Galactica Class

[Captain Seafort]

True, but I think the overall look should be closer to the Sov than the Defiant. Pull the nacelles in closer to the hull, bulk the whole thing out a bit more (especially the nacelle pylons) and armour the hull to a degree similar to the Defiant's, and I think you'd be in business. Extra nacelles would also be a good thing, both for redundancy and to help the ship maintain decent speed with the extra mass.

[McAvoy]

If we use naval terms and comparisons like some have suggested then this ship could be considered in comparison to the Sovereign would be the equivalent to a Iowa class (Sovereign) and the Montana class (this ship).

Of course we do not know how fast the Sovereign is since some say it's rather slow even to a upgraded Galaxy class to super fast. Assuming the later we the Iowa class with second most powerful armament, the fastest speed, and moderate protection. But the Montana class were slower but more heavily armed and armored. Arguebly the most powerful battleships ever laid down. The difference would be speed.

So your ship could be this heavily armed and shielded/armored ship that is slow. So instead of ships moving about in a fleet action this ship would just go forward and move slightly to starboard or port if need be. But no maneuvering. Instead would use it's heavy weapons and shielding to pound away at targets.

But make no mistake that it has no weaknesses either. This ship shouldn't be able to for example take on a dozen ships with ease. That and perhaps it would need escorts like the Defiant class or Sabre class.

[Deepcrush]

A squadron of Defiants and a pair of Akiras would make sense.

[McAvoy]

Yeah I agree. VOY Messege in a Bottle's scene with a single Akira and two Defiants is perhaps one of Starfleet's better deployment decisions.

[alexmann]

The Akira's can act as a torpedo boat and a shuttle/fightercarrier

[Mikey]

The Akira's can act as a torpedo boat and a shuttle/fightercarrier

Careful. We use them as such in our RP, but there is the sum total of zero canon supporting the idea of the massive carrier deck in the Akira-class.

[alexmann]

Two shuttlebay doors.

[Mikey]

And...? This is evidence of an extra door. The through-deck hangar about which fanon speculates is based on no canon evidence.

[Tyyr]

And the Ent-E has just as large if not larger a shuttlebay door and zero evidence it's a carrier. And in space with anti-gravity systems you don't really need a through deck set up anyways.

[McAvoy]

So we have a ship with 15 torpedo launchers and a thru deck for shuttles/fighters. The ship must have a small crew to fit all of that including the usual stuff that goes into a starship.

[Mikey]

Yep.

Except, we don't have that stuff. Most of the torp launchers, if not all, are visible on the models IIRC; but the only evidence we have about the shuttle hangars is that they exist - there is nothing to support the idea of a greater hangar volume:total volume ratio than typical, let alone a through-deck hangar.

[McAvoy]

I agree. Just because there is a thrudeck bay does not mean it's a carrier. The ship needed a shuttlebay that's all.

[Tyyr]

And really, given the amount of wasted empty space aboard a starship you really wouldn't have to cram anyone together to fit in a large shuttlebay.

[McAvoy]

And really, given the amount of wasted empty space aboard a starship you really wouldn't have to cram anyone together to fit in a large shuttlebay.

Shut your mouth! Heaven forbid that a Fed ship is built like a current naval warship.

But like I said just because it has thru-deck shuttlebay does not automatically make a space-fighter/whatever carrier. I think we need to find out if one of those Peregrines/whatever things can even fit through the aft bay doors. Not to say that just can't use the bow one, but it does limit how many an Akira can really carry.

[Mikey]

I'm sure one could easily fit... as easily as it could fit in a GCS shuttlebay, or Sov shuttlebay, or...