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Monarch-Class Deep Space Explorer

Accommodation: 1,215 Officers and Crew, 300 Visiting Personnel
Classification: Long Range Explorer
Support For Monarch-Class: Advanced Starship Design Bureau, Daystrom Institute, Starfleet Deep Space Exploration Council, Slipstream Project, Starfleet Defense Council, Starfleet Tactical Bureau
Development Start: 2392
Development Finalized/Prototype Tests Completed: 2400
Production End Date: Not Applicable
Current Status: In Service
Location of Construction:
• Utopia Planitia Shipyards, Mars (Primary Construction and Assembly)
• San Francisco Shipyards, Earth (Quantum Slipstream Drive – A.L.I.C.C. Computer)
Current Starship Identification and Registration Numbers:
• NCC-100321 U.S.S. Monarch (Prototype)
• NCC-71832-B U.S.S. Odyssey (Andromeda Mission)
• NCC-100322 U.S.S. Nelson (Delta Quadrant Mission)
• NCC-100323 U.S.S. Columbus (Andromeda Mission)
• NCC-100324 U.S.S. Cousteau (Delta Quadrant Mission)
• NCC-100325 U.S.S. Raleigh
• NCC-100326 U.S.S. Prince Henry
• NCC-100327 U.S.S. Branson
• NCC-1701-F U.S.S. Enterprise (Starfleet Flagship)
• NCC-100328 U.S.S. Champlain
• NCC-100329 U.S.S. Peary
• NCC-100330 U.S.S. Armstrong



1.0 Monarch-Class Introduction

1.1 Mission Objective

Pursuant to Starfleet Exploration Directives 902.3 and 914.5, Starfleet Defense Directives 138.6, 141.1 and 154.7, and Federation Security Council General Policy, the following objectives have been established for the Monarch-Class Starship:
1. Provide a mobile platform for a deep space scientific and research projects
2. Replace the aging Galaxy Class Starships as Starfleet’s Primary Instrument for
deep space exploration.
3. Provide self-reliant deep space exploration platform for the execution of
federation policy in extra-federation territories.
4. Provide the next-generation diplomatic platform.
5. Provide a next-generation tactical command ship.
6. Incorporate recent advancements in computer, propulsion, scientific, and tactical
technologies.

1.2 Design Statistics

Length: 903.2 meters
Width: 405.4 meters
Height: 138.5 meters
Cargo Capacity: Mission configuration dependent
Hull: Duranium Microfoam reinforced with Tritanium interstitial – Multi-layer Duranium-Tritanium Composite Hull Armor and Superstructure – micro-fiber reinforced ablative hull armor composite
Number of Decks: 34

1.3 General Overview

The Monarch Project was the convergence of multiple design studies by the federation following the Dominion War, the numerous Borg incursions and the obvious limits of the federation’s deep space exploration assets. Of principle interest were the information learned form the Sovereign Project, the Intrepid Project, the Prometheus Project, and the Luna Project.
Also, Starfleet had spent the last twenty years with a vested interest in the technologies brought back by the U.S.S. Voyager after her journey through the Delta quadrant. Of specific interest was the Quantum Slipstream Drive, Retractable Ablative Hull Armor, Transphasic Torpedo Technology, and the advanced proven with the ships Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). All of these separate technological components developed into their own separate development entity which produced numerous improvements in the technologies from their original design.
After the ten year studies in each project was completed, Starfleet began the Advanced Technology, Logistics, and Armament Team (A.T.L.A.S.) under the jurisdiction of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. The team was charged with the unilateral evaluation of every ship class currently in service under the Starfleet banner and place priority on those designated prime targets for refit and upgrades with the advances and results of the different projects.
When the teams report was presented to Starfleet Command two months later, of specific relevance, as well as concern among many Starfleet Admirals, was the absence of the Galaxy-class from the list of ship classes capable of receiving the tactical and slipstream upgrades. The Teams findings indicated the Slipstream technology as well as the armament and weapons technology exceeded the ratings on the already stressed and somewhat underpowered, by many engineers standards, Galaxy-class spaceframe. As such, Starfleet Command requested that A.T.L.A.S. personally draw up the necessary requirements for a next generation deep space explorer slated to replace the Galaxy-class that, despite its venerable performance, was now obsolete.

