Monoceros class?

[SulathMK]

I was wondering if it was possible to create a ship class called "Monoceros". The design itself isn't canon, but the class name however was mentioned several times over somewhere.

It's something of a TMP era ship, a scout really. About as good if not better than an Oberth. The class was designed and put into production during what was referenced as "the four year war" to be the super-eyes of the bigger ships during pending attacks or scouting maneuvers.

They call it a fast scout because it's smaller mass allows it to get a higher top-end speed and maneuverability over cruisers and battleships, so one can turn very well even at full impulse speed. But the downside is that it is a bit underpowered for it's size, only able to generate enough power to feed shields within the light bracket and low-end phasers (type 9 for SFC3 being a good example).

There's details at
www.kitsune.addr.com/SF-Conversions/Rifts-Trek-Ships/Federation_USS_Monoceros.htm
and
topher.pleh.net/sfd/mk7b.html.

Also, those include an image each, but img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/markmccloud/USS_Monoceros_VS_Original.jpg. The original source URL of that image is too long to insert in this post without causing the screen to scroll form side to side at twice the length of a 1024x768 screen. So I had to send it to photobucket and change the name to limit the URL length.

Thoughts? Comments?

[Chris Johnson]

The closest you can find with what WZ has already done is the Saladin-class to which you can download it and the Akula-class DD at WZ's shipyard section (I'd rather not directly link to it, I'm not sure if WZ wants that). If you want the real thing, browse these forums but don't immediately post asking about it, just follow links here and there and do searches, someone might've done something like that. And if you want a WZ version, the best way is to ask someone to kitbash it.

I hope that helps.

[SulathMK]

I'm gonna have a little look around for a while first. Probably will take a few days. And if not, no biggie. The Akula and Saladin may be indeed close, but I'll have to leave out the torpedoes since the Mono only has phasers and nothing else. Search time!

[donkarnage1]

the only ship in tmp i know can be found there: www.rogueshipyards.com/ff-sclibrary.htm

but i know of a well not sure if its a scout but at the battleclinic under the name "monoceros"