USS Eternity

Introduction and Overview
The USS Eternity (Starfleet registry NCC-127194) is a Federation starship. The first of her class, she was launched from the San Francisco Fleet Yards in early 2384, and served as a testbed for Doctor Helmut Lang's new deep-subspace sensor systems.

In mid-2384, under the command of Captain Nathan Cross, the Eternity was assigned to explore the Trans-Briar Patch sectors. (Star Trek: Banshee Squadron

The motto on the Eternity's dedication plaque is a quote from English writer and politician : "'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter; And intimates eternity to Man."

Dimensions

 * Length: 243 meters
 * Beam: 150 meters
 * Height: 91 meters
 * Decks: 10
 * Crew complement: 150

Performance

 * Cruise velocity: Warp 7
 * Maximum sustainable velocity: Warp 11
 * Absolute maximum velocity: Warp 13 for 2 hours
 * Maximum exploration endurance: 5 years

Armaments
Being primarily a science vessel, the Eternity is not heavily armed. Dorsal and ventral phaser arrays are situated on the saucer hull surface. A simple torpedo system is installed on the underside of the main hull with one tube capable of launching a salvo of 3 quantum torpedoes once per minute.

Defensive
The Eternity is equipped with a standard automodulating shield system. The shield generators also project a refractive bubble around the ship. As a result, 80% of enemy sensor beams are reflected away in random directions never returning to the sending ship, rendering the Eternity very stealthy, though not invisible in the way that a true cloaking device would.

The main spaceframe of the Eternity is composed of standard tridanium and duranium. The hull has a thin outer sheathing of triadium, an alloy discovered in the Delta Quadrant by the USS Voyager. Triadium is extremely heavy and dense, but when manufactured in thin enough sheets, its strength and flexibility provide excellent protection against kinetic and particle weapons.

Sensor Pod
The huge science pod is the Eternity's main distinguishing feature. Invented by Doctor Helmut Lang, the pod contains cutting-edge sensor systems. Much of it is still experimental and utilizes coherent solanagen waveguides to penetrate into the tertiary subspace manifold resulting in a tremendous increase in range and sensitivity as well as the ability to scan in both Euclidian space and extremely deep subspace domains.

The sensor pod also contains a probe launching system consisting of one forward-facing launch tube and a full complement of advanced sensor probes.