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The '''''Cheyenne''-class light cruiser''' is one of the few Starfleet designs with more than two nacelles. This aging class was notionally a successor to the ''Constellation''-class and was first put into service in the 2350s. Like its predecessor, it’s often considered to be underpowered and under-gunned, which leaves it suited to minor duties within Federation space.
  
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==Science and Exploration==
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As a light cruiser, the ''Cheyenne''-class has a number of science labs and is suited to generalist exploratory duties, approximately equal to the ''Constellation'' and ''Miranda-''classes in this regard. In the modern era, ''Cheyenne''-class ships are rarely tasked with independent exploratory missions, but they do often find themselves on charting assignments. They have a long band of lateral sensors around the rim of the saucer section that gives them impressive medium-range sensor abilities. This feature makes them better at reconnaissance missions and patrol missions than scientific exploration.
  
The station '''Handl Dryf''' is a Ferengi-owned establishment on the border of the [[Ferengi Alliance]] and the [[United Federation of Planets]]. An independent outpost, it welcomes any who need neutral ground where they can conduct business: exchange goods, make trade deals, gather information, lie low, get their ship repaired, or just get some shore leave.
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===Diplomacy===
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''Cheyenne''-class ships have above-average diplomatic capabilities for ships of their size, with enough guest quarters and other accommodations to house multi-party talks aboard the ship. Ships of this type have often been used to host accession talks for potential Federation member worlds, as they are large enough to remain in orbit for several months with enough supplies and recreational facilities to not need extensive support. In support of their diplomatic capabilities, they carry a captain’s yacht. While they are relatively unpopular at Starfleet Command, the Federation Diplomatic Corps has come to be rather fond of these vessels as they are more capable than their younger ''Challenger''-class cousins while also being relatively easy to secure for their missions, given their current second-tier status.
  
==Docking Facilities==
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===Engineering===
About the size of the old ''Nor''-class station Deep Space Nine, Handl Dryf has the capacity for a huge number of small-to-medium sized ships, and a handful of even larger vessels. Ferengi Marauders, Cardassian warships, and even some Starfleet explorers are not unknown sightings here. Other traffic is usually that of heavy freighters, smaller raiding ships, or personal transports for business or leisure. Traffic volume is often high, and the station is well-defended not just by its own weapon and shield emplacements, but a decent local patrol group, and the willing arms of any nearby mercenaries who could be quickly hired.
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One of the few Starfleet designs with four nacelles, the ''Cheyenne''-class has four of the same boxy nacelles developed with her sister class, the ''Springfield''. The design philosophy behind this decision was that the ship would be able to alternate between its two sets of nacelles for normal flight but use all four when high speeds were necessary, but this particular feature was made obsolete by the nacelles introduced on the ''Challenger''-class that would be featured aboard the other ships of this era, which were able to sustain higher speeds with less wear and tear. The engineering section is tall and slender, with the warp core running several decks through the center of it. On the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the secondary hull are mounting points for mission-specific modules. Generally, these are devoted to cargo storage, but they can also be fitted with sensors or other systems.
  
By protocol, Handl Dryf asks the business of anyone who docks. The staff tend to not press for details - purchasing goods, brokering trade agreements, R&R, are all good enough reasons. But they’re canny and can smell a rat, and anyone who gives a suspicious story is likely put under close watch. They also have no tolerance for anyone coming to start trouble. Starfleet can send a ship here looking for information on a troublemaker, and someone may sell that information to them. But Handl Dryf will send them packing if they try to make an arrest aboard, and Starfleet policy is to play by their rules. The station is too useful an information point to ruin relations with the owners.
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The primary hull of the Cheyenne-class is larger than the one employed upon the similar ''Springfield'', ''Challenger'', and ''New Orleans''-class ships, with a greater overall diameter, but a similar height. The ship’s primary deflector is located in the saucer section, and the lack of a large dish limits some of its long-range sensor functions. This vessel was one of the first starships that could routinely separate and reconnect its saucer section from the engineering hull. There are clear separation lines on the aft quarter of the saucer section that conceal magnetic docking latches. This feature is primarily employed to allow the saucer section to enter areas where it needs more maneuverability or as a short term solution for combat situations, given that the secondary hull is limited to thruster and warp power because the primary hull contains the impulse engines.  
  
