Akyazi class Perimeter Action Ship specifics:

Length: 216.1 metres

Beam: 120.2 metres

Draft: 27.5 metres

Crew: 8 officers and 76 enlisted.

A history of the Akyazi class:

In 2269 Starfleet put forward proposal 347145 for 178 ships to replace the aging Kiaga and Agilis class Perimeter Action Ships. A year later, a Federation sub-committee under Eso Procuia questioned the need for 178 ships given the UFP mandate for peaceful dialogue and a decline in hostilities on the border. In the November the controversial findings of the investigation were to put the new Perimeter Action Ships on indefinate hold and to order extra units of Belknap class.

In 2272 Starfleet lobbied for a new Borderspace Operations Platform under Perimeter Action Platform - Experimental. Avondale and Temerand Duplicat both commence work on programmes. In 2273 1/3 scale prototypes were tested; PAPE was terminated. In 2277 Councillor Arman Thel unsuccessfully lobbied to get the PAS programme resumed. In 2280 Temerand Duplicat funded an internal programme called IPP-1 or Internal Perimeter Programme One; Several PAS designs were produced at their Mars facility.

May 2283 saw the Klingons launch their Taal Tan Offensive, which lasted five months and cost thousands of lives. A new Starfleet Commander-in-Chief, Lars-Erik Valdemar, was named a month later in June. Valdemar promised Starfleet would be rejuvenated. July saw the Temerand Duplicat design chosen to be the NX-1010 Akyazi design. The misgivings of the Federation Council had been swept aside by the harsh realities of border conflict. In the August, 105 Akyazi class were approved by the Federation Council. In January 2284 prototype testing continued on prototypes 2 and 3 at Temerand Duplicat. Prototype 001 was loaned to Starfleet for evaluation.



March 2284 Temerand experiments with improvements to the Akyazi design; this will evolve into the Arbiter sub-class. All internal systems are finalised on the Akyazi design. 11 support crew are killed on Prototype 002. In the April, Tacfleet returned the prototype 001 with a list of design improvements and changes. These are put into immediate action. May 2284 saw prototype 001 upgrading at Tamerand. 002 was undergoing warp stress testing. 003 was testing internal systems. 004 was testing sublight systems. 005 - 010 prototypes were with Starfleet: 005 was testing the "Iulus" defensive system, 006 was at Starbase 6 testing the Nike system. 007 was at Starbase 8 undergoing task frce compatability trials. 008 - 010 were designated flight training ships, training crews out of Starbase 2 on the type. Prototype 011 was at Tamerand Duplicat, testing for future designs. June 16th 2284 saw NX-1010 construction started.

August 2284 saw Prototype 007 sent to Tacfleet for performance evaluation. In September the Arbiter improvements were put into Prototype 006 as a complete testbed. On October 2nd 2284, 42 Arbiter class were ordered by the Federation Council. On January 16th 2285, Prototype 008 was lost along with five engineering personnel. March saw te construction of Akyazi and Akitsu delayed to allow modifications to be made. July 24th 2285 constrction was started on NX-1048 Arbiter. Barely a year later on August 21st 2286, U.S.S. Arbiter was launched. February 2288 there was a collision between starships Eiger and Arashi at Makus during an exercise.



The first combat by the Akyazi class took place on January 11th 2287 when the starships Eleusis and Acavus engaged four Orion ships near the Klingon border. The Perimeter Action Ships were victorious, which vindicated the design specification to be able to engage five K'teremny class Klingon warships and hold them for 30 minutes. April 3rd 2289 U.S.S. Abreus was ambushed by seven hostiles, later believed to be Klingon. Later in the year, U.S.S. Aravca was destroyed by three unidentified ships in Federation space.

Primary Hull:

Deck 01 - Main Bridge, Ready Room.

Deck 02 - Crew Quarters, Impulse drive systems, Viewing Lounge.

Deck 03 - Main Engineering, Shuttle dock.

Deck 04 - Sickbay.

Deck 05 - Photon Torpedo Launcher.

Cruising Warp 8 [OCU]

Max Warp 14 [OCU]

Maximum Speed: Warp 9.2 for 12 hours (new scale)

Armament: 6 dual type-7 phaser banks; 2 single type-7 phaser banks; 3 photon torpedo launchers

Defences: Deflector shields

Perimeter Action Ship operational policy:

Perimeter Action Ships are the first line of defence in the Tacfleet arsenal. After the reluctance of the Federation Council to approve the Akyazi class design, and even when it was the number ordered was reduced from 178 to 105 Akyazi class in 3 batches. They usually operate in threes out of the perimeter starbases, far beyond the central colonies. In the modern age, Admiral Sulu's starbase construction programme has meant that the Perimeter Action Ships are based closer to federal administrative facilities than before.

