Destiny

The Destiny is the first starship created by the Brayburn Society and was the first to find its way into deep space, becoming a part of galactic events far beyond its humble place in the universe. It is also the first warp equipped starship owned by the Society, as it lost its initial repulsion engines when it was captured by the Juinah. It was later refit with warp drives, through the generous help of the Gayik'Von, and sent back home to Earth. It's captain was Edmond Clayton, ancestor to Mike Clayton, who was also the founder and first admiral of the fledgling Earthfleet defensive force. The three primary Society scientists responsible for the creation of this ship were Dr. Brahn, Dr. Campbell, and Dr. Bannon. It's later refit as a warp capable starship was brought about through the help of Pelk, Taria, K'Vin, and Viceroy. The class itself only ever consisted of four ships, as it was soon replaced by the Stellar Class.

Known Technical Specs

Initial Version at launch:

• Sublight Drives: Repulsion Drive
• FTL: None
• Power: Vacuum Energy Reactor
• Shields: None
• Weapons: None
• Armor: None
• Navigation: Visual Starlock, Radar Assisted
• Gravity Systems: None.
• Stealth: None

Post Jalc refit: (ie, the Gen2 version)

• Sublight Drives: Impulse (Class 1 Shuttle)
• FTL: Warp Drive, class unknown. Max cruising speed: Warp 6. Max emergency speed: Warp 8.
• Power: Deuterium fusion reactor (Class 3 shuttle)
• Shields: Basic type 1 {Class 3 shuttle)
• Weapons: Pulse turrets (12, class 3 shuttle)/Torpedoes (Military Grade, 24 max loadout)
• Armor: Duraplate {Class 1 shuttle, added post "First Dawn" storyline)
• Navigation: Starmap, Sensor Assisted
• Gravity Systems: Standard Class 1 artificial
• Stealth: None

Gen3 refit:

• Sublight Drives: Impulse (Class 5 Shuttle)
• FTL: Warp Drive, class unknown. Max cruising speed: Warp 8. Max emergency speed: Warp 10.
• Power: Dual Deuterium fusion reactors, class 5 shuttle.
• Shields: Basic type 2 {Class 5 shuttle)
• Weapons: Pulse turrets (12, class 3 shuttle)/Torpedoes {Military Grade, 24 max loadout)
• Armor: Duraplate {Class 3 shuttle)
• Navigation: Starmap, Sensor Assisted
• Gravity Systems: Standard Class 1 artificial
• Stealth: None

Due to the ship's small size, and limited internal free space, they only have room for 16 people at the same time in shared bunks. The captain does not have his own room or private space, but does have a small ready room that can accommodate up to 5 people while sitting, or 10 if standing. Also, the Destiny class's Gen3 refit (ie, generation 3) was done as a means to extend the life of the Destiny class for as long as possible, and make it not only a better ship, but one that could stand on more equal footing with its Stellar Class cousin. The Gen3 refit also standardized the four ships, as the Gen2 variety vessels (post Jalc timeline) were basically Frankenstein ships, having been built using whatever 3rd party parts and equipment that Earth could source at the time that the other three ships were built. So this brought consistency to the four ships of the class, and made them a significantly better starship than their Gen2 version.

Crew

Known crewmembers of the ship include:

• Edmond Clayton - Captain
• Maxwell Conner - First Officer
• Henrietta Taylor - Operations/Science
• Albert Lent - Chief Engineer
• Charles Smith - Chief Helmsman
• Thomas Dellon - Medtech (ie, paramedic)
• Kendall Jakes - Boatswain/Tactical

The ship itself hosts a total crew of 30 members operating in 3 shifts of 10 crewmembers each, which includes at least one command officer. All crew are cross-trained on all stations, and can sometimes be asked to undertake multiple jobs/duties as part of their daily shift rotations, or responsibilities.

Gayik'Von Advisors

Each of these helped advise Captain Edmond during the refit of the Destiny, and its operational time afterwards.

• Pelk - Software/Computers/Hacking/AI
• Taria - Engineering
• K'Vin - Astrometrics/Navigation
• Viceroy - Physics/Acquisitions

Known Ships in this Class

The Destiny Class consists of only four total ships, as this class was eventually replaced by the Stellar Class, and thus no more of this class was built once those came into service. The below list is the four known ships of this class:

• Destiny
• Horizon
• Fate
• Dawn Rider