Lufroil

The Lufroil-class heavy cruiser, named for CAS Lufroil, a Perciar-class cruiser destroyed by astrological hazards in 2309, is a future Amarki heavy cruiser design, with the first unit of the class currently prototyping. The class is expected to weigh in at 2.2mt, making it a very large cruiser by Federation standards, slightly more than the existing Riala-A-class flagships. The Lufroil-class heavy cruiser is a heavy generalist intended to update the Confederacy of Amarki Navy's cruiser fleet to the modern generation. It is designed for a wide array of tasks, from colony response to peacekeeping to fleet combat, and is specifically equipped for independent operation away from fleet elements and with minimal logistical support. Referencing the use of Navy assets in Starfleet task forces, the Lufroil-class is designed to be extremely desirable for this role while avoiding the draw of single Riala-class battlecruisers to non-combat forces, which has left Riala-based Navy squadrons without their primary component.The Lufroil will provide balanced, if combat slanted, capability to the future Amarki fleet, backing up the Anacail-A and Lisettia in vanguard, while being easily capable of holding its own well into the main fleet engagement.

During peace, the Lufroil will provide good response capability for those scientific and diplomatic challenges which emerge. Intended both for fully independent operation and response, but also squadron operations, the Lufroil will be the generalist backbone of the future Navy.

Design
The Lufroil's development has been marred by significant delay. In order to convince the Order of the Lileac of the need for a new cruiser in the first place, much emphasis had to be put on the failure not only of the Brieca-A and Perciar classes to adequately perform during the Gabriel campaign, but also of the Hebrinda-A's similar difficulties, which were not as immediately evident. Once the Amarki Arsenal initiated the project, they targeted an early-2320s prototype construction date, which Starfleet's Office of Naval Architecture sought to delay in consultation to allow for the deployment of modern phaser array and replicator technology. Finally, the design went through several last-minute revisions on the advice of a number of senior designers, including an intervention by High Castellan Pibrieh Istraia of Riala-A fame to add additional firepower, and a major revision from ONA's Lieutenant Commander Galan to incorporate a capital-sized warp core. This necessitated a total redesign of a great many systems, also on Galan's advice, even as the frame of the prototype was being laid down in Leas Akaam's newly upgraded 2mt Berth A in late 2325.

Hullframe
The Lufroil-class heavy cruiser is built on a next-generation cruiser hullframe, using design expertise in the Order of the Tower not drawn on for some time. Still, that tradition of cruiser design has allowed the Order to design and set into construction a cruiser hull substantially larger than any envisioned by the Starfleet Office of Naval Architecture, and much closer to the types of designs that it is believed are being contemplated by the Cardassian Union.

The Lufroil-class has a modern and heavily armored hull. While the hull plating requires large quantities of special resources, along with trained maintenance teams, the Amarki stockpile from their Gabriel Campaign mobilization renders concerns over resource depletion null and void.

Warp Systems
The Lufroil was originally intended to use the TLF-III-L Warp Core now being produced for the Lisettia-class. However, LtCom. Galan of the Starfleet Office of Naval Architecture saw an opportunity to fit in what would normally be a capital-sized warp core, substantially increasing the power output and sustainability, targeting the capability for the new cruiser class to maintain an overall operational tempo equivalent to the Excelsior-A explorer. The new core, also developed by Three Lilies Fall Enclave, is the TLF-III-H, a substantially scaled up and reinforced version of the original -L design. Warp propulsion is provided by a pair of Pattern IV-G nacelles from the Wings Over Lironh enclave, also found on the Lisettia-class. These nacelles are somewhat older than the rest of the ship's systems, but are regarded as a highly reliable design, similar to Starfleet nacelles of the same era.

Computer Core
The Lufroil employs a new computer core, designed specifically for the Lisettia and Lufroil, the Type-VI-S core from Alpha Centauri Advanced Processing. This core supplements the diplomatic capability of the Lufroil, providing fast access to continuously updating Federation diplomatic databases, including data on species and individual climate preferences, ensuring the best possible experience for onboard diplomats. The core also dedicates substantial power to an enhanced translation matrix, ensuring that communications errors do not occur. The core also continuously simulates potential diplomatic situations, allowing better advice to be provided to the captain and diplomatic staff of the cruiser, which also enables it to act as an excellent cryptographic machine if Amarki intelligence requests it.

