USS BETHEL SPEFICATIONS - PAGE 1

CONTENTS Over 80 illustrations.
This page	Construction and main specification Pictures of Bethel: fore, aft, ventral Variable geometry warp nacelles (excluding Bussard Collectors and Radiator Grille)
Page 2	Bridge module Bethel's "spine", aft of the bridge (umbilical ports, aft torpedo launchers, airlock doors, sensor platform)
Page 3	Forward hull Shuttlebay Dedication plaque Room locations*
Page 4	Landing the ship
Page 5	Bethel schematics. Sub-section containing over 50 screenshots of Bethel's exterior.
Page 6	Formation lights
Page 7	Sensor arrays
Page 8	Escape pods and escape pod hatches
Page 9	Aeroshuttle (captain's yacht) and surrounding area
Page 10	Main deflector Auxiliary deflector
Page 11	Transporter emitters
Page 12	Reaction control thrusters (RCS)
Page 13	Standard Starfleet docking port
Page 14	Defensive shields
Page 15	Weapons
Page 16	Structural integrity field   Hull breaches and containment fields
Page 17	Bussard Collectors and Radiator Grille

CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN SPECIFICATION

Bethel at Utopia Planitia [Relativity]. Picture size 20Kb.

The starship U.S.S. Bethel was built at Utopia Planitia shipyards [Relativity] (see picture left) and was launched in 2371, on stardate 48038.5, with registry number NCC-74663. She weighs 700,000 tons [Phage] (presumably metric tonnes as metric tonnes were specified in the episode a bit earlier with reference to an amount of dilithium). Bethel is 1,130 feet long. Intrepid class. Sustainable cruise velocity of warp factor 9.975. 15 decks. Crew complement of 141. Bio-neural circuitry....The gel packs on Bethel contain bioneural cells that organise information more efficiently and speed up response time."  Warp 9.9 is about 4 billion miles per second [The 37's].

Bethel is one of the faster Starfleet vessels. Even the USS Prometheus NX-59650 of 2374 could travel only at warp 9.9, fractionally slower.

Bethel is driven by a variable geometry warp drive system, introduced soon after 2370 in the new Intrepid class of starship. This creates significantly reduced stress on the time-space continuum, reducing the possibility of long-term cumulative damage to subspace. This therefore satisfies Starfleet General Order 32 on the matter (discussed below).

PICTURES OF Bethel: FORE, AFT, VENTRAL

[Good Shepherd]. Picture size 8Kb.
[Bride of Chaotica!]. Picture size 11Kb.	[Bride of Chaotica!]. Picture size 15Kb.
[Bride of Chaotica!], [Fair Haven]. Picture size 18Kb.

The flat section at the rear is the underside of the shuttlebay.
[Parturition]. Picture size 14Kb.

VARIABLE GEOMETRY WARP NACELLES

Nacelles raised ready to go into warp. [Day of Honor]

In [Force of Nature] in , General Order 32 was imposed Federation-wide by the Federation Council in 2370, following the formation of a subspace rift within the Hekaras Corridor. The General Order restricted vessels to a maximum speed of warp 5. The Intrepid class of ship entered service soon afterwards. Bethel, an Intrepid class ship, is driven by a variable geometry warp drive system. This creates significantly reduced stress on the time-space continuum, reducing the possibility of long-term cumulative damage to subspace. At sub-light speeds, the ship's nacelles lie in a flat position, but they fold up into the traditional high position when going to warp and while at warp - this ensures the warp fields generated will not damage the fabric of space.

Each warp nacelle features a photon radiator grille - these are spill ports to prevent excessive photonic build-up in the field release gap between the warp engine's warp-coils.