1.4 Construction History

The Advanced Technology, Logicstics, and Armament Team, A.T.L.A.S., published their specifications and guidelines to Starfleet Command three months after their initial orders. The plans called for a ship of sizable proportions, noticeably longer than any current ship bearing a Starfleet registry, in order to get the ships overall proportions and arrangement on par with a ship that would match both the internal volume of the Galaxy Class with the necessary gemotry required for a slipstream capable ship. On January 1st, 2394, Starfleet command approved the Monarch-Class development project with a rushed delivery date of the first prototype vessels scheduled for January 1st 2400 and the completion of the first production vehicle by January 1st 2402.
At the time, the Daystrom institute was hard at work on the Slipstream Development Project, already providing generalized guidelines for the next generation of federation starships as well as being in the midst’s of testing the Generation 0 and Generation 1 Benamite-based Quantum Slipstream Drives. These drives had proven capable of obtaining velocities with the potential of interstellar travel of unfathomably speed first shown during the initial Benamite-based Quantum Slipstream Drive tests done by the Starship Voyager in an attempt to return to federation space in the 2700’s. (See “Generation Alpha Quantum Slipstream Drive” for more information).
Initial calculations by the Daystrom institute showed that a ship, using the updated Benamite-based Quantum Slipstream Drive could traverse 10,000 lights years in 15 minutes. However, the stable design developed by Starfleet, used to overcome the quantum fluctuations and field instability encountered by Voyager during her initial tests in the delta quadrant, required huge power reserves to initiate the slipstream field and would require up to twenty-five percent of the matter/anti-matter stores carried by a traditional federation starship. This meant that any ship using the slipstream drive would be capable of long range extended travel, but would require traditional warp-drive for local travel and exploration. However, the prospect of being able to travel to the delta quadrant in a matter of hours was too, regardless of the energy costs, attractive of a prospect and Starfleet Command approved the Generation 1 engine for official design and development.
Being developed in parallel with the Slipstream Project was the Daystrom institute’s second major contribution to the Monarch-Class Project, the product of the Beyond Isolinear Computer Initiative (BICI – pronounced “BIKE”). This project, started in the early late 2700’s and building off the technology originally introduced on the Intrepid Class – bionueral gel packs – in conjunction with studies of the Dr. Son androids Data and B4, gave rise to the Advanced Logic and Intelligent Computer Core (A.L.I.C.C.).
A completely bionueral based system, the A.L.I.C.C. computer has a ten fold computational speed increase over traditional isolinear systems, providing the ship the necessary computing power to handle the complex quantum slipstream calculations and permit quantum slipstream travel.
After numerous bids and contract reviews, Starfleet selected the Utopia Planitia shipyards as the base for the Monarch-Class complex. The station was completed a year after the initial contract signing and research and development moved to the station in 2397. The station was similar in design to the standard Utopia Yards orbital facilities with two one-kilometer dry docks positioned around the station.
Space frame studies commenced two months after arrival at the station, with numerous studies into the Intrepid’s hull configuration as well as throwbacks to the very venerable and hardy Galaxy-Class and Excelsior-Class spaceframes. It took four months for the Monarch-Class team to finalize general hull structure for the class, settling on a streamlined, elongated hull with a wide saucer to maximize internal space.
Construction of the Monarch began in 2398 and progressed until December, 25th 2399 when the ship was completed. It was launched just 6 days later on schedule and began it’s trial runs. During this stage, numerous issues with the ship’s balance and structure were found and corrected which boosted ship performance above Starfleet’s projected requirements. Also, the ship’s A.L.I.C.C. Mk. 1 exceeded the Daystrom institutes initial test predictions, providing an 10.2 fold increase in data management and calculation efficiency over traditional isolinear systems.
On January 19th, 2400, the U.S.S. Monarch’s Quantum Slipstream Drive was activated and the ship sustained a flight of ten minutes, traveling 10,038.45 light years, again exceeding Starfleet’s standards.
With evaluations completed Starfleet began the production run, with the first production ship, NCC-71832-B U.S.S. Odyssey with the modified hull structure laid down on May 9th, 2400 with a projected launch date of January 1st, 2402 per the original Starfleet Contract plans.


