Arcadia (starship)

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NCC-A1  •  Arcadia
Arcadia in slipstream
profile views: ventral, port, dorsal
affiliation:	UFP, Starfleet, Arcadian League
class:	Quantum
launched:	315 CE (2378)
maximum warp:	9.99 (for 6 hours); QSD: 81.25 (warp 81,250)
status:	active, 347 CE
first appearance:	"Preflight Part 1: The Call"

Arcadia, named for the region in Earth's Peloponnese, was Starfleet's first Quantum -class starship, the slipstream drive testbed. Originally Intrepid class (experimental registry NX-A1), the ship was rebuilt in 317 as the Quantum Fleet prototype.

Contents 1 history 1.1 temporal jump 2 specifications 2.1 dimensions 2.2 accommodation 2.3 power plant 2.4 performance 2.4.1 warp 2.5 transporters 2.6 armament 2.6.1 shields 3 decks 3.1 deck 1 3.2 deck 2 3.3 deck 3 3.4 deck 4 3.5 deck 5 3.6 deck 6 3.7 deck 7 3.8 deck 8 3.9 deck 9 3.10 deck 10 3.11 decks 10-13 3.12 deck 11 3.13 deck 12 3.14 deck 13 3.15 deck 14 3.16 deck 15 3.17 deck 16 3.18 deck 17 4 auxiliary craft 5 personnel

history

Arcadia, originally designated USS Arcadia, began construction in 312 CE, one of many ships replacing Starfleet vessels destroyed in the Dominion War.  Ostensibly named after a previous USS Arcadia, this new Arcadia, like its early sister ships, shared its name with one of the "Greek" colonies (named after regions of Earth's ancient Greece) near what was then the Federation-Cardassian Demilitarized Zone.  This symbolic affiliation was hoped to foster continued growth, expansion and advancement, despite the Dominion War's devastating and debilitating effects, which hampered colonization and exploration programs.

Construction dragged for several months until 313 CE, when USS Voyager slipstream data compelled Starfleet to engineer a stable quantum slipstream drive.  Rather than convert existing ships into QSD testbeds, Arcadia's design batch was selected to test the technology, with Arcadia the first.  (Other ships which would become the Quantum Fleet were not yet built at the time.)  Under the auspice of "Project: Purple Dog", these ships integrated, from the keel up, the latest advances and understanding in starship technology and subspace physics, including interim slipstream studies.  Arcadia was commissioned in 314 CE, the first ship designated "UFS" (United Federation Starship, reflecting the UFP's united interests). An insufficient slip-drive energy source prevented official launch until the following year (stardate 55853.1), which the USS Antietam solved by obtaining benamite, via wormhole, from the Delta Quadrant.

Arcadia's first mission was to intercept a Kelvan incursion from the Andromeda galaxy, leading to others involving Grazellius, the Borg transformation, the mirror universe, M87 and Meloc II^[1].  Captain Stephen April commanded the ship from the date of its commission until 319, when his daughter Neria briefly succeeded him.  A Nexus time trip to 344 CE prompted Arcadia's decommissioning in 319, but in 322 the ship relaunched with most of Arcadia's previous crew.  Arcadia played a key role in the Cirean transclusion and conducted missions to diverse locales such as Memiklon, Occlua and the Wenga system.

temporal jump

In 324, a temporal loop effect of the mission five years earlier forced Arcadia's relocation to 344, where it continued service.  Later that year, Topaz assumed command and took Arcadia to Andromeda to assist the UFS Olympia, returning to Galaxy Alpha in 346, at which point Dominic Gray became captain.

With the galaxy's political reorganization by 347, Arcadia was redesignated "USS" = United Systems Ship, operating for the Arcadian League.

