Editing A Port in the Storm (section)

==2.0 General Overview==

The Rosenanté class of Starship was originally categorized as an intelligence-gathering vessel. The Rosenanté class is only the second starship class created by Starfleet command to receive this designation. The other is the Spectre Class. While most starships may be adapted for many different mission types, the Rosenanté class starship is designed primarily to perform a single type of mission objective, in effect limiting her overall flexibility within a more generalized Starfleet. Seen from a comfortable distance of two or three kilometres, the starship takes on the resemblance of the more familiar Sovereign class explorers. Upon closer inspection however, one can see that the engineering hull is more sleek, lending a highly manoeuvrable appearance to the Rosenanté class of starship. The engineering hull actually extends both above and below the saucer section, lowering the overall silhouette of the class. Additionally, the saucer section itself boasts a number of changes that are easily noticed even by the most novice of observers. This divorce from standard Starfleet design protocols is both advantageous and disadvantageous for this class of starship. The unique hull design allows an immediate reduction in stresses generated by high warp speeds, while allowing greater manoeuvrability at sub-light speeds. This hull design concept has its drawbacks however, as high speed warp manoeuvrability is reduced in favour of speed. The exterior hull material is stronger, lighter and more durable than that used in standard starship production. This reduces the need for otherwise necessary supports and braces, leaving a greater interior volume for habitation. This material used on the ship's hull is more difficult to reproduce and repair, as specialized facilities must be implemented to perform these functions.

'''2.1 Physical Arrangement'''

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The hull, remarkably birdlike in its strong, hollow construction, is reinforced against flight stresses by active energy fields that tighten and flex where required to compensate for natural and artificial internal and external forces. Structures integrated into the hull allow for a variety of necessary functions. 

The bridge consolidates the command positions for the rest of the starship, windows allow crewmembers needed vistas while in space, phaser arrays and photon torpedoes provide offence and defence against hostile forces, and a specialized communications system allows interaction with other worlds and their ships.

Lifeboats allow for escape in dire emergencies, transporter emitters afford reliable near instant movement of crew and gear, navigational sensors and deflectors give the starship distant vision and a method for clearing obstacles, and powerful warp engines propel the starship at amazing speeds.

The twenty-eight decks are internally divided among major load-bearing structures. A great many systems, especially the habitation sections are suspended within the open spaces, essentially "floating" on flexible ligaments to minimize mechanical, thermal, and conductive radiation shocks.

The living areas of the starship have been designed for maximum comfort and safety while the crew is conducting a mission. Long-term studies of humanoid cultures have revealed that as each race embarked upon permanent occupation of space, large personal living spaces had to be established, especially on early sub-light missions. The Rosenanté class starship allows for some 120 square meters of living space per person, in addition to community space and areas allotted to purely working functions.