Galaxy 3
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posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:09 pm
Last edited by Anonymous on October 16th, 2005, 7:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Where I found it
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Type: Tactical Explorer
Commissioned: 2381-PRES
Production: 6 per year
Design and Production Facility: Pendragon yards, New Texas
Unit Run: USS Galaxy USS James T. Kirk USS Victor Murdock
Mass: 4,948,000 tons
Crew: 1,100+ including family members
Propulsion: One Cochrane warp core feeding two warp nacelles;
five subatomic unified energy impulse engines
Two additional warp nacelles located embedded in the saucer, extrude from hull in separation mode
standard maneuvering thrusters
Armament: 12 x Type XIV Phaser arrays
5 x type 3 burst fire photon torpedo tubes + 300 torpedoes. 100 quantum torpedoes
Four Antimatter spread emitter,
1 Dorsal Type XVI Phaser Cannon
3 Class I rapid-fire pulse Phaser emitters
Defense Systems: Standard dual-layer shielding system
Standard Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 9.0 cm Ablative Armor.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Capabilities: Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 9.7
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 9.9
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 9.999 for twelve hours
Expected Hull Life: 100 years
Refit Cycle: Minor : 1 year
Standard : 5 years
Major : 20 years
Dimensions: Length : 659 m
Beam : 470 m
Height : 145 m
Decks : 44
Shuttle Compliment: shuttle bays: 5
shuttles: 2 Type-9 Personnel Shuttles, 2 Type 14 Cargo Shuttles, 2 Type-10 Shuttlepods, 6 Type-11 Personnel Shuttles, 4 Type 14 Personnel shuttles, 1 to 2 Starfighter Squadrons
runabouts: 2 Danube Class Runabouts, 2 Mustang - Class Assault Runabouts
One Type-S Captain's Yacht
Class History: The Galaxy III project was actually one of the proposed designed for the initial Galaxy-Class refit, the Galaxy II. Rejected at the time, Dr. Jeremiah's Quick's three-nacelled variant became the operating model.
However, after in the nearly three years since the Galaxy herself was refitted to those specifications, it has become clear that the Quick design was not without it's flaws. Most notably, the massive power consumption required by the Phaser cannon, the warp field inefficiencies caused by the third nacelle, and of course, the "Quick Virus", the Engineering slang for the number of minor technical malfunctions outside the range of normal operating parameters.
Commanders Dickson, Boardman, and Weber of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with Captain Montgomery Scott, Master Chief Miles O'Brien, Commander Geordi LaForge and Dr. Leah Brahms continued their work on this proposed design even while the Galaxy II was still in refits.
When the Galaxy suffered significant battle damage, the three SCE commanders were successfully able to lobby to refit the premiere Galaxy-Class vessel to this new design, in the wake of the perceived failure of the previous refit.
The process was pushed through at an accelerated pace, alongside the refitting of the Starship Miranda to a Pathfinder II in record time, with both vessels being completely refitted in only three months. Captain Scott, and Commanders Dickson, Boardman and Weber oversaw both projects, bringing massive numbers of SCE personnel to Starbase 212 to complete the work.
There are numerous changes in this version of the Galaxy-Class starship than it's predecessors. The SCE took advantage of the Galaxy's massive damage to create an almost new ship. Indeed, the saucer section was scrapped entirely, and replaced with the salvaged saucer section from the Enterprise-D, retrieved from Viridian III. The existing space frame was a large advantage, however.
The ships computer and data network systems were among the first things upgraded, switching the primary focus from isolinear chips to the more powerful bioneural gelpacks, prototyped in the Intrepid and Sovereign classes, allowing a forty six percent increase in computer processing power and efficiency.
Warp and impulse drive systems received the next overhaul, with the third nacelle's complete removal (made simpler by the fact that it, and it's mounting, had been sheared off in combat) The original nacelles were completely replaced with newer, more efficient ones, while the Stardrive impulse engine was retooled, and much larger impulse engines were added to the saucer to increase the ship's sublight maneuverability. Two small nacelles, capable of propelling the saucer section at Warp Five, were added to the primary hull, as Starfleet has since discovered that a saucer without warp drive is essentially a very large lifeboat.
Shuttlebay Four, located in the lower part of the Stardrive, was reduced in size, returning some of the parts storage areas to Engineering. This was made possible with the addition of a new, fifth Shuttlebay, designated the "Starfighter Bay'. Full training and support facilities for up two Starfighter squadrons were installed, as well as space in the saucer section converted to be suitable for a Marine detachment. The "Marine Country" was converted from the section of the ship previously known as the Promenade, which had contained civilian businesses.
