Star Trek Taurhai Unity Firedrake Class
Name: Firedrake
Craft: Taurhair Unity Firedrake-Class Cruiser
Type: Cruiser
Year Commissioned: Mid 24th Century (Earth Reckoning)
Scale: capital
Length: 325 x 75 x 75 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 472; Skeleton: 47/+10
Passengers: 310
Cargo Capacity: 80,000 metric tons
Consumables: 6 years
Gravity Induction Drive: x1.25 (0.5 Light years maximum per jump)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 3D+1
Space: 9
Defenses:
- Hull: 5D+1
- Structural Integrity Field: 4D
- Shields: 3D+1
- Back-up Shields: 1D+1
Sensors
- Passive: 54 / 4D+2
- Scan: 162 / 5D+1
- Search: 228 / 6D
- Focus: 18 / 6D+2
Weapons
- 5 Rhu'shai Heavy Graviton Beams
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 dorsal, 1 ventral, 1 starboard, 1 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
- 2 Torpedo Launchers
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 5D+1
Space Range: 1-175/750/2,025
Ammo: 100 Mark II Quantum Torpedoes carried
Rate of fire: 8
Damage: 15D
- 3 Tractor Beams
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft, 1 in the 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 (forward, aft); 1D (shuttlebay)
Gear:
- Auto Pilot: Sensors: 4D; Capital Ship Pilot: 3D; Capital Ship Shields: 3D; Communications: 3D; Command: 2D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 5D
- Auxiliary Power: 4 reactors @ 1D+2
- Computer Cores: 2
- Computer Programming Bonus: +2D
- Astrogation Bonus: +2D
- Decks: 15
- Maximum Life Support: 6,750
- Medical Facilities: 7
- First Aid Bonus: +2D
- Science Labs: 22
- Secondary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+1
- Tertiary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+1
Transporters
- Personnel: 3
- Range: 5,000,000 km
- Capacity: 8 persons
- Emergency: 3
- Range: 25,000 km
- Capacity: 28 persons
- Cargo: 3
- Range: 5,000,000 km
- Capacity: 800 kg
Complement
- Shuttle Craft: 4
- Probes: 60
- Escape Pods: 140
- Capacity: 8 persons per pod
Description: The Firedrake was the Romulan designation for a type of cruiser fielded by the Taurhai Unity during the 24th century. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire)
The Firedrake was similar in design to the larger {Taurhai Star Dragon. It consisted of a 125 m long command hull and eight 25 m segments. The ship was able to separate it command hull and segments into "sub-ships". Unlike the larger vessels, which was more multi-roled the Firedrake was considered a purely military vessel and when not assigned to war fleets it was assigned to patrol duties defending the Unity's territory.
The Firedrake used a gravity induction drive while was capable of half a light year jumps and travelled at the speed of 6 light years per minute.
Source:
- Ship Recognition Manual vol 5 (Spacedock) (pages 82-84)
- thedemonapostle