2.0 Command Systems


2.1 Main Bridge

General Overview: Primary ship operations for the Monarch-Class starship is located on the Main Bridge positioned at the top of the primary hull. Situated on deck 1, the bridge is an electable module providing for numerous mission configurations including a tactical command bridge for flag officers and a self powered bridge module under development.
Layout: The current standard configuration aboard the Monarch-Class starship is as follows. Central command area with seats for Captain, Executive Officer, and Counselor. Executive officer and counselor both having tactical consoles for information accessing.
Forward of Central command area, ships operations and CONN stations. CONN serves as combined navigation and helm station with operations providing connection to all primary ship stations.
Situated behind the central command area is the tactical “bar” with three stations providing coordinated control of ship weapons, ship fighter operations, and fleet operation in the event of a fleet command configuration. On either side of the tactical “bar” are the science and engineering alcoves. With three configurable stations, these areas provide the Chief of each respected department an operations area facing the main viewer was well as two stations for their primary assistants. Each station coordinates with the numerous components of their respective departments during combat and general ship conditions.
Directly behind the tactical “bar” is the ships Main Systems Display (MSD) providing a generalized overview of ship configuration and condition.
Flanking either side of the MSD are two doors. The left provides access to one of the bridge’s two turbolifts and the other provides access to the ship’s conference room.
On either side of the Operations/CONN pit are two recessed alcoves. The alcove to the left of the stations provides access to the Captain’s Ready Room and the Executive Officer’s ready room. The opposite alcove provides access to the bridge lavatory (or “head”), second turbolift, and break room.

2.2 Main Engineering

General Overview: Main engineering serves as the primary access point for control of the Monarch-Class’s three primary propulsion systems: Impulse, Warp-Drive, and Slipstream. The Core configuration on the Monarch-Class is an extremely experimental design that was developed specifically for the massive power requirements of the ship when entering slipstream.
Access is through a primary door located just ahead of the warp reactor. On either side of these doors are the Engineering officers and Chief Engineer’s ready room. Beyond the entrance is the Engineering Main Systems Display, a three dimensional holographic representation of the ship that can be altered to provide information on the ships EPS grid, secondary systems, structural integrity, hull integrity, shield grid, and secondary systems.
Beyond the MSD is the ships propulsion cluster. A Primary axial warp core provides main power with an intermix chamber controlled by a pure dilithium crystal. Just behind this and tied into the power feeds for the primary core is the ships Generation 1 Quantum Slipstream Drive matrix powered by a Benamite Crystal good for 48 hours of quantum slipstream operation. The ship maintains ten of these crystals in a stasis chamber accessible from engineering. Just beyond the Quantum Slipstream drive is the Secondary core. Small than the primary core and tied into an EPS grid directed only to the ships main deflector, it provides the extra power supply needed to initiate the quantum slipstream field through the ships deflector. It can, however, be tied into the main EPS grid in the absence of the primary core and provide the ship with emergency power and warp velocities up to warp 8. However, quantum slipstream drive engagement is not possible.
Access to main engineering’s second and third tiers is located on either side of the propulsion cluster. Tier two has access to the main engineering control alcove, an extended platform that has the ships warp console, slipstream console, and impulse consoles and provides full top to bottom view of the ships primary, secondary, and slipstream cores.
Main Engineering, in emergency conditions, can serve as a redundant bridge module, configuring numerous consoles with the various main bridge stations.

2.3 Secondary Bridge – Engineering Hull Bridge

General Overview: Located on deck 14 and at the interface between the ship’s detachable saucer and engineering section, the Secondary bridge serves as the command point of the engineering section during saucer-seperation.
Configuration is the modular component pulled from the Prometheus-class vessels with minor adjustments