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Revision as of 20:44, 2 August 2019
The Columbus class sublight explorer—an 8,600-ton craft powered by a high-acceleration, sub-light Bussard ramjet, and housing a crew of 40—entered service in 2048 as Earth's largest space-going vessels. The class boasted advanced fusion engines that could produce speeds of up to 0.75c and was the first Human spacecraft class to carry on-board shuttlecraft for extra-vehicular excursions, but new ships incorporating Zefram Cochrane's warp drive engines soon superseded the class for interstellar flight, and the last ship of the class was retired in 2100.[1]
Columbus class vessels
Specifications
Length | 120m |
Diameter | 37.2m |
Mass | 8.6 million kg |
Engines | Geodyne Fusion Engine pack |
Fuel | antimatter-spiked deuterium (50:1 deuterium to antimatter) |
Complement |
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Navigation | Elementary Interstellar Celestial Guidance |
Communication | Laser/Particle Beam Subcarrier Radiotelemetry |
Computer | Intermediate Independent Thought Memory Scan |
Weapons |
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Life Support | |
Sustenance Duration | 1-13 years at standard ship's complement |
Performance
Range (Standard) | 5.75 billion km (Earth-Pluto) |
Range (Maximum) | 8.5 light years |
Velocity (Cruising) | 0.75c |
Velocity (Maximum) | 0.85c |
Typical Voyage Duration |
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Thrust | 1 billion kg |
FASA Timeline
The Columbus class sublight explorer—an 8,600-ton craft powered by a high-acceleration, sub-light Bussard ramjet, and housing a crew of 40—entered service in 2040 as Earth's largest space-going vessels. The class boasted advanced fusion engines that could produce speeds of up to 0.75c and was the first Human spacecraft class to carry on-board shuttlecraft for extra-vehicular excursions, but new ships incorporating Zefram Cochrane's warp drive engines soon superseded the class for interstellar flight, and the last ship of the class was retired in 2075.[1]
Columbus class vessels
Specifications
Length | 120m |
Diameter | 37.2m |
Mass | 8.6 million kg |
Engines | Geodyne Fusion Engine pack |
Fuel | antimatter-spiked deuterium (50:1 deuterium to antimatter) |
Complement |
|
Navigation | Elementary Interstellar Celestial Guidance |
Communication | Laser/Particle Beam Subcarrier Radiotelemetry |
Computer | Intermediate Independent Thought Memory Scan |
Weapons |
|
Life Support | |
Sustenance Duration | 1-13 years at standard ship's complement |
Performance
Range (Standard) | 5.75 billion km (Earth-Pluto) |
Range (Maximum) | 8.5 light years |
Velocity (Cruising) | 0.75c |
Velocity (Maximum) | 0.85c |
Typical Voyage Duration |
|
Thrust | 1 billion kg |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goldstein, Stan and Goldstein, Fred with Sternbach, Rick. Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology. Pocket Books, 1980.