==On Board Facilities==
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During the Dominion War, vessels of this class often carried extra impulse engines in their mission pods, which allowed them to engage in an early version of Multi-Vector Assault mode, but they have generally returned to their pre-war configuration since then.  
Handl Dryf can offer decent resupply to any ship, and basic maintenance. Such repairs are unlikely to meet Starfleet standards, and they are unlikely to have the right components aboard, but their engineers can be hired to do a good enough job in a pinch. Non-Starfleet ships are much easier for them to fix up.
 
  
Most people come to Handl Dryf, however, for their leisure district at the heart of the station. The promenade here is like a small town, with both permanent bars and recreational businesses on the premises, and smaller, pop-up shacks and stalls along the main walkway. Any kind of bar, eatery, sauna, holosuite, massage parlour, gambling den, smoking den, or other recreational facility that can be imagined can be found on Handl Dryf.
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The ship’s power grid is limited by the relatively small warp core, which creates limitations during resource-intensive mission profiles. A small number of these vessels have been retrofitted with additional small craft capabilities in the saucer section, replacing the captain’s yacht with a door to a combination shuttle and cargo bay. This makes these ships useful as cargo carriers and humanitarian platforms.
  
Those seeking somewhere to conduct private business can either contact the owners of the station itself and request a private room be set aside for their affairs, or take their chances with the respectability of a bar owner with a back room. The former might take some explanation, especially if it’s Starfleet who want a private room, but they’re likely to honour the deal and not spy. The latter will ask fewer questions, but probably have fewer scruples - and less fastidious security arrangements.
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===Tactical===
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The ''Cheyenne''-class has two large Type-X phaser arrays on the ventral and dorsal surfaces of the primary hull, as well as four smaller Type-X arrays on the nacelle pylons, providing near-comprehensive beam weapon coverage of the ship’s firing arcs. In addition, there are four single-fire torpedo launchers, two forward and two aft. As such, this class is rated as a light cruiser and is suitable for low-intensity tactical assignments. It excels especially at hunting smaller raiders.
  
==In Play==
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Due to its power limitations, it is not an ideal tactical platform and generally needs to focus on using its maneuverability to bring its main weapons to bear, rather than using all of its arrays at once. In addition, the single-fire torpedo tubes are much more limited than Starfleet’s other light cruiser classes, and as such this class is often reduced to a combat support role in fleet actions.
*This article was written for ‘''The Old Alliance''’ mission in the Lost Fleet campaign, and is intended to be used for reference by that mission’s writer. The member may edit and update this article to reflect additional setting or story developments.
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*Members who are not part of this mission may refer to the system as a known area of Ferengi space in the area, but should not integrate it into their stories without consulting the mission’s writer.
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===Shipboard Life===
*Handl Dryf is a well-known neutral ground for all manner of operations in the region. Starfleet would like to keep it that way, and while officers are warned of the dangers when going aboard (anyone will rob Starfleet of anything, including intel), they are also told to play by Handl Dryf’s rules. It’s a useful place to keep on their good side.
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Similar to her cousins, the ''Cheyenne''-class is a comfortable but not luxurious posting. While the saucer section is larger than on the other classes of this era, more of the ship’s engineering functions are contained within it because of the smaller secondary hull, but most officers still have individual quarters and there are several lounges and holodecks available for recreation.
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Crews assigned to these vessels tend to see the assignment as a mere stepping stone to more prestigious or exciting posting, given that these ships are generally not assigned to missions outside of the Federation. Captains especially are often fairly junior and don’t tend to spend long tours on ''Cheyenne''-class ships. Because of high turnover, it’s rare that these ships develop much in the way of esprit de corps or a real sense of ownership over the vessel, given that the longest terms or service tend to be one or two years, rather than the decade or more crews might expect to spend on a large explorer.
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==Class History==
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Developed alongside the ''Springfield'' class, the ''Cheyenne''-class was seen as a replacement for the ''Constellation''-class cruiser, a vessel once designated as a heavy cruiser, but by the 2340s demoted to simply a ‘cruiser,’ due to the struggles it had with power management. Sharing many components with her sister class, design on the ''Cheyenne''-class continued apace, and it was decided that the design would also incorporate a number of novel features, including an ability to separate the ship’s saucer section and a warp drive system that would rely on alternating sets of warp coils across two pairs of nacelles.
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This class experienced significant design challenges, but the first unit was launched in 2345. While Starfleet had optimistically expected to order a few hundred of these vessels, the design proved to be only marginally superior to the ''Constellation-''class, as it suffered from the same power problems as her inspiration. In addition, the saucer separation ability was of extremely limited utility with the arrangement of the ship’s impulse engines being what it was. While initially envisioned as a routinely used ability, it was essentially only used when there was danger of a warp core breach.
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Construction continued only for ten years, with only a few dozen ever produced. The [[USS Ahwahnee]] was heavily damaged at the Battle of Wolf 359 and a handful were also destroyed during the Dominion War, making them rare by the late 2370s. They continue in service to the present day, but they are becoming increasingly marginalized as time goes on.
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==Cheyenne Class Gallery==
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==Cheyenne Class In Play==
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*Underpowered and undergunned just like her ''Constellation''-class predecessor, the ''Cheyenne'' is something of an albatross. It’s not a particularly useful design and Starfleet never built many of them, so they’re a rarity.
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*A ''Cheyenne''-class is a good first command, as captains typically don’t stick aboard them very long. In some ways service here is a continuation of academy or command school training.
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*''Cheyenne''-class starships might be repurposed as transports or freighters, just like the ''Miranda'' before them. They’re a design that would definitely be seen as second-rate by modern Starfleet personnel.
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[[Category:Federation Starship Classes (2350–2368)]]