Several member worlds expressed their objection to the Perimeter Action Ship programme: Vulcan, Delta and Betazed. This flies in the face of approval of the dreadnought programmes at the same time. Perimeter Action Ships come under Tacfleet, which itself was formed on June 7th 2251. Perimeter Action Ships are at the vanguard, along with monitoring stations and sensor nets. The Faron class PA 8300 and Dupleix PA 2346 programmes were designed to supplement the Akyazi class. The General War, Tabula Rasa Incident and ISC Pacification War all worked together to ensure furher batches and upgrades to the Akyazi class were authorised by the Federation Council.

Registry number	Name	Notes
1010	Akyazi
1011	Astura
1012	Akitsu
1013	Braga
1014	Ameer
1015	Epirus
1016	Amagi
1017	Abreus	U.S.S. Constellation registry... Lost.
1018	Eleusis
1019	Alten
1020	Bucke
1021	Bengal
1022	Biisk
1023	Ephesus
1024	Ermont
1025	Acavus
1026	Beuel
1027	Buran
1028	Atuga
1029	Arauca	Lost.
1030	Araxes
1031	Eiger
1032	Ebro
1033	Brant
1034	Avesta
1035	Accipiter
1036	Bril
1037	Bisbee
1038	Akita
1039	Acri
1040	Bendraze
1041	Eire
1042	Echo
1043	Evian
1044	Abila
1045	Ancyclus
1046	Amastra
1047	Accra
1048	Arbiter	First ship of Batch 2.
1049	Acerra
1050	Juist
1051	Arashi
1052	Atago
1053	Apia
1054	Tensas
1055	Thun
1056	Atessa
1057	Jico
1058	Jari
1059	Armavir
1060	Artika
1061	Jelai
1062	Talence
1063	Tioga
1064	Thrace
1065	Julin
1066	Tachira
1067	Almdes
1068	Abitibi
1069	Archer
1070	Aversa
1071	Jativa
1072	Jersey
1073	Tuira
1074	Azusa
1075	Trigarta
1076	Arques
1077	Aparri
1078	Argus
1079	Tanaga
1080	Timis
1081	Alava
1082	Agtekerk
1083	Ashiya
1084	Jaro
1985	Tinian
1086	Antibes
1087	Arban
1088	Apure
1089	Aulon	Renamed McCook before launch.
1090	Akula	First ship of Batch 3. Named in honour of the lost destroyer, NCC-278A.
1091	Kitkun
1092	Athy
1093	Arvika
1094	Kuril
1095	Atami
1096	Saros
1097	Avaricum
1098	Sjoto
1099	Sandusky
1100	Kern
1101	Atyra
1102	Sybaris
1103	Kuei
1104	Krka
1105	Akuri
1106	Shirante
1107	Samakov
1108	Sitka
1109	Ajanta
1110	Kalinin
1111	Kutaisi
1112	Sangamon
1113	Kelkit
1114	Anaiza
11402	Ariadne	From the Star Trek: Intrepid fan film series.

Author's Notes:

Star Trek: Intrepid features NAR 11402, SS Ariadne, a former member of this class. Ships of the Starfleet Vol. 2 introduces the Perimeter Action Ship and its history, reproduced in part here. It seems strange that the pacifist Federation Council was reluctant to order the PAS, when they were delivering Federation class dreadnoughts at the time.

These are the Victorian Royal Navy gunboats of Starfleet. The can be deployed to address brushfires and deal with incoming threats. The unnamed encounter in 2289 could well be the Interstellar Concordium, as the Andromedan Intruders operate solo (and are not featured in the Interim Years). It seems the Taal Tan Offensive in 2283 by the Klingons may have ironically served to reinforce Starfleet's borders. And the Perimeter Action Ships are ideal for dealing with Orion pirates.

The third batch was a modified version called the Akula class. This name has been used for the destroyers from SFC:2 NCC-278A. That, and the ugly design, has made me slightly re-write things that future ships are modified versions of the Akyazi design. The Dupleix class was designed to supplement the Akyazi class but only as phaser cannons. The reliance on phasers is a shortcoming (as Kirk showed in the wormhole in TMP). The registry of Ariadne as 11402 suggests more batches of Akyazi class.