Daran class fast frigate

Daran class fast frigate (FF 3201) basic data:

Length: 243.6 metres

Draft: 49.6 metres

Beam: 141.2 metres

Officers: 85

Enlisted 260

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U.S.S. Daran NCC-3201

Daran Class Fast Frigate

Daran-class fast frigate, Starfleet registry NCC-3201. The Daran was built by Aria Mastac's Prime Dockyards on Daran V, the first vessel of its class. The keel was laid down on stardate 5915.3, and the vessel was launched on 6075.1 and commissioned on stardate 6108.73/ Earth calender year 2274.The last ship, Atalanti, was commissioned on October 2277 and hull FR 3213 was cancelled in February 2276. The Ser'rath was lost in a border skirmish with Klingons, the Stark was damaged by the Gorn. The yards involved were Daran V, Deneb V, Yokohama, Cumbria and Andor.

Daran class was not armed with phaser cannons (the reason for their Fast Frigate designation), but instead are fitted with the Poincare SSGI (Sciential Sensory Data-Gathering & Interpretation) exploratory suite. This has made the class popular for research task force missions into unexplored space.

The Daran was one of four starships that faced the fleet of the bounty hunter Sweeney in a 2288 battle over Tau Gamma II, along with the Avenger, Enterprise-A and Exeter.

Author's notes:

The large frigate with few weapons reminds me of my visit aboard the Perry class USS Elrod at Devonport Navy Days. The principal weapons had been removed, resulting in a large vessel with few armaments. The same happened in the later career of the Type 22 batch 2 frigates of the Royal Navy such as Sheffield and Coventry, they too lost their Exocet armaments and were left large but relatively lightly armed.

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Model design: Todd Guenther & Starstation Aurora

Kitbashed by: ModelsPlease, Chrystoff

Model Parts: Rick Knox. ModelsPlease

Textures: GotAFarmYet?, ModelsPlease (with additional hanger bay textures by Destiny Calling and Khaliban)

Registry: Centurus & ModelsPlease

HP & DPs: ModelsPlease

Scaling: ModelsPlease

Registry	Name	Notes
3201	Daran	ex-Ascension name
3202	Haruna	ex-Ascension name
3203	Eten
3204	Vinson
3205	Ser'rath	Destroyed by 'rogue Klingons'.
3206	Dace
3207	Kidd
3208	Stark	Damaged by Gorn stardate 7955.5.
3209	Di Jahan
3210	Brooke
3211	Soryu	ex-Ascension name
3212	Atalanti	ex-Ascension name