Weapons systems recived the next upgrade, first among which was the phaser cannon. It's power relays were completely replaced, allowing it to be not as much of a drain on power as it was in the previous design. The new, upgraded warp core has also helped with that particular issue. Two additional torpedoe tubes, in the fore and aft of the saucer section were added, as well as three pulse phaser arrays (Also known as Defiant-Type, two fore, one aft). The standard phaser arrays were also upgraded to Venture/Sovereign specifications.
Sensor capacity was increased over thirty percent with the installation of a new primary sensor array in the saucer section, and the Stellar Cartography and Astrometrics labs recieved complete overhauls.
Escape pod systems were upgraded to allow for quicker launch, as well as a larger crew compliment. The hull received numerous changes as well, with the addition of ablative armor to the ship's defenses.
The Galaxy Class III prototype was completed aboard the USS Galaxy in October of 2381, and the ship launched for it's first mission. Initial trials seem to have gone well, and two additional starships, the USS James T. Kirk and the USS Victor Murdock are now nearing completion, with a schedule to be launched at the end of the year.
Deck Layout1 Main Bridge, captain's ready room, conference lounge, cloaking device, temporal sensor array [subdeck]—Bridge module ejection systems, emergency computer and environmental systems, cloaking device maintenance and access 22 Torpedo magazine, EPS monitoring, crew support facilities
2 Junior officers' quarters, crew lounges, pulse Phaser EPS taps, cloaking device subsystems 23 Torpedo magazine
3 Crew quarters, guest quarters, shuttle control booth, departure lounge, shuttlecraft subsystems 24 Torpedo magazine, crew lounges
nacelle—Control room upper level (P/S)
4 Main Shuttlebay, shuttlecraft storage and service, crew quarters, cargo bays, Phaser practice range 25 Docking ports, forward torpedo launcher, torpedo magazine
nacelle—Nacelle control room (P/S)
5 Crew quarters, senior staff quarters, shuttlecraft hangar, mass transporters, computer core systems 26 Deuterium tanks, shuttlecraft subsystems
6 Transporter rooms one through four, environmental systems 27 Deuterium tanks, Shuttlebay two
7 Environmental systems, transporter support 28 Deuterium tanks, shuttlecraft hangar
8 Crew quarters including captain's quarters, guest quarters, crew lounges, science labs, Stellar Cartography, Astrometrics, Battle Bridge, ready room, conference room 29 Deuterium tanks
nacelle—Docking ports, nacelle crew lounge (P/S)
9 Crew quarters, guest quarters, umbilical connects, computer core systems, RCS thrusters, impulse engine subsystems, lateral sensor arrays, Umbilical connects, docking latches, brig 30 Deuterium injectors, warp core endcaps, Phaser cannon warp core power taps
10 Ten-Forward Lounge, crew support systems, computer core access, photon torpedo magazines, holodecks, saucer impulse engines, RCS thrusters, Life support, engineering subsystems, lateral sensor array 31 Science labs, crew quarters
11 Holodecks, temporal investigations, saucer torpedo launcher, computer subsystems, swimming pool, Science labs, contingency accommodations 32 Crew quarters
12 Medical complex, sickbay wards one and two, medlabs, surgical suites, gymnasium, cetacean lab, Auxiliary deuterium tanks, primary gangway 33 Engineering systems, stardrive computer core systems
13 Cargo bays, life support systems, crew support, brig, Impulse engine subsystems, Main impulse engines, transporter rooms 5-6 34 Structural systems, stardrive computer core systems, photon torpedo magazine
14 Cargo bays, crew lounges, saucer deflector array 35 Aft torpedo launcher, photon torpedo magazine, sensor array subsystems, main deflector subsystems
15 Saucer engineering systems, deflector subsystems, extendable docking ports, cargo loading doors, Science department, Phaser cannon maintenance, engineering support 36 Main Engineering, pylon structural systems, power transfer conduits, main deflector access, lateral sensor arrays, RCS thrusters
16 Cargo systems, Phaser cannon connects, environmental support, Contingency crew quarters, science labs, Phaser cannon connects and power taps 37 Waste management, tactical shuttle high bay, cargo, mass transporters
17 Phaser cannon emitter array, Phaser cannon fusion reactors, Contingency crew quarters, science labs 38 Ventral cargo loading doors, tactical shuttle high bay, cargo bays, brig
18 Phaser cannon exhaust systems, Contingency crew quarters, sickbay ward three 39 Tactical shuttlecraft bay, security, brig
19 Contingency crew quarters 40 Antimatter containment, engineering support
20 Contingency crew quarters, EPS systems/distribution 41 Antimatter containment
21 Engineering labs, crew lounges 42 Antimatter containment, antimatter generators, antimatter injectors
Master System Display
Credits: Mesh kitbashed by Patrick Weber, using mesh pieces by Scifi-Art, Hobbes, Deks and Firelode
Look at this:





