Tempest statistics Mark I

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BASIC STATISTICS
Class Name        : TEMPEST
Classification    : Command Ship
Type              : CLC (Command Light Cruiser)
Model Number      : I (STORM II-c)

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Length            : 439 m
Beam              : 407 m
Draft             :  96 m
Displacement      : 3,591,500 mt

Number of Decks   : 24

COMPLEMENT

Total Standard    : 810
Officers          :  58
Crew              : 532
Marines           : 160
Passengers        :  60 (Civilians)

PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
Drive Type        : ILN-455 Mk X
Number            : 2

Main Reactor      : FRAM-1200

D-Warp Drive      : Dim-IV-S2ci

Impulse System
Drive Type        : KRLT-Q Impulse Drive Units
Number            : 4 (2 Primary Hull, 2 Secondary Hull)
Secondary Reactor : FRIF-702 network
Thruster Control  : Quickstep

Velocity
Standard Cruise Speed   : 7.0
Maximum Cruise Speed    : 9.5
Sustainable for 12 hours: 9.8
Maximum Emergency Speed : 9.9
Core Failure Imminent   : 9.95

ARMAMENT
     Phaser, Type X
         Number  : 7 banks
         Range   : 300,000 km
         Arcs    : dual saucer module forward dorsal arrays
                   saucer module aft array
                   saucer modual forward ventral array
                   secondary hull ventral forward array
                   secondary hull aft dorsal array
                   secondary hull aft ventral array

     Phaser, Type Xa (pulse)
         Number  : 1 turret with 2 banks
         Range   : 200,000 km
         Arc     : saucer module forward

     Photon Torpedo, MkXXIII Seeking/Direct
         Number  : 3 tubes
         Range   : 3,000,000 km
         Arcs    : 1 forward, 1 aft
                   1 aft saucer (separated flight only)

Deflector System : FD-10e Enhanced cocoon multiphasic deflector system

OTHER SYSTEMS
Transporters
     Standard, 6-person  : 6
     Combat, 12-person   : 4
     Emergency, 16-person: 4
     Cargo               : 8

Shuttle Bays     : 2 (Primary Hull Aft, small secondary hull bay)
Embarked Craft (Standard, specific ships may vary)
     Shuttlepod              : 12
     Personnel Shuttle, Small:  6
     Personnel Shuttle, Large:  2
     Shuttle, D-Warp         :  4
     Cargo Shuttle           :  6
     Runabout                :  1

Notes:

USS TEMPEST began her life as a STORM-class light cruiser, a design renowned for its endurance and speed. With the need for a smaller, more agile command cruiser, she was converted to the first command light cruiser in the Star Fleet and the class named in her honor. The massive refit of the ship resulted primarily in internal changes to accommodate the requirements of a flagship. These included that addition of a flag bridge, quarters for an admiral and his staff, and a quarters and training areas for a marine complement. This has resulted in the ship becoming more crowded and in a sharp reduction in authorized civilian complement.

The most noticable external change is the replacement of the 500-series warp nacelles with the newest drives in the 400-series. The change in the nacelles and corresponding changes in the power plant have resulted in a decline in faster-than-light cruising performance under normal warp drive, but were necessary for the addition of the dimensional warp drive mandated on all command ships by Star Fleet Command directive 80120-115. To compensate for the increase in mass of the ship because of these and other changes, Star Fleet Engineering has integrated the Quickstep thruster control system into the new class, maintaining the ship's superior sublight performance, key in any combat scenario.

An additional transporter room services the flag area quarters. Four new combat trasnporters are available to deplay marines and two new cargo trasnporters are available to deploy marine equipment. One emergency transporter was removed during the refit. With the addition of d-warp drive, the authorized d-warp shuttle complement has been increased to 4.

To accomodate the new power requirements, the fusion reactor network was upgraded from a 700 to a 702 network. The ship's primary hull (saucer section) is a large flat oval shape. There are separation devices between the primary and secondary hull, which allow for separation and reattachment. The secondary hull (Drive Section) extends back from the aft section of the primary hull and contains most of engineering and warp drive systems. The impulse engines were placed to provide the maximum force against the center of the ship's mass. This increases maneuverability at impulse velocities and, coupled with the Quickstep thruster control system makes the class one of the most maneuverable cruisers in the inventory. The warp nacelles extend below the secondary hull on ether side.

The main sensor array has been placed on the forward most part of the primary hull. It is enclosed inside an outer hull shell for added protection from small impact bodies. This shell can be removed for maintenance and refit.A hard point below the secondary hull allows the mounting of several different kinds of devices including cargo pods, electronic countermeasures, and sensors. This is simalar to the multimission pod of the HOOD-class cruisers, but it much smaller. It is generally used to mount sensors that are interfered with by the hull plating and will not function properly when mounted with the main sensor cluster. Unlike the HOOD, all power for the pod is provided by links to the main EPS system and there are direct power feeds to this point. Amoung other things, this means that phaser weapons mounted in the pod do not have independent capacitor banks and power sources. This creates limited firing durations which make such weapons basically ineffectual. The limited size of the pods also means that ordinance storage for photon torpedoes is extremely limited.

Some experiements to mount HOOD-type weapons pods on STORM-class cruisers have been conducted. However, these experiments have met with poor results because of fundamental incompatabilities in the designs of the two pods systems.