Normal Cruising Speed:
Warp 7
Cruising Speed as pursuant to Warp Limitations,
as a cause of subspace pollution: Warp 5
Maximum Speed:
Warp 9.8 for 12 hours
Note: Vessels equipped with the RamJet Mark
2 series M/ARA Drive System no longer have the maximum cruising speed
limit of Warp 6.3, thanks to innovations discovered and utilized in the
General Electric Type 8 M/ARA Warp Drive outfitted in the new Sovereign
Class Starship. Pursuant to Starfleet Command Directive
12856.A, all Starships will receive upgrades to their Warp Core system to
prevent further pollution of Subspace. To date, all vessels currently in
service have received these upgrades.
IMPULSE
PROPULSION SYSTEM
Type: Standard
Akira Class mass drivers developed and built by HighMPact
Propulsion. Output is comparable to Ambassador Class.
Output: Each
engine (there are two impulse engines) can propel the Akira Class
at speeds within the area known as Standard impulse operations.
These speeds are limited to a maximum speed of .25c, with each engine
working at .125c, due to time dilation problems. Quarter impulse is
rated at .0625c, half impulse being .125c and full impulse is rated at
.25c or 1/4th the speed of light.
REACTION CONTROL
SYSTEM
Type: Standard
Version 4 magnetohydrodynamic gas-fusion thrusters, identical to thrusters
deployed on the Ambassador Class starship. There are 24 of
these thrusters spread across the primary hull to facilitate precise
movement.
Output: Each
thruster quad can produce 4.2 million Newtons of exhaust.
UTILITIES AND AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
NAVIGATION DEFLECTOR
A standard Akira Class main deflector dish
is located along the ventral portion of the Akira Class's primary
hull, and is located just forward of the primary engineering spaces.
Composed of molybdenum/duranium mesh panels over a tritanium framework
(beneath the Duranium-Tritanium hull), the dish can be manually moved
twelve degrees in any direction off the ship's Z-axis. The main deflector
dish's shield and sensor power comes from two graviton polarity generators
located on deck 17, each capable of generating 128 MW, which can be fed
into two 550 millicochrane subspace field distortion generators.
TRACTOR BEAM
Type: Multiphase
subspace graviton beam, used for direct manipulation of objects from a
submicron to a macroscopic level at any relative bearing to the Akira
Class. Each emitter is directly mounted to the primary members of the
ship's framework, to lessen the effects of isopiestic subspace shearing,
inertial potential imbalance, and mechanical stress.
Output: Each
tractor beam emitter is built around three multiphase 15 MW graviton
polarity sources, each feeding two 475 millicochrane subspace field
amplifiers. Phase accuracy is within 1.3 arc-seconds per microsecond,
which gives superior interference pattern control. Each emitter can gain
extra power from the SIF by means of molybdenum-jacketed waveguides. The
subspace fields generated around the beam (when the beam is used) can
envelop objects up to 920 meters, lowering the local gravitational
constant of the universe for the region inside the field and making the
object much easier to manipulate.
Range: Effective
tractor beam range varies with payload mass and desired delta-v (change in
relative velocity). Assuming a nominal 15 m/sec-squared delta-v, the
multiphase tractor emitters can be used with a payload approaching
116,380,000,000 metric tons at less than 2,000 meters. Conversely, the
same delta-v can be imparted to an object massing about one metric ton at
ranges approaching 30,000 kilometers.
Primary purpose:
Towing or manipulation of objects
Secondary purpose:
Tactical; pushing enemy ships into each other.
