Heavy Escort Carrier

For the non-playable ship, see Armitage Class Escort Carrier.

Heavy Escort Carrier

Rank:

Tier:

5

Type:

Escort Carrier/
Escort

Hull:

32,000

Standard Shields:

4,703 (Mk X)

Shield Modifier:

0.9

Weapons:

4 3
Can equip dual cannons.

Hangar Bays:

1

Crew:

200

Bridge Officers:

    

Device Slots:

2

Consoles:

4 3 2

Turn Rate:

15

Impulse Modifier:

0.20

Bonus Power:

+15 weapons power

Cost:

2,500

Abilities:

Launch Peregrine Fighters
Carrier Commands
Photon Torpedo Point Defense System

The Heavy Escort Carrier is a Vice Admiral (Tier 5) level Federation Carrier vessel. It contains one hangar bay capable of launching small crafts and also comes equipped with a Photon Torpedo Point Defense System.

Variants

Akira class

Akira class

The Akira class Heavy Escort closely resembles the Enterprise from the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise. The reason is the Akira was used as partially for inspiration when the NX-01 was being designed. It is the most popular of the three Heavy Escort classes. Ships of the class include the U.S.S. Kelvin and U.S.S. Thunderchild (NCC-63549).

Oslo class

Oslo class

The Oslo class Heavy Escort is an upgraded and modified version of the earlier Norway class ship. It shares the same nacelle design as the Nova Class Science Vessel.

Zephyr class

Zephyr class

The Zephyr class Heavy Escort is an upgraded and modified version of the earlier Steamrunner class ship.

Thunderchild class

Thunderchild class

The Thunderchild class Heavy Escort is a tribute to the U.S.S. Thunderchild (NCC-63549) which engaged the Borg in Sector 001. This class is unlocked by purchasing the Heavy Escort Refit for 1000 from the C-Store.

Armitage class

Armitage class

The Armitage class is a Heavy Escort Carrier. These vessels were designed to fit the original role meant for the Akira class: that of a small carrier-escort hybrid. Its appearance features low-slung, forward-swept pylons and long, tapered nacelles. Its saucer is built around a thick central spine that contains the deflector and elevates the bridge above the split hull. Its single, forward-facing hangar is equipped with a wing of Peregrine Fighters by default. A battery of cannon aperatures is concentrated in the nose, above and to the sides of the deflector dish. The Armitage is longer than even the Patrol Escort (though it has the same amount of crew. If made to use components from standard Heavy Escorts such as the Akira or Thunderchild its size will shrink to match. Torpedo and turret fire comes from the top-mounted launcher in the rear pylon.

Performance

With the same turn rate similar to the Vice Admiral Multi-Vector Advanced Escort, the Armitage class is well suited to delivering frontal-fire using Dual Heavy Cannons and Torpedo Launchers. It can act as a torpedo boat capable of presenting large torpedo volleys to the front or rear arcs; combined with the Photon Torpedo Point Defense System, this can create significant burst damage against multiple targets.

In addition, this class has the crew count of the Tier 5 Fleet Escort, the console layout of the Tactical Escort Retrofit, and a Lt. Commander Engineering Bridge Officer. These combine to make this class more capable of surviving sustained fire than other escorts of this rank.

A single hangar bay allows the Armitage class flexibility to suit its current mission. Fighters can be equipped for additional DPS, shuttles for interception and debuffs against incoming enemies, shield repair drones for additional staying power, or Runabouts to lock down enemies.

Comparison with Equivalent Variants

	Tactical Escort Retrofit	Multi-Vector Advanced Escort	Heavy Escort Carrier	Chimera Heavy Destroyer	Blockade Runner Escort Retrofit	Jem’Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier	Andorian Kumari Escort
Weapons	4 , 3	4 , 3	4 , 3	4 , 3	4 , 3	4 , 3	5 , 2
Bridge Officers							Ku. Ch. Kh.
Consoles	4 3 2	4 2 3	4 3 2	4 3 2	4 4 2	4 4 2	Ku. 5 3 2 Ch. 4 4 2 Kh. 4 2 4
Hull Points	30,000	30,000	32,000	34,500	34,500	37,500	32,000
Crew	50	150	200	750	350	350	85
Turn Rate	17	15	15	14	16	13	16
Shield Modifier	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9
Universal Console	Cloaking Device	Multi-Vector Assault Module	Photon Torpedo Point Defense System	Dynamic Tactical System		Dominion Coordination Protocol	Ku. Phaser Dispersal Array Ch. Wing Cannon Platforms Kh. Tachyon Induction Relay
Abilities			Carrier Commands	Regenerative Mode Tactical Mode		Carrier Commands

Standard Configuration

Federation starships come with standard equipment and weapons of the lowest mark available at the ship's minimum rank. The items provided are appropriate to the type of vessel and its related playing style.

Equipment

• 

  
  [Shield Array Mk X]
  
• 

  
  [Deflector Array Mk X]
  
• 

  
  [Impulse Engines Mk X]
  

Fore Weapons

• 

  
  [Phaser Beam Array Mk X]
  
• 

  
  [Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk X]
  
• 

  
  [Phaser Dual Cannons Mk X]
  
• 

  
  [Phaser Dual Cannons Mk X]
  

Aft Weapons

• 

  
  [Phaser Beam Array Mk X]
  
• 

  
  [Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk X]
  
• 

  
  [Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk X]
  

Consoles

• 

  
  [Console - Universal - Torpedo Point Defense System]
  

Hangar

• 

  
  [Hangar - Peregrine Fighters]
  

Abilities

The Heavy Escort Carrier comes with built-in abilities that cannot be ranked up, and abilities that are based on the craft loaded into the hangar bay.

• Launch Peregrine Fighters
• Carrier Command - Attack
• Carrier Command - Escort
• Carrier Command - Intercept
• Carrier Command - Recall

This ship can launch attack wings of Peregrine Fighters in its standard configuration, though other small crafts can be equipped to be launched. The carrier can also give commands to those craft to order them to attack or defend selected targets.

External links

• Season 6 Dev Blog #5 at the Official website
• Armitage class at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek Wiki.