Vladivostok Class
In the early 24th century, Starfleet's transport and supply fleet consisted of considerably different ship designs, some of which dated back more than 100 years. Starfleet was hard-pressed to renew and unify their high-maintenance support fleet. The Vladivostok class was developed a bit in a hurry, with less than four years from the very first draft to the launch of the two lead ships in 2338. The compact design is similar to that of the Sydney-class personnel transports, although the Vladivostok class mainly serves to carry cargo, with accommodations for just 100 passengers. The freight compartments are not laid out for large containers or bulk cargo on purpose. Rather than that, the ships are meant to supply urgent goods such as medicine, military and scientific equipment, power cells, gravity generators or air filters to starbases and outposts.
Due to the powerful and durable warp core and relatively high speed, these starships are suited to operate at the Federation borders where they can serve as military supply vessels in case of a conflict. For this purpose, the Vladivostok is also equipped with phaser arrays and photon torpedoes. These amendments were made in the final stage of the design, when the conflict with the Cardassians emerged. After a first batch, consisting only of USS Vladivostok NCC-46920 and USS Zanzibar NCC-46921, had been delivered, the production of further vessels was halted. It had been discovered that the plasma couplings would not withstand the peak power of the new phaser arrays. The power system was redesigned in later vessels, while the phasers of the first two ships of the class had to remain throttled.
After several older cruiser-type starships like the Miranda had been converted to cargo ships, the series production of the Vladivostok class was temporarily discontinued in the 2350's. It is possible that more ships are going to be built in the 2380's when many ships of the Antares class and the Sydney class will reach the end of their scheduled (extended) lifespan. It was intended to develop a larger variant that can also transport settlers with bulky equipment, but this is most likely not going to be a variant of the Vladivostok, but a completely new ship type.
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| Class specifications Ship type: Freighter Length: 154m Width: 75m Height: 34m Crew complement: 32 Max. speed: Warp 7.2 First commissioned in 2338 |
Commissioned ships USS Vladivostok NCC-46920 USS Zanzibar NCC-46921 USS Saigon NCC-46948 USS Tel Aviv NCC-46949 USS Nassau NCC-46950 USS Vilnius NCC-46951 USS Belem NCC-46952 USS Ottawa NCC-46953 USS Florida NCC-46954 USS Bristol NCC-46955 USS Granada NCC-46956 USS Taimyr NCC-47096 USS Tianjin NCC-47097 USS Narvik NCC-47098 USS Karachi NCC-47459 USS Kingston NCC-47460 USS Ladoga NCC-47461 USS Belfast NCC-47462 USS Rocky Mountains NCC-47463 USS New Guinea NCC-47464 USS La Paz NCC-48395 USS Atacama NCC-48396 USS Samoa NCC-49004 USS Auckland NCC-49005 USS Alberta NCC-49006 USS Nevada NCC-49007 USS Helsinki NCC-51824 USS Warszawa NCC-51825 USS Yucatan NCC-51826 USS Zagreb NCC-51827 USS Pusan NCC-53261 USS Sinai NCC-53906 USS Norrbotten NCC-53907 USS Kuala Lumpur NCC-57942 USS Patras NCC-57943 USS Zaragoza NCC-57944 USS Gold Coast NCC-57945 USS Schleswig-Holstein NCC-57946 USS Kalahari NCC-59327 USS Sumatra NCC-59328 USS Montevideo NCC-59329 |
Credits
Thanks to Peiper for his 3D model.
