Star Trek Taurhai Unity Star Dragon Class Ship
Name: Star Dragon
Craft: Taurhai Unity Star Dragon-Class Ship
Type: battleship
Year Commissioned: Mid 24th Century (Earth Reckoning)
Scale: capital
Length: 1,500 x 250 x 250 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 1,500; Skeleton: 150/+10
Passengers: 1,600
Cargo Capacity: 300,000 metric tons
Consumables: 10 years
Gravity Induction Drive: x0.36 (2 Light years maximum per jump)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 9
Defenses:
- Hull: 7D+1
- Structural Integrity Field: 5D
- Shields: 7D
- Back-up Shields: 1D+1
Sensors
- Passive: 72 / 4D+2
- Scan: 188 / 5D+1
- Search: 252 / 6D
- Focus: 18 / 6D+2
Weapons
- 13 Rhu'shai Heavy Graviton Beams
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 3 dorsal, 3 ventral, 3 starboard, 3 port
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1 (standard); 5D+1 (continuous); 2D+1 (pulse); 5D (wide)
Space Range: 1-15/50/150
Rate of fire: 5
Damage:- Standard / Continuous: 8D+2
- Pulse: 9D+2
- Wide: 4D+1
- 5 Torpedo Launchers
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 dorsal, 1 ventral, 1 port, 1 starboard
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 5D+1
Space Range: 1-175/750/2,025
Ammo: 300 Mark II Quantum Torpedoes
Rate of fire: 8
Damage: 15D
- 6 Tractor Beams
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft, 1 in each shuttle bay
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+2
Space Range: 1-25/50/100
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 4D
Gear:
- Auto Pilot: Sensors: 5D; Capital Ship Pilot: 3D; Capital Ship Shields: 3D; Communications: 3D; Command: 3D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 5D
- Auxiliary Power: 5 reactors @ 1D+2
- Computer Cores: 3
- Computer Programming Bonus: +2D
- Astrogation Bonus: +2D
- Decks: 55
- Maximum Life Support: 18,000
- Medical Facilities: 9
- First Aid Bonus: +2D
- Science Labs: 46
- Secondary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+2
- Tertiary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+2
Transporters
- Personnel: 5
- Range: 5,000,000 km
- Capacity: 8 persons
- Emergency: 5
- Range: 25,000 km
- Capacity: 28 persons
- Cargo: 4
- Range: 5,000,000 km
- Capacity: 800 kg
Complement
- Shuttle Craft: 20
- Shuttle Pods: 10
- Probes: 40
- Escape Pods: 260
- Capacity: 12 persons per pod
- Captain's Yacht: yes
Description: The Star Dragon was the Romulan designation for the most powerful and versatile starship fielded by the Taurhai Unity during the 24th century. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire)
The Star Dragon consisted of of a 300 m long wedge shaped command hull. The ship's main engineering was in the command hull. The ship also had twenty-four 50 m long segments. The joints of these segments could coil and flex allowing the ship to perform unusual but effective maneuvers. The ship could separate its command hull from these segments, which in turn could be split into twelve two-segment "sub-ships".
The ship's weapons were spread over its segments so to prevent the loss of any one segment serious compromising its offensive capabilities. While well armed the Taurhai consider these ships to also be effective in exploration and science missions with it carrying a number of science laboratories and powerful sensors.
The ship was also able to undertake long duration missions due to its converter technology that performed a total matter/energy conversation. This meant the vessel could operate almost indefinitely without the need to refuel.
As with all Taurhai ships it used the advanced gravity induction drive for interstellar travel. It was capable of travelling a maximum distance of 2 light years per jump at the speed of 24 light years per minute.
Source:
- Ship Recognition Manual vol 5 (Spacedock) (pages 79-81)
- thedemonapostle