User:Swb/Project GREENLEAF Proposal

Project GREENLEAF is the name of the ongoing design study by the Sarqel Treaty Organization into a purpose-built skirmish frigate to fill out the frigate roles required by the STO. The original study produced a capable D6 ship, but the production of the far more capable Comet by Starfleet led to a pause as admirals and politicians alike considered the introduction of the Starfleet skirmish frigate. While the Comet has many good points, including generalist response capability, it is too big for many of the STO's frigate berths, and its build time of 2.5 years (2.25 without Heavy Industrial Park assets) is too long for many non-Starfleet fleets. Its crew costs of 2/3/3 are also somewhat higher than smaller fleets would like to pay. But that said, it is a best-in-class skirmish frigate with unmatched capability across the quadrant.

Into this stepped the Hyperelite Technology design team from Colhane Industrial Incorporated. Team Director Ulanud gave his team a demanding vision: produce a frigate that would compete with the Comet in its primary capabilities, while reducing the size, crew, SR cost, and build time to STO needs. Under Chief Engineer Jada Zhranet, the Hyperelite Technologies design team targeted a 2-year build time (1.75 with technology reductions) and the STO's 750kt frigate berths, which are currently capable of hosting 825kt builds. The resulting ship is available with 2323 technology and is almost as capable as the Comet in skirmish, builds in half a year less, and fights just as well. Its cheaper SR cost and much reduced crew demand mean that it can be mass-produced as an escort frigate, which is a more focused role than the Comet's generalist, but also a role that a military force like the STO requires in great numbers.

Thanks to the industrial and technology agreements between the Orion Union and the STO, Colhane Industrial Incorporated hopes that this Project GREENLEAF proposal will be quickly adopted as the STO's primary skirmish and escort frigate.

It's also possible that if the STO chooses to produce this ship, it may catch the eye of Starfleet admirals if Starfleet ever needs to produce any more escort frigates. The efficiencies involved in adopting an existing design may outweigh creating a purpose-built escort frigate if the number of Miranda-B hulls prove insufficient.

Development of later berth expansion technologies have allowed a 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