Saber class

[Mikey]

Well, I'd like to think that it would move rather than just sit and take fire, but yes - with the kind of torp armament it has, I'd say it's definitely a stand-off type of ship.

That said, I took the liberty of taking advantage of the 360-degree torp coverage in the RP thread and doing the exact opposite of what I just said.

[Tsukiyumi]

That was good stuff. Why not fly through a formation, and let loose with all tubes at multiple targets? Especially given that we're in an asteroid field with limited mobility.

[Bryan Moore]

I swear I remember a Saber Class in "Sacrifice of the Angels" but upon review, I can't find it. Am I imagining this?

[mlsnoopy]

No it's there.

[Deepcrush]

Against smaller targets like BoPs, Bugs, Hideki or breen that would work well. Against ships any heavier you would suffer from your lack of defensive ablity.

[Mikey]

Against smaller targets like BoPs, Bugs, Hideki or breen that would work well. Against ships any heavier you would suffer from your lack of defensive ablity.

Like I said - it was great for storytelling purposes, but not really how I envision the Akira being used.

[mlsnoopy]

Against smaller targets like BoPs, Bugs, Hideki or breen that would work well. Against ships any heavier you would suffer from your lack of defensive ablity.

May I ask what lack of defensive ability. There are probably only 4 ships in fed fleet wich could have stronger shields. And the phaser power is againe bigger only on 4-5 ships. And from those 4-5 ships two are just out of the development phase.

[Thorin]

May I ask what lack of defensive ability. There are probably only 4 ships in fed fleet wich could have stronger shields.

Agreed, but...

And the phaser power is againe bigger only on 4-5 ships. And from those 4-5 ships two are just out of the development phase.

Definitely not agreed, I think even ships like Intrepid/Excelsior classes would have greater phaser power than the Akira.

[Teaos]

Yeah the Akira has pretty much no phasers. Just the bear minimum needed to cover it.

[Mikey]

The Akira's phasers - what few there are, anyway - seem to have been included for last-ditch close-in defense, nothing more.

[Sionnach Glic]

Agreed. The Akira is a torpedo boat, nothing more.

[mlsnoopy]

Had to go to the main site to check a few pictures. The phaser array runs the same way around the saucer as those on the GSC or a Nebula or any other SF ship. Don't know how that can be called a minimum of phasers if its the standart fed armement.

[Mikey]

Had to go to the main site to check a few pictures. The phaser array runs the same way around the saucer as those on the GSC or a Nebula or any other SF ship. Don't know how that can be called a minimum of phasers if its the standart fed armement.

Any continuous strip is a single array.

[Sionnach Glic]

Indeed. We're calling it underarmed due to the fact that it has only one such array.

[mlsnoopy]

One on the top, one on the bottom and there are two that run for a short while down the catamaran structure.
On a GSC its the same only that there is one on the bottom of the enginering section. And that's it.