Editing Norway Class (section)

==OPERATIONS==

In an era of starship ubiquity, the Norway Class is among the few exceptions, with a narrow range of missions this class of starship is designed for. Scientific and Diplomatic missions are the primary roles of Norway Class starships, though it may be called to perform other functions from time to time

Mission for a Norway Class starship may fall into one of the following categories, in order of her strongest capable mission parameter to her weakest mission parameter.

Ongoing Scientific Investigation:  A Norway class starship is equipped with scientific laboratories and a wide variety of sensor probes and sensor arrays, as well as the state-of-the-art dorsal subspace sensor assembly; giving her the ability to perform a wide variety of ongoing scientific investigations. 

Federation Policy and Diplomacy: A Norway Class starship’s secondary role is the performance of diplomatic operations on behalf of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets. These missions may include transport of Delegates, hosting of negotiations or conferences aboard in the vessel’s Conference Hall, courier for important people and/or items, and first contact scenarios. 

Contact with Alien Life forms: Pursuant to Starfleet Policy regarding the discovery of new life, facilities aboard the Norway class include a variety of exobiology and xenobiological suites, and a small cultural anthropology staff, allowing for limited deep-space life form study and interaction. 

Tactical/Defensive Operations: Though not designed primarily for battle, the Norway Class ‘like all Starfleet vessels’ is designed to be resilient and ably armed. When needed, missions for Norway Class starships may include patrol and interdiction, as well as escort. 

Emergency/Search and Rescue: 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 planetary evacuation - medium or large scale planetary evacuation is not feasible. 

Deep-space Exploration: The Norway class can be equipped for long-range interstellar survey and mapping missions, as well as the ability to explore a wide variety of planetary classifications. This is atypical however; as such, missions are usually the province of larger, more capable ships.