Liberty Class VII-VIII Freighter

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from FASA Star Trek© Starship Tactical Combat Simulator – Federation Ship Recognition Manual (2nd Edition)

 
NOTES:
The Liberty class freighters have been in the service of Star Fleet since Stardate 1/8806. For 35 years, these ships have plied the spacelanes, carrying untold quantities of goods and materials to all corners of the Federation. More than any other ship, the Liberty class ships symbolize the UFP’s commercial advance into known space.

These freighters were used extensively during the Four Years War to carry supplies into forward areas. For such missions, they were armed to help in protecting the convoys from Klingon ambush, but their light weapons were of little use against the sophisticated weapons of the Klingons. On one occasion, a convoy made up of 20 Liberties was attacked by a small group of Klingon ships. They managed to drive off the Klingons, destroying one with a loss of only two vessels.

Of the 1,260 Liberty class freighters built, 161 Mk Is and 492 Mk IIIs remain in active service, with 68 Mk Is and 10 Mk IIIs in reserve fleets. Four Mk IIIs are used by Star Fleet Training Command; 188 Mk Is and 51 Mk IIIs have been destroyed; 24 Mk Is have been captured by the Klingons; 33 Mk Is and 9 Mk IIIs are listed as missing; 126 Mk Is and 18 Mk IIIs have been scrapped; and 48 Mk Is and 28 Mk Ills have been sold.

Production of the Mk I was halted on Stardate 2/1203. The Mk III was produced at the Tellar, Cait, Morena, and Sol II facilities. The combined annual production rate peaked at 32.
 

Construction Data:
Model Number — Mk I Mk II Mk III Mk IV
Ship Class — VII VIII VIII VIII
Date Entering Service — 2245 2250 2265 2334
Number Constructed — 648 12 612 Refit
Cost — 366 MCr 373.7 MCr 505.7 MCr 971.8 MCr
Hull Data:
Superstructure Points — 10 11 11 14
Damage Chart — C C C C
Size:
Length — 240 m 240 m 240 m 240 m
Width — 160 m 160 m 160 m 160 m
Height — 50 m 50 m 50 m 50 m
Weight — 99,585 mt 101,225 mt 101,610 mt 103,470 mt
Cargo:
Cargo Units — 7,030 SCU 7,100 SCU 10,000 SCU 10,000 SCU
Cargo Capacity — 351,500 mt 355,000 mt 500,000 mt 500,000 mt
Landing Capacity — None None None None
Equipment Date:
Control Computer Type — M-1 M-1 M-2 I-4
Transporters:
Standard 6-person — 2 2 2 2
Cargo — 10 10 10 10
Other Data:
Crew — 70 71 72 86
Passengers — 20 20 20 20
Shuttlecraft — 8 8 8 8
Engines And Power Data:
Total Power Units Available — 22 22 32 48
Movement Point Ratio:
unloaded — 3/1 3/1 3/1 3/1
loaded — 7/1 7/1 7/1 7/1
Warp Engine Type — FWE-1 FWE-1 FWE-2 FWL-1
Number — 2 2 2 2
Power Units Available — 8 ea. 8 ea. 13 ea. 20 ea.
Stress Charts — G/K G/K G/K E/F
Max Safe Cruising Speed:
unloaded — Warp 7 Warp 7 Warp 7 Warp 7
loaded — Warp 4 Warp 4 Warp 4 Warp 6
Emergency Speed:
unloaded — Warp 9 Warp 9 Warp 9 Warp 9
loaded — Warp 5 Warp 5 Warp 5 Warp 8
Impulse Engine Type — FIB-3 FIB-3 FIC-3 FIE-2
Power Units Available — 6 6 6 8
Weapons And Firing Data:
Beam Weapon Type — FL-2 FL-3 FH-2 FNH-1
Number — 2 2 2 2
Firing Arcs — 1 f/p, 1 f/s 1 f/p, 1 f/s 1 f/p, 1 f/s 2 f/p, 2 f/s,1 p/a, 1 s/a
Firing Chart — F G H W
Maximum Power — 2 2 3 6
Damage Modifiers:
+3 (-) (-) (-) (1-15)
+2 (-) (-) (-) (16-18)
+1 (-) (1-4) (1-10) (19-20)
Shield Data:
Deflector Shield Type — FSG FSG FSH FNSC
Shield Point Ratio — 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/2
Maximum Shield Power — 10 10 12 26
Combat Efficiency:
D —
unloaded — 38.8 40.2 63.7 103.0
loaded — 32.3 33.7 44.7 76.0
WDF — 1.0 1.2 2.6 13.4