SB516 Canon vs. Screen Canon vs. STO

Vessel Usage

• All vessels used by major factions (Federation, Romulans, Klingons, ETC.) are outlined on the SB516 Fleet Alignment.

  • This alignment has been meticuously created and extensively critiqued to create an accurate, canon-friendly list of vessels used and their specs.

  • Any new vessels to be added to the fleet alignment must first be proposed and approved by the Grey Council using this form before being used in gameplay.

• Encountered Vessels

  • All encountered vessels in exploration must first be proposed and approved by the Grey Council before being added to gameplay using this form.

  • Encountered vessels will not be added to the fleet alignment, they will instead be added to their respective species page here.

Speed Scales

• QSD: Quantum Slipstream Drives (QSD) have a travel speed of ~5 lyrs/min (4 min/sector).

• Warp: The TNG warp scale is used for gameplay, using 1 sector (20lyrs) as the distance reference. A conversion calculator can be found here.

  • Warp 1 = Speed of light (c) = 1 year/lyr

  • Warp 6 = 392.5c = 18.61 days/sector

  • Warp 9 = 1,516.38c = 4.82 days/sector

    • Warp 9.9 = 3,029.26c = 2.41 days/sector

    • Warp 9.95 = 3,866.92c = 1.89 days/sector

    • Warp 9.99 = 7,912c = 22.16 hrs/sector

    • Warp 9.995 (Inquiry Class) = 15.22 hrs/sector

    • Warp 9.998 (Odyssey Class) = 20,112.09c = 8.72 hrs/sector

    • Warp 9.999 (Pathfinder Class) = 32,100.64c = 5.46 hrs/sector

    • Warp 9.9999 = 199,516c = 52.72 min/sector

  • Warp 10 = Infinite speed

• Impulse: Impulse engines travel at sublight speeds

  • Full impulse is 25% the speed of light (74,770 km/s)

  • Three quarters impulse is 18.75% the speed of light (56,077 km/s)

  • Half impulse is 12.5% the speed of light (37,385 km/s)

  • Quarter impulse is 6.25% the speed of light (16,665 km/s)

Ship Weaponry

• SB516 vessels use a variety of ship weaponry:

  • Phaser Arrays are the msot standard weaponry equipped on Starfleet vessels

  • Phaser Cannons are a variety of weapons serving the same function

    • Phaser cannons is a general term for static-mounted phaser cannons (Defiant), gimbaled phaser cannons, and phaser turrets

    • Phaser cannons are generally more powerful than phaser arrays, but use more power

  • Torpedoes

    • Photon: Photon torpedoes are standard matter-antimatter core torpedoes equipped on all vessels with a standard yield of ~18.5 isotons.

    • Heavy Photon: Heavy photon torpedoes were developed by the USS Endurance-D as an upgrade to the standard photon torpedo.

      • These torpedoes are slightly larger in size, use more antimatter, and have two detonation chambers to increase the yield of the torpedo.

        • One HPT can be converted from three photon torpedoes

      • HPTs have a standard yield of ~37 isotons

    • Quantum: Quantum torpedoes are ~2.7x as destructive as photon torpedoes, and are only equipped standard on some vessels.

      • Quantum torpedoes have a standard yield of ~50 isotons.

    • Tri-Cobalt: Tri-Cobalt torpedoes are exceedingly powerful torpedoes capable of rupturing subspace.

      • These are special assignment torpedoes and do not come standard equipped on any vessel.

    • Transphasic: Transphasic torpedoes are advanced quantum torpedoes with the capability of phasing through shields.

      • These are special assignment torpedoes and do not come standard equipped on any vessel.

Shields and Defenses

• Shields operate in arrays, and are able to be partially dropped (aft shields can be lowered while the rest of the ship remains shielded)

  • Objects such as shuttles that are tuned to the same shields harmonics are able to leave or board a vessel without said vessel dropping shields

• SB516 vessels utilize various types of shields, though these do not affect gameplay at this time.

• Some ships come equipped with ablative hull armor, which can be used when shields have collapsed.