Defiant Class

Name: Defiant Class Warship
Craft: Federation Defiant Class Escort
Type: Heavy Escort
Class: Defiant
Scale: capital
Length: 170.68 x 134.11 x 30.1 meters
Decks: 4
Mass: 355,000 metric tons
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew Skill: varies
Autopilot Skill: sensors: 1D+1; pilot: 1D; shields: 1D; communications: 1D; command: 1D; gunnery: 1D+2
Crew: 40
Skeleton: 1/+15; 3/+10; 5/+5
Passengers: 10
Max Life Support: 192
Cargo Capacity: 12,000 metric tons
Consumables: 1 year
Warp Drive

• Cruise: 6
• Max Cruise: 9.2
• Max Speed (12 Hours Max): 9.982

Nav Computer: yes

• Astrogation Bonus: 0D+2

Computer Cores: 2

• Computer Programming Bonus: 4D

Maneuverability: 3D+2
Speed

• Cautious: 3
• Cruising (Maneuverability -1D): 5
• High Speed (Maneuverability -2D): 15
• All Out - Maximum (Maneuverability -3D): 18.4
• Atmosphere: 365, 1,050kmh

Defenses

• Hull: 6D+2
• Ablative Armor: 4D+2
• Structural Integrity Field: 3D+1
  • Primary Back-up Structural Integrity Field: 1D+2
    • Secondary Back-up Structural Integrity Field: 1D+2
• Shields: 1D per arc
  • Maximum Shield Power: 3D per arc
  • Back-up Shields: 1D+1

Sensors

• Passive: 50/2D+2
• Scan: 157/3D+1
• Search: 200/4D
• Focus: 15/4D+2

Navigational Deflector

• Range: 1-2/5/15
• Accuracy: 3D+2

Weapons

• 4 Type XII Pulse Phasers

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/10/30
Atmosphere Range: 10-30/100/300km
Ammo: energy based
Rate of fire: 5
Fire Modes: standard; firelinked; pulse; wide
Shield Penetration: 1D+1
Damage: 10D+1

• 2 Type VII Phasers

Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 dorsal turret
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/10/30
Atmosphere Range: 10-30/100/300km
Ammo: energy based
Rate of fire: 1
Fire Modes: standard, pulse, continuous, wide
Shield Penetration: 1D
Damage: 4D+2

• 5 Torpedo Launchers

Fire Arc: 3 forward, 2 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 2-35/150/405
Atmosphere Range: 15-3502/1,500/4,050km
Ammo: 200 MK I Quantum Torpedoes
Rate of fire: 6
Fire Modes: spread
Shield Penetration: 2D
Damage: 13D+1

• 2 Tractor Beam Emitters

Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1/2/3
Atmosphere Range: 2/4/6km
Ammo: energy based
Rate of fire: 1 target per emitter per round
Fire Modes: single shot
Shield Penetration: N/A
Strength: 5D

Compliment

• Shuttle Craft: 1 – Type 10
• Shuttle Pods: 4
• Probes: 10
• Escape Pods: 26
  • Capacity: 6

Transporters

• Personnel: 1
  • Range: 1-10/20/40
  • Capacity: 6 persons
  • Accuracy: 1D+1
• Cargo: 1
  • Range: 1-10/20/40
  • Capacity: 400kg
  • Accuracy: 1D+1
• Emergency: 1
  • Range: 1-5/10/15
  • Capacity: 12 persons
  • Accuracy: 1D+1

Source: Ship Recognition Manual Vol.1 - The Ships of Starfleet (page 39-42)

Capsule: The Defiant was conceived as Starfleet's first warship in response to the many new threats faced by the Federation in the mid-24th century but primarily the Borg. The vessels were purposed as a compact design, packing a great deal of weaponry into a very small, maneuverable ship. As such, many of these vessels were fielded in battle during the Dominion War. The class has a compact warp core that produces enough energy to power a vessel four times its size.

The Defiant-class was one of many new Starfleet classes developed in response to the Borg threat following Starfleet's tragic losses in the Battle of Wolf 359. The class was the first that Starfleet ever developed purely as a warship—but for years following the Borg's early incursions, the expected invasion never materialized—the prototype USS Defiant spent much of its time in space dock in the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. Rising hostilities with the Dominion spurred the Defiant into full service, assigned to Deep Space 9 in 2371 and fitted with a Romulan cloaking device to defend the station from Dominion attack and conduct undercover operations in the Gamma Quadrant.

By the time the situation escalated into full-scale war, several Defiant-class starships had been put into service and performed admirably. The original USS Defiant was destroyed by a Breen energy dampening weapon in 2375.