USS Aurora

Vessel Name:	USS Aurora
Registry:	NCC-72321
Starship Class:	Nova-class
Starship Type:	Light Research Cruiser
Status:	Active
Purpose:	Short-term research missions
Constructed:	Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards
Commissioned:	September 20th, 2370
Dedication:	Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.” -Robert A. Heinlein
Dimensions:	Length: 160 m Height: 35 m Width: 43 m
Mass:	220,000 metric tons
Decks:	8
Standard Crew Complement	Officers: 15 Enlisted: 65
Cruising Speed	Warp Factor 6.0
Flank Speed	Warp Factor 7.0
Burst Speed	Warp Factor 8.0 (Sustainable for 1 hour)
Armaments:	(11x) Type-X Phaser Strip Array (2x) Mk-95 Photon Torpedo Tubes
Defences:	FSQ Primary Force Field / Deflector Control Systems Standard Duranium / Tritanium Single hull. Standard level Structural Integrity Field
Auxiliary Craft	(2x) Type-8 Shuttlecraft USS Hopkins USS Koch (2x) Type-9 Shuttlecraft USS Banting USS Fleming (2x) Workbee Hopit Peef

The USS Aurora (NCC-72321) was a Federation Nova-class starship assigned to Starbase 39-Sierra in the Alpha Centauri Sector Block.

History

Construction, Launch and Commissioning

As one of the first ships of the Nova-class, closely following the USS Nova (NX-72230) herself, Starfleet Command assigned the USS Aurora to Starbase 39-Sierra on November 5th, 2368; the very same day her ‘keel’ was laid down at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.