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Mark Skarr · 10-23-2022, 04:37 PM

Well, to start with, you'd probably lose the air raft in the front of the ship as that's not really a Star Trek thing. And that would probably be where you'd stick a Transporter Pad system.

Beyond that, as a civilian ship, she probably wouldn't be to terribly fast. Prolly cruise warp 3 and emergency warp 5.

Really, there wouldn't be much use for a ship as small as an Empress Marva. Depending on the era, there are better ships.

Sitting down with the incredibly old FASA Ship Construction Manual, at 200 tons, she's only Class I (handling ships from 0 to 5,000 tons) which severely limits her. To make matters worse, the smallest warp drive she could mount would be tandem FMWA drives (microwarp drives), which comes out to 600 tons. Three times her mass. She could have a FMIA (microimpulse engine), but that would preclude her going to warp. So, obviously, this isn't a good way to go.

But, if we finagle things, and say "sure, she's packing a FMWA Warp Drive" gives her a cruising speed of Warp 2, emergency Warp 3.

The "small" freighter, in the Federation Ship Recognition Manual, the Aakenn-Class freighter (a class VI ship), the Mk II weighs 70,640 tons, and has a cargo capacity of 109,000 tons. Fully-loaded, it's capable of Warp 6/7.

The smallest ship in the book, the Greyhound-class warpshuttle (Class I), weighs 4,210 tons, has 200 tons of cargo space, and can sprint at warp 8/10.
The Mk IV version, the freight hauler version, carries fewer passengers and a total of 800 tons of cargo. No weapons, and over-powered shields that they can't hope to power effectively.

But, that's just the old FASA stuff. The newer Modiphius stuff doesn't allow for custom space frames.

So, she's either a low-mass/utility warp shuttle with limited range and utility, or . . . you'll have to decide.

I would say she falls below the resolution for Star Trek ships and would be her own scale. She might be useful in low-population sectors, but, she wouldn't be relevant when an actual starship came on the scene. Her weapons would be unable to bruise the navigational deflectors of anything we've really seen in Star Trek.

10-23-2022, 04:37 PM	#2
Mark Skarr Forum Pervert (If you have to ask . . .) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere high up.	Re: Empress Marava adapted/converted into Star Trek universe Well, to start with, you'd probably lose the air raft in the front of the ship as that's not really a Star Trek thing. And that would probably be where you'd stick a Transporter Pad system. Beyond that, as a civilian ship, she probably wouldn't be to terribly fast. Prolly cruise warp 3 and emergency warp 5. Really, there wouldn't be much use for a ship as small as an Empress Marva. Depending on the era, there are better ships. Sitting down with the incredibly old FASA Ship Construction Manual, at 200 tons, she's only Class I (handling ships from 0 to 5,000 tons) which severely limits her. To make matters worse, the smallest warp drive she could mount would be tandem FMWA drives (microwarp drives), which comes out to 600 tons. Three times her mass. She could have a FMIA (microimpulse engine), but that would preclude her going to warp. So, obviously, this isn't a good way to go. But, if we finagle things, and say "sure, she's packing a FMWA Warp Drive" gives her a cruising speed of Warp 2, emergency Warp 3. The "small" freighter, in the Federation Ship Recognition Manual, the Aakenn-Class freighter (a class VI ship), the Mk II weighs 70,640 tons, and has a cargo capacity of 109,000 tons. Fully-loaded, it's capable of Warp 6/7. The smallest ship in the book, the Greyhound-class warpshuttle (Class I), weighs 4,210 tons, has 200 tons of cargo space, and can sprint at warp 8/10. The Mk IV version, the freight hauler version, carries fewer passengers and a total of 800 tons of cargo. No weapons, and over-powered shields that they can't hope to power effectively. But, that's just the old FASA stuff. The newer Modiphius stuff doesn't allow for custom space frames. So, she's either a low-mass/utility warp shuttle with limited range and utility, or . . . you'll have to decide. I would say she falls below the resolution for Star Trek ships and would be her own scale. She might be useful in low-population sectors, but, she wouldn't be relevant when an actual starship came on the scene. Her weapons would be unable to bruise the navigational deflectors of anything we've really seen in Star Trek.