The Akira Class
The Akira-class was a type of starship used by Starfleet in the late 24th century Built in response to the Borg threat and rising hostilities with the Cardassians, Akira class vessels are fast manuverable attack ships.
History
The Akira class was initially conceived during rising hostilities with the Cardassian Union, the project at first was just a test in starship design, however following Starfleet’s disastrous losses to the Borg in the Battle of Wolf 359 Starfleet began a major program of starship development and building to meet any future Borg threat.
The USS Akira was launched in 2368 and the Akira class went on become a major player in the fleet. The class performed admirably against the Borg on their return and was involved in numerous battles in the Cardassian Conflicts.
Features
The Akira class is heavily armed with an amazing fifteen photon torpedo launchers. However its defining feature is it's shuttle bay which exists through the length of the ship allowing the Akira class to act as a fighter carrier. Its compliment of forty fighters exit through the forward shuttle doors and return through one of two aft bays
Dimensions
The Akira Class.Length: 464.6 meters
Width: 316.7 meters
Height: 87.4 meters
Specifications
No. of decks: 18; 17 habitable
Crew: 500
Speed: Warp 9.8
Armaments: 6 Phaser arrays, 15 Photon tubes
Defenses: Shields
Auxiliary craft:
10 Work bees
40 Fighters
10 Shuttlecraft
5 Shuttlepods
DECK CONFIGURATION
Deck A: Tactical Information Center/Flight Operations, Flight Operations Senior and Junior Officer Living Quarters
Deck B: TIC Maintenance Support Section, Flight Operations Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters
Deck C: Sail Torpedo Control Room, Sail Torpedo Launchers (Fore and Aft), Emergency Shield Generators 1-2, Senior and Junior Officer Living Quarters
Deck D: Sail Torpedo Magazine and Manufacturing Area, Senior and Junior Officer Living Quarters
Deck 1: Captain’s Ready Room, Main Bridge, Briefing Room, and Observation Lounge
Deck 2: Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, VIP/Guest Quarters, Holosuites
Deck 3: Visiting Officers / Noncommissioned Officer's Quarters, Holodecks, Primary Shield Generators
Deck 4: Sickbay, Chief Medical Officer's Office, Primary Science Labs, Junior and Senior Officers Quarters, Counselor's Office
Deck 5: Junior Officers and Crew Quarters, Main Lounge, Secondary Science Labs, Cargo Bay 1 & 2
Deck 6: Primary Computer Core Control, Tertiary Science Labs, Cargo Bay 3 - Primary Cargo Bay
Deck 7: Primary Computer Core, Shuttle Maintenance Hangar and Storage
Deck 8: Primary Computer Core, Flight Operations Armory, Fighter Maintenance Hangar and Storage
Deck 9: Fore and Aft Torpedo Bay Control, Torpedo Magazine and Manufacturing Area, Shuttle and Fighter Hangar Elevator Support Systems, Primary Shield Generators
Deck 10: Transporter Rooms 3 and 4, Shuttle and Fighter Preparation Pre-Flight Bay, Emergency Shield Generators 3-4
Deck 11: Primary Machine Shop, Primary Maintenance Support Center, Shuttle bay [Fore and Aft access via deck 12]
Deck 12: Primary Systems Support Compartments, Shuttle bay [Fore and Aft Access]
Deck 13: Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters, Secondary Shuttle and Fighter Maintenance Hangar, Flight Deck Operations and Maintenance
Deck 14: Upper Engineering Support Area, Fusion Power Generators 1-4, Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters, Stellar Cartography, Lower Forward Torpedo Bay Control, Chief Science Officer's Office, Armory, Firing Range
Deck 15: Main Engineering - M/ARA Operations Center, Fusion Power Generators 4-6, Flight Operations Enlisted Personnel Living Quarters, Transporter Rooms 1 and 2, Armory, Chief Tactical Officer's Office, Chief Engineer's Office/Station
Deck 16: Lower Engineering, Deflector Control, Main Tractor Beam Control and Emitter, Environmental Control, Secondary Computer Core, Space Wing Briefing Room, Null-G Gymnasium/Weight Room
Deck 17: Tertiary Maintenance Support Center, Emergency Power Generators 7-9, Secondary Systems Support, and Brig
Deck 18: Environmental Control, Deuterium Storage, Anti-matter Storage Pods, Gravimetric Polaron Generators, Secondary Shield Generators
Background information
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, the Akira-class was named after the anime film Akira.
A design sketch of the USS Akira shows the vessel bearing the registry NCC-2497. In an unpublished interview with author Larry Nemecek, designer Jaeger said he simply used the four-digit number of his then-phone extension for that registry; to conform to Starfleet practice, the number "6" was added by Mike Okuda and the film's art department to make "62497," a number then approved by producer Rick Berman. At the same time, Jaeger said, two other ship names and registries were approved as back-ups, if needed, to the USS Thunderchild actually seen on film as NCC-65549: the USS Rabin (named after former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin) as NCC-63293, and the USS Spector (NCC-63549). The ship scale sheet showing the back-up names and registries can be found on John Eaves' blog.
Neither of the latter ships ever appeared on screen, although the CGI file used for the Akira-class seen in the Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle" was numbered NCC-63549, ostensibly the Spector, and was used by the Star Trek Fact Files. The ship allegedly appeared in one of the battle scenes from the sixth and seventh seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but this has not been verified.