Latest revision as of 21:18, 11 March 2024

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Cheyenne Class
Information
Affiliation

United Federation of Planets

Type

Light Cruiser

Role

Light Cruiser

Service
Operator

Starfleet

Entered Service

2345

Endurance
Expected Design Life

80 Years

Expected Refit Cycle

10 Years

Expected Resupply Cycle

1 Year

Crew Capacity
Standard Complement

250

Emergency Capacity

1,000

Dimensions
Length

362 meters

Width

262 meters

Height

100 meters

Decks

20

Propulsion
Propulsion Systems

Matter/Antimatter powered warp drive

Cruise Speed

Warp 6

Maximum Speed

Warp 8

Emergency Speed

Warp 9.6 (12 hours)

Armaments
Energy Weapons
  • 6x Type-X Phaser Arrays
Torpedo Launchers
  • 2 forward
  • 2 aft
Torpedo Payload
  • 100 Photon Torpedoes
Shields

Multi-Layered Shielding System

Small Craft
Shuttlebays

1

Shuttles

4

Template:Specification

The Cheyenne-class light cruiser is one of the few Starfleet designs with more than two nacelles. This aging class was notionally a successor to the Constellation-class and was first put into service in the 2350s. Like its predecessor, it’s often considered to be underpowered and under-gunned, which leaves it suited to minor duties within Federation space.

Science and Exploration

As a light cruiser, the Cheyenne-class has a number of science labs and is suited to generalist exploratory duties, approximately equal to the Constellation and Miranda-classes in this regard. In the modern era, Cheyenne-class ships are rarely tasked with independent exploratory missions, but they do often find themselves on charting assignments. They have a long band of lateral sensors around the rim of the saucer section that gives them impressive medium-range sensor abilities. This feature makes them better at reconnaissance missions and patrol missions than scientific exploration.

Diplomacy

Cheyenne-class ships have above-average diplomatic capabilities for ships of their size, with enough guest quarters and other accommodations to house multi-party talks aboard the ship. Ships of this type have often been used to host accession talks for potential Federation member worlds, as they are large enough to remain in orbit for several months with enough supplies and recreational facilities to not need extensive support. In support of their diplomatic capabilities, they carry a captain’s yacht. While they are relatively unpopular at Starfleet Command, the Federation Diplomatic Corps has come to be rather fond of these vessels as they are more capable than their younger Challenger-class cousins while also being relatively easy to secure for their missions, given their current second-tier status.

Engineering

One of the few Starfleet designs with four nacelles, the Cheyenne-class has four of the same boxy nacelles developed with her sister class, the Springfield. The design philosophy behind this decision was that the ship would be able to alternate between its two sets of nacelles for normal flight but use all four when high speeds were necessary, but this particular feature was made obsolete by the nacelles introduced on the Challenger-class that would be featured aboard the other ships of this era, which were able to sustain higher speeds with less wear and tear. The engineering section is tall and slender, with the warp core running several decks through the center of it. On the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the secondary hull are mounting points for mission-specific modules. Generally, these are devoted to cargo storage, but they can also be fitted with sensors or other systems.

