Armament:
2 Type XV phaser canons
8 x Type XII phaser arrays
1 x Rapid fire quantum torpedo turret + 600 torpedoes

Defense Systems:
Auto modulated shield system
Heavy Duranium / Tritanium double hull plus 10 cm Ablative armor.
High level Structural Integrity Field

Warp Capabilities:
Normal Cruise: Warp Factor 8
Maximum Cruise: Warp Factor 9.9
Maximum Rated: Warp Factor 9.99 for thirty six hours

Expected Hull Life: 120 Years
Refit Cycle:
Minor: 1 year
Standard: 5 year
Major: 10 year Dimensions: Length : 680 m

Beam: 240 m
Height: 87 m
Decks : 20 (23 including pod)
Shuttle Compliment:
Shuttlebays: 3
Shuttles:
2 type-7 personal shuttles
2 type-8 personal shuttles
2 type-9 personal shuttles
4 type-18 shuttle pods
2 Danube-class runabout
2 avalanche-class runabouts

The Ronin class was fielded in the 2370's to provide a smaller, more numerous counterpart to the Sovereign class. Whereas the similarly designed Kelvin class was better armed and more geared towards exploration, the Ronin was designed with more of a scientific bent. The design was intended to parallel that of the Sovereign class as closely as possible in order to allow for many identical systems to be installed in both classes; this has resulted in significant improvements in the design and construction processes for the Ronin class and thus allowed comparatively high numbers to be fielded. Compared to the Sovereign class the Ronin has a more compact shape - the engineering hull is integrated directly to the saucer section, a measure which saves some 200 square meters of interior volume and materials.

The major difference in capability is the addition of a prominent housing aft of the saucer section of the Ronin class. This enables the vessel to carry any one of a variety of special equipment pods - current models include a high capacity sensor pod, an enhanced weapons pod, a colony transport pod, an emergency field hospital unit, or a science laboratory pod. Although the basic Ronin design has approximately 80% of the capability of a Sovereign class vessel in most areas, the addition of the mission pod brings that figure up to 95% or more in that specific area. This flexibility actually allows the Ronin design to accomplish almost identical missions despite its smaller size. In service the Ronin class has proved highly satisfactory, and in many ways these ships are a fully satisfactory replacement for the Nebula Class that forms the backbone of Starfleet's exploratory and scientific programs. Like the Sovereign class they have received regular upgrades to their systems, most notably a new Warp Core design. With the advent of the threats from the Romulan, Dominion and Borg, in a standard issue weapons pod. the pod carries eight standard torpedo tubes and a stock of 300 casings, approximately doubling the ships overall rate of fire.

Deck Layout:
E Additional Targeting Sensors, Engineering Station 11 Cargo bay , Hydroponics, Stellar Cartography
D Forward Phaser Cannons Second Warp Core (It is smaller than the main warp core. Functions as a power source for the Phaser Cannons and extends to Pod Deck 12 Cargo bay, Escape pods Waste Processing
C Engineering Station 13 Fwd torp/probe launcher Deuterium storage, Fuel pumps
B Second Warp Core Antimatter Storage 14 Captain's Yacht Deuterium storage, Deuterium injection
A Maintenance Sub level Deck 4A Second Warp Core 15 Engineering support, Crew Quarters
1 Main bridge, ready room, observation lounge 16 Main engineering, Nacelle supports
2 Captain's quarters, Officers mess, Senior officer's quarters 17 Backup Computer Core
3 Officers' quarters, holodeck one, gym 18 Deflector control, Crew Quarters
4 Living quarters, Escape pods, crew mess 19 Aft torp/probe launcher, Escape pods
5 Forward lounge, Living Quarters 20 Fwd torp/probe launcher Phaser systems, shuttle bay 2
6 Phaser systems, Living Quarters 21 Antimatter storage pods, Antimatter injection
7 Living quarters, Computer Core, Operations Center 22 Antimatter storage pods, Antimatter generator, Escape pods
8 Living quarters, Holodecks 23 Security, Brig, Armory, escape pod, crew quarters
9 Shuttle bays 1 and 2, Main Computer Core 24 escape pods, crew quarters, tractor beam control
10 Shuttle maintenance, Living quarters, Transporter room

*Note The USS Pharaoh is a modification, from the initial run, in that the ship was built with a Quantum Slipstream Drive already built in. Other follow-on ships will have this feature as well, while the previous run of vessels to be refit with the new drive system. She is also an active test bed for newly acquired ablative armor generator technology, since her construction phase was at the optimum level for it�s implementation.

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