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Class History -
The Ragnarok Class Starship started out as a competing design for the Starship that would eventually become the Prometheus Class. However, soon after its conception, the design team found that the Prometheus concept had much more power, and as the contract was to be awarded to whatever design team yielded the most efficient combat oriented starship, the Ragnarok Class was cast aside, still left on the drawing board, having never been fully developed, and the Prometheus Class would go on to be the most powerful ship in Starfleet's Line.

But the curtain would not stay lowered on the Ragnarok Class forever. As Starfleet pressed onward towards the 25th Century, they had been crippled by attack after attack by the Borg and Dominion wars. Resources had thinned considerably over the last few years, and Starfleet's vision shifted towards ships that were cheaper to build, efficient, and that could serve multiple roles. During the confusion as design teams rushed to submit projects, one team rediscovered the Ragnarok Class Concept in storage, and set to work refining the design to be more efficient and cost effective.

The Ragnarok Class won out over many other concepts and was put into production in late 2376, the first Prototype Vessel being Commissioned as the USS Ragnarok in mid 2380 with the Prototype Registry NX-75000. In the ship's shakedown cruise it performed remarkably, exceeding the requirements set forth by Starfleet.

Ship Systems Overview:

Propulsion-
The final design of the ship included many systems that had been tested and used in Starfleet's various other ships of later years. Concepts and designs were borrowed from the Prometheus, Sovereign, Intrepid, Defiant, and Galaxy Classes making it perhaps the most efficient starship to date. For main power, the ship contains two highly efficient warp cores that make use of the most advanced knowledge of warp fields and the warp barrier. While only one is needed for operation of the ship's systems, having two such cores allows the energy for warp speed to be evenly distributed between both systems, and allows both to operate at a lower range of power ideal for maximum efficiency of the warp drive. This dual core setup also allows for a much more powerful weapons and shield system than traditional single core setups.

However, having two warp cores makes the possibility of a Warp Core Breach Far more dangerous. Thus, the Ragnarok Class borrows from the Sovereign Class in that it can create a powerful modulating force field around both Warp Cores to protect the systems from harm, as well as large amounts of Ablative Armor around Main Engineering. In the event that a Warp Core Breach is imminent, one or both of the cores can be ejected via a hatch located on the dorsal side of the starship. This hatch is protected by Deflector Plating as well as Ablative Armor. The ship's warp systems also make use of the technology first used on the Sovereign Class starship to limit Subspace damage, and allow the ship to cruise at a speedy Warp 9 with a maximum speed of Warp 9.99 for an unreleased amount of time, thus possibly rivaling her old competitor, the Prometheus Class.

In addition to having powerful Warp Engines, the Ragnarok Class also takes advantage of an older technology that has been redesigned and applied to its Impulse Engines. Unlike most other Starfleet vessels, the Ragnarok Class is outfitted with a "Thrust Vectoring" system on all four of her Impulse Engine Manifolds. This system allows her to vector the thrust from the Impulse Engines in several different directions, which allows for maneuverability unlike any other ship of her class, and much more akin to the smaller Intrepid and Defiant Class Vessels. The uses and enhanced efficiency of this system allow the Ragnarok Class to use impulse power to perform the movements normally reserved for RCS Thrusters, conserving the thrusters for more dire situations when Impulse Power is unavailable.

Weapon, Defensive, and Computer Systems-
The Ragnarok Class sports the most advanced weaponry and defensive systems that Starfleet can offer. Borrowing from the Sovereign Class once more, the forward torpedo tube is equipped with a Burst-Fire Quantum Torpedo Launcher. This tube is the main torpedo launcher, and the only forward facing torpedo tube contained within the ship. The Ragnarok Class also sports two aft torpedo tubes capable of firing single Photon Torpedoes in quick succession with a new reloading mechanism unique to this class of Starship. Borrowing from the success of the Defiant Class, the Ragnarok Class is also equipped with two pairs of Twin-Pulse Phaser Cannons for maximum efficiency when dealing with enemy shields and weapon systems.

