Probes

Created by System on 21 Feb 2013 @ 9:30pm

CLASS 1

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Function: Basic Stellar Phenomenon Sensor Probe
Range: 200,000 km
Speed: >0.5c
Engine: Vectored deuterium micro-fusion propulsion
Sensors: Full EM/Subspace and interstellar chemistry pallet for in-space applications.
Telemetry: 12,500 channels at 12 Megawatts.

CLASS 2 & CLASS 2 VARIANT

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Function: Enhanced Stellar Phenomenon Sensor Probe
Range: 400,000 km.
Speed: 0.65c
Engine: Vectored deuterium micro-fusion propulsion, with extended deuterium fuel supply.
Sensors: Full EM/Subspace and interstellar chemistry pallet for in-space applications. Enhanced long-range particle and field detectors and imaging system.
Telemetry: 15,650 channels at 20 Megawatts.

CLASS 3

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Function: Planetary Sensor Probe
Range: 1,200,000 km.
Speed: 0.65c
Engine: Vectored deuterium micro-fusion propulsion.
Sensors: Terrestrial and gas giant sensor pallet with material sample and return capability, and an on-board chemical analysis sub-module. Limited SIF hull reinforcement. Full range of terrestrial soft landing to subsurface penetration missions. Gas giant atmosphere missions survivable to 450 bar pressure. Limited terrestrial loiter time.
Telemetry: 13,250 channels at approximately 15 Megawatts.

CLASS 4

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Function: Stellar Encounter Probe
Range: 3,500,000 km.
Speed: 0.60c
Engine: Vectored deuterium micro-fusion propulsion supplemented with continuum driver coil, and an extended maneuvering deuterium supply.
Sensors: Triply redundant stellar fields and particles detectors, stellar atmosphere analysis suite. Six ejectable and survivable radiation flux sub-probes. Deployable for non-stellar energy phenomena.
Telemetry: 9,780 channels at 65 Megawatts.

CLASS 5

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Function: Reconnaissance Probe
Range: 43,000,000,000 km.
Speed: Warp 2
Engine: Dual-mode matter / antimatter engine. Extended duration at sub-light, and limited duration at warp.
Sensors: Extended passive data-gathering and recording systems, with full autonomous mission execution and return system. Planetary atmosphere entry and soft landing capability. Low observability coatings and hull materials. Can be modified for tactical applications with addition of custom sensor countermeasure package.
Telemetry: 6,320 channels at 2.5 Megawatts.

CLASS 6

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Function: Long Range Probe, Comm. Relay, Emergency Beacon
Range: 43,000,000,000 km.
Speed: 0.8c
Engine: Microfusion engine with high output MHD power tap.
Sensors: Standard pallet. Extended deuterium supply for transceiver power generation and planetary orbit plane changes.
Telemetry: 9,270 channel RF and subspace transceiver operation at 350 Megawatts peak radiated power. 360 omni antenna coverage, 0.0001 arc-second high-gain antenna pointing resolution.

CLASS 7

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Function: Remote Cultural Study Probe
Range: 450,000,000 km.
Speed: Warp 1.5
>Engine: Dual-mode matter / antimatter engine.
Sensors: Passive data gathering system plus subspace transceiver. Applicable to civilizations up to technology level III. Low observability coatings and hull materials. Maximum loiter time: 3,5 months. Low-impact molecular destruct package tied to anti-tamper detectors.
Telemetry: 1.050 channels at 0.5 Megawatts.

CLASS 8

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Function: Warp Capable Probe
Range: 120 light years.
Speed: Warp 9
Engine: Matter / antimatter warp field sustainer engine. Duration 6.5 hours at warp 9. MHD power supply tap for sensors and subspace transceiver.
Sensors: Standard pallet plus mission-specific modules. Applications vary from galactic particles and fields research to early-warning reconnaissance missions.
Telemetry: 4,550 channels at 300 Megawatts.

CLASS 9

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Function: Long Range Warp Probe
Range: 760 light years.
Speed: Warp 9
Engine: Matter / antimatter warp field sustainer engine. Duration 12 hours at warp 9. Extended fuel supply for Warp 8 maximum flight duration of fourteen days.
Sensors: Standard pallet plus mission-specific modules. Limited payload capacity. Isolinear memory storage of 3,400 kiloquads. Fifty-channel transponder echo. Typical application is emergency log-message capsule on homing trajectory to nearest starbase or known Starfleet vessel position.
Telemetry: 6,500 channels at 230 Megawatts.