan border.

While successful as a defensive vessel, Vipers were too short ranged to operate on offensive operations. The latter half of the War of Pacification saw this become an increasing problem, and plans were drawn up for a Pseudo-Fighter Tender to carry Vipers into combat. Using Federation derived technology, the resulting design was quite different to contemporary Gorn planforms, featuring a saucer-like command section. Taking a cue from Sha'Kurian Carriers that had been encountered to the galactic South, the design mounted the Graviton Density Distortion Sphere not for offensive purposes, but for use as an additional protective shield.

## Operational History

The prototype, the GNS Queen Derenesktta (named after the Queen who reigned when the Gorns first encountered extra-terrestrial life) entered service in mid-2292, during the General War. Seeing limited service during the conflict, the Queen Derenesktta and her complement of Vipers came as a nasty shock to Klingon forces during the final drive toward Qo'noS.

## Apocrypha

Although proving the concept sound, the end of the General War and the signing of the Khitomer Accords saw a reduction in galactic tensions and a general disarmament, and the end for the need for further Pseudo-Fighter Tenders in the Gorn Royal Navy. The GNS Queen Derenesktta remained the sole example of her type, although she continued in service until the Gorn Royal Navy was rolled into Starfleet in 2325 when the Gorn Confederacy joined the United Federation of Planets.

## Specifications

* **Class:** Pseudo-Fighter Tender
* **Hull Type Designation:** GPFT
* **Length:** 632m
* **Crew:** 420
* **Warp Nacelles:** 2

* **Maximum Sublight Speed:** 3300 k/s (33 Mk/s)
* **Cruise** **Warp Factor Speed:** wf 7.2
* **Safe** **Maximum Warp Factor Speed:** wf 9.0
* **Hull Rating:** 820 HSF
* **Shield Rating:** 550 FSP

* **Sensor Rating:** 800 SRU

* **Armament and Equipment:**
	+ Primary
		- 4 × Gorn Type Phaser Emitter
	+ Secondary
		- 1 × Type G Plasma Torpedo Tube
	+ Heavy
		- None
	+ Advanced
		- Graviton Density Distortion Sphere (GDDS)
	+ Equipment
		- Tractor Beam Emitter
		- Probes
		- 6 × Viper Class Pseudo-Fighter or 9 × Viper Class Pseudo-Fighter