[KaiserKirk]

You can view the article at https://ufplanets.com/news.php?1226-...-5-Akira-Class

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Can I just say thanks to the editor Three of Seven, for a 4000-word article it must have been tough!

[Three of Seven]

It's not too hard, I made a template for it in my head from your first one, now I just apply it to all the future ones! After that, it's a quick look over the words, incase of any glaring mistakes, but I'm not the most skilled reader! Just listen to the UFPAC

[Asteropax]

The Akira class starship is my favorite Star Trek ship as well. There's just something about the sleek design that feels so unique but different from all of the other Federation ships. I've picked up a number of pieces of information about this ship which I'm more than happy to share.

The Akira was designed to be the eventual successor/replacement (depends on the source) to the New Orleans, Excelsior, and Ambassador class starships. The ship began its original design phase during the Federation-Cardassian War, a series of conflicts between the Federation and the Cardassian Union, between 2347 and the mid 2360's. The ship relied far more heavily on torpedoes than phasers during combat, the first Federation ship to do so. There was a lot of opposition to constructing these ships because of its emphasis on combat (like the Defiant) but these concerns were dropped when the Borg threat emerged. This class began full production by prior to 2370.

The ship had multiple tractor beam emitters within the hangar to help guide auxiliary craft into the ship while landing. It also had one major tractor beam emitter in the aft section of the saucer, between the two rear hangar doors. While most auxiliary craft launched at the back, fighters would exit the ship at the front for rapid deployment and then return at the rear, which was relatively safer, during combat operations. When the ship docked all of its shuttles and fighters into "parking areas" alongside and below the main flight deck, additional auxiliary craft could be stored right on the flight deck. The torpedo launchers were of a rapid fire variety, meaning the ship could fire an almost continuous barrage of photon and quantum torpedoes at hostile starships.

[KaiserKirk]

Holly hell Asteropax! How did you find all of that?

[Asteropax]

Holly hell Asteropax! How did you find all of that?

Not long after we started the Ares Role Play, I realized I wanted to write a story about a made-up battle my character participated in while serving on an Akira class starship. Once I started drafting it, I began digging around for specifics on this starship because I wanted it to be as accurate as possible. I found some information through a number of starship reviews, a few books I own on Star Trek ships, and online searches. I ended up combining several sources I liked to create a clearer picture on the ship's specifications and service history.

[KaiserKirk]

Hm... I might incorporate that into next weeks episode.

A service history section?

Anyway, what ship do you want to see next? Maybe something from another species or time period?

[Asteropax]

Anyway, what ship do you want to see next? Maybe something from another species or time period?

How about a few of the ships from the turn of the 24th century, such as the Constellation and Soyuz class ships.

[KaiserKirk]

I think I'll do the Constellation as it will have much more lore than the Soyuz and will make for a more fleshed out article.

And whats your opinion on the 'Battle Royal' style substitute for the scenario?

[Asteropax]

I think I'll do the Constellation as it will have much more lore than the Soyuz and will make for a more fleshed out article.

And whats your opinion on the 'Battle Royal' style substitute for the scenario?

I agree with you on the Constellation class since we had a chance to see it a lot more throughout TNG.

I've heard of 'Battle Royal' to describe several different things so what's the style you're thinking of? It sounds like you'll be doing something like this;

- Comparing two ships of either a similar time period or performed a similar duty and decide which one did the better job.
- Wargames between two different ships and determine a winner.
- Taking a look at one ship's strengths and weaknesses and decide how well it performed in its time.

Sounds like an interesting new scenario for this!

[KaiserKirk]

The whole purpose of the scenarios was to show how this ship would operate in a situation but in a fun creative way. That took way to long though so I thought I might pit each month's ships against each other at the end of that months SFS.

There would be a playing field of some sort... say an asteroid belt or the rings around a planet. Each ship would start in a corner and then use tactics to defeat their opponents. It doesn't matter what timeline they are from, as long as the battle can clearly show how each ship operates and how a captain of one would act.

So I would say a Wargames situation.

[Elnian]

Definitely one of my favorite ships as well. It kind of looks like the NX class, but a lot more "sleek". I remember playing the NX class instead of the starter ship long ago, but this time around I just used the starter ship. Even on a Science Officer toon, I always used Escorts so that I can equip more weapons.

[KaiserKirk]

Yeah, it is also the ship I play most often.

[Scarlett]

I loooove this ship! Great stuff in here. The Red Cloud is listed twice?

[Arlu3n]

That's a lot of words :O

Great article, keep the great work up Looking forward to more

[KaiserKirk]

I love this ship! Great stuff in here. The Red Cloud is listed twice?

Whoops, sorry about that, as you know with an article that large some mistakes get through the editing prosses.

What ship do you want next Scarlet and Arlu3n?