Universe class (J type)

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Universe-class
Class:	Universe
Type:	Battleship , temporal multi-mission dreadnought explorer
Affiliation:	Federation, Starfleet
Status:	active
Career
Launched:	2562
Commissioned:	2558
Dimensions
Length:	3618m
Beam:	547m
Draft:	139m
Specifications
Decks:	23
Complement:	700
Speed:	Warp 9.995 (warp 9.9999995 with quantum slipstream drive)
Armament:	20 Infinity modulator arrays 10 Photon torpedo launchers transquantic torpedo launcher 40 Pulse phaser banks gravitic lance
Defenses:	Nano-Metal based regenerative Ablative outer hull Heavy Particle Shield
Shuttlecraft:	cestus (frigates)

For additional meanings of "Independence", please see Independence (disambiguation).

The Universe-class (Pioneerverse Independence-class) was a multi-mission explorer and battleship utilised by Starfleet from the 26th century.

History

The class was first launched at some point in the 26th century. It was a sister design of the Congo-class.

The Universe-class Enterprise-J would go on to be the Federation's flagship during the Battle of Procyon V against the Sphere builders.

Ships configuration/Livery

The universe class shared a modular system similar with that of the Constitution class. This allowed its commanding officer to choose from different designs of livery, which could be modified further at starbases. These included the options of sections from Dreadnought, Excelsior and Galaxy classes to be incorporated into the main ships class chassis.

The average Universe ship (not in war time) was so large they existed as their own indipendent floating cities. The vessel was large enough to be divided into suburb like sections termed as 'Urbs', these sections were named after being based on various environments and nearby ship locations, this included large parks, entertainment zones and universities.

Due to the ships immense size, site-to-site transporters replaced Turbolifts as well as small EM Monorails similar to that of Crossfield ships.

And traditional concepts of up and down became redundant in an zero-g environment. Thus, windows covered top and bottom of the saucer section. And due to the need for nearby immediate systems control throughout the ship there was no centralised bridge.

Nearly fully replaced with independent system control stations/sections ship wide with most command authorithization given from the captains yacht aboard.

Alternate History

Pioneerverse

Starfleet began looking at ideas and possibilities of a new starship around 2554, as there had been no new makes since 2542. As there were more attacks against the Federation and her allies, Starfleet asked designers to create a battleship. The Independence-class was therefore brought into being. Designing started in 2554, but fell foul of several design flaws. As there had been no other class of vessels built for over 12 years, designers found it difficult to come up with a starship that could be large, maneuverable, and heavily armed.

The first ship of its kind was the USS Enterprise-J, which started construction four years after the original plans had been first introduced in 2558.

The Enterprise-J would go on to be the Federation's flagship during the Battle of Procyon V against the Sphere Builders and their Temporal Liberation Front allies.

The Gravitic lance was developed to model after the power of the Tox Uthat which was integrated into the Enterprise-J during the battle of procyon V to destroy the sphere builder's command sphere.

The Indpendence-class hearkened back to one of Starfleet's first warp ships, the Enterprise, as the navigational deflector was shaped in much the same way.

The second ship had the title of it's class, the USS Independence, constructed in 2565.

In 2573, an experimental torpedo system, known as transquantic torpedoes, were installed on the Enterprise-J. They were tested several times before being installed as standard issue on Independence-class ships from 2575.

The USS Arella-I, the third Independence-class ship to be constructed, began its creation in 2575.

The three Independence-class ships constructed by this point were proving invaluable and a stunning success, and the Federation became less and less threatened by its enemies. This led to a period when no ships were constructed, until 2595, when work began on the USS Pioneer.

The Independence-class became incredibly powerful, and it was compared in firepower to the in-production Klingon D11 battlecruisers. (PIO: "On a Knife Edge")

Technical specifications

Crew

Although the class of ship is very large it has a crew complement of just 700 people. Over 250 of these are security personnel.

Deck Plan

Deck Plan

Deck No.	Ship Locations
1	Bridge, Captain's Ready room, Phaser locker
2	Conference lounge, 360° observation area (To the aft of the ship)
3	Mess Hall, Galley, Airponics bay
4	Captain's Quarters, Senior Officer's Quarters, Transporter Rooms 1 and 2, Dorsal I-Mod Arrays
5	Cargo Bay 1, Weapons locker
6	Sickbay, General Crew Quarters, Dorsal I-Mod arrays
7	Quarters for Security Personnel, Tactical Training Holodeck
8	Armoury, Cargo Bay 2, Dorsal I-Mod arrays
9	Main Brig, Astrometrics Lab, Stellar Cartography
10	Cargo Bay 3, General Crew Quarters
11	Holodecks 1-4, Transporter Rooms 3-6, Impulse reactors (Aft)
12	Main Shuttlebay (Aft), Deflector Control
13	Upper Engineering Deck, Cargo Bay 4
14	Main Engineering Deck, Torpedo Bays (Aft)
15	Lower Engineering Deck, Forward Torpedo Launchers
16	Battle bridge, Secondary Shuttlebay
17	Secondary Brig, Cargo Bay 5
18	Ventral I-Mod arrays, Guest quarters
19	Environmental Control, Secondary Warp Core
20	Command center
21	Captain's Yacht
22	Gymnasium
23	Cargo Bay 6

Ships Commissioned

• USS Universe
• USS Enterprise-J
• USS Marvel-D

External Links

• Universe class article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.