Overview:: Entered Service: 2419 (Alternate Universe)
Overview:: Entered Service: 2419 (Alternate Universe)
Overview:: Entered Service: 2419 (Alternate Universe)
ECV (ORVILLE)
Entered Service: 2419 (Alternate Universe)
Overview: The combined fleet of the Planetary Union is comprised of over
3,000 vessels performing a number of tasks throughout the Union and known
space. Among the fleet are the roughly two-hundred Exploratory Class Vessel
(or ECV), which are a mid-sized cruiser designed for charting unexplored
regions of the galaxy as well as making contact with new alien lifeforms. These
vessels supplement the Union's heavy cruisers, such as the much larger
Leviathan-class, while also replacing its older Science Class Vessels in the
field. With thousands of ships and hundreds of ECVs, the Union often found
itself understaffed, especially in terms of command officers.
Capabilities: Like all Union ships, ECV cruisers possess a dysonium-powered
quantum drive that uses three spatial tensor coils to propel the ship at speeds up
to 10 light years per hour (which translates into Warp 9.99974). The outer hull is
made of a durable metal, while the inner walls are reportedly made of synthetic
fibers that form an artificial plant system that naturally recycles the atmosphere SCALE: 3 TALENTS
and can sustain the ship's crew complement of 300 for several months. The
class is also largely sell-sustaining in terms of water which is implemented by ECVstarships have
WEAPONRY: the following Talents:
its Matter Synthesizers. Other features of the ship include its environmental • Plasma Cannons
simulator, mess hall, and a shuttle bay that houses two shuttles with space for • Advanced Sensor Suites
an additional visiting ship. Most ECV ships are equipped with two science labs, • Plasma Torpedoes
which are arguably better equipped for general scientific experimentation than • Tractor Beam • Quantum Drive (Improved Warp Drive)
the labs on a Science Class Cruiser's, which tend to be more focused. Primarily (Strength 2)
designed for cartographical and exploratory missions, ECV cruisers have
essential armaments only and are not designed for military operations or combat
missions. Like most Union craft, it is equipped with deflector screens from impacts
and hostile weaponry. These deflection screens can be adjusted to counter
specific form of energy, such as plasma storms, cosmic radiation, and the like.
An ECV's weapon systems includes plasma cannons and torpedoes. The
cannons are more precision, being able to strategically target subsystems and
locations on an enemy vessel, while the more powerful plasma torpedoes are
less accurate but inflict far more damage. ECV ships have six torpedo launchers:
four at the bow and two aft torpedo tubes.
PLASMA WEAPONS
• Plasma Torpedoes have long been used by the Romulans.
Union Plasma Torpedoes have a base damage of 3 <A>
Persistent 1, and the Calibration Quality.
• Plasma beams are energy weapons like Phasers or Disruptors,
only releasing a steady contained stream of plasma. Plasma
weapons grant the Versatile 1 Quality and have the Piercing 1
Damage Effect.