(cos the old thread got a bit long)
Zaranite Vikoon (Stinger) Class Cruiser
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Era: early to mid 23rd century, some examples exist to the 24th century.
Overview:
Now peaceful members of the United Federation of Planets, the flourine-breathing race known as Zaranites were once a more warlike people, and the Vikoon class cruiser was once one the primary ships of the line of the Zaranite space forces, notable for it's over-under catamaran like hull. The Vikoon is on the lower end of the cruiser weight scale, but it's delicate appearance is misleading as the light cruiser is fast at impulse, and is well-armed and shielded for a ship of it's age. It is armed with disruptors and torpedoes, two heavy disruptor batteries ride the very tips of each of the two primary hulls, and are often synchronized to fire together to the same location of a target either simultaneously or in rapid succession to each other, two of the vessel's four torpedo launch systems fire from a point on the central pylon between the two hulls while the aft two are located on the trailing tips of the hulls themselves, with the impulse drive located in the aft part of the central pylon. The curving pylons sweeping out to the warp nacelles are interesting in that the pylons themselves also contain additional warp field arrays in addition to the main nacelles. Zaranite warp technology was not as advanced as that of the Federation at the time, and the Vikoon - while fast at impulse - is not as fast as other cruisers while at warp in it's original configuration.
Not many of these cruisers survive to the present day, and almost all of the cruisers are in mothballs or museums in orbit around Zaran II, only one Vikoon, - the Sha'Kree - is still in service, serving as the personal diplomatic vessel to the Zaranite Ambassador to the Federation, this ship has been modernized in several ways, with upgraded warp technology - eliminating the need for the pylon field coils (although curiously these were kept as a redundant measure) and carries Federation standard phasers and torpedoes instead of it's older disruptors and torpedoes.
Zaranites - by and large - are a practical race, and it comes as no surprise that all of it's ships are kept in fighting condition, even the museum vessels, and it is widely speculated by some ship enthusiasts that if the old Vikoons were ever needed again, the Zaranites would deploy them either in defense of their world or in defense of the Federation, it is also widely speculated that plans have already been made to modernize all the old Vikoons in reserve to the same standard as the Sha'Kree - just in case.
Additional Notes: Zaranites normally maintained the atmosphere and conditions of their homeworld aboard the Vikoons, making boarding a Vikoon - with it's deadly fluorine atmosphere - an extremely hazardous proposition for a hostile force.
Zaranite Vikoon (Stinger) Class Cruiser
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/arkadyfolkner/Zaranite.gif
Era: early to mid 23rd century, some examples exist to the 24th century.
Overview:
Now peaceful members of the United Federation of Planets, the flourine-breathing race known as Zaranites were once a more warlike people, and the Vikoon class cruiser was once one the primary ships of the line of the Zaranite space forces, notable for it's over-under catamaran like hull. The Vikoon is on the lower end of the cruiser weight scale, but it's delicate appearance is misleading as the light cruiser is fast at impulse, and is well-armed and shielded for a ship of it's age. It is armed with disruptors and torpedoes, two heavy disruptor batteries ride the very tips of each of the two primary hulls, and are often synchronized to fire together to the same location of a target either simultaneously or in rapid succession to each other, two of the vessel's four torpedo launch systems fire from a point on the central pylon between the two hulls while the aft two are located on the trailing tips of the hulls themselves, with the impulse drive located in the aft part of the central pylon. The curving pylons sweeping out to the warp nacelles are interesting in that the pylons themselves also contain additional warp field arrays in addition to the main nacelles. Zaranite warp technology was not as advanced as that of the Federation at the time, and the Vikoon - while fast at impulse - is not as fast as other cruisers while at warp in it's original configuration.
Not many of these cruisers survive to the present day, and almost all of the cruisers are in mothballs or museums in orbit around Zaran II, only one Vikoon, - the Sha'Kree - is still in service, serving as the personal diplomatic vessel to the Zaranite Ambassador to the Federation, this ship has been modernized in several ways, with upgraded warp technology - eliminating the need for the pylon field coils (although curiously these were kept as a redundant measure) and carries Federation standard phasers and torpedoes instead of it's older disruptors and torpedoes.
Zaranites - by and large - are a practical race, and it comes as no surprise that all of it's ships are kept in fighting condition, even the museum vessels, and it is widely speculated by some ship enthusiasts that if the old Vikoons were ever needed again, the Zaranites would deploy them either in defense of their world or in defense of the Federation, it is also widely speculated that plans have already been made to modernize all the old Vikoons in reserve to the same standard as the Sha'Kree - just in case.
Additional Notes: Zaranites normally maintained the atmosphere and conditions of their homeworld aboard the Vikoons, making boarding a Vikoon - with it's deadly fluorine atmosphere - an extremely hazardous proposition for a hostile force.