Type: Tactical Explorer
Commissioned: 2381-PRES
Production: 6 per year
Design and Production Facility: Pendragon yards, New Texas
Unit Run: USS Galaxy USS James T. Kirk USS Victor Murdock
Mass: 4,948,000 tons
Crew: 1,100+ including family members
Propulsion: One Cochrane warp core feeding two warp nacelles;
five subatomic unified energy impulse engines
Two additional warp nacelles located embedded in the saucer, extrude from hull in separation mode
standard maneuvering thrusters
Armament: 12 x Type XIV Phaser arrays
5 x type 3 burst fire photon torpedo tubes + 300 torpedoes. 100 quantum torpedoes
Four Antimatter spread emitter,
1 Dorsal Type XVI Phaser Cannon
3 Class I rapid-fire pulse Phaser emitters
Defense Systems: Standard dual-layer shielding system
Standard Duranium/Tritanium double hull plus 9.0 cm Ablative Armor.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Capabilities: Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 9.7
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 9.9
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 9.999 for twelve hours
Expected Hull Life: 100 years
Refit Cycle: Minor : 1 year
Standard : 5 years
Major : 20 years
Dimensions: Length : 659 m
Beam : 470 m
Height : 145 m
Decks : 44
Shuttle Compliment: shuttle bays: 5
shuttles: 2 Type-9 Personnel Shuttles, 2 Type 14 Cargo Shuttles, 2 Type-10 Shuttlepods, 6 Type-11 Personnel Shuttles, 4 Type 14 Personnel shuttles, 1 to 2 Starfighter Squadrons
runabouts: 2 Danube Class Runabouts, 2 Mustang - Class Assault Runabouts
One Type-S Captain's Yacht
Class History: The Galaxy III project was actually one of the proposed designed for the initial Galaxy-Class refit, the Galaxy II. Rejected at the time, Dr. Jeremiah's Quick's three-nacelled variant became the operating model.
However, after in the nearly three years since the Galaxy herself was refitted to those specifications, it has become clear that the Quick design was not without it's flaws. Most notably, the massive power consumption required by the Phaser cannon, the warp field inefficiencies caused by the third nacelle, and of course, the "Quick Virus", the Engineering slang for the number of minor technical malfunctions outside the range of normal operating parameters.
Commanders Dickson, Boardman, and Weber of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with Captain Montgomery Scott, Master Chief Miles O'Brien, Commander Geordi LaForge and Dr. Leah Brahms continued their work on this proposed design even while the Galaxy II was still in refits.
When the Galaxy suffered significant battle damage, the three SCE commanders were successfully able to lobby to refit the premiere Galaxy-Class vessel to this new design, in the wake of the perceived failure of the previous refit.
The process was pushed through at an accelerated pace, alongside the refitting of the Starship Miranda to a Pathfinder II in record time, with both vessels being completely refitted in only three months. Captain Scott, and Commanders Dickson, Boardman and Weber oversaw both projects, bringing massive numbers of SCE personnel to Starbase 212 to complete the work.
There are numerous changes in this version of the Galaxy-Class starship than it's predecessors. The SCE took advantage of the Galaxy's massive damage to create an almost new ship. Indeed, the saucer section was scrapped entirely, and replaced with the salvaged saucer section from the Enterprise-D, retrieved from Viridian III. The existing space frame was a large advantage, however.
The ships computer and data network systems were among the first things upgraded, switching the primary focus from isolinear chips to the more powerful bioneural gelpacks, prototyped in the Intrepid and Sovereign classes, allowing a forty six percent increase in computer processing power and efficiency.
Warp and impulse drive systems received the next overhaul, with the third nacelle's complete removal (made simpler by the fact that it, and it's mounting, had been sheared off in combat) The original nacelles were completely replaced with newer, more efficient ones, while the Stardrive impulse engine was retooled, and much larger impulse engines were added to the saucer to increase the ship's sublight maneuverability. Two small nacelles, capable of propelling the saucer section at Warp Five, were added to the primary hull, as Starfleet has since discovered that a saucer without warp drive is essentially a very large lifeboat.
Shuttlebay Four, located in the lower part of the Stardrive, was reduced in size, returning some of the parts storage areas to Engineering. This was made possible with the addition of a new, fifth Shuttlebay, designated the "Starfighter Bay'. Full training and support facilities for up two Starfighter squadrons were installed, as well as space in the saucer section converted to be suitable for a Marine detachment. The "Marine Country" was converted from the section of the ship previously known as the Promenade, which had contained civilian businesses.
Weapons systems recived the next upgrade, first among which was the phaser cannon. It's power relays were completely replaced, allowing it to be not as much of a drain on power as it was in the previous design. The new, upgraded warp core has also helped with that particular issue. Two additional torpedoe tubes, in the fore and aft of the saucer section were added, as well as three pulse phaser arrays (Also known as Defiant-Type, two fore, one aft). The standard phaser arrays were also upgraded to Venture/Sovereign specifications.
