War Ship - Specs

Universe :	Prime Timeline
Affiliation :	Talarian
Class Name :	War Ship
Type :	Warship [1]
Unit Run :	Q'Maire - Active [1] Unknown
Commissioned :	2355 - 2365, class remains in service
Dimensions :	Length : 200 m [2] Beam : 80 m Height : 113 m Decks : 8
Mass :	180,000 metric tons
Crew :	80
Armament :	1 x Neutral particle cannon [1] 2 x High energy X ray lasers [1], total output 10,000 TeraWatts 1 x Merculite rocket launcher with 24 rounds
Defence Systems :	shield system, total capacity 540,000 TeraJoules Standard Monotanium Single hull plus 1 cm High density armour. Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds (TNG scale) :	Normal Cruise : 5 Maximum Cruise : 6 Maximum Rated : 8 for 10 hours.
Strength Indices : (Galaxy class = 1,000)	Beam Firepower : 200 Torpedo Firepower : 8 Weapon Range and Accuracy : 150 Shield Strength : 200 Hull Armour : 105 Speed : 535 Combat Manoeuvrability : 8,000
Overall Strength Index :	177

Notes

These ships served on the Federation border in the early and mid 2360s. They are considered to be highly outclassed by larger Federation Starships, hardly surprising since they carry particle and laser weaponry which has been considered obsolete in the Federation for more than a century. [1] Still, the Talarian warship is an effective and efficient design which packs quite a powerful punch considering the relative primitiveness of the technology used. Relatively little is known about the ships beyond their basic specifications and armament.

When the Enterprise-D assisted a disabled Talarian Observation Ship in 2366, on of its crew was discovered to be a Human teenager abducted by the Talarians as a child. Several of these vessels attempted to force the Enterprise-D to return the boy. Although they were no military threat to the Galaxy class ship, Captain Picard did eventually agree to the Talarian's demands. [1]

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References

#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	TNG	4	Suddenly Human
2			Speculative	Approximation, based on comparisons to the Enterprise-D in the episode.

Comments

Seen in the TNG episode "Suddenly Human", the weaponry of the ship were described in that episode. It was substantially inferior to the Enterprise-D - which is a rather odd choice on two fronts. Dramatically, it removed any sense of threat from the episode and so made it less interesting. But also, the Federation was supposed to have fought a war with the Talarians in which large numbers of people died. If the disparity in technology was then as it was in the episode, it is hard to see how the war was anything other than a turkey-shoot by Starfleet. We could suggest that larger, more powerful Talarian ships exist but were not seen in the episode, but it seems unlikely that the Talarians would defend a border with a former enemy with anything short of their best.

The sizes are an approximation, whilst the remaining figures are speculative.

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Last updated : 15 Dec 2003

Series :	TNG Season 4
Episode :	Suddenly Human

Source :	Speculative
Comment :	Approximation, based on comparisons to the Enterprise-D in the episode.