Reliant class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

Class development project patch (Thomas Marrone).

The ***Reliant*-class** was a type of spacecraft, derived from the *Miranda*-class, developed by Starfleet in the late 24th century.

## History

### The *Bozeman*-class

After almost a decade of service, the *Reliant* design was revisited by Starfleet engineers in an attempt to expand upon its capabilities. The Mark II removed the original mission pod and roll bar, extended the aft section to include an additional shuttlebay, added a new mission pod to a single strut, as well as additional pods to both port and starboard. The new pods increased the design's number of launch tubes, expanded its sensor systems, and housed dozens of drones that could be employed in both offensive and scientific efforts. Elements of Project Deep Shadow, specifically the active sensor probe and cloaking device, were also implemented into the Mark II. It was officially named the *Bozeman*-class after the first *Reliant* starship to receive the refit. By 2420, half the original *Reliant* vessels had been refitted to the new specifications.

## Technical information

### Deck plan

The following was the standard internal layout of *Reliant*-class vessels.

### Propulsion systems

Equipped with a Rigel Labs X06 Quantum Slipstream Field Projector, this drive allowed the vessels to travel at slipstream speeds exceeding 300 light years per hour. Due to power limitations at the time, the drive could only be operated for 15 seconds before needing a 2 hour recovery downtime.

An Ithra IT-5 Transwarp Coil was equipped on *Reliant*-class starships, allowing each to connect to the Federation Transwarp Network and jump to gateways within the network at speeds of 360,000 light years per hour. The system had massive power needs, even more than the quantum slipstream drive. To power the coil, starships had to divert energy from weapon and shield systems. Due to strains on the IT-5 coil, it could only be used once every 20 hours.

### Tactical systems

The hulls of *Reliant*-class starships were a neutronium alloy with a duranium nanomesh coating reinforced with micro-ablative generators. Based upon technology brought back from the Delta Quadrant by the USS *Voyager*, these generators helped to dissipate energy across the hull and to regenerate damaged portions of the ablative hull coating.

The *Reliant*-class was initially equipped with 2 Yoyodyne 959-K unified field emitter deflector shield arrays. These projected unimatrix shields with regenerative, multi-spectrum, covariant, and metaphasic properties around the vessels. Nexus Defense Screens, that protected the crew from the effects of the Nexus and similar phenomena, were also integrated into the shield systems.

The *Reliant* design included 8 type-X Annular Confinement Beam-jacketed phaser arrays. The base hull mounted no launch tubes and was dependent upon an outboard mission pod to provide torpedo launchers to the starships.

The standard mission pod was a combined weapon pod that mounted 4 Mk 110 variable-payload launch tubes and 2 type-X ACB-jacketed phaser arrays.

### Crew support systems

Holographic projectors were equipped throughout *Reliant*-class vessels. These allowed for emergency holograms to be quickly activated at any location at the time of need. The photonic core of the class stored the programs for an Emergency Medical Holograms, two Emergency Engineering Holograms, and six Emergency Security Holograms.

### Auxiliary craft systems

The *Reliant*-class carried fifty-eight evacuation pods, each with their own ejection berth.

## Ships commissioned

NCC registries from 90200 to 90799 were assigned to the class.

## 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

* Reliant class article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Reliant class (25th century) article at *Memory Beta*.
* Reliant Advanced Light Cruiser article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* *Star Trek Adventures - Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook* by Modiphius Entertainment.
* Reliant Class Advanced Light Cruiser artwork by Thomas Morrone posted at ArtStation.
* Reliant class article at *Bravo Fleet - Star Trek RPG and Community*.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ Derived from MSD created by Lee Arundel.
2. ↑ Trekyards episode: "198: Pathfinder Class (STO) (Part 2)," 10:57.