Sensor capacity was increased over thirty percent with the installation of a new primary sensor array in the saucer section, and the Stellar Cartography and Astrometrics labs recieved complete overhauls.
Escape pod systems were upgraded to allow for quicker launch, as well as a larger crew compliment. The hull received numerous changes as well, with the addition of ablative armor to the ship's defenses.
The Galaxy Class III prototype was completed aboard the USS Galaxy in October of 2381, and the ship launched for it's first mission. Initial trials seem to have gone well, and two additional starships, the USS James T. Kirk and the USS Victor Murdock are now nearing completion, with a schedule to be launched at the end of the year.
Deck Layout1 Main Bridge, captain's ready room, conference lounge, cloaking device, temporal sensor array [subdeck]—Bridge module ejection systems, emergency computer and environmental systems, cloaking device maintenance and access 22 Torpedo magazine, EPS monitoring, crew support facilities
2 Junior officers' quarters, crew lounges, pulse Phaser EPS taps, cloaking device subsystems 23 Torpedo magazine
3 Crew quarters, guest quarters, shuttle control booth, departure lounge, shuttlecraft subsystems 24 Torpedo magazine, crew lounges
nacelle—Control room upper level (P/S)
4 Main Shuttlebay, shuttlecraft storage and service, crew quarters, cargo bays, Phaser practice range 25 Docking ports, forward torpedo launcher, torpedo magazine
nacelle—Nacelle control room (P/S)
5 Crew quarters, senior staff quarters, shuttlecraft hangar, mass transporters, computer core systems 26 Deuterium tanks, shuttlecraft subsystems
6 Transporter rooms one through four, environmental systems 27 Deuterium tanks, Shuttlebay two
7 Environmental systems, transporter support 28 Deuterium tanks, shuttlecraft hangar
8 Crew quarters including captain's quarters, guest quarters, crew lounges, science labs, Stellar Cartography, Astrometrics, Battle Bridge, ready room, conference room 29 Deuterium tanks
nacelle—Docking ports, nacelle crew lounge (P/S)
9 Crew quarters, guest quarters, umbilical connects, computer core systems, RCS thrusters, impulse engine subsystems, lateral sensor arrays, Umbilical connects, docking latches, brig 30 Deuterium injectors, warp core endcaps, Phaser cannon warp core power taps
10 Ten-Forward Lounge, crew support systems, computer core access, photon torpedo magazines, holodecks, saucer impulse engines, RCS thrusters, Life support, engineering subsystems, lateral sensor array 31 Science labs, crew quarters
11 Holodecks, temporal investigations, saucer torpedo launcher, computer subsystems, swimming pool, Science labs, contingency accommodations 32 Crew quarters
12 Medical complex, sickbay wards one and two, medlabs, surgical suites, gymnasium, cetacean lab, Auxiliary deuterium tanks, primary gangway 33 Engineering systems, stardrive computer core systems
13 Cargo bays, life support systems, crew support, brig, Impulse engine subsystems, Main impulse engines, transporter rooms 5-6 34 Structural systems, stardrive computer core systems, photon torpedo magazine
14 Cargo bays, crew lounges, saucer deflector array 35 Aft torpedo launcher, photon torpedo magazine, sensor array subsystems, main deflector subsystems
15 Saucer engineering systems, deflector subsystems, extendable docking ports, cargo loading doors, Science department, Phaser cannon maintenance, engineering support 36 Main Engineering, pylon structural systems, power transfer conduits, main deflector access, lateral sensor arrays, RCS thrusters
16 Cargo systems, Phaser cannon connects, environmental support, Contingency crew quarters, science labs, Phaser cannon connects and power taps 37 Waste management, tactical shuttle high bay, cargo, mass transporters
17 Phaser cannon emitter array, Phaser cannon fusion reactors, Contingency crew quarters, science labs 38 Ventral cargo loading doors, tactical shuttle high bay, cargo bays, brig
18 Phaser cannon exhaust systems, Contingency crew quarters, sickbay ward three 39 Tactical shuttlecraft bay, security, brig
19 Contingency crew quarters 40 Antimatter containment, engineering support
20 Contingency crew quarters, EPS systems/distribution 41 Antimatter containment
21 Engineering labs, crew lounges 42 Antimatter containment, antimatter generators, antimatter injectors
Master System Display
Credits: Mesh kitbashed by Patrick Weber, using mesh pieces by Scifi-Art, Hobbes, Deks and Firelode
posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:16 pm
This could (hopefully) replace the Galaxy-1 class, which, IMO, is not very usefull in heavy combat situations. Or, better yet, it could replace the Descent class... that butt-ugly thing that makes my computer run slightly slower than your average snail...
posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:19 pm
Last edited by Cpt Ryan on October 16th, 2005, 7:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
looks kind of like a "USS Titan" concept (could have sworn i've seen that exact ship being passed off as the Titan). Certainly worth keeping an eye on, but as most people are sure to moan: its another Fed ship. admittedly there is quite a surplus of additional fed ship ideas coming in, try to come up with some non-fed ship ideas (i know there isn't exactly a lot to go on
). some more Rommie, Klingon or Dominion designs would be good.
but still i do like it (would be nice to replace the Descent class with this. one dreadnaught for another, makes sence to me
).
oh yeah forgot to add that the pics you've posted aren't showing up.


