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Nova Class Light Research Cruiser

The Nova-class was a type of Federation starship designed for short-term planetary research missions. It was placed in service starting in the late 24th century.


The interior of the ship is built as close to the Quantum Reality deck plans as I could get, but I had to make a lot of compromises there.

I had to change the functions of some rooms, but left the layout and labelling as in the deck plans, e.g. the rcs landing thruster rooms got repurposed into mining bays, or the main deflector generator room now contains the rift generator. The thing I regret the most is that the escape pods of the game were not compatible with the design and a big part of deck 3 is escape pod access. Otherwise, I think I achieved a decent mix of true to the original while still not completely unusable in-game. Still, many rooms are just for role-play purposes, like the landing ramp and airlock or the the many crew quarters, as well as the shuttle and yacht bays.


The bridge is completely on the inside to not compromise the design, so you have to at least check for obstructions from the exterior view.

Also, the ship is according to canon designed for a crew of 78, and the deck plans I used are of course also made to reflect this. The result is a huge interior with long distances, making the ship anything but optimal for IsR gameplay and my pc gets quite laggy at some points. It works though. But if you're not that into roleplay, I suggest that you make a custom refit when you're done exploring the original layout, which is ironically something that they would also do in-universe to make the ship fit the assignment.


Resource cost:

• Iron 499.03K
  
• Copper 93.86K
  
• Silicon 14.93K
  
• Steel 85.78K
  
• Brass 1.8K
  
• Aluminum 400
  
• Vectronium 100
  
• Crystal Vectronium 6.25K

Stats:

• Mass: 538.39K
  
• Max Speed:186 m/s
• Maximum thrust: 2.11M
  
• Maximum power generation: 3944
  
• Armor: 485792
  
• Shield: 100000

Devices:

• Cargo pads: 76
  
• Salvagers: 1
  
• Extractors: 2
  
• ACTRs: 9
  
• Refineries: 2
  
• Assemblers: 1
  
• Datacore Terminals: 8
  
• Datacores: 9