Posted May 31, 2020, 1:41 p.m. by Captain Nicholas Villarreal (Engineering Director) (Nicholas Villarreal)
Time to leave my thoughts.
Posted by Captain Nicholas Villarreal (Engineering Director) in Specification Review: Baker-Class Heavy Observer (Support), Draft 3 - REVIEW OPEN Until June 1, 2020
Robert Archer has managed a very quick turnaround for the Baker-class Heavy Observer with the third draft of this specification.
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The review will be open for a period of two weeks, ending on June 1, 2020.
Nicholas Villarreal
Engineering Director
Baker-class
Category: Observer
Variant: Heavy (Support)
Designer: Robert Archer
Mark I
Draft 3
Date: 05/10/2020Changelog From Draft 2 to Draft 3:
More clean up of sentence structure throughout the spec!
Raised phaser banks from six to eight
Cleaned up the bridge description
Eliminated the ship’s armory because science!
Cleaned up cargo bay section
Cleaned up the transporter sectionHistory and Mission Overview
In the year 2360 Starfleet was a hive of expanding activity with the launch of the Galaxy class explorers and Nebula class cruisers. There were so few of these ships, that Starfleet put out a call for refitting of older designs to fill the gap until new ship building could catch up with demands.
Unnecessary comma here.
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Tactical Systems
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Phaser Systems
The Baker uses eight Type-7 paired phaser banks. They are positioned as follows:
One pair of banks ventral and dorsal on the forward sections of the primary hull with two emitters each.
<strike>One pair</strike> Two pairs of banks ventral and dorsal arranged to port and starboard on the primary hull with two emitters each.
One pair of banks ventral and dorsal positioned on the central aft area of the secondary hull with two emitters each.
Contrary to what Kevin read, this is actually eight phaser banks. Still, the description of the four banks on the port and starboard should say, “Two pairs” instead of “One pair” (See edit above). The other option would be to have one pair of ventral and dorsal banks on the starboard, and one pair of ventral and dorsal banks on the port.
Each bank has a maximum energy output of 1.3 megawatts out to 75,000 kilometers.
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Command And Support Systems
Bridge
The Baker class bridge is located on Deck 1. It is arranged in a circular shape. The bridge is equipped with easy modular setup for refits, repairs and replacement as needed. The aft end of the bridge contains 4 auxiliary consoles for miscellaneous personnel needs. Centered along a railing aft of the Captain’s chair, from port to starboard are the combined tactical/security console, two science consoles and a communications console. Just forward from this straight railing on a triangle shaped dais is the ship’s commanding officer chair. Forward of the commanding officer’s chair is the helm station. Forward of the helm station is the ship’s main view screen, to the port side of the view screen is a turbolift. Emergency access to the bridge is gained by a single Jeffries tube located centrally on the floor, in front of the helm station.
It’s either the Commanding Officer’s chair or the Captain’s Chair (capitalization optional). Uniformity in description is helpful. Otherwise, this is definitely easier to envision than the previous iterations.
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Auxiliary Spacecraft Systems
The Baker class has a single shuttle bay located on the aft sections of the secondary hull on decks 6 and 7.
By default the shuttle bay holds the following auxiliary craft:
2 Armadillo class shuttles
I just caught this. Similar to the armory in the previous draft, using a combat-grade shuttle on a science vessel seems excessive. We could just say that they use Type-10, Type-11, or Class 2 Shuttles.
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Conclusion
Though an older design, recent refits have brought renewed life to the aging Baker class Observers. Though few remain they continue to serve as to their original intent to seek out new life and new scientific discoveries for the Federation and her allies.
Submitted: 05/10/2020
Robert Archer
Some minor nitpicks here and there still to iron out, but this is an improvement from last time. The review stays open until June 1, 2020.
Nicholas Villarreal
Engineering Department
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