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==History==
==History==
<nowiki></nowiki>      After the tremendous losses incurred by Starfleet during the Dominion War, the Federation was forced to begin a massive construction and reactivation program to refill the ranks of it's numerous Fleets, chiefly the decimated Second, Fifth and Seventh. This led to the establishment of the Triskelion Plan, a three pronged approach aimed at utilizing older mothballed hulls alongside indigenous and freshly produced ships as a stop-gap measure. This was due to the damage that transpired to both Earth and Sol's infrastructure during the attack by the Breen on Earth, which both targeted civilian housing on the planet and struck decisive blows at the ship cradles near ''Starbase 1'' and the ''Utopia Plantia Ship Yards'' of Mars, which severely hampered efforts to replenish Starfleet.


<nowiki></nowiki>       While the damage at the Shipyards hindered attempts to build new vessels, they were of negligible importance for '''recommissioning''' vessels, as the primary components to replace could simply be brought to the ship with minimal modification to the external hull or support bulkheads. Furthermore, this enabled Starfleet to correct a lingering worry from before the war; that external forces might coopt their older vessels for use in deniable assaults. However, this plan had multiple detractors who argued against the utility and survivability of these vessels, as older building practices were predicted to still leave certain ship classes more vulnerable than a modern contemporary. The loss of the ''Joan D'Arc'' and ''Rich Heritage'' with all hands in separate attacks by Privateers seemed to bolster these arguments, as the more exposed EPS conduits of their original classes had caused disastrous feedbacks to surge into their Warp Cores.
=== Reconstruction and Refit ===


<nowiki></nowiki>       In October of 2375 components of the ''Endeavor'', ''Atlantis'', ''Enterprise'' and the unfinished secondary hull of the prototype ''Reading Rainbow'' were gathered together in orbit of ''Starbase 1'' to be assembled into a single vessel, using the partially reconstructed cradle "Charon" for the most complicated assembly operations. However, this cradle was only available for a few short weeks, negating plans to replace the EPS Conduits or Warp Core of the hull of the ''Reading Rainbow''. The subsequent vessel was named the ''Porthos'', as a means of honoring Jonathan Archer's beagle, the eponymous Porthos, by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. The planned name for the vessel was struck from the record and replaced with it's then-unofficial designation in December, with the ship launching on the cusp of 2376, seven months prior to the averted invasion of Earth by a small fleet of the Borg Collective.
<nowiki></nowiki>               After the tremendous losses incurred by Starfleet during the Dominion War, the Federation was forced to begin a massive construction and reactivation program to refill the ranks of it's numerous Fleets, chiefly the decimated Second, Fifth and Seventh. This led to the establishment of the Triskelion Plan, a three pronged approach aimed at utilizing older mothballed hulls alongside indigenous and freshly produced ships as a stop-gap measure. This was due to the damage to both Earth and Sol's infrastructure during the attack by the Breen on Earth, which targeted both civilian housing on the planet and struck decisive blows at the ship cradles near ''Starbase 1'' and the ''Utopia Plantia Ship Yards'' of Mars, which severely hampered efforts to replenish Starfleet.  


<nowiki></nowiki>       This served to be the last confrontation of the ''Porthos''. Though it conducted itself with distinction during it's maiden voyage, establishing first contact with four different species despite their homeworlds being located inside notoriously difficult to navigate Nebulas, alongside an extensive Anti-Piracy campaign alongside the ''Tchaikovsky'' and ''Excelsior'', it was lost with all hands during the Battle of Earth. Initially part of the Extended Battlegroup alongside elements of the Fifth Fleet, the ''Porthos'' and it's Battlegroup interdicted the Borg Fleet while they were transiting through the Oort Cloud. Though the single Assault Cube present simply ignored their fire and continued on towards Earth, secondary ships -including four Borg Probes and a single Borg Sphere- remained, preventing the majority of the Extended Battlegroup from taking part in the vital battle for Earth itself. Following the destruction of two Probes, the ''Defiant'' and the ''Porthos'' were retasked by Fleet Admiral Ross to help the Reserve Fleet in disabling the Assault Cube while the Enterprise attempted an emergency return to Earth to
<nowiki></nowiki>       While the damage at the Shipyards hindered attempts to build new vessels, they were of negligible importance for '''recommissioning''' vessels, as the primary components to replace could simply be brought to the ship with minimal modification to the external hull or support bulkheads. Furthermore, this enabled Starfleet to correct a lingering worry from before the war; that external forces might coopt their older vessels for use in deniable assaults. However, this plan had multiple detractors who argued against the utility and survivability of these vessels, as deficiencies in older class-patterns were considered likely to leave certain ships more vulnerable than a modern contemporary. The loss of the ''Joan D'Arc'' and ''Rich Heritage'' in separate attacks by Privateers seemed to bolster these arguments, as the more exposed EPS conduits of their original classes caused disastrous feedbacks in their Warp Cores.


