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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Columbus'' class}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Columbus'' class}} | ||
− | [[File:columbus_class-sfc.jpg|350px|thumb|right|[[Columbus class# | + | [[File:columbus_class-sfc.jpg|350px|thumb|right|''Columbus'' class ([[Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology (Book)|SFC]])]] |
+ | 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 [[Chronology: 21st Century#2048|2048]] as [[Earth]]'s largest space-going vessels. The class boasted advanced [[impulse drive|fusion engines]] that could produce speeds of up to 0.75[[speed of light|c]] and was the first [[Humans|Human]] spacecraft class to carry on-board shuttlecraft for extra-vehicular excursions, but new ships incorporating [[Cochrane, Zefram|Zefram Cochrane]]'s [[warp drive]] engines soon superseded the class for interstellar flight, and the last ship of the class was retired in [[Chronology: 2100|2100]].<ref name="SFC"/> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===''Columbus'' class vessels=== | ||
+ | * [[U.N.S.S. Icarus (Columbus class)|U.N.S.S. ''Icarus'']] | ||
+ | |||
+ | <div style="width:25%;float:left;margin-right:0.25em;"> | ||
+ | ===Specifications=== | ||
+ | {|style="width:100%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Length | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|120[[meter|m]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Diameter | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|37.2[[meter|m]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Mass | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|8.6 million [[kilogram|kg]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Engines | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Geodyne Fusion Engine pack | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Fuel | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|[[antimatter]]-spiked [[deuterium]] (50:1 deuterium to antimatter) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Complement | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * 4 Officers | ||
+ | * 36 Crew | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Navigation | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Elementary Interstellar Celestial Guidance | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Communication | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Laser/Particle Beam Subcarrier Radiotelemetry | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Computer | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Intermediate Independent Thought Memory Scan | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Weapons | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * 4 forward lasers | ||
+ | * 25 fusion torpedoes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Life Support | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * Gravity: .4-.75[[gravity|g]] | ||
+ | * Atmosphere: 22% [[oxygen|O&sub2;]]; 14% humidity | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Sustenance Duration | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|1-13 years at standard ship's complement | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | <div style="width:25%;float:left;margin-right:0.25em;"> | ||
+ | ===Performance=== | ||
+ | {|style="width:100%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Range (Standard) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|5.75 billion [[kilometer|km]] ([[Earth]]-[[Pluto]]) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Range (Maximum) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|8.5 [[light year|light years]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Velocity (Cruising) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|0.75[[speed of light|c]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Velocity (Maximum) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|0.85[[speed of light|c]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Typical Voyage Duration | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * [[Earth]]-[[Pluto]]: 10 hrs | ||
+ | * [[Earth]]-[[Alpha Centauri IV|Alpha Centauri]]-[[Earth]]: 11.5 years | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Thrust | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|1 billion [[kilogram|kg]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <div style="clear:both;"></div> | ||
==FASA Timeline== | ==FASA Timeline== | ||
− | + | [[File:columbus_class-sfc.jpg|350px|thumb|right|''Columbus'' class ([[Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology (Book)|SFC]])]] | |
+ | 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 [[FASA Chronology: 2040s#2040|2040]] as [[Earth]]'s largest space-going vessels. The class boasted advanced [[impulse drive|fusion engines]] that could produce speeds of up to 0.75[[speed of light|c]] and was the first [[Humans|Human]] spacecraft class to carry on-board shuttlecraft for extra-vehicular excursions, but new ships incorporating [[Cochrane, Zefram|Zefram Cochrane]]'s [[warp drive]] engines soon superseded the class for interstellar flight, and the last ship of the class was retired in [[FASA Chronology: 2070s#2075|2075]].<ref name="SFC"/> | ||
===''Columbus'' class vessels=== | ===''Columbus'' class vessels=== | ||
− | * [[U.N.S.S. Icarus (Columbus class)|U.N.S.S. ''Icarus'']] | + | * [[U.N.S.S. Icarus (Columbus class)#FASA Timeline|U.N.S.S. ''Icarus'']] |
+ | |||
+ | <div style="width:25%;float:left;margin-right:0.25em;"> | ||
+ | ===Specifications=== | ||
+ | {|style="width:100%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Length | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|120[[meter|m]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Diameter | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|37.2[[meter|m]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Mass | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|8.6 million [[kilogram|kg]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Engines | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Geodyne Fusion Engine pack | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Fuel | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|[[antimatter]]-spiked [[deuterium]] (50:1 deuterium to antimatter) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Complement | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * 4 Officers | ||
+ | * 36 Crew | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Navigation | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Elementary Interstellar Celestial Guidance | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Communication | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Laser/Particle Beam Subcarrier Radiotelemetry | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Computer | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|Intermediate Independent Thought Memory Scan | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Weapons | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * 4 forward lasers | ||
+ | * 25 fusion torpedoes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Life Support | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * Gravity: .4-.75[[gravity|g]] | ||
+ | * Atmosphere: 22% [[oxygen|O&sub2;]]; 14% humidity | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Sustenance Duration | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|1-13 years at standard ship's complement | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | <div style="width:25%;float:left;margin-right:0.25em;"> | ||
+ | ===Performance=== | ||
+ | {|style="width:100%;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Range (Standard) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|5.75 billion [[kilometer|km]] ([[Earth]]-[[Pluto]]) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Range (Maximum) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|8.5 [[light year|light years]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Velocity (Cruising) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|0.75[[speed of light|c]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Velocity (Maximum) | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|0.85[[speed of light|c]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Typical Voyage Duration | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"| | ||
+ | * [[Earth]]-[[Pluto]]: 10 hrs | ||
+ | * [[Earth]]-[[Alpha Centauri IV|Alpha Centauri]]-[[Earth]]: 11.5 years | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |class="HeaderRow ButtonLeft" style="width:25%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"|Thrust | ||
+ | |style="vertical-align:top;"|1 billion [[kilogram|kg]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | <div style="clear:both;"></div> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
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[[Category:Ships & Vehicles]] | [[Category:Ships & Vehicles]] | ||
[[Category:UNSF Vessels]] | [[Category:UNSF Vessels]] | ||
− | [[Category:Human]] | + | [[Category:Human Vessels]] |
[[Category:Books]] | [[Category:Books]] | ||
[[Category:Games]] | [[Category:Games]] |
Revision as of 22:03, 23 April 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 |
|
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 |
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.