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LCDR Zital, Serris
ADDENDUM As the first true test of the Caelian-class starship design in a live fire combat scenario, some performance abnormalities were expected. However, data analyzed from the Mariner’s system diagnostics following the Battle of Cero seem to indicate a substantial design flaw in the integration of its defensive systems and the MIDAS sensor arrays. While the ship is theoretically extremely well equipped to detect cloaked targets, we found ourselves unable to do so in a combat situation.
When both deflector dishes are engaged to reinforce shield integrity and weapon systems are at full power, the ambient radiative nadion emissions from the phaser arrays and the electromagnetic fields from the deflectors cause a substantial and unanticipated 68% resolution loss in the EM scanners and particle flux probes. This places the sensor array at equivalent effectiveness to a Defiant-class escort vessel during combat situations.
This finding is a significant tactical vulnerability in the Caelian-class design that affects its ability to contribute to the war effort, and all communications about it should be restricted to top level clearance. It is the recommendation of this officer that the Caelian, Janiculan, and Mariner be limited to reconnaissance duty and back line combat support roles until a constructive solution to mitigate this problem has been found and implemented.