The USS Phantom (NCC 71078) was designed and built by the Romulan Star Empire and named the RES Aehallh. A brand new class of ship, the Aehallh, is equipped with a unique Quantum Duality Drive. The drive utilises a gravity well, set-up between twin Quantum Singularity cores to create a slipstream field. The duality system also affords the vessel a more stable and reliable warp field that that of normal Quantum Singularity cores.

Loosely translated from Romulan, Aehallh means Spectre, Ghost or Phantom. The crew of the USS Shadow, who captured the ship in 2378 felt this an appropriate name.

The name of the ship's Romulan commander remains unknown, however since her capture and inclusion in the Delta Fleet she has been commanded by Captain Reena Harras.

The USS Phantom is a recent addition to the fleet. She was captured from the Romulan base in the Delta Quadrant by the crew of the USS Shadow at the expense of the smaller Romulan scount ship, which was destroyed.

SPECIFICATIONS

Name: U.S.S. Phantom
Registry No: NCC-71078
Class: Aehallh Class Crusier
Commissioned: Unknown
Construction Site: Unknown
Design Life: Unknown

Dimensions:
Length : 320 m
Beam : 155 m
Height : 100 m
Decks : 16 (10 Primary, 6 Engineering)
Mass 700,000 tons

Crew:
98

Armament:
18 x Disrupter banks
1 x Chronoton Enchanced Disrupter
8 x Quantum torpedo launchers with self-replicating and dividing (SRD) torpedoes

Warp Speeds:
Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 7
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 9.4
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 9.99r for 45 minutes

Refit Cycle:
Minor : 2 years
Standard : 6 years
Major : 18 years

Significant Areas of Note:
Primary Deck 1 - Torpedo launchers, disrupter banks
Primary Deck 2 - Secondary sickbay, Computer Core
Primary Deck 3 - Observation lounge, Function Suite, Crew Quarters
Primary Deck 4 - Stellar cartography, FATE core
Primary Deck 5 - Holodeck, Transporter rooms
Primary Deck 6 - Sickbay, Crew quarters, Recreational facilities
Primary Deck 7 - Bridge, Briefing room, Senior crew quarters
Primary Deck 8 - Shuttlebay, Cargobays
Primary Deck 9 - Escape pods
Engineering Deck 2 - Brig, Science labs, Security
Engineering Deck 3 - Disrupter Cascade reactor, Transporter room
Engineering Deck 4 - Atmospheric processing, Power transfer
Engineering Deck 5 - Gravity well
Engineering Deck 6 - Main engineering, Duality core

Two new technologies of note on the Phantom aside from the Duality core are FATE and the Disrupter Cascade Generator. The FATE core is an artifical intelligence which controls the majority of on-board monitoring, making independant corrections to maintain near perfection and optimisation throughout the ships systems. This feature is necessary to ensure the delicate harmony between the twin singularity cores is not disturbed. The Phantom also has a Cascade generator, which utilises disrupter banks around the ship to create a powerful disrupter pulse, which is capable of destroying a ship, even shielded (at close range).