Anton class (FASA)

Anton class

Anton class (FASA 2302E2)

Commissioned	RSD 1/8704
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FASA Timeline
(FASA Roleplaying Game)

First commissioned on Reference Stardate 1/8704 (April 2187) during the period known as "The Great Awakening," the Anton class cruiser was on the forefront of that expansion effort. At the time, Star Fleet itself was expanding in response to the changing and expanding economic goals of the United Federation of Planets. To meet the demand of a larger navy, the Military Appropriations Committee authorized the development and testing of hundreds of vessel types, the Anton among them.

During this same period, the concepts of ship design were rapidly evolving and becoming more sophisticated, and the technology to build and operate starships was going through a revolution. Advances in all facets of the technology required to construct, maintain, and operate a starship were changing so rapidly that some ships were obsolete before they were completed. The Anton design was changed no fewer than twelve times before the tooling and machining were begun. Even so, the ship required some alterations during its trials and was to see many more changes after its commissioning, the last of which was the refitting to the Reliant class.

When these new cruisers were launched, they were only capable of performing three-year missions with resupply at one-year intervals. This made their dual-purpose role of research cruiser harder to perform. With the great distances that had to be traveled, they could not get more than six months travel time from a friendly outpost. This meant that they could only advance as fast as the frontier was expanding.^[1]

Specifications^[1]

	Mark I	Mark II	Mark IV
Date Entered Service	1/8704-2/1002	1/9702-2/1410	2/1210
Number Constructed	68	56	12
Length	224 m	226 m	226 m
Width	145 m	145 m	145 m
Height	51 m	51 m	51 m
Mass	147,800 mt	150,000 mt	149,200 mt
Cargo Capacity	15,000 mt	15,000 mt	15,000 mt
Computer Type	M-3	M-4	M-4
Transporters	• 6-Person (Standard): 4 • 22-Person (Emergency): 2 • Cargo: 2	• 6-Person (Standard): 4 • 22-Person (Emergency): 3 • Cargo: 2	• 6-Person (Standard): 4 • 22-Person (Emergency): 3 • Cargo: 2
Crew	290	295	306
Passengers	40	40	40
Shuttlecraft	4	4	4
Warp Engine Type	FWC-1 (2)	FWC-1 (2)	FWC-2 (2)
Velocity	• Cruising: Warp 7 • Emergency: Warp 9	• Cruising: Warp 7 • Emergency: Warp 9	• Cruising: Warp 6 • Emergency: Warp 8
Impulse Engine Type	FIC-2	FIC-3	FIC-3
Weapons	4 FL-5 phasers in 2 banks	4 FH-3 phasers in 2 bannks	4 FH-10 phasers in 2 banks
Deflector Shield Type	FSG	FSH	FSH