The ship also boasts the latest Ablative Armor, Regenerative Shielding, and the first ever deployed Temporal Shielding on any starship. The Temporal Shielding is crude at best, and is actually an offshoot of Regenerative Shielding by allowing the frequency of the shields to fluctuate at the temporal level as well, but still allows the ship to withstand effects from local temporal anomalies and offers slight protection from basic temporal weaponry.

Dual Computer Cores are included on the Ragnarok Class Starship to allow for faster data processing, computer backup, data storage, and efficient analysis. The ship makes use of the Bio-neural circuitry first deployed on the Intrepid Class Starship. This, combined with breakthroughs in understanding Borg technology gathered from the return of the USS Voyager and her crew, have lead to the ship's computer system to be the most efficient and most advanced piece of technology ever released onboard a Starfleet Vessel. As with the Prometheus, holoemitters are placed on all decks, allowing the ship's EMH Mark II to access any area immediately in the case of a medical emergency. As with the Prometheus, the Ragnarok Class can be operated by as few as 4 Officers due to extensive automation. Multi-Vector-Assault Mode is not included in the ship's design, however Saucer Separation is possible for emergency, and certain tactical situations. While the Saucer does not sport its own Warp Core, it DOES support a Warp Sustainer Engine, allowing the Saucer to gather energy from the parent ship's warp field and coast on it to safety.

Construction-
The Ragnarok Class is made to be sturdy, yet small and maneuverable. The distinctive triangular hull is designed to allow the most efficient energy consumption while at warp, and also to use as little energy as possible to run the navigational deflector. Her thin side, fore, and aft profiles make her a difficult target to hit, while her phaser strips give her a nearly perfect sphere of phaser coverage. Even from above or below, her triangular hull cuts down on the size of a hittable surface area. Her Main Shuttlebay is modeled after the Galaxy Class, granting room for several small vessels. Her basic loadout consists of 4 Type IX Shuttlecraft in the main bay, and 2 "Delta Flyer" Type Shuttlecraft housed in the Aft Shuttlebay, however this loadout can be altered to fit the mission assigned.

Her Shield Emitters and Structural Integrity Field Emitters are the first of their kind ever released on a starship. They make use of a composite mat of nano-circuitry that equally distributes the energy for the Deflector Shield and SIF across the entire surface of the structure, and is composed of thousands of possible paths for the energy to take to multiple tiny emitters, allowing the ship's shields and SIF to function even after the mats have been damaged by up to 80%.

This advanced technology is actually quite simple and cheap to produce due the nature of the mats themselves. These mats can easily be replicated to fit any size of starship as the mats are uniform in the placement of circuitry. For repair, the mats can be re-replicated, or repaired by nanoprobes reverse engineered from Borg Technology. To date, the Ragnarok Class is the only ship of the line ever to carry a supply of Nanoprobes designed for a purpose other than medical needs. In addition to being heavily resilient, the polymer making up the mats is strengthened to be durable to weapon fire, and while not as effective as Ablative Armor Plating, the mats are capable from acting as a light defense from enemy weaponry.

The ship also contains two medium Holodecks, a small gymnasium and pool, a hydroponics facility, atrium, an observation lounge combined with the ship's galley and lounge, an Astrometrics Facility as opposed to Stellar Cartography, several laboratories, advanced sickbay, and also makes use of the holoemitters placed throughout the ship for individual as well as tactical and mission specific activities.

Service-
The Ragnarok Class is predicted to remain in service for the foreseeable future as a Tactical Vessel, Heavy Long Range Scout, Medium Explorer Class, and as a Science Vessel. The mats of circuitry allow a wide variety of systems to be routed through them, which in turn allows for a wide range of customization and many different mission types. The ship also has several luxurious guest quarters, allowing the possibility for Diplomatic Missions as well. As Starfleet's newest and most efficient starship, the Ragnarok Class is sure to be serving long into the 25th century.