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At around GY 2418, Captain Jake Lancia had his engineering crew install a prototype of a compact Zero-Point Reactor alongside the main fusion reactor, to attempt to increase the maximum Phase Drive speed. Two backup vertically-aligned accelerator-type reactors flank the main reactor. Two huge internal Phase Coils propel the ship at high Phase speeds, though they limit it's manuverability in Phase space.Ī huge spherical tokamak-type fusion reactor is located at the rear of the ship, providing the majority of the vessel's power. The Independent is also fitted with a huge array of reaction thrusters (RCS) on all parts of the ship, which is necessary to move the massive bulk of the ship in any direction other than straight forwards. The Independent features three primary PlazWorks HCT-IND01 and four secondary PlazWorks HCT-IND02 Hyperflux Coil Thrusters which are sufficient to propel the ship forwards at a sublight speed of 142m/s, significantly slower than almost any other Trident vessel.
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There was also a small secondary hangar on Deck 2, just behind the bridge module, that housed two additional Mersu -class shuttlepods and a small workshop.Īt the time of its eventual commissioning in GY 2416, the Independent's overall technology was already considered obsolete, however the vessel was still commissioned anyway, with the provision of further refits to update the vessel's specifications. The Independent had a large primary hangar deck, able to store eight heavy fighters of the Archer -class, sixteen light fighters of the Swift -class, and four standard Krunkel -class shuttles of both major variants comfortably. Deck 4 housed the medical wing, with the main sickbay, intensive care and medical supply storage. There was an officers' mess and bar on Deck 2, just below the bridge, with their quarters on Deck 3 close to the Captain's quarters. There was a large CIC directly behind the bridge, where an Admiral could command an entire fleet. Independent had a fairly large seven-seater bridge module providing clear views of space in front of and around the ship. It also shares the V-Plate cooling system with those ships, as the system was designed by the PlazWorks company specifically for larger vessels.Ī later 2418 refit to the design added a Sterling -class utility vessel in a purpose built hangar opposite the top missile batteries, as well as two Mako -class corvettes docked on two additional docking tubes flanking the central section. The TRV Independent functioned as a command-and-control starship, commanding and directing large fleets of manned and unmanned vessels, and also served as a large mobile resupply base, though it was seldom used in this capacity.Įxternally, the TRV Independent shares many similarities to the significantly older Solaris -class Explorer, and the Crusader -class Light Cruiser that shares the vertical twin prong design, but the features are scaled up on the larger Independent.
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