The Starfleet Museum - Krechet Class

Orthographic views	Deck plans, part 1 created by Allen Rolfes (see notes)	Deck plans, part 2 created by Allen Rolfes (see notes)

Bluescale plans, part 1 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)	Bluescale plans, part 2 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)	Bluescale plans, part 3 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)

Bluescale plans, part 4 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)	Bluescale plans, part 5 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)	Bluescale plans, part 6 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)

Bluescale plans, part 7 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)	Bluescale plans, part 8 created by Allen Rolfes (see legend)

For more than 5 year before the SSWR-IIA reactor was certified, development of the ships to use the new reactor had been underway. The first class of ships, the KRECHET-class cruisers (CCM-1) (from the Russian for "gyrfalcon"), were based on the fusion-powered AMARILLO class (CC-33), which was the UESN's most modern ship at the start of the war. Five AMARILLO-class ships had entered service since 2152; although a basically sound design, it was hampered by the limited speed and range of all fusion-powered ships. Both AMARILLO and KRECHET had spherical hulls some 58 m in diameter which housed most crew facilities, command centers, computer cores, life-support machinery, and weaponry. The main differences between the ships were in the secondary hull. The secondary hull of AMARILLO housed the 3N-9D fusion reactor, which powered both the impulse drive and the twin outboard Jaguar I warp nacelles. KRECHET was the first UESN ship to be powered by the new SSWR-IIB reactor. Instead of the twin outboard nacelles of AMARILLO, KRECHET used a single spherical Kraftei III nacelle mounted directly behind its warp reactor and two small Jaguar II directional nacelles outboard of the primary hull.

As expected, KRECHET's performance at impulse was rather poor but was not considered a serious operational handicap since extensive combat at sublight speeds was not anticipated. However, KRECHET's performance at warp was significantly improved. Whereas AMARILLO had a top speed of warp 2.5 (15.6 c), KRECHET could reach warp 3.1 (29.8 c) and maintain this speed for 200 hours. At a cruising speed of warp 2.6 (17.6 c) KRECHET could operate continuously for well over 1000 hours. In addition, because KRECHET no longer had to carry large quantities of deuterium to fuel its main reactor, it could carry a larger payload, including more munitions, stores, and shuttlecraft.

UES KRECHET (CCM-1) joined the UESN 5th Fleet in July 2157 and immediately started making patrols along the UE's border with the Romulans. In August 2157, UES KRECHET and UES BOWEN (CCM-2), were on patrol in sector 23, which was at that time was 10 light years from the nearest starbase or border outpost. Because of their longer ranges and higher speeds, KRECHET-class ships were able to monitor what had previously been a dangerous potential route of invasion. On August 23, BOWEN detected an usually high interstellar deuterium concentration. Like sharks following a trail of blood, the two cruisers tracked the deuterium to a trio of Romulan tankers, one of which apparently had a faulty impulse combustion chamber that caused a thruster head to vent deuterium into space. Remaining safely out of sensor range to avoid alerting the tankers, they fired a message torpedo towards starbase 44 then continued along the projected course of the tankers until they found the Romulan invasion fleet, which had already penetrated 1 light year into UE Alliance space. After reinforcements, including TANNHÄUSER-class heavy cruisers, arrived and engaged the Romulans near Hell's Gate, the remnants of the badly mauled and surrounded invasion fleet self-destructed to avoid capture.

Eight KRECHET-class ships would eventually be built. Although the KRECHET class was a transitional design that was not effective across the entire performance spectrum, it did allow the UESN to gain valuable experience in maintaining and operating M/AM reactors under service conditions. As the UE Alliance went on the offensive in mid-2158, KRECHETs were largely relegated to secondary roles by the newer and more capable CONQUEROR and POWHATAN classes.

The KRECHET-class cruiser UES FEUERSTEIN (CCM-4) is now on display at the Starfleet Museum.

Crew complement: 368 (59 officers + 309 crew)
Weapons: 12 Spider area-defense missiles, 24 Narwhal long-range antiship missiles, 2 turret -mounted pulse laser cannons
Embarked craft: 10 transatmospheric sublight shuttlecraft
Warp drive: SSWR-IIB reactor with single midline Bison IX nacelle and 2 Jaguar II directional nacelles
Velocity: Warp 2.6, standard; Warp 3.1, maximum
Units commissioned: 8

3D model created by Fabio Passaro © 3D Gladiators	3D scene created by Thomas Pemberton

3D scene created by Thomas Pemberton	3D model for SF Command created by Chris Harris

3D model created by Roberto Lima	3D model created by Roberto Lima

3D model created by Roberto Lima	UES Krechet in orbit of a gas giant created by Dávid Metlesits

	Overall	1° Hull	2° Hull	Nacelles
Length [m]	116.85	53.99	62.86	39.60
Beam [m]	87.19	61.22	36.25	9.19
Draft [m]	61.22	58.15	36.25	9.19