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BRAD'S COMMENTS: Unlike the MoKal, the Kethkin is a tower-transport ship, capable of hauling long trains of cargo carriers behind it in twin rows. Like the MoKal, the Kethkin graphic does not illustrate what the ship looks like when fully loaded, so the image is incomplete at best. Certainly this is an odd-looking vessel, cargo or no cargo, having little resemblance to anything else in Starfleet. The FASA designers also screwed up badly during the original creation of the stats for this ship, because they listed the Kethkin as having two warp engines, when the ship clearly possesses just one warp nacelle. I have corrected the stats accordingly.
From the FASA Star Trek FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, circa 1985
Kethkin Class IX Transport
Notes: The Kethkin tugs, which trail their cargo pods in two rows behind them, have an overall cargo capacity of more than 325,000
tons (6,500 units). When loaded to this capacity, these transports are sluggish and
unmaneuverable.
To aid them in maneuvering during cargo pick-up or drop-off, the Kethkins carry 6 specially-designed craft called 'mules'.
These little vessels push the pods into position for loading or move them away during unloading operations.
Of the 128 Kethkins built, 124 remain in active service.
One is used by Star Fleet Training Command; 1 has been destroyed; 1 is listed as missing; and 1 has been scrapped due to structural damage suffered during loading operations.
The Kethkin is manufactured at the
Tellar, Cait, Salazaar, and Sol VI facilities.
The combined rate of production is 28 per year.
This vessel is commercially available.
| Construction Data: Model Numbers- Ship Class- Date Entering Service- Number Constructed |
MK II IX 2/1801 128 |
| Hull Data: Superstructure Points- Damage Chart- Size Length- Width- Height- Weight- Cargo Cargo Units- Cargo Capacity- Landing Capability- |
12 C 120 meters 170 meters 60 meters 124,300 tons 6,500 units 325,000 tons None |
| Equipment Data: Control Computer Type- Transporters- Standard 6-person- |
M-6 2 |
| Other Data: Crew- Passengers- Shuttlecraft- |
34 10 6 |
| Engines and Power Data: Total Power Units Available- Movement Point Ratio- Warp Engine Type- Number- Power Units Available- Stress Charts- Maximum Safe Cruising Speed- Emergency Speed- Impulse Engine Type- Power Units Available- |
30 4/1 unloaded 7/1 loaded FWG-1 1 26 D/F Warp 8 unloaded Warp 5 loaded Warp 9 unloaded Warp 7 loaded FID-2 4 |
| Weapons and Firing Data: | none! |
| Shields Data: Deflector Shield Type- Shield Point Ratio- Maximum Shield Power- |
FSF 1/2 8 |
| Defense Factor- Weapon Damage Factor- |
68.2
unloaded 52.4 loaded none |
