Federation Baltic-Class Fast Transport
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--- ## Baltic-Class Fast Transport ## *Overview:* The Baltic-class transport was built to address the changing needs of Federation cargo and personnel transports. Starfleet logistics operated a large number of bulk freighters and transports in the mid-23rd century. These typically travelled at relatively slow speeds while carrying massive cargo, liquid, or personnel transport modules. The Federation’s borders expanded rapidly in the early 24th century. While marginal improvements did improve the speed of the bulk transports, Starfleet Logistics requested a new type of transport. They envisioned a smaller ship with multiple cargo bays and comfortable transport accommodations for smaller groups, but with the ability to handle both long-haul warp travel at moderate speeds and short, efficient transport missions at high warp speeds. The Baltic-class uses a four-nacelle warp profile. This was purposefully designed to avoid the power distribution problems experienced by the Constellation-class star cruisers. All other components and systems are shared with the Ambassador- and/or Wambundu-class ships. The Baltic-class is based on the 98-meter “TLE” saucer (shared with several other classes) and has four separate cargo bays (three lateral-opening and one dorsal-opening). For personnel transport it features 24 guest cabins: 12 double-bed quarters, 8 single-bed quarters, and 4 two-room suites for senior passengers, along with several recreation rooms and lounges. They can handle speeds of warp 8.4 for up to 10 days, warp 7.2 for at least 60 continuous days, and long stretches at warp 5 when towing a larger vessel or object. Baltic-class ships almost never have crews permanently assigned. They are classified as starbase assets. When dispatched, a ship’s crew of 20-25 personnel are detached from the much larger starbase, man the vessel for the duration of its run, and then return to their normal duties on their home base while the ship remains docked. Nearly a hundred Baltic-class transports were commissioned by Starfleet--all between 2320 and 2348. Many are still serving as of 2382. They were officially succeeded by the Mediterranean-class logistics vessels. --- *Specifications:* - Entered Service: 2320 - Active Ships: 33 (as of 2382) - Endurance: 3 months - Length: 151.5 meters - Beam: 100 meters - Complement: 25 crew --- *Designer’s Notes:* My goal was to rebuild the Mediterranean-class (from the Advanced Starship Design Bureau) using CaptainMojo parts. But as I was playing around with components I ended up designing something a little different. This could easily be a predecessor to their lovely transport ship. I couldn’t make up my mind between upper or lower nacelles. So, naturally, I went with both! I figure the four engines might actually be needed when towing a larger vessel at warp speeds. The results aren’t bad at all (at least at 1/3788 FDM printing). -- *Parts Used:* - Nacelles and Saucer: Niagra-class - Rear hull: Grayson-class repair module - Lower hull: the plasma torpedo launcher from a Klingon L-9 - Warp Pylons: Remora/Charger class - Dorsal cargo bay: Antares-class (TAS transport) - Saucer cargo bays: my first custom part for these kits --- **Please post your prints and remakes!**
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