U.S.S. BATON ROUGE
LAFAYETTE CLASS RECONNAISSANCE DESTROYER
Starfleet Registry NCC-98998
LAFAYETTE CLASS RECONNAISSANCE DESTROYER
Starfleet Registry NCC-98998
| Seventh off the production line of block 2 Lafayette class recon destroyers, a further refinement of the brand-new iteration of the legendary New Orleans class destroyer, made famous during the Cardassian conflict and the Dominion Wars. The Baton Rouge takes its namesake off both the city in Louisiana, Earth, and for the legacy of the Baton Rouge class cruiser which once served as the mainstay of Starfleet until the advent of the Constitution class vessels. The designers of the Lafayette class envisioned a tough and fast light destroyer design that would sacrifice the nimbleness of an escort vessel in exchange for longer range and a strong sensor suite that could rival capital vessels. The purpose of the Lafayette class is to act as a reconnaissance platform and a patrol ship with longer legs than her escort counterparts, while at the same time freeing up the cruisers that would normally serve in her role. In a fleet role, the Lafayette could act as an 'eye-in-space', taking on the role of AWACS and sensor platform role during a fleet engagement while being strong enough to hold her own in a large engagement. The Baton Rouge was assigned to 38th Fleet, Task Force Argo, to act in the patrol and recon role. |
SPECIFICATIONS 
GENERAL INFORMATION
| Class | Lafayette |
| Designation | Reconnaissance Destroyer |
| Time Between Refits | 15 years for major system replacements 5 years for minor system upgrades |
| Time Between Resupply | Full store rotation every 5 years |
PERSONNEL
| Crew | 550 officer and crew |
| Passengers | Up to 1600 |
| Evacuation Limit | 4200 |
DIMENSIONS
| Length | 425 meters |
| Height | 75 meters |
| Width | 246 meters |
| Decks | 18 |
| Weight | 1.1 Million metric tonnes |
WEAPONS AND DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS
| Weapon Systems | x8 Teliala Industries Collimated Phaser Arrays, Type XV, Destroyer Calibre, x2 Technodyne Corp. Quantum Torpedo Launchers, Type XV, Fore and Aft |
| Shields | Type XV Covariant Multi-spectral Shield Array |
| Hull Armour | Type XV Duranium/Neutronium Hull Plating |
SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS
| Sensor Systems | Primary Sensor Array (co-axial with main deflector) Secondary Sensor/Deflector Array x2 Dorsal-mounted Sensor Pods |
| Scientific Laboratories | x3 General Purpose Labs x1 Medical Labs x1 Stellar Cartography x1 Ventral-mounted Science Pod |
| Computer Core | x1 Dyson Duotronics Mk XV Shipboard Computer Core |
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
| Engine Configuration | Overcharged Mark XV Warp Core rated at 1200 Cochranes feeding 2 Advanced Linear Warp Drive Units x2 Yoyodyne Mk XV Combat Impulse Engines |
| Cruise Speed | Warp 7 |
| Maximum Sustainable Speed | Warp 9.6 |
| Emergency Speed | Warp 9.9 for 6 hours) |
AUXILIARY CRAFT
| Shuttlebays | 1 |
| Small Auxiliary Craft | x4 Type 10 Shuttlecraft (Voltaire, Locke, Socrates, Laozu) x4 Class 2 Shuttlecraft (Neitzsche, Confucius, Sun Tzu, Plato) x4 Workbee Pods |
| Large Auxiliary Craft | x2 Yellowstone Class Runabouts (Russell, Comte) |