8.7 Bakinour Class Cruiser
The Bakinour class was a covert conversion of Daedalus survey-cruiser hulls into Star Fleet's first post-war military cruiser, distinguished by heavier armament, a Chiokis Jeffries-derived secondary hull, and experimental Kloratis VX-10 "Harpie" warp engines.
Service Entry Date (Old Calendar): 2183
The Bakinour was an experiment in converting a Daedalus class starship into a purely military vessel. The reason Star Fleet was able to get away with this was because the funding for the Bakinour had already been approved as a “survey cruiser” under the Daedalus program. The Bakinour would be the first of six Daedalus hulls that were squirreled away by Star Fleet in the late 2170s for conversion to a more militaristic design. No more would be built due to the Council relenting on additional appropriations for new starship classes a few years later.
There are three obvious differences between a Bakinour and a standard Daedalus. The first is the increased armament, with multiple dual-mount rotating laser banks and torpedo tubes both fore and aft. The second is the secondary hull, which was a Chiokis design based directly off of the Jeffries Program prototype of the 2150s. Its streamlining helped made the Bakinour more maneuverable at warp speed. Finally, the third (and most obvious) difference is in the warp engines. Its dual Kloratis VX-10 “Harpies” were an experiment at utilizing the natural near-vacuum of space instead of an artificial vacuum in the warp power process. Data gleaned from the VX-10 would prove useful in the development of subsequent VX-series engine designs.
Specifications
- Length: 103 m
- Beam: 55 m
- Draft: 44 m
- Mass: 47,500 DWT
- Crew: 75
- Armament: 8 laser banks (4 dual turrets), 2 fusion torpedo tubes (1 each fore and aft)
- Cruising speed: warp 3.3
- Maximum speed: warp 3.8