Though this was interesting work Kara felt it was too lonely even though she herself was a loner. Kara worked as a Satellite Repair Technician for her first year repairing satellites around the Xaneerian system and just inside the Thundercloud Nebula. After Aurora had been refitted enough for use, Kara had Aurora transported aboard a large bulk freighter to Xaneerian Space due to the distance being too far for Aurora to travel alone, coincidentally the same way the Monitor Class was deployed. Kara had the Goddess of the Dawn, Aurora painted on the hull with a crescent moon as her brow. Using ladders instead of lifts and simple hydraulic systems that were less prone to breakdownĪfter several years of hard work, Kara had almost finished her ship which she had named Aurora after the ship her unconfirmed ancestor (Scott Carpenter) flew named Aurora 7. Replacing almost every ancillary system onboardġ3. Installing a modern communications systemġ1. Upgrading the Multi Purpose Deployment system for Cargo Handlingĩ. Installing high powered deflector shieldsħ. Replacing the impulse engines with a larger, more advanced version due to the additional space created by removing the aft laser turret housingsĦ. Adding retractable armour to the Bussard collector and deflector dish housingsĥ. Interior changes to the warp coils to coincide with the warp core upgradeĤ. Replacing the warp core with a modern warp 6+ capable warp coreģ. Installing a navigational deflector dish in place of the main turret housingĢ. Kara had made many changes and upgrades to her ship including:ġ. Over several years she worked on her ship in her spare time, adding new components, replacing old and outdated systems, re-building the ship from scratch. Having lived at Deneva Station with her Aunt for many years during her schooling, she began trading her labour and repair skills for the useless hull of U.S.S. The young Kara Carpenter having spent the majority of her life in and around space saw great potential in such a heavily armoured hull. For some 100 years the three Monitor Class hulls languished until a former Federation citizen by the name of Kara Carpenter came across the hulls. Regarded as unfit for Federation duties the three ships were stripped of major components and had their weapons systems removed, then mothballed in a Shipyard. Ship Interior: The Bridge, 2 Births, A Galley, A Head, Engineering, Cargo BayĪfter the bloodshed of the Romulan Earth War three Monitor Class Gunships were mothballed at Deneva Colony due to the extreme difficulty in refitting them for duties within the United Federation Of Planets. Maximum Rated: Warp 6 for 12 Hours (Warp 5 At Maximum Cargo Capacity) Shields: 60,000 TJ High Capacity Shield SystemĪrmour: Radiation Proof/ Equivalent 60cm Anti-Phaser Hull Coating Year Introduced: 2159 Monitor Class Gunship-2270 Refit into Merchant VesselĪrmament: 1x Multi Purpose Deployment system Technical specifications for some of the unique ships in Aurora, courtesy Samuel Noyes, who might have been reading my mind in creating these specs with just some bare-bones input from me, and whom I freely thank and credit for coming up with the name "Monitor Class" for Aurora's original ship class:Ĭlass Type: 2159 Gunship- 2270 Merchant Vessel/Light Freighter Wallpapers and banner thanks to James Jones: