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[QUOTE]Originally posted by crobato: [QB] This is my short story about the Akira, Sabre, Norway and Steamrunner classes okay? This is highly speculative, but it's up to you if it makes good sense. Basically after Wolf 359, the inadequecies of Starfleet's mainstream classes became apparent. These includes the Niagara, New Orleans, Constellation and Cheyenne classes. The Starfleet is also ripe for a Miranda replacement. It's not just the Borg, but the sudden reappearance of the Romulans, whose Warbirds could get the handle of even the Galaxy classes; the war with the Cardassians and instability within the Klingon Empire---all combined to up the specs for a new multirole warship with better military capabilities. The result is the Akira. The Sabre/Defiant/Steamrunner/Norway came from another development---the powerful pulse phaser cannon. While Starfleet is basically shopping for an anti-Borg warship, it's also shopping for a Miranda replacement. So the Defiant is made with pulse phaser cannons. But the technology is new, and there are questions whether these cannons can be made fast enough, and with the limited firing arc of these weapons. So Starfleet wanted an alternative design about the same physical size and crew size, with about the same performance level but using more conventional phaser strips. The result is the Sabre. If you look at any close diagrams of the Sabre, it has phaser strips. Looking to apply pulse phaser cannon on a larger ship meant as a Miranda replacement, the result is the Norway class. If you look at the models or closeup of the Norway, it does not use phaser strips. Instead it's got this big phaser cannon on the nose, which has to be pulse phasers. But again for the same reason why they brought out the Sabre, Starfleet wanted an alternative using conventional phaser strips. The result of that was the Steamrunner. Yes, you can see from the closeups and diagrams of the Steamrunner that it does use conventional phaser strips. Production problems encountered with the pulse phasers led to the commissioning of the Sabre and Steamrunner classes. Since the supply of pulse phasers are limited, the Defiant and Norway hulls have to compete for them. With greater production emphasis going for the Defiant class, production numbers for the Norway became limited. The Miranda replacement role was increasingly grabbed by the Steamrunners. With pulse phasers limited, a number of Norways had to come out using conventional phasers---but without a strip, their arcs are more limited, decreasing their tactical value not to mention their firepower. So Starfleet did not commission a lot of Norways, and the bulk of that role was taken with the more popular Steamrunners. One thing that made the Defiant such an inherently tough craft---even if ablative armor is not installed---is that the structure is very well armored and shielded to protect the crew from the effects of the warp nacelles built right into its structure. The same philosophy is applied on the Steamrunner. That same extreme reinforcement, shielding and armor designed to protect the crew from the effects of the nacelles and Bussard collectors, also made the Steamrunner a very tough craft to destroy in battle. This ruggedness makes the Steamrunner popular with its crews, even though its interior space is limited. Given these advantages, the Steamrunner has a stronger edge for being the Miranda replacement for Starfleet. But as production of pulse phasers eases, its problems resolved, there is once again a renewed interest for a pulse phaser equipped warship in the Miranda slot (the 300m-350m size class.) This maybe what it takes to resurrect the Norway class. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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