Sydney Class

Specs

Universe :

Prime Timeline

Affiliation :

Federation

Class Name :

Sydney Class

Type :

Long range personnel transport

Unit Run :

USS Nash1 - Active
USS Sydney - Active

NCC 2010 USS Jenolin - Destroyed2

plus 317 others built in total. 12 have been lost in all. 308 have been retired from service.

Commissioned :

2279 - 2290, remained in service until 2338

Dimensions :

Length : 238 m3
Beam : 80 m
Height : 50 m
Decks : 12

Mass :

360,000 metric tons

Crew :

125

Armament :

No beam weapons

Defence Systems :

Standard4 shield system, total capacity 229,500 TeraJoules
Standard Duranium Single hull.
Standard level Structural Integrity Field

Warp Speeds
(TOS scale) :

Normal Cruise : 5.5
Maximum Cruise : 6
Maximum Rated : 7 for 12 hours.

Strength Indices :
(Galaxy class = 1,000)

Beam Firepower : -
Torpedo Firepower : -
Weapon Range and Accuracy : -
Shield Strength : 85
Hull Armour : 10
Speed : 179
Combat Manoeuvrability : 6,520

Overall Strength Index :

Diplomatic Capability :

Expected Hull Life :

Refit Cycle :

Minor : 1 year
Standard : 5 years
Major : 10 years

Notes

The Sydney class transports were a common sight in the Federation around the 2280s and 2290s. Based on the technology produced for the Constitution refit project, the Sydneys brought a new level of speed and comfort to their passengers.

They remained in service throughout a highly successful life before finally being retired in the 2330s. One of the class, the USS Jenolen, was thought destroyed when she vanished in 2294 on the way to the Norpin V retirement colony. In 2369 she was discovered crash-landed on a Dyson sphere by the Enterprise-D. Two of the personnel on board had survived the crash and placed themselves in transporter suspension to await rescue. Unfortunately only one, Captain Scott, survived this unorthodox use of the transporter to be rescued by the Enterprise.

Although the Jenolen was badly damaged, when the Enterprise-D became trapped within the sphere Captain Scott and Lieutenant Commander LaForge managed to get her serviceable again, and the ship was instrumental in rescuing the Galaxy class starship.2

Yellow text = Canon source

Green text = Backstage source

Cyan text = Novel

White text = DITL speculation

References

#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1			Visible on the shooting model
2	TNG	6	Relics
3			Speculative	Scaled to the nacelles, which are those from the Refit Constitution class.
4			Generic canonical information

Comments

Seen in "Relics", the Jenolen seems to be a personnel transport in the 238 metre range, to judge from the nacelles. The specs are pointed at an unarmed personnel transport with a flight performance pitched around that of the Constitution class.

The bulk of the notes is based, of course, around our only look at this ship in "Relics". Beyond that there's not much to say about this one.

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Last updated : 12 Mar 2013

Series :	TNG Season 6 (Disc 1)
Episode :	Relics

Source :	Speculative
Comment :	Scaled to the nacelles, which are those from the Refit Constitution class.