My Ptolemy class heavy tug/transport

[martok2112]

Here's the latest build, again based on a Franz Joseph Tech Manual design...this is the Ptolemy class heavy tug/transport ship. The large pod you see below the ship is one of several types that the Ptolemy class is designed to tow. This particular pod is one of my own creation....the emergency evacuation tug. Along the sides of the tug are twelve (six per side) large capacity transporter rooms, each one capable of beaming of 50 people at a time, meaning that in one shot, the Ptolemy can beam up 600 persons. The evacuation tug can hold up to 1200 beings, so each tug can make two passes before having to move on to offload refugees/evacuees to a starbase or other world. Generally, these ships are called in when colonies need to be evacuated/relocated. Attempting to evacuate an entire planet's population, while not exactly impossible, is not exactly easy, even with multiple transports at Starfleet's disposal.