Editing Saber Class (section)

==OPERATIONS==

Saber-class ships are classified as mission-oriented vessels. While it can be used for any mission that is necessary, to be absolutely efficient in achieving its goals, a Saber should be of the proper variant for the mission assigned to it.
Saber-class vessels make use of modular technology, just as do most other Starfleet vessels. But, due to the compact, intertwined nature of the ship's systems, when a Saber has a change in its mission parameters, it requires a significant change-out time (typically weeks to months) to adapt to a new variant. Each Saber falls into one of four types of variant and focuses on those mission for which that types was built. 

The following is a list of mission types and the variants that typically are assigned to them:

Federation Policy and Diplomacy: The FF/FFU -D is a Diplomatic Courier. Its main mission is transportation of diplomatic personnel to various destinations, to provide diplomatic facilities for low level conferences, summits, and treaty discussions, and to transport vital cargo of a political nature. It has decreased scientific and weapon capacities, to allow for addition VIP quarters, conference rooms, meeting halls, and private offices, secured communication equipment, and increased entertainment facilities. 

Deep-space Exploration / Contact with Alien Life forms: The FF/FFU -E is a Scout ship. It is the variant described in the previous documentation, with a mission of exploration, observation/data gathering, first-contact, scientific and patrol type missions. 

Ongoing Scientific Investigation: The FF/FFU -S is a Science ship. The main purpose of this vessel is to act as a base of operations for the gathering of scientific data. This variant has decreased weapon load-outs, and next to no diplomatic facilities, to allow room for increased science labs, probes, and mission specific experiments/equipment. 

Tactical/Defensive Operations: The FF/FFU -P is a Patrol ship, with the main purpose of guarding borders and patrolling shipping lanes. It has decreased scientific and diplomatic facilities to allow room for increased torpedo storage, additional security personnel, additional shield generators, and improved tactical sensors and communication equipment. 

Emergency/Search and Rescue: Any variant can be called in to aid in an emergency. Typical Missions include answering standard Federation emergency beacons, extraction of Federation or Non-Federation citizens in distress, retrieval of Federation or Non-Federation spacecraft in distress, small scale station/outpost evacuation - planetary evacuation is not feasible.