Talk:USS Spirit (NX-79995)

Mark Rademaker, the designer of this ship enjoyed our article and sent me an email with some further specs. Obviously we can't use them in the main bit of the article as they're not any kind of official publication, but I recon we could add in the extra info to the background, so I thought I'd repost what he emailed here so it's publicly available. --8of5 00:29, 25 January 2009 (UTC):

Email from Mark Rademaker
Brief Spirit specs: First of all the launchdate: I kept it a bit open and said 2390's before, but the exact year is now November 2378. This way the Spirit can be tied in with the Destiny series and the QSD retrofitting of the Aventine. (We dont need yet another timeline...) Ships of the Spirit class: NX-79995: testbed prototype To be constructed: NCC-80005: USS Amsterdam, a production version of the Spirit, quite different, but will still make use of the same spaceframe. Useful as a corvette/medical transport. (I'm going to do this one someday!) Dimensions and deck layout: length: 110 meters width: 58 meters height: 24 meters (with sensor pod on top) Deckcount: 5 Bridge: The bridge is located on deck 2 and has a window as well as a viewscreen. Shuttlebay: a very small shuttlebay was added like a garage box, the door is also the landing platform. (Andrew Probert designed this feature.) There is just enough space for 1 shuttle and 1 workbee. Weapons: Because of it's prototype nature the Spirit was well armed for it's size. 2 forward torpedo launchers. 2 rear torpedo launchers. 2 (defiant like) pulsephaser cannons with 8 output points. 5 phaser strips. Torpedo count:16 Propulsion: Thrusters Impulse drive (with trail dispersion) Experimental warpcore for both normal warp and transwarp velocities. (In other words the quantum slipstream drive.) Sensors: multiple sensors are found all over the hull, most of them for collecting slipstream data, the wing/pod on top is also a sensor array but might be gone in newer Spirit class ships. Landing/Docking: 2 standard docking ports on each side. The ship is outfitted with 6 landing pads in it's belly. The cargo door is then on ground level for easy intake of cargo.