USS Rubidoux
USS Rubidoux NCC-65534 is a New Orleans-class Federation starship currently assigned to Fourth Fleet's Task Force 72. She is currently under the command of Captain Tiberius Rain. Shortly after accepting command, Captain Rain had a roundtable with his crew to apply lessons they learned from the loss of the previous Rubidoux, a California-class starship. As such, the Rubidoux employs technologies and lessons learned from both the lifespan of the New Orleans-class, as well as her newest crew.
History
Given special dispensation by command staff, the ship was renamed the Rubidoux, and given its registry number as well, breathing new life into the name and legacy of the Rubidoux. The loss of the California-class was a devastating blow to the crew's morale, and being reassigned to the New Orleans-class bearing both its registry and name were a great boon. Not wanting to waste the gift though, Captain Rain and his command staff met to discuss ways to ensure their newest vessel didn't fall victim to the issues that claimed the last. They proceeded to develop these technologies and upgrades to the ship while conducting their first patrol. The upgrades were completed by the end of the new Rubidoux's initial patrol mission, meant to serve as a shake down cruise.
Configuration
Among the many improvements made to the ship after receiving it, the command staff added or improved many of the core systems of the ship. These upgrades include but aren't limited to:
- An Electronic Warfare suite. During combat a portion of the ships communication and computer core dedicate themselves to attacking the enemy ship to distort targeting sensors and disrupt communications.
- Point Defense System. Designed to intercept and destroy incoming solid munitions such as torpedoes and other potential threats to the hull of the ship.
- Fast Targeting System. By Routing the targeting protocols and subroutines through additional computer buffers, the ships weapons enjoy reduced times to lock on and calculate firing solutions.
- Improved Hull Integrity. Additional field emitters and additional dedicated power shunts through out the ship required extensive work done by the engineering department seeing an increased boost in hull integrity under fire and during high stress scenarios.