<nowiki></nowiki>       After the battle and tragic losses that transpired at Wolf 359, Starfleet had instituted a number of contingencies drawing on both novel concepts and the plans that the Enterprise itself had drafted when attempting to disable the vessel that had kidnapped Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Among these, three Heavy Cruisers with deliberately up-rated Anti-Matter Reactors -The ''Hathaway'', ''Victory'', and the ''Crazy Horse''- had all been deployed to Earth to prepare the same Deflector Pulse weapon that the Enterprise had attempted to utilize as part of a simultaneous assault. This, combined with already inflicted damage to the shield system of the Cube, was hoped to be able to destroy the entire vessel by over-taxing the Borg Exotic Matter Warp Core. Among the forces present, the ''Gagarin'', ''Intrepid'', ''Lodestar'', ''Liberator'', ''Principle of Mercy'' and ''Hometown Hero'' all deployed from their docking cradles despite their repairs being woefully incomplete, with both the ''Lodestar'' and ''Hometown Hero'' operating at only a quarter of their nominal power. The ''Principle of Mercy'' was also notable, as despite it's status as a medical ship preventing any armaments from being installed on it's hull, a skeleton staff elected to stay aboard while their fellows kept it's former patients alive on the starbase, intending to extend it's shields to the Fleet. Of these ships, only the Lodestar would survive the confrontation.  
<nowiki></nowiki>       In October of 2375 components of the ''Endeavor'', ''Atlantis'', ''Enterprise'' and the unfinished secondary hull of the prototype ''Reading Rainbow'' were gathered together in orbit of ''Starbase 1'' to be assembled into a single vessel, using the partially reconstructed cradle "Charon" for the most complicated assembly operations. However, this cradle was only available for a few short weeks, negating plans to replace the EPS Conduits or Warp Core of the hull of the ''Reading Rainbow''. The subsequent vessel was named the ''Porthos'', as a means of honoring Jonathan Archer's beagle, the eponymous Porthos, by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, with the original planned name for the vessel being replaced with it's then-unofficial designation in December. The ship itself launched early in 2376, thirteen months prior to the averted invasion of Earth by a small fleet of the Borg Collective.


<nowiki></nowiki>       Unfortunately, by the time the ''Porthos'' and ''Defiant'' were able to begin participating in the battle, the ''Victory'', alongside the majority of the aforementioned vessels, had been crippled by the Borg. Worsening matters, the Borg has been able to leverage the decreased number of vessels to beam small numbers of Drones aboard it, both to commandeer the vessel as a replacement for the Sphere and Probes that were currently occupied with combatting the EBG past Pluto, and to discern the exact reason behind why so many vessels had placed themselves in undue harm to protect it during the earlier stage of the battle. Though the Personnel aboard the Victory made a number of remarkable counter-operations as they were forced to perform a fighting retreat -notably including a group of five0 young Ensigns who remained behind, cutting ODN Data Conduits to prevent the Borg that had occupied the Bridge from accessing Command Functions- they were ultimately isolated into groups, cornered by the Borg as they attempted to protect the few remaining systems under their control. Finally, thirty minutes prior to the arrival of the Enterprise, the Captain of the Victory gave the order for Engineering to remove the Dilithium Matrix from the Warp Core while it was still in fLUX, the resulting reaction annihilating the entire ship, boarders included.  
<nowiki></nowiki>       That conflict would unfortunately serve as the last confrontation of the ''Porthos''. Though it conducted itself with valor during it's maiden voyage, establishing first contact with four different species, and later being part of an extensive Anti-Piracy campaign alongside the ''Tchaikovsky'' and ''Excelsior'', it was lost with all hands during the Battle of Earth. It's distinctive service record, alongside the enthusiastic wellspring of public support from the publishing of the After-Action Report, led Starfleet to declare that the construction of the class would continue beyond the projected end of the Triskelion plan. It was deemed, then, the Valourous-Class, as suited "the tireless courage of the crew of the Porthos, who did not waver from their commitment to the protection of other's lives".


