6.4 DY-1200 Series
The DY-1200 was Dyson-Yoyodyne’s last commercial starship and the final original DY-series design, notable for the lengthened Cochrane circumferential warp engine later adopted by the Daedalus class, and the page also covers the Wright class cruiser, an enlarged Djartanna reclassified as a light cruiser that soldiered through the Romulan War.
DY-1200 Series
Service Entry Date (Old Calendar): 2123The DY-1200 was the last hurrah for Dyson-Yoyodyne, the company that at one time had held a monopoly on the Terran spacecraft market. It was little more than an improved DY-900; however, one design feature deserves special notice. The company contracted with Cochrane Warp Dynamics for a new type of circumferential warp engine that was lighter yet just as powerful as current designs. Their solution was to lengthen the engine, adding more firing chambers to make up for the smaller diameter of its housing. This new engine design would serve as the basis for the warp engines used in the forthcoming Daedalus class survey cruisers.
The DY-1200 sold well enough for Dyson-Yoyodyne to make its graceful exit from the starship market. The company restructured soon after and focused exclusively on the “classic starship” market, providing parts and service for its own designs in addition to others from Terra and other Federation worlds from past starship eras.
Specifications
Length: 270 m. Beam: 54 m. Mass: 19,250 DWT. Crew: 75. Range: 3 years at L.Y.V. Cruising speed: Warp 2.2. Maximum safe speed: Warp 2.75. Armament: 4 laser banks.Wright Class Cruiser
Service Entry Date (Old Calendar): 2139The Wright class cruiser was little more than an enlarged Djartanna with more powerful engines and accommodations for habitation by other Federation species. The already cramped interior space was further limited by the subsystems necessary to support the large array of weapons Star Fleet had required for the design. They never quite lived up to their expectations and were reclassified as light cruisers once the Armstrong class entered service in the 2140s.
The Wright normally carried two small shuttles in a bay just below the engine pylon dorsal and above the impulse engine. During the Romulan War the shuttles were commonly replaced with mine racks or two Gallant class fighters depending on the mission at hand.
These ships would soldier through the Romulan War despite their obsolescence. They could be most frequently found as the core ships in a starbase or outpost garrison fleet, where their heavy firepower mattered and inherent design limitations were of little consequence. They lumbered on long after the war, with the last of the Wright class decommissioned in 2179.