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Mission Objectives for Highflyer-class
     Starfleet has many duties to the denizens of the United Federation of Planets. Primarily, this responsibilities lie in realm of diplomatic and cultural exchanges as well as research and exploration inside and outside the boundaries of Federation space. But one very important aspect of Starfleet mission is the defense of Federation space and its interests.
     As Starfleet exploration reached deeper into space, some of the contacts established were no peaceful ones as some events of our recent history have dramatically demonstrated. In times like these the need for defense becomes clear and urgent. This want may be filled by medium, mission oriented ships, yet capable of pursuing other missions within Starfleet scope.
     The Highflyer-class starship incorporates the latest Starfleet technology to fulfill this role as a defense oriented vessel.
     Pursuant to Starfleet Defense Directive 980.4, the following objectives have been established for the Highflyer Class Development Project:

• Provide a mobile, quickly deployable defense platform.
• Replace Nebula-class starships as primary instrument of defense program.
• Provide autonomous capability for full execution of Federation policy options and defense resolutions in outlying areas.
• Incorporate latest advancements in Warp powerplant, Deflector Shield and Sensor technologies as well as improved weaponry.

     To Provide for these objectives, the Starfleet Spacecraft Design Advisory Commission recommended to the Advanced Starship Design Bureau that the Highflyer-class starship incorporate the following new technologies:

• XIMM Matter/Antimatter Reaction Assembly (M/ARA, p. 57); XIMM is the acronym for Cross (X) Injected Muon Mediated. Cross Injected refers to the spatial disposition of the doubled Reactant Injectors (p. 57) and their respective Magnetic Constriction Segments (p.58-59), arranged in X. Muon Mediated refers to the matter / antimatter reaction (M/AR, p. 60-61) itself, this new Warp core dispense the use of dilithium crystals, instead the M/AR is controlled by shaped fields of muons (a subatomic particle occurring in a single quantic state in both matter and antimatter, thus inert to both), this sort of regulation is much more precise as it impedes the formation of secondary annihilation reactions (p. 62), providing a matter/energy conversion of 99.998%, and a more precisely modulated electro-plasma.
• Wave-front Interaction Subspace Field geometry (p.66); this new concept was based on principle that the interaction of two unphased but evenly modulated Warp fields can create a subspatial distortion stronger than each warp field. It requires two pairs of Warp nacelles, each generating a wave-front shaped Warp field. The system is not very energy efficient, as two pairs of nacelles must be powered, but it allows for longer sustainable high Warp fields, a higher maximum Warp and a greater Warp driver coil efficiency (p. 1).
• Subspace resonance scanner; this device has especially designed for detecting starships. Most starships even moving bellow relativistic speeds, will interact with subspace, several onboard systems rely on the interactions of distorted subspace fields with normal space, these interaction create subspatial disturbances detectable by this new scanner. If very finely tuned this sensor should even detect cloaked ships.
• Pulse Phased Tandem Deflector Shield; this systems is composed of pairs of Graviton Polarity Generators and Subspace Field Amplifiers assemblies (GSA, p. 138), each pair of GSA generated two slightly unsynchronized but phased (pulse phased) fields, these keep alternating in their relative position to the hull. The higher the alternating frequency the higher the energy dissipation power up to a maximum of 8.1 x 10⁶ kW (p.3, 138).
• Pulse Phasers; this weapon was developed for the USS Defiant.
• Quantum torpedoes are photon torpedoes that have toroids of verterium cortenide (p.64-65) around their warheads. When the warhead is detonated, the plasma generated briefly interacts with the toroid before it is disintegrated, producing a instantaneous but massive subspace distortion, disrupting shields and other subspace field based devices.

Statistics
     Length: 425.0 m
     Width: 303.0 m
     Height: 147.4.2 m
     Crew: 560 + 80 Troops
     Maximum complement: 2,800

Tactical Systems
     Deflector Shields: 18 GSA pairs.
     Phasers: 7 Phaser Arrays; 3 Pulse Phasers banks, one forward two aft.
     Torpedoes: 4 Torpedo Launchers (aft/forward) (200 Quantum Torpedoes).

Propulsion and Power
     Four warp nacelles emitting Wave-front Interaction Warp Field. Capable of maintaining Warp 8 until fuel exhaustion, maximum cruising speed of Warp 9.5, maximum speed of Warp 9.87 for up to 12 hours.
     XIMM M/ARA powerplant capable of generating an output of 1.5x10¹⁸ mw.

About the original Highflyer
H.M.S. Highflyer, Flagship of the East Indies Fleet of the British Empire, circa 1900.

Last Update: 13-Apr-98