but still i do like it (would be nice to replace the Descent class with this. one dreadnaught for another, makes sence to me

oh yeah forgot to add that the pics you've posted aren't showing up.
posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:26 pm
Last edited by Anonymous on October 16th, 2005, 7:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I know about the pics, that's why I posted the link, lol.
Actually, the ship that won the Luna-class (USS Titan) design competition is a sovy varient that bears a close resebalence to the Akira class. I'd post pictures of it, but, as you pointed out, I don't know how lol.
And as for the "oh no not another fed ship" aspect, this isn't an additional fed ship, only a repacement, so technically the feds arn't gaining another ship.
p.s. I took another look and the Titan acctually looks more like the Red Admiral's Utopia-class varient, just with a larger stardrive section and a torpedo tube mounted on top.
Here's the link to the Utopia:Utopia class
Actually, the ship that won the Luna-class (USS Titan) design competition is a sovy varient that bears a close resebalence to the Akira class. I'd post pictures of it, but, as you pointed out, I don't know how lol.
And as for the "oh no not another fed ship" aspect, this isn't an additional fed ship, only a repacement, so technically the feds arn't gaining another ship.
p.s. I took another look and the Titan acctually looks more like the Red Admiral's Utopia-class varient, just with a larger stardrive section and a torpedo tube mounted on top.
Here's the link to the Utopia:Utopia class
posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:31 pm
Yeah i've seen the winner. But i think on bridge commander files, i saw this exact ship being passed off as the USS Titan (probably before the contest was settled) if i see it again i'll post a link.
true enough, but we could still use some more ship designs for the other races.And as for the "oh no not another fed ship" aspect, this isn't an additional fed ship, only a repacement, so technically the feds arn't gaining another ship.
posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:35 pm
posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:42 pm
Last edited by Cpt Ryan on October 16th, 2005, 7:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
don't really like the textures on it.... hang on just had a thought *Ryan goes to check something* ... *comes back*
does that not look remarkably similar to this?:
its the bortas class (already in Fleet Ops)
does that not look remarkably similar to this?:

