TEXT: Allegiance
   
    Class Explorer
   
   
  Production Data
   
           
   
             
   
             
   
             
   
   
     Origin: United Federation of Planets
  Class and Type: Allegiance Class Explorer
     Year Launched: 2381
  Hull Data
   
          
   
             
   
             
   
             
   
   
     Size: 7, 32 decks
  Size: 560/280/158 meters
     Structure: 35
  Crew: 450 (variable by mission up to 850)
  Operational Data
     Transporters:   6 ea stand., emer., cargo     Atmospheric Capable: No
     Cargo Capacity: 60   
  Separation Systems: Standard
     Shuttlebays: 1 aft   
     
  Tractor Beams:  1a
     Shuttlecraft:   7 size worth 
     Operations Systems   Class 4 (E)       
  Life Support:  Class 3 (E)
     Sensor Systems   Class 5 (+5/F)
  Propulsion Data
     Impulse Engines:    FIG-5 (.92c) (D)   
  Warp Drive:  LF-45 Mod 3 (Warp 9/ 9.6/ 9.885) (E)
  Tactical
     Phaser Banks
   
             
   
   4 x Type XII (D)
   
   
  Photon Torpedoes        2 x MK 95 DF (D)
  Penetration
  5 / 5 / 4 / 0 / 0
  Penetration
  5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5
     Deflector Shields
   
        
   
   FSS-3 (D)
   
           
   
   
  Penetration
  6 / 6 / 6 / 6 / 6
  Protection/Threshold
  18 / 6
  Miscellaneous
     Maneuver Modifiers +0 C, +2 H, +2 T   
  Traits:  Intricate System (Phasers, Shields)
  
  Notes:  The Allegiance class, and starships Odyssey and Agincourt first appeared in the Hidden 
  Frontier fan series.
  Notable Vessels in Class:
  USS Allegiance NCC-73500
  First of Class 
  USS Odyssey NCC-81302
  Named for Galaxy Class starship destroyed 
  by Jem'Hadar in 2374.  Declared Missing in Action 
  while on a classified mission in 2384
  USS Agincourt  NCC-82129
  Flagship, 23rd Tactical Support Wing
  USS Vikramaditya  NCC-82320
  Named for a legendary emperor of India and for an 
  aircraft carrier which saw service with the Indian 
  navy in the 21st century.  
     As the Federation entered the 2370's and the Galaxy class design began its second decade of 
  service, Starfleet began a serious review of the capabilities- and liabilities of its premier explorer 
  and flagship.  The results were a mixed bag- on one hand, vessels of the class had confronted 
  some of the Federation's most terrifying foes and emerged triumphant.  On the other, three of the 
  original six starships of the class had been lost- two with all hands.  Enterprise had been lost to a 
  thirty-year-old surplus Klingon Bird of Prey (though her crew was recovered).  Clearly, changes 
  were needed.
     As the Perimeter Defense Initiative yielded new defensive vessels for Starfleet (the Akira, 
  Steamrunner, Saber, and Sovereign classes among others), the surviving Galaxy class vessels were 
  refit and uprated- but it was clear that Starfleet needed a new explorer- one that combined the 
  strengths of the Galaxy class without the enormous costs in material and manpower.  Although 
  they were swift and sturdy, the new Intrepid class were considered too small for the long-range, 
  deep-space exploration for which the Galaxy class had been originally designed.
     The “compromise” design was the new Allegiance class starship.  Roughly 60% of the size of 
  the Galaxy class, the Allegiance class has a crew complement three times the size of the Intrepids 
  and a far greater endurance.
     The Allegiance class is a compromise on a number of levels.  The design retains a number of 
  hull fittings and design elements from the Galaxy class, but is also fitted with the heaviest phaser 
  armament possible and a regenerative shield grid.  Because these systems were added relatively 
  late in the design process, they are somewhat poorly sited (one engineer described them as “size 
  twelve feet in size ten shoes”) and are thus comparatively difficult to service and maintain.  
  
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