specifications

dimensions

• length: 429 meters
• beam: 196 meters
• draft: 64.5 meters
• decks: 17

accommodation

• personnel: 150 (crew and civilians)
• standard passenger limit: 300
• maximum evacuation limit: 1,500

power plant

• one (1) 2000+Cochrane warp core feeding two (2) nacelles
• two (2) impulse modules
• quantum singularity-based compression power stream system linked to main navigational deflector, backed by complementary benamite crystal tray ("the Q-core")

performance

warp

• standard warp cruise velocity: warp 7
• extra sustainable warp velocity: warp 9.975 for 20 hours
• absolute maximum warp velocity: 9.99 (for 6 hours)
• maximum exploration endurance: QSD factor 8.125 for 6 months

transporters

• standard (8- to 10-person capacity): seven (7) (one (1) on deck 3, aft of bridge)
• cargo transporters: two (2)
• expected duration: 150 standard (Earth) years

armament

• directed energy weapons: ten (10) type-XV phaser arrays
• four (4) variable-yield torpedo launchers - 2 fore, 2 aft
  • torpedo capacity: 100, variable yield (photon, quantum, smart, transphasic, etc.)

shields

• standard - Multi-matrix regenerative/rotating frequency. Incorporated metaphasic advances, allowing travel within a star's coronasphere, as well as refractive distribution capacity, absorbing and redistributing offensive energies, all on rotating modulations.
• hull-reinforcing ablative armor - Self-regenerating through specialized free-standing holographic generators located aft of main engineering.
• deflector screens (navigational standard)
• optional cloaking device (hull-conforming)

decks

Arcadia's internal structure/layout retained original Intrepid -class construction specifications, with two additional decks per Quantum -class.

deck 1

• sensor array supplemental feeds

The bridge was located on deck 3, not deck 1 as with most starships.

deck 2

• cargo transporters 1 & 2
• cargo bay 1
• deflective structural reinforcements

deck 3

• main bridge (contains dedication plaque) with adjacent transporter room
• ready room
• officers lounge (crew briefing/conference room)
• additional deflective structural reinforcements

deck 4

• captain's quarters
• senior officers' quarters (ranks: lieutenant & above, except for engineering)
• transporter rooms 1, 2
• cargo bay 2
• aft torpedo launcher

deck 5

medical

• sickbay
• offices – chief medical officer; counselor
• general crew lounge
• diplomatic conference room
• transporter rooms 3-4

deck 6

security

• brig
• offices – chief of security; chief of operations (administrative)
• mess hall
• junior officers quarters (ranks: lieutenant junior-grade, ensign)
• secondary computer core

deck 7

sciences

• science deck "S1"
  • sciences department chief's office
  • science crew lounge
  • sensor control (long- and short-range)
  • science labs:
    • exobiology
    • cultural anthropology
    • planetary sciences
• secondary computer core
• crew quarters (ensign, NCOs & below)
• deuterium storage cryo-tanks
• holodeck 1
• lateral turbolift access

deck 8

sciences

• science deck "S2"
  • science mission control
  • science labs:
    • astrophysics
    • quantum cartography
    • stellar cartography (directly below deck 7's secondary computer core)
• holodeck 2
• crew quarters
• civilian & passenger quarters
• atmospheric reprocessing
• deuterium storage cryo-tanks
• warp reaction core

deck 9

• deflector control
• lower level torpedo bay control
• shuttlebay hangar storage
• transporter rooms 5-6

deck 10

• upper engineering support area
• shuttlebay main flight deck
• quantum slipstream drive systems support
• deflective structural reinforcements
• main computer core
• forward torpedo launcher
• lateral turbolift access

decks 10-13

• main deflector dish

deck 11

• main engineering
• warp core
• QSD control systems
• chief engineer's cubicle
• main computer core

deck 12

• lower engineering
• engineering crew quarters (all ranks)
• Wembahdnaw quarters ("the aquarium") (isolated; access by stairwell gantry)^[3]
• environmental control

deck 13

• cargo bay 3

deck 14

• crew facilities

deck 15

• gymnasium
• swimming pool
• arboretum
• hydroponics

deck 16

• secondary power couplings
• deuterium storage
• retractable landing struts

deck 17

• maintenance and systems support
• retractable landing struts

auxiliary craft

• UFS Arrowhead - (1) Delta -class runabout (based on Delta Flyer Mark II)
• UFS Synergy - (1) Synergy -class runabout (prototype)
• shuttlecraft
  • 1 › type-9 personnel shuttle
  • 1 › type-11 heavy shuttle
  • 1 › type-20 freight shuttle boasting one (1) ATV (all-terrain vehicle)
• 8 › Sphinx -class work bees

personnel

See:  Arcadia personnel