posted on October 16th, 2005, 7:44 pm

Exept I think the BoD won't put an ion storm in the middle of your fleet while you're not looking... (a reason to keep your BortaS on low spec. weapons autonamy...

posted on October 17th, 2005, 11:42 am
The Galaxy looks nice
But I doubt they'll put it in cause as Ryan said there are already a lot of canon fed models out there to be used
About the Klingon ship, yeah it does look like Bortas or an underdeveloped NeghVar depends how you look at it

But I doubt they'll put it in cause as Ryan said there are already a lot of canon fed models out there to be used

About the Klingon ship, yeah it does look like Bortas or an underdeveloped NeghVar depends how you look at it

posted on October 17th, 2005, 12:00 pm
here, links for this ship posing as the USS Titan :
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/...USS_TItan;41550
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/...tan_Class;22100
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Titan_Class;22834
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/USS_Titan;24126
Heres a little video of the Titan for anyone interested:
USS Titan Its close to 11mb, but hey its there if you want it
.
whoa thats a lot
knew i seen that design somewhere lol
its still nice though
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/...USS_TItan;41550
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/...tan_Class;22100
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Titan_Class;22834
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/USS_Titan;24126
Heres a little video of the Titan for anyone interested:
USS Titan Its close to 11mb, but hey its there if you want it

whoa thats a lot


its still nice though

posted on October 17th, 2005, 4:02 pm
Personally i wouldnt mind seeing the galaxy 3 replacing the descent as i don't really like the design of the descent, however i know some people like it. Perhaps a poll should go up to see what people think.
posted on October 17th, 2005, 11:14 pm
If the Gal-3 isn't in the initial FO3 release, I wouldn't mind seeing it in an add-on pack.
posted on October 20th, 2005, 1:30 am
W00t more Kitbashes...and Fed ships of course...the only race we don't need more ships for.
posted on October 20th, 2005, 9:02 pm
Last edited by Anonymous on October 20th, 2005, 9:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
W00t more Kitbashes...and Fed ships of course...the only race we don't need more ships for.
Pessimistic... why am I not suprised... I recall a saying that "If you don't have anything nice to say don't say it at all". It would be in you're best intrests to take that to heart.
And, in case you wern't paying attention, it's not "another ship". It's called a REPLACEMENT. Go ahead, look it up.
posted on October 20th, 2005, 9:23 pm
A replacement is irrelevant if we already have a perectly good canon ship to use.
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