12.0 Ship Summary — Spaceflight Chron.

A comparative summary table of the ships covered in the Chronology, listing each vessel's length, mass, complement, propulsion, range, cruising velocity, and its key improvements and innovations.

The following summary compares the principal ships of human and Federation spaceflight covered in this volume. For each ship it records the length, mass, ship's complement (crew and passengers), propulsion, range, cruising velocity, and the chief improvements and innovations that ship introduced.

Copernicus

Length: 100m
Mass: 2.72 mil.kg
Complement: 22
Propulsion: Chemical/Fission
Range: 900M km
Cruising Velocity: 55,000 km/hr
Improvements and Innovations: First mass produced circumlunar ships

Lewis and Clark

Length: 125m
Mass: 2.81 mil.kg
Complement: 109
Propulsion: Fission
Range: 150 mil. km
Cruising Velocity: 700,550 km/hr
Improvements and Innovations: Clean fission engines doubled the efficiency of early-fission power packs

Wheeler

Length: 145m
Mass: 4.17 mil.kg
Complement: 36
Propulsion: Advanced Fission
Range: 600 mil. km
Cruising Velocity: 135,000 km/hr
Improvements and Innovations: First class of ships to be equipped with elementary independent thought computers

Tycho Brahe

Length: 300m
Mass: .5 bil.kg
Complement: 98
Propulsion: Fusion
Range: 800 mil. km
Cruising Velocity: 200mil. km/hr
Improvements and Innovations: First class of ship with elementary interstellar celestial navigation

Icarus

Length: 120m
Mass: 8.6 mil.kg
Complement: 40
Propulsion: Advanced Fusion
Range: 5.75 bil. km
Cruising Velocity: .75c (800mil. km/hr)
Improvements and Innovations: First class of ship with onboard shuttle craft for extra-vehicular excursion

Bonaventure

Length: 206m
Mass: 19.4 mil.kg
Complement: 45
Propulsion: Warp Drive
Range: 25 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 2 (8c)
Improvements and Innovations: First class of ship with warp drive

Amity

Length: 236m
Mass: 25 mil.kg
Complement: 112
Propulsion: Advanced 1st generation warp drive
Range: 35 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 2.5 (15.6c)
Improvements and Innovations: Separate warp engines provide more efficient warp drive

Pollux

Length: 258m
Mass: 27.7 mil.kg
Complement: 93
Propulsion: 2nd advanced 1st generation warp drive
Range: 50 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 2.75 (20.8c)
Improvements and Innovations: First class of ship equipped with warp communication capability

Horizon

Length: 280m
Mass: 38.5 mil.kg
Complement: 224
Propulsion: 2nd generation warp drive
Range: 150 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 3 (27c)
Improvements and Innovations: First UFP-sponsored starship class

Patton

Length: 225m
Mass: 22.7 mil.kg
Complement: 157
Propulsion: Advanced 2nd generation warp drive
Range: 300 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 3.5 (45.5c)
Improvements and Innovations: First class of ships equipped with warp-generated defensive shielding

Enterprise (Starliner)

Length: 300m
Mass: 52.7 mil.kg
Complement: 950
Propulsion: Advanced 2nd generation warp drive
Range: 350 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 3.2 (36.5c)
Improvements and Innovations: First class of ship equipped with subspace radio

King Charles

Length: 264m
Mass: 34 mil.kg
Complement: 2000
Propulsion: Advanced 2nd gen. warp drive
Range: 400 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 3.5 (45.5c)
Improvements and Innovations: Largest capacity starship in Federation history

Tritium

Length: 202m
Mass: 47.6 mil.kg
Complement: 250
Propulsion: 3rd gen. warp drive
Range: (Est) 800 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 4 (64c)
Improvements and Innovations: First starship with third generation warp drive engines. First starship equipped with tricorder.

Endurance

Length: 185m
Mass: 54 mil.kg
Complement: 294
Propulsion: Advanced 3rd gen. warp drive
Range: 1000 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 4 (64c)
Improvements and Innovations: First starship to surpass warp 4

Moscow

Length: 245m
Mass: 92.5 mil.kg
Complement: 344
Propulsion: Advanced 3rd gen. warp drive
Range: 1500 Light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 4.5 (91.1c)
Improvements and Innovations: First starship equipped with transporter

Enterprise

Length: 300m
Mass: 172 mil.kg
Complement: 430
Propulsion: 4th gen. warp drive
Range: 5000 light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 6 (216c)
Improvements and Innovations: This class contains all recent advances in Federation technology

Enterprise (Uprated)

Length: 304.7m
Mass: 190 mil.kg
Complement: 485
Propulsion: Advanced 4th gen. warp drive
Range: 6500 light-years
Cruising Velocity: Warp 8 (512c)
Improvements and Innovations: Pulsed warp drive provides much more efficient propulsion