Navigational Deflector
Like the Lisettia, the Lufroil employs the Lircab-T-III navigational deflector, substantially reinforcing shield strength through direct integration of the navigational deflector screens and the main shield bubble.

Defensive Systems
The Lufroil is extremely well protected, mores than the baseline Ambassador-class explorer, if only slightly. To achieve this, the Lufroil combines a heavily armored and modern hull with a heavy structural integrity and shielding grid. Like the Lisettia, the Lufroil employs the Lircab-S-III primary shield grid, backed by its Lircab-T-III navigational deflector. To this it adds two overlapping and reinforcing structural integrity nodes, using the Merfara Structural Co-Op Type VII-H and Type VII-L SIF systems. These mechanical systems are backed by a highly trained crew of tactical and damage control specialists, keeping the Lufroil and her impressive weapons array in the fight for longer than would otherwise be possible.

Phasers and Torpedoes
The Lufroil is also extremely well armed, easily exceeding older battleships, even when heavily refitted, such as the Riala-B and Sunrise-A. For a cruiser, the Lufroil has relatively limited torpedo firepower, allowing her to continue without resupply for much longer. The Lufroil mounts a single MkV Burst Launcher from Rethelia.

Instead, it is in phaser firepower where the Lufroil makes her mark. The Lufroil mounts a massive Type VI multi-directional phaser array, backed by no less than 5 twin turret Type VI banks. This gives the Lufroil incredible omnidirectional phaser coverage, allowing her to operate against frigate squadrons without backup support, or tie into fleet fire patterns as necessary. When focus firing, the number of emitters also significantly increases the chance of gaining a shield burn-through hit.

Gendarme Complement
As a proper Amarki cruiser, the Lufroil-class carries a company of Amarki Gendarmes, providing peacekeeping and enhanced away team capability to the class. These gendarmes substantially enhance the value of the Lufroil as either an independent patrol unit, or as a part of a long-range task force. The same gendarmes, in ship-to-ship combat, can act either as a part of the damage-control teams, or as a boarding/counter-boarding force.

Onboard Industry
Like any long-range vessel, the Lufroil mounts substantial onboard industry, reducing her reliance on supply lines, and allowing key components to be replaced on the go. The Lufroil mounts an onboard replicator system, one of the first designs to have such systems built in from the ground up. The Type-III Replicator is the foremost Federation system, the cutting edge of industrial technology.

Shuttlebay
The Lufroil-class also has a substantial shuttlebay integrated into the frame. The shuttlebay is similar in size to those mounted regularly on capital-scale vessels, helping the Lufroil to replace the Riala-B in patrol deployments and as a part of Federal Task Forces. The shuttlebays provide specialized diplomatic transports, as well as high-speed courier vessels, allowing teams from a Lufroil to arrive at the very beginning of a crisis.

Diplomatic Facilities
The Lufroil also carries a number of specialized diplomatic facilities, including ambassadorial quarters and a formal dining room. As an Amarki vessel, these diplomatic facilities also include a museum featuring historical artifacts, mostly arms and armor, which are connected to the ship in some way. On board Lufroil herself, the Confederacy Navy plans to display a small fragment of the older CAS Lufroil: the ejected warp core cover, the only portion of the ship to get clear of the core breach which destroyed her.

Sensors
The Lufroil has a developed sensor system, consisting of a primary long range sensor array, using the new Mark-VIII LR shared with the Lisettia and the Renaissance-A, alongside the specialized Mark VIII-S Survey Sensor package, which allows independent Lufroil units to carry out highly in-depth survey work when passing by a system on patrol.

Medical
The Knights Hospitaller of Amarki pushed hard for the Lufroil to be an extremely capable medical response ship. In this, they succeeded. The Lufroil, in addition to an enlarged standard sickbay ward, also carries a full-size shipboard hospital. This allows the Lufroil to deal with medical issues up to the plague level, until a full-size hospital ship can arrive to deal with the emergency. These systems also substantially extend ship endurance, as they allow the ship to deal with almost every medical issue that can emerge among the crew.

Specialists
The Lufroil also carries a substantial complement of specialists from the Order of the Silver Torch. These specialists are broken into two groups, a pure science team under the direction of the science department, and a second, highly specialized, xenopsychology team regularly seconded to the diplomatic staff of the cruiser. These specialists allow the Lufroil to deal with almost any scientific or diplomatic contingency.