Final Specifications
KATANA-class spaceframe, variant 2

Class Name: COMET
Classification: FFG (Fast Frigate)
Numbering: 95800 series

Physical Specifications:
 Length: 176 m
 Beam: 64 m
 Draft: 47 m
 Displacement: 1,180,000 mt

Crew Complement
 Total: 114
 Officers: 20
 Crew: 84
 Passengers: 10
 
Propulsion Systems:
 Warp Drive Type: SFW-1490-2N
 Reactor Model: MAMR-466

 Impulse Drive Type: Kat-2A-2, operating within RIMS Field
 Reactor Model: HFR-87

 D-Warp Drive Type: DW-Kat-2A

Velocity:
 Maximum Sublight Velocity: .66 c
 Standard Cruise Speed: 8.0
 Maximum Cruise Speed: 9.65
 12-hour Emergency Speed: 9.745
 1-hour Emergency Speed: 9.87
 Core Failure: 9.92

Sensor System
 SFSRS-20 Omnidirectional Short Range System
 SFLRS-24 Omnidirectional Long Range System
 SFULR-3 Omnidirectional Ultra Long Range Protocol

Computer Resources
 2 Computer Cores
 Model Kat2-1450
 Locations: primary dorsal, secondary dorsal

Armaments
 Hull Mounted
  Phaser Type VII
   4 Banks
    Range 300,000 km
    Locations: forward dorsal, forward ventral, secondary forward, 
               secondary ventral

  Pulse Phaser Cannon Type III
   1 Double Turret
    Range 120,000 km
    Location: forward edge

  Quantum Torpedo Launcher Type III
   1 Launcher
    Range 3,000,000 km
    Locations: forward dorsal
 
Shield and Deflector Systems
 SFEMS-9 "Sweater" multiphasic shield system
 SFDDS-10 Snowplow-type deflector dish system

Tractor System
 Tractor Beam Type XXVI
  1 Emitter, secondary aft edge

Shuttlebays 
 1 Shuttlebay, primary aft dorsal

Small Craft (standard)
 2 Shuttlepods
 2 Small Shuttles
 1 Cargo Shuttle
 1 D-Warp Shuttle
 1 Runabout / Captain's Yacht
    Top Speed: Warp 5.0
    Armaments: Phaser Type II, 1 banks, forward
    Crew Capacity: 10

Notes:
 The KATANA spaceframe is a new spaceframe, developed for the next 
 generation of StarFleet fast frigates, the first to be built to 
 maximize the abilities of the RIMS Field. Its unmatched maneuverability 
 at impulse speeds is equivalent to that of a shuttlecraft at half its 
 speed. The long, knifelike design - inspiration for the class name - 
 allows it to exploit the new warp field geometry also used in the 
 ORCA class and its variants. However, the original KATANA class ships
 had trouble focusing firepower dead ahead. To rectify this problem
 without heavy modifications to the ship, a double-mount pulse
 phaser cannon turret (containing two cannons, mounted parallel and 
 firing alternately) was added on the forward edge of the primary hull. 

 The external appearance of the KATANA class spaceframe looks much like a 
 streamlined, flattened version of the INTREPID class design, with fixed
 warp nacelles. Like most StarFleet frigates, the ship is configured for 
 planetary landings. Unusually for a StarFleet ship, it is also configured
 for underwater operations, as well as operations in extremely dense 
 atmospheres such as those of gas-giant type planets.

 In a break from modern StarFleet tradition, the KATANA spaceframe
 does not include a detachable 'Captain's Yacht' on the underside 
 of the ship; however, the COMET class modification includes a modified
 runabout for the same uses.

Technical Data on the RIMS Field:
 Reduced Inertial Mass Subspace Field: A subspace bubble around the
 ship, active except during docking maneuvers and FTL travel, reduces
 the inertial mass of the vessel at sublight velocities by a factor
 of twenty. This allows the ship to achieve relativistic velocities,
 even with its seriously underpowered impulse drive, and also allows
 extreme maneuverability for a ship its size. In fact, it has a 
 turning radius as small as that of a shuttlecraft at half its speed.

Onboard Locations:
 Primary Hull (aka Saucer Section)
   1 Bridge, Captain's Office, Wardroom
   2 Navigation and Security Departments, Brig, Weapons Storage,
      Primary Computer Core, Transporters
   3 Main Shuttlebay, Science Labs, Science Department, Dorsal Phaser
   4 Senior Officers' Quarters, Holodecks, Gymnasium, Arboretum, PPC Turret
   5 Junior Officers' Quarters, Torpedo Launcher, Impulse Drive
   6 Six-Starboard, Medical Offices and Labs, Sickbay, RIMS Field Generators
   7 Stellar Cartography, Ventral Phaser, Maintenance, Life Support
 Secondary Hull (aka Drive Section)
   4 Crew Quarters
   5 Crew Quarters
   6 Life Support, Holodecks, Sensor Controls
   7 Shield Generators, Battle Bridge, Strategy Room
   8 Crew Quarters, Life Support
   9 Crew Quarters, Deuterium Tanks, Forward Phaser, Tractor Emitter
  10 Docking Ports, Power Distribution, Secondary Computer Core
  11 Main Engineering, Engineering Offices, Deflector Dish Control
  12 Cargo Bays, Antimatter Pods, Ventral Phaser, Landing Struts