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[[File:cochrane_class-sfc.jpg|350px|thumb|right|''Cochrane'' class ([[Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology (Book)|SFC]])]] | [[File:cochrane_class-sfc.jpg|350px|thumb|right|''Cochrane'' class ([[Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology (Book)|SFC]])]] | ||
| − | [[Earth]]'s first [[warp drive|warp]] capable ship, the ''Cochrane'' class entered service in [[Chronology: | + | [[Earth]]'s first [[warp drive|warp]] capable ship, the ''Cochrane'' class entered service in [[Chronology: 2060s#2066|2066]], and proved to be the remarkable craft its designers had hoped it would be. After several years of design, construction, and testing, the ''Cochrane'' class, named for the inventor of the [[warp drive]] engine, [[Cochrane, Zefram|Zefram Cochrane]], inaugurated a new era in space exploration. Inacessible interstellar spans became reasonable distances, as demonstrated by the [[U.N.S.S. Bonaventure (Cochrane class)|U.N.S.S. ''Bonaventure'']]'s journey to [[Tau Ceti system|Tau Ceti]] in [[Chronology: 2070s#2072|2072]], nearly 12 [[light year|light years]] away. The class used fusion engines to generate the warp field effect, and featured a detatchable life support section in case of a warp engine emergency. The class is retired from service in [[Chronology: 2104|2104]].<ref name="SFC"/> |
===''Cochrane'' class vessels=== | ===''Cochrane'' class vessels=== | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 7 May 2019
Earth's first warp capable ship, the Cochrane class entered service in 2066, and proved to be the remarkable craft its designers had hoped it would be. After several years of design, construction, and testing, the Cochrane class, named for the inventor of the warp drive engine, Zefram Cochrane, inaugurated a new era in space exploration. Inacessible interstellar spans became reasonable distances, as demonstrated by the U.N.S.S. Bonaventure's journey to Tau Ceti in 2072, nearly 12 light years away. The class used fusion engines to generate the warp field effect, and featured a detatchable life support section in case of a warp engine emergency. The class is retired from service in 2104.[1]
Cochrane class vessels
Specifications
| Length | 206m |
| Beam | 63.4m |
| Draught | 66.7m
|
| Mass | 19.4 million kg |
| Ship's Complement |
|
| Navigation | Warp Celestial Guidance |
| Communication | Laser Radiotelemetry |
| Computer | Intermediate Independent Thought Memory Scan |
| Weapons | 2 forward lasers |
Performance
| Range (Standard) | 25 light years |
| Range (Maximum) | 40 light years |
| Velocity (Cruising) | Warp 1[Notes 1] |
| Velocity (Maximum) | Warp 1.5 |
| Typical Voyage Duration | 3.8 years (Sol-Tau Ceti) |
| Maximum Voyage Duration | 6 years |
| Life Support | |
| Sustenance Duration | 4.5 years at Standard Ship's Complement |
Notes
- ↑ Although Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology established that the Verne class was capable of speeds in excess of Warp 2, this is explicitly contradicted in the Enterprise episode "First Flight," in which Commanders Jonathan Archer and A.G. Robinson are the first Humans to break the Warp 2 barrier in 2140. The speeds of the Cochrane class have been adjusted to reflect this.
FASA Timeline
Earth's first warp capable ship, the Cochrane class entered service in 2058, and proved to be the remarkable craft its designers had hoped it would be. After nearly a decade of design, construction, and testing, the Cochrane class, named for the inventor of the warp drive engine, Zefram Cochrane, inaugurated a new era in space exploration. Inacessible interstellar spans became reasonable distances, as demonstrated by the U.N.S.S. Bonaventure's journey to Tau Ceti in 2061, nearly 12 light years away. The class used fusion engines to generate the warp field effect, and featured a detatchable life support section in case of a warp engine emergency. The class is retired from service in 2077.[1]
Cochrane class vessels
Specifications
| Length | 206m |
| Beam | 63.4m |
| Draught | 66.7m
|
| Mass | 19.4 million kg |
| Ship's Complement |
|
| Navigation | Warp Celestial Guidance |
| Communication | Laser Radiotelemetry |
| Computer | Intermediate Independent Thought Memory Scan |
| Weapons | 2 forward lasers |
Performance
| Range (Standard) | 25 light years |
| Range (Maximum) | 40 light years |
| Velocity (Cruising) | Warp 2 (8c) |
| Velocity (Maximum) | Warp 2.5 (15.6c) |
| Typical Voyage Duration | 3.8 years (Sol-Tau Ceti) |
| Maximum Voyage Duration | 6 years |
| Life Support | |
| Sustenance Duration | 4.5 years at Standard Ship's Complement |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goldstein, Stan and Goldstein, Fred with Sternbach, Rick. Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology. Pocket Books, 1980.
