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While originally designed to replace the Oberth class ships as Starfleet's primary science ship class, Starfleet Command continued to wonder if, like other ship classes, the Nova could be designed and outfitted to fit more of a multi-role purpose in order to better serve the needs of Starfleet. Since the class had already proven to be of a sturdy design, the Starfleet R&D team set about building a class variant of the Nova class that would have increased multi-role abilities in order to better meet the needs and that Starfleet was placing upon its star ships. By taking out the wave rider support craft and making better use of the interior space as well as taking full advantage of the latest advances in technology and interior designing, the R&D designers found that the Nova class could indeed be redesigned, adapted and built to better meet the multi-role needs Starfleet was placing on the bulk of its star ships.

While still limited on the majority of its abilities, the new Nova class ships had better systems, including a more advanced warp core that gave the ships quite a bit of a boost in terms of power output, allowing heavier phaser arrays to be installed as well as increasing the shield capabilities. The overall range of the ships was also increased, allowing ships of the new design more time in the field without interruptions such as having to resupply as often. The number of science labs was reduced, however, in order to help make room for the additional support systems that had to be added to the design. Some of the limitations that had originally plagued the class remained, and Starfleet felt that even with the redesign the Nova class would, at best, still be suited best for scientific, support, or limited specialized based missions, although the extended capabilities meant that the newer Novas could also take on some additional roles such as border patrol and even some limited light exploration on a small scale.

To ensure that the new design could meet the demand that Starfleet focus on its primary role of exploration, the new Nova design was packed to the limit with sensors and the labs that remained on board were upgraded to the newest designs available. The computer core was improved upon as well, giving the new design an increased storage capability.

While several ships using the newer redesigned specifications have been built and placed in the field in mostly limited mission roles, Starfleet Command has yet to make an official decision on the newer design, instead waiting for more information about how well the newer designed ships actually do in the field.

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GENERAL DESIGN STATISTICS SHIP: USS Aurora
REGISTRY: NCC-72085
CLASS: Nova II
SHIP MOTTO: -
ROLE: Light Explorer/Surveyor Frigate
DURATION: 75 years
REFIT CYCLE: 5 years
RESUPPLY CYCLE: 2 years

DIMENSIONS

LENGTH: 180
WIDTH: 43
HEIGHT: 35
DECKS: 8

PERSONNEL

OFFICERS: 15
ENLISTED CREW: 60
CIVILIANS: 5

SPEED

CRUISE SPEED: Warp 6
MAXIMUM SPEED: Warp 8

WEAPONS/DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS

SHIELDS: Standard Shielding System
WEAPON SYSTEMS: 9 Type X phaser arrays, 3 quantum torpedo launchers
ARMAMENT: 30 quantum torpedoes

SCIENCE SYSTEMS

PROBE LOADOUT:

25 Probes:

5 Class II sensor probes
2 Class III planetary probes
2 Class IV stellar encounter probes
4 Class V medium range recon probes
1 Class VI comm. relay/beacon probe
1 Class VII remote culture study probe
5 Class VIII medium range multi mission probes
5 Class IX long range multi mission probes

SENSOR SYSTEMS: 22 sensor pallets, 1 warp current sensor, 2 high powered science sensor platforms, 10 tactical sensors, plus navigational sensors, primary and auxiliary navigational deflector dishes

Labs: 12 (5x non specific labs, 1x medical lab, 1x Botany, Astrometrics/Stellar Cartography, Archaeology, Planetary Science, Hydroponics, Cultural Anthology

AUXILIARY CRAFT

SHUTTLEBAYS: 1
SHUTTLES:
Type 9 shuttle =
Type 9 shuttle =
Type 8 shuttle =
Type 16 shuttle pod =

OTHER CRAFT: 2 work bee pods

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D E C K L A Y O U T

Deck 1: Bridge, Captain’s Ready Room, Briefing Lounge, Communications Transceiver, Transporter Transceiver, Yeoman's Office, Armory, Escape Pods

Deck 2: Officer Quarters, Crew Lounge, Transporter Rooms One and Two, Impulse Engineering and Maintenance Access, Fusion Reactors, Computer Core Control Room, Computer Core Level One, Escape Pods

Deck 3: Sickbay, Medical Lab, Officer Quarters, Guest Quarters, Holodeck, Secondary Deflector Control, Security Office, Armory, Brig, Gym, Deuterium Storage Tanks, Computer Core Level Two, Multi-Purpose Science Labs, Main Cargo Bay, Cargo Transporter, Storage Lockers

Deck 4: Shuttlebay, Officer Quarters, Crew Quarters, Civilian Quarters, Computer Core Level Three, Botany Lab, Astrometrics/Stellar Cartography, Archaeology Lab, Planetary Science Lab, Hydroponics Lab, Cultural Anthology Lab, Multi-Purpose Science Lab, Hydroponics Bay, Storage Lockers

Deck 5: Torpedo Launchers, Torpedo Magazines, Probe Storage, Secondary Maintenance Control, Multi-Purpose Science Labs, Emergency Equipment Storage, Boarding Hatch, Life Support Systems, Replicator Support Systems and Storage

Deck 6: Upper Engineering Support Level, Primary Deflector Control, Storage Bays, Engineering Support Systems, Engineering Lab, Waste Recycling Systems

Deck 7: Main Engineering, Auxiliary Control, Engineering Labs, Engineering Workshop, Engineering Support Systems

Deck 8: Warp Core Ejection Systems, Boarding Ramp, Landing Systems Control and Maintenance, Secondary Control Room, Auxiliary Fusion Reactor, Antimatter Containment and Injector Systems

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