Vereleus Class

Name: Vereleus
Craft: Romulan Star Empire Vereleus-Class Dreadnought
Type: dreadnought
Scale: capital
Length: 1,350.25 x 764.38 x 333.21 meters
Ship Mass: 6,950,000 metric tons
Starship Size: 10
Skill: capital ship pilot
Autopilot: 3D+2
Crew: 1,850; Skeleton: 185/+10
Passengers: 800
Cargo Capacity: 100,000 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Warp Drive: 6 / 9 / 9.6 (12 Hours)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 0D+2
Space: 9
Hull: 7D
Shields: 4D
Sensors

• Passive: 65 / 1D+1
• Scan: 135 / 2D
• Search: 180 / 3D
• Focus: 6 / 3D+2

Cloaking Device: while cloaked, +4D Difficulty to detect ship
Weapons

• Type Arendev Disruptor Array

Fire Arc: 360 degrees forward
Location: forward command hull
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-2/5/15
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse
Rate of fire: 5
Damage: 5D+2

• 5 Type Valkar Disruptor Arrays

Fire Arc: 2x 360 degrees dorsal, 3x 360 degrees ventral
Location: forward dorsal, forward ventral, aft dorsal, aft ventral, command hull ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-2/5/15
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Rate of fire: 5
Damage: 5D

• 2 High Yield Torpedo Launchers

Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft, but are self guided
Location: forward, aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Spread: 10

• Class XIV Plasma Torpedoes

Space Range: 1-45/180/487
Ammunition: 80 total
Damage: 12D

• Type G-II Singularity Torpedoes

Space Range: 1-18/75/203
Ammunition: 220 total
Damage: 8D

• 3 Class Delta Tractor Beams

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 1 aft
Location: forward dorsal, forward ventral, aft ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 4D+2

• 2 Class Alpha Tractor Beams

Fire Arc: Shuttlebay
Location: 1 in each Shuttlebay
Crew: 1
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+2
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 3D

Miscellaneous:

• Crew Quarters:
  • Spartan: 500
  • Basic: 1,400
  • Expanded: 340
  • Luxury: 90
  • Unusual: 22
• Decks: 72
• Escape Pods: 220

• Capacity per Pod: 12

• Year Commissioned: 2371 (Earth Reckoning)

Transporters

• Personnel: 7

• Range: 40,000 km
• Capacity: 6 persons

• Emergency: 8

• Range: 15,000 km
• Capacity: 24 persons

• Cargo: 8

• Range: 40,000 km
• Capacity: 400 kg

Complement

• Shuttle Craft: 20
• Shuttle Pods: 10
• Probes: 100
• Captain's Yacht: yes

Description: The Vereleus-class was a type of dreadnought that saw service with the Romulan Star Empire during the 24th century. The class entered service in 2371. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire; The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon)

The design shares many elements of earlier Romulan designs. Its large command hull is connected to the main body by a dorsal neck shows influence from the D'deridex-class. Its main hull is rectangular in shape and a solid structure unlike the rounded two part structure of the D'deridex. Its warp nacelles are connected by straight downward thrusting wing pylons as on more established designs. The design was also the largest Romulan design fielded at that time.

The class was equipped with the most advanced systems available. It had a biogenically enhanced computer system, the latest sensors and the most powerful shields developed by the Romulans at that time. It was armed with the most powerful disruptors available.

It has one notable weak spot, its neck, which if targeted by a concerted attack could separate the command hull from the rest of the ship. The designers looked into making the neck larger and deeper to strengthen it. This extra space then could be filled with additional crew quarters, cargo bays, medical facilities or even another shuttlebay. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire)

During the Dominion War the Vereleus class Ko'nar served as the flagship of the Romulan Star Navy until it was destroyed in the Battle of Getha. (The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon)

It was succeeded by the Norexan-class. (RIS Bouteina)

Source:

• Ship Recognition Manual vol 5 (Spacedock) (pages 64-66)
• thedemonapostle