The class is named for Hyman G Rickover, a Terran wet-navy admiral of the 20th century.
“Bitter experience in war has taught the maxim that the art of war is the art of the logistically feasible.” -- Admiral Hyman Rickover, USN
Although commissioned in 2282, the class proved its worth beyond all doubt in 2293 in the aftermath of the Praxis incident. After the Khitomer accords, aid shipments were dispatched from the federation to the Klingon empire. Although the Orion syndicates took an interest, it was ironically the Klingons themselves who endangered this support through factional raids. The Rickovers proved a perfect answer.
Dissertations have been written on the endless ways that Humans infuriate Klingons. The Rickover is a prime example. A loaded freighter is a valuable resource, and a tempting prize. A ship with 12 independent, proximity-targeting, fusion powered heavy phase cannons represents a significant threat. All of this sounds like a glorious kill, except the Rickover is typically unmanned. There is no honor in defeating a machine. It neither learns to fear you nor sings your victory in Stovocore. And the possibility of losing ones ship in an engagement with a machine... A captain would never hear the end of it. So, Klingon raiders mostly pretended the Rickovers didn't exist, neglecting even to mention their passage in ships logs. A coinciding 5% increase in the price of inebriants sector-wide may have been an indication of their deeper opinions on the subject.
Rickovers were also utilized heavily in colonization and exploration projects. Rather than sending hundreds of engineers to construct colonial facilities on site, the heavy cargo capability of the Rickovers allowed entire colonial structures to be mass produced and lowered whole into foundations installed by a hand-full of engineers at the colony site
Mass | 2066.1 (unloaded) | ||
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Dimensions (L,D,B) | 130 | 27 | 69 |
Power Capacity / Generation (e/sec) | 20000 | 512409.6 e/s | |
Thrust / Thrust Ratio | 1815 | .88 t/m | |
Turning Speeds (pitch,roll,yaw) | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
Shields (DPS) / Recovery | 223922 | 7602 DPS | 3 |
AMC (Dam/S)/ Power Draw/ Arrays | 0 D/S | 0 | 0 |
AMC (Blocks/S)/ 5 sec Burn Depth | 0 B/S | 0 | |
Turret Mount Points | 12x(9,1,5) | ||
Docking Mount Points | 2x(26,6,6) 10x(5,1,3) 1x(45,9,45) | ||
Docking Requirements | N/A | ||
Standard Equip. |
3x light EVA/Utility pods
1x shielded storage pod
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Price: | -- | ||
Universe: | Star Trek | ||
Era: | TMP, TNG | ||
Faction: | Federation | ||
Canonality: | Original, Non-Canon | ||
Credits: | SMEnt: John Ross (gaeasson) Inspired by Matt Jeffries | ||
Source Material: | N/A | ||
SMEnt Version | Prerelease: 0.131 | ||
Download Link | See Below |
Carrier Loadout:(Download)
Explorer Loadout:(Download)
Combat Loadout::(Download)
- Mass: 3266.2
- 12x heavy turrets
- 2x super-turrets
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