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This series on the Trent class includes the following subclasses: Horatio subclass Light Torpedo Destroyer (2206) , USS Ascot Prototype Light Torpedo Destroyer (2209) , Apache subclass Scout (2210) , Kovaris subclass Light Phase Gun Destroyer (2210) , Dace subclass Light Torpedo Destroyer (2211) , Trent Flight II Light Phase Gun Destroyer (2214) , Horatio Flight II Light Torpedo Destroyer (2214) , Kovaris Flight II Light Phase Gun Destroyer (2214) , Dace Flight II Light Torpedo Destroyer (2214) , USS Ascot Prototype Scout (2214), Kovaris Flight III Light Destroyer (2287) .

Image provided by: Adrasil
Original impressions from: Star Fleet Battles, FASA's Denial of Destiny
History from: Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet , by Timo Saloniemi

Variant blueprints: Access via Adrasil's Download button

Featured in: Starship Recognition Manual #297

Upgraded in 2214-2215 with the PB-25 nacelles, the Daces fully returned to active duty alongside their sister light destroyers. However, as with the three other mission platforms, effective use of their weaponry proved to be the most challenging endeavor.

The valiant efforts of the USS Jacoubet (NCC-479) were covered previously . However, the USS Targa (NCC-467) also has heroic credentials. As with the one-nacelle Horatio subclass, the Daces were built around the concept of the spatial torpedo, which was first adopted by the United Earth Stellar Navy in 2111 with conventional explosives; in 2148, antimatter warheads were developed and first deployed. By 2219, Star Fleet‘s efforts to perfect the effectiveness and reliability of antimatter torpedoes were so frustrated, the Vulcan’s proposed an alternate technology of warheads based upon pulse waves. The Targa had the fortune to be outfitted with those experimental devices and employed them against a magnetic storm menacing the inhabitants of Balaka III, with immediate success, dispersing the threat before any undue effects resulted. On a grimmer side, USS Enderbury (NCC-480) became Star Fleet’s first pulse wave torpedo “kill” when a defective warhead detonated right after leaving the launcher. The explosion ripped open the pressure hull of the destroyer and killed most of the test crew immediately; radiation took a further death toll, as hyronalyn treatment was not as effective as Federation science would eventually achieve.

Would you like to learn more about this class of ship? Download the free Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet , a three-volume, 1236-page history of space flight, by Timo Saloniemi.

For an extremely rich gallery of Star Trek starships and vessels from other universes, check out my partner, Adrasil , here on DeviantArts.

Description

This series on the Trent class includes the following subclasses: Horatio subclass Light Torpedo Destroyer (2206) , USS Ascot Prototype Light Torpedo Destroyer (2209) , Apache subclass Scout (2210) , Kovaris subclass Light Phase Gun Destroyer (2210) , Dace subclass Light Torpedo Destroyer (2211) , Trent Flight II Light Phase Gun Destroyer (2214) , Horatio Flight II Light Torpedo Destroyer (2214) , Kovaris Flight II Light Phase Gun Destroyer (2214) , Dace Flight II Light Torpedo Destroyer (2214) , USS Ascot Prototype Scout (2214), Kovaris Flight III Light Destroyer (2287) .

Image provided by: Adrasil
Original impressions from: Star Fleet Battles, FASA's Denial of Destiny
History from: Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet , by Timo Saloniemi

Variant blueprints: Access via Adrasil's Download button

Featured in: Starship Recognition Manual #297

Upgraded in 2214-2215 with the PB-25 nacelles, the Daces fully returned to active duty alongside their sister light destroyers. However, as with the three other mission platforms, effective use of their weaponry proved to be the most challenging endeavor.

The valiant efforts of the USS Jacoubet (NCC-479) were covered previously . However, the USS Targa (NCC-467) also has heroic credentials. As with the one-nacelle Horatio subclass, the Daces were built around the concept of the spatial torpedo, which was first adopted by the United Earth Stellar Navy in 2111 with conventional explosives; in 2148, antimatter warheads were developed and first deployed. By 2219, Star Fleet‘s efforts to perfect the effectiveness and reliability of antimatter torpedoes were so frustrated, the Vulcan’s proposed an alternate technology of warheads based upon pulse waves. The Targa had the fortune to be outfitted with those experimental devices and employed them against a magnetic storm menacing the inhabitants of Balaka III, with immediate success, dispersing the threat before any undue effects resulted. On a grimmer side, USS Enderbury (NCC-480) became Star Fleet’s first pulse wave torpedo “kill” when a defective warhead detonated right after leaving the launcher. The explosion ripped open the pressure hull of the destroyer and killed most of the test crew immediately; radiation took a further death toll, as hyronalyn treatment was not as effective as Federation science would eventually achieve.

Would you like to learn more about this class of ship? Download the free Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet , a three-volume, 1236-page history of space flight, by Timo Saloniemi.

For an extremely rich gallery of Star Trek starships and vessels from other universes, check out my partner, Adrasil , here on DeviantArts.