Sensor systems

Long range and navigation sensors are located behind the main deflector dish, to avoid sensor "ghosts" and other detrimental effects consistent with main deflector dish millicochrane static field output. LRS controls are located on deck 8.

Lateral sensor pallets (Short Range Sensors) are located around the rim of the entire Starship, providing full coverage in all standard scientific fields, but with emphasis in the following areas:

1. Astronomical phenomena
2. Planetary analysis
3. Remote life-form analysis
4. EM scanning
5. Passive neutrino scanning
6. Parametric subspace field stress (a scan to search for cloaked ships)
7. Thermal variances
8. Quasi-stellar material

Each sensor pallet (sixteen in all) can be interchanged and re-calibrated with any other pallet on the ship.

7.2 TACTICAL SENSORS

There are eighteen independent tactical sensors on a Saber. Each sensor automatically tracks and locks onto incoming hostile vessels and reports bearing, aspect, distance, and vulnerability percentage to the tactical station on the main bridge. Each tactical sensor is approximately 80% efficient against ECM, and can operate fairly well in particle flux nebulae, (which has been hitherto impossible).

Warp Current sensor: This is an independent subspace graviton field-current scanner, allowing Saber class vessels to track ships at high warp by locking onto the eddy currents from the threat ship's warp field, then follow the currents by using multi-model image mapping.

7.3 SCIENCE LABS

There are eight science labs located on deck 4. Two of the labs are dedicated Biology/Chemistry labs, capable of being used as Medical Labs. The remaining six labs are multi-purpose facilities that can be adjusted to the needs of the mission. The botany department maintains the small hydroponics bay on deck 5 for research purposes.

The Chief Science Officer's office is located adjacent to Science Lab 1. It is decorated to the CSO's preferences as well as containing a work area, a personal viewscreen, a computer display, and a washroom/head.

7.4 PROBES

Depending on the mission orders, the Saber carries a variety of science probes. Class I - VI and class IX probes are standard on every Saber, with Class VII and VIII loaded onboard as the mission dictates. The nine standard classes are:

7.4.1 Class I Sensor Probe:

Range: 2 x 10^5 kilometres

Delta-v limit: 0.5c

Powerplant: Vectored deuterium microfusion propulsion

Sensors: Full EM/Subspace and interstellar chemistry pallet for in-space applications.

Telemetry: 12,500 channels at 12 megawatts.

7.4.2 Class II Sensor Probe:

Range: 4 x 10^5 kilometres

Delta-v limit: 0.65c

Powerplant: Vectored deuterium microfusion propulsion, extended deuterium fuel supply

Sensors: Same instrumentation as Class I with addition of enhanced long-range particle and field detectors and imaging system

Telemetry: 15,650 channels at 20 megawatts.

7.4.3 Class III Planetary Probe:

Range: 1.2 x 10^6 kilometres

Delta-v limit: 0.65c

Powerplant: Vectored deuterium microfusion propulsion

Sensors: Terrestrial and gas giant sensor pallet with material sample and return capability; onboard chemical analysis sub module

Telemetry: 13,250 channels at ~15 megawatts.

Additional data: Limited SIF hull reinforcement. Full range of terrestrial soft landing to subsurface penetration missions; gas giant atmosphere missions survivable to 450 bar pressure. Limited terrestrial loiter time.

7.4.4 Class IV Stellar Encounter Probe:

Range: 3.5 x 10^6 kilometres

Delta-v limit: 0.6c

Powerplant: Vectored deuterium microfusion propulsion supplemented with continuum driver coil and extended deuterium supply

Sensors: Triply redundant stellar fields and particle detectors, stellar atmosphere analysis suite.

Telemetry: 9,780 channels at 65 megawatts.

Additional data: Six ejectable/survivable radiation flux subprobes. Deployable for nonstellar energy phenomena

7.4.5 Class V Medium-Range Reconnaissance Probe:

Range: 4.3 x 10^10 kilometres

Delta-v limit: Warp 2

Powerplant: Dual-mode matter/antimatter engine; extended duration sublight plus limited duration at warp

Sensors: Extended passive data-gathering and recording systems; full autonomous mission execution and return system

Telemetry: 6,320 channels at 2.5 megawatts.

Additional data: Planetary atmosphere entry and soft landing capability. Low observatory coatings and hull materials. Can be modified for tactical applications with addition of custom sensor countermeasure package.

7.4.6 Class VI Comm Relay/Emergency Beacon:

Range: 4.3 x 10^10 kilometres

Delta-v limit: 0.8c

Powerplant: Microfusion engine with high-output MHD power tap

Sensors: Standard pallet

Telemetry/Comm: 9,270 channel RF and subspace transceiver operating at 350 megawatts peak radiated power. 360 degree omni antenna coverage, 0.0001 arc-second high-gain antenna pointing resolution.

Additional data: Extended deuterium supply for transceiver power generation and planetary orbit plane changes

7.4.7Class VII Remote Culture Study Probe:

Range: 4.5 x 10^8 kilometres

Delta-v limit: Warp 1.5

Powerplant: Dual-mode matter/antimatter engine

Sensors: Passive data gathering system plus subspace transceiver

Telemetry: 1,050 channels at 0.5 megawatts.

Additional data: Applicable to civilizations up to technology level III. Low observability coatings and hull materials. Maximum loiter time: 3.5 months. Low-impact molecular destruct package tied to antitamper detectors.

7.4.8 Class VIII Medium-Range Multimission Warp Probe:

Range: 1.2 x 10^2 light-years

Delta-v limit: Warp 9

Powerplant: Matter/antimatter warp field sustainer engine; duration of 6.5 hours at warp 9; MHD power supply tap for sensors and subspace transceiver

Sensors: Standard pallet plus mission-specific modules

Telemetry: 4,550 channels at 300 megawatts.

Additional data: Applications vary from galactic particles and fields research to early-warning reconnaissance missions

7.4.9 Class IX Long-Range Multimission Warp Probe:

Range: 7.6 x 10^2 light-years

Delta-v limit: Warp 9

Powerplant: Matter/antimatter warp field sustainer engine; duration of 12 hours at warp 9; extended fuel supply for warp 8 maximum flight duration of 14 days

Sensors: Standard pallet plus mission-specific modules

Telemetry: 6,500 channels at 230 megawatts.

Additional data: Limited payload capacity; isolinear memory storage of 3,400 kiloquads; fifty-channel transponder echo. Typical application is emergency-log/message capsule on homing trajectory to nearest starbase or known Starfleet vessel position

8.0 CREW SUPPORT SYSTEMS

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