h REMORA

LAUNCH YEAR: 2272 The unusual secondary hull configuration provided am-
ple room for fusion generators, which gave the class
PRIMARY SHIPYARDS: Elysium Fields, Mars; Ceres Belt significant extra power for its phaser banks and shield
Facilities, Ceres; San Francisco Orbital Shipyards, Earth; generators.
Copernicus Shipyards, Luna
Production of the Remora-class continued into the mid-
OVERVIEW: As the Enterprise entered drydock for a ma- 2290s, with the class still serving well into the 24th cen-
jor refit after her famous five-year mission, a new wave tury.
of colonization and merchant activity was also begin-
ning. As the edge of the frontier began to expand, so CAPABILITIES: Knowing that this starship would be fac-
did attacks on colony convoys by Nausicaan and Orion ing well-armed opposition, two of the guiding principles
raiders. Older outposts were threatened by Kzinti and of her design were “Make her nimble” and “Give her
Gorn incursions, among other threats. With existing es- some teeth.” Since most raider activities took place at
corts spread thin, Starfleet Command reached out to its sublight speeds, the Remora was fitted with an impulse
various design bureaus for a new starship to help pro- drive system originally intended for a vessel with a good
tect colonial operations as well as the growing merchant deal more tonnage. Fed by the ship’s extensive genera-
marine fleet. tor system, this made the vessel both surprisingly quick
and extremely agile. The class also had more warp
The Remora-class was chosen because its design incor- speed capability than might have been expected, allow-
porated a great many pre-existing components which ing them to easily keep up with the increasingly swift
were already being used in other designs already under transports they were assigned to protect.
construction. This allowed it to be constructed quickly,
and in fairly high numbers, once the U.S.S. Remora The greatest beneficiary of the ship’s extensive power
completed her trials in 2272. grid was the tactical array. The ship’s four phaser banks
were already among the most powerful on a vessel of
her size, but the ability to pump a significant amount of
extra power through them enabled the Remora-class to
SPACEFRAME deal out a disproportionately effective attack when
needed.
TRAIT: Federation Starship
REFITS AND VARIANTS: Most of the early refits of this
SYSTEMS class were to power transmission systems, communica-
tions systems, and targeting computers.
COMMS 06 ENGINES 09 STRUCTURE 08
SUGGESTED MISSION PROFILES: Patrol, Tactical Opera-
tions, Warship
COMPUTERS 07 SENSORS 07 WEAPONS 09
NAMING CONVENTIONS: Remora-class ships are general-
DEPARTMENTS ly named after either aquatic lifeforms perceived as
aggressive (such as Pirahna or Hammerhead), or Star-
COMMAND — SECURITY +1 SCIENCE — fleet security officers who died in the line of duty. The
initial registry range was from 3183-3220, but a comput-
CONN +1 ENGINEERING +1 MEDICINE — er error assigned registries from 5670 to 5685 to a pro-
duction run at the Ceres facilities. As production contin-
SCALE: 3 ued, registries were assigned as they came up in the
WEAPONS:
system.
• Phaser Banks
• Tractor Beam (Strength 2)
TALENTS:
• Improved Impulse Drive Spaceframe design by Patrick Goodman
Layout by Patrick Goodman
• Secondary Generators Art by Neale Davidson
 U.S.S. DE FALCO
NCC-5766
NOTABLE STARSHIP (2286)
CLASS: Remora-class Escort
MISSION PROFILE: Patrol
COMMISSIONED: 2273
REFITS: 1 (+1 Comms)

TRAITS: Federation Starship

DIMENSIONS PROPULSION
Length: 210 meters Impulse Velocity: .7c
Beam: 170 meters Cruising Velocity: Warp 7
Draft: 60 meters Emergency Velocity: Warp 9

CREW COMPLEMENT: 162 officers and crew

SYSTEMS
COMMS 07 ENGINES 09 STRUCTURE 08 Lieutenant Carmen De Falco was the security chief on
the Anton-class cruiser U.S.S. Sutherland. She was
killed while repelling a Klingon boarding action shortly
COMPUTERS 07 SENSORS 07 WEAPONS 09
before the imposition of the Organian peace treaty and
the (temporary) cessation of hostilities between the
Klingons and the Federation.
DEPARTMENTS .
The ship that bears her name has spent most of her ex-
istence assigned to Starbase 24, either patrolling the
COMMAND 01 SECURITY 04 SCIENCE 02 Klingon Neutral Zone or escorting colonial transports
through the Triangle or to Deep Space Station K-7. On
more than one occasion, the De Falco has distinguished
CONN 04 ENGINEERING 02 MEDICINE 02 herself in combat, against a variety of aggressors. Her
commanding officer, Captain Jefferson Wilkey, was a
friend of Lieutenant De Falco’s on the Sutherland; they
SCALE: 3 RESISTANCE: 3 served together on the old cruiser for nearly six years,
POWER: 14 SHIELDS: 12 and he is determined that his current ship will live up to
WEAPONS:
his memories of her eponym.
• Phaser Banks (Energy, Range M, 8A Versatile 2)
• Tractor Beam (Strength 2)
TALENTS:
• Fast Targeting Systems
• Improved Impulse Drive
• Secondary Generators

"...we few, we happy few, we band of brothers."

Spaceframe design by Patrick Goodman