=== Terran-Federation War Refit ===
<nowiki></nowiki>       In 2395, the F


<nowiki></nowiki>        Having foreseen that such a circumstance was sadly likely, the C


==Development==
==Development==
Several times during the Dominion War, forces aligned with -or at least sympathetic to- the Dominion took the opportunity to probe the defenses of dozens of key systems, as well as the fleets that protected them. These attacks came to be known as the ''Shen Krin-Tu'', the ''Rising Wolves''. By suddenly deploying from beyond sensor ranges, Dominion, Tholian, Gorn and




Latest revision as of 08:34, 1 April 2023

Valourous.jpg
A design overview of the NX-Phoenix
Class overview
Builders: Kalaron Foundries
Operators: Starfleet
Planned: 90
Building: 12
Completed: 22
Cancelled: 9
Active: 18
Lost: 3
General characteristics
Type: Fast Combat Exploration Frigate
Displacement: 125,000 metric tons
Length: 250 m (820 ft)
Beam: 136 m (446 ft)
Draft: 101.955 m (334.50 ft)
Speed: Warp 9.98 (Maximum), Warp 8 (Sustained), Warp 7 (Cruise)
Range: Practically Unlimited
Complement: 125 Crew
Sensors and
processing systems:

3x Joint/Independent Phased Sensor Array

12x Combined Stellar Cartography / Awareness Electro-Optical Sensors

4x Gravimetric Distortion Measurement Systems

2x Combined Sensor/Deflector Arrays

4x Quantum Refracting Imaging Scanners
Armament:

6x Heavy Charge-Coupled Phaser Canons

8x Torpedo Launch Assemblies

6x Phaser Beam Strips
Armour: 5cm Dissipative Armour


History

Reconstruction and Refit

After the tremendous losses incurred by Starfleet during the Dominion War, the Federation was forced to begin a massive construction and reactivation program to refill the ranks of it's numerous Fleets, chiefly the decimated Second, Fifth and Seventh. This led to the establishment of the Triskelion Plan, a three pronged approach aimed at utilizing older mothballed hulls alongside indigenous and freshly produced ships as a stop-gap measure. This was due to the damage to both Earth and Sol's infrastructure during the attack by the Breen on Earth, which targeted both civilian housing on the planet and struck decisive blows at the ship cradles near Starbase 1 and the Utopia Plantia Ship Yards of Mars, which severely hampered efforts to replenish Starfleet.

      While the damage at the Shipyards hindered attempts to build new vessels, they were of negligible importance for recommissioning vessels, as the primary components to replace could simply be brought to the ship with minimal modification to the external hull or support bulkheads. Furthermore, this enabled Starfleet to correct a lingering worry from before the war; that external forces might coopt their older vessels for use in deniable assaults. However, this plan had multiple detractors who argued against the utility and survivability of these vessels, as deficiencies in older class-patterns were considered likely to leave certain ships more vulnerable than a modern contemporary. The loss of the Joan D'Arc and Rich Heritage in separate attacks by Privateers seemed to bolster these arguments, as the more exposed EPS conduits of their original classes caused disastrous feedbacks in their Warp Cores.

      In October of 2375 components of the Endeavor, Atlantis, Enterprise and the unfinished secondary hull of the prototype Reading Rainbow were gathered together in orbit of Starbase 1 to be assembled into a single vessel, using the partially reconstructed cradle "Charon" for the most complicated assembly operations. However, this cradle was only available for a few short weeks, negating plans to replace the EPS Conduits or Warp Core of the hull of the Reading Rainbow. The subsequent vessel was named the Porthos, as a means of honoring Jonathan Archer's beagle, the eponymous Porthos, by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, with the original planned name for the vessel being replaced with it's then-unofficial designation in December. The ship itself launched early in 2376, thirteen months prior to the averted invasion of Earth by a small fleet of the Borg Collective.

      That conflict would unfortunately serve as the last confrontation of the Porthos. Though it conducted itself with valor during it's maiden voyage, establishing first contact with four different species, and later being part of an extensive Anti-Piracy campaign alongside the Tchaikovsky and Excelsior, it was lost with all hands during the Battle of Earth. It's distinctive service record, alongside the enthusiastic wellspring of public support from the publishing of the After-Action Report, led Starfleet to declare that the construction of the class would continue beyond the projected end of the Triskelion plan. It was deemed, then, the Valourous-Class, as suited "the tireless courage of the crew of the Porthos, who did not waver from their commitment to the protection of other's lives".

Terran-Federation War Refit

      In 2395, the F


Development

Several times during the Dominion War, forces aligned with -or at least sympathetic to- the Dominion took the opportunity to probe the defenses of dozens of key systems, as well as the fleets that protected them. These attacks came to be known as the Shen Krin-Tu, the Rising Wolves. By suddenly deploying from beyond sensor ranges, Dominion, Tholian, Gorn and


Design

Weaponry

Defenses

Sensors & Deflectors

Service

Ship Emblems

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