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U.S.S. Unicorn
Steamrunner Class Starship.  Project First Submitted-2369 A.D.

U.S.S. Unicorn
The Steamrunner Class of starship is another of starfleet's latest warship's.  Like the Defiant class it is offically dubbed an Escort vessel.  The design of the Steamrunner class is revolutionary in it's field with it's rather odd ( some even say grotesque ) looks.  One thing cannot be denied though-the Steamrunner class does it's job with extreme precision.  During the recent Borg attack on sector 001 the U.S.S Unicorn managed to do heavy damage to the Borg cube,  and it had only 40% of it's system operational.  It joined the fight in the last minute having left  Utopia Planitia with much of it's system's not yet complete.  Starfleet, despreate for ship's ordered the Unicorn out of space dock incomplete and against the wishes of the fleetyard commander.  However the ship proved itself beyond a shadow of a doubt to be the best warship in the fleet as it proceeded to destroy the cube along side it's fellow starship's  in the late hours of the battle.
The Steamrunner class feature triple type three warpcores ( altough during the battle with the  Borg only warpcores 1 and 3 were operational at 34% of norm) and it is armed to the teeth with Starsfleet latest weapons.
U.S.S Unicorn - NCC 84758

Class/Type:: Steamrunner Class, Light Cruiser.

Sister Ships: U.S.S Steamrunner NCC52136, U.S.S. Appalachia,
U.S.S. Hiroshima plus 237 others since 2365  80 have been lost during the sector 001 battle and the Dominion war, 160 remain in service.

Commisioned: 2363

Dimensions;
Length: 244m
Beam: 190m
Height: 40m
Decks: 9
Mass: 375,000 tons
Crew: 185
Armament:6 x Type VIII phaser array, total output 13,000 Terrawatts.
2x pulse fire torpedo tubes + 75 torpedos
2 x standard photon torpedo tubes + 80 torpedos

Defence System:
Sheild system, total capacity 891,000 Terajoules
Standard Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 4.8 cm High Density armour.
standard level strucural integrity field warp speeds.

Normal Cruise: Warp Factor 6

Maximum Cruise: Warp Factor 9

Maximum rated:  Warp Factor 12.5

Diplomatic Capability: Grade 3
Expected Hull life: 48 years
Refit cycle:
Minor: 2 years
Standard: 8 years
Major: 28  years

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