The primary hull of the Cheyenne-class is larger than the one employed upon the similar Springfield, Challenger, and New Orleans-class ships, with a greater overall diameter, but a similar height. The ship’s primary deflector is located in the saucer section, and the lack of a large dish limits some of its long-range sensor functions. This vessel was one of the first starships that could routinely separate and reconnect its saucer section from the engineering hull. There are clear separation lines on the aft quarter of the saucer section that conceal magnetic docking latches. This feature is primarily employed to allow the saucer section to enter areas where it needs more maneuverability or as a short term solution for combat situations, given that the secondary hull is limited to thruster and warp power because the primary hull contains the impulse engines.

During the Dominion War, vessels of this class often carried extra impulse engines in their mission pods, which allowed them to engage in an early version of Multi-Vector Assault mode, but they have generally returned to their pre-war configuration since then.

The ship’s power grid is limited by the relatively small warp core, which creates limitations during resource-intensive mission profiles. A small number of these vessels have been retrofitted with additional small craft capabilities in the saucer section, replacing the captain’s yacht with a door to a combination shuttle and cargo bay. This makes these ships useful as cargo carriers and humanitarian platforms.

Tactical

The Cheyenne-class has two large Type-X phaser arrays on the ventral and dorsal surfaces of the primary hull, as well as four smaller Type-X arrays on the nacelle pylons, providing near-comprehensive beam weapon coverage of the ship’s firing arcs. In addition, there are four single-fire torpedo launchers, two forward and two aft. As such, this class is rated as a light cruiser and is suitable for low-intensity tactical assignments. It excels especially at hunting smaller raiders.

Due to its power limitations, it is not an ideal tactical platform and generally needs to focus on using its maneuverability to bring its main weapons to bear, rather than using all of its arrays at once. In addition, the single-fire torpedo tubes are much more limited than Starfleet’s other light cruiser classes, and as such this class is often reduced to a combat support role in fleet actions.

Shipboard Life

Similar to her cousins, the Cheyenne-class is a comfortable but not luxurious posting. While the saucer section is larger than on the other classes of this era, more of the ship’s engineering functions are contained within it because of the smaller secondary hull, but most officers still have individual quarters and there are several lounges and holodecks available for recreation.

Crews assigned to these vessels tend to see the assignment as a mere stepping stone to more prestigious or exciting posting, given that these ships are generally not assigned to missions outside of the Federation. Captains especially are often fairly junior and don’t tend to spend long tours on Cheyenne-class ships. Because of high turnover, it’s rare that these ships develop much in the way of esprit de corps or a real sense of ownership over the vessel, given that the longest terms or service tend to be one or two years, rather than the decade or more crews might expect to spend on a large explorer.

Class History

Developed alongside the Springfield class, the Cheyenne-class was seen as a replacement for the Constellation-class cruiser, a vessel once designated as a heavy cruiser, but by the 2340s demoted to simply a ‘cruiser,’ due to the struggles it had with power management. Sharing many components with her sister class, design on the Cheyenne-class continued apace, and it was decided that the design would also incorporate a number of novel features, including an ability to separate the ship’s saucer section and a warp drive system that would rely on alternating sets of warp coils across two pairs of nacelles.

This class experienced significant design challenges, but the first unit was launched in 2345. While Starfleet had optimistically expected to order a few hundred of these vessels, the design proved to be only marginally superior to the Constellation-class, as it suffered from the same power problems as her inspiration. In addition, the saucer separation ability was of extremely limited utility with the arrangement of the ship’s impulse engines being what it was. While initially envisioned as a routinely used ability, it was essentially only used when there was danger of a warp core breach.

Construction continued only for ten years, with only a few dozen ever produced. The USS Ahwahnee was heavily damaged at the Battle of Wolf 359 and a handful were also destroyed during the Dominion War, making them rare by the late 2370s. They continue in service to the present day, but they are becoming increasingly marginalized as time goes on.

Cheyenne Class Gallery

Cheyenne Class In Play

  • Underpowered and undergunned just like her Constellation-class predecessor, the Cheyenne is something of an albatross. It’s not a particularly useful design and Starfleet never built many of them, so they’re a rarity.
  • A Cheyenne-class is a good first command, as captains typically don’t stick aboard them very long. In some ways service here is a continuation of academy or command school training.
  • Cheyenne-class starships might be repurposed as transports or freighters, just like the Miranda before them. They’re a design that would definitely be seen as second-rate by modern Starfleet personnel.