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and foremost, it is important to realize that this website, and
the information contained within it, was created as a resource
for the online Star Trek RPG - A Call to Duty. Whether you're a
player in our game or just a casual visitor, we welcome you to
the collection of pages that represents our months of hard work.
While our name has managed to
spread beyond ACTD, we've been tasked with creating the official
technical specifications for the various starships featured in
our RPG. Perhaps one of the biggest differences between our
gaming experience and that of other online RPGs is the fact that
we attempt to strictly adhere to "canon," meaning that we don't
allow ourselves to overstep the bounds of things established in
the various Star Trek series, and official publications such as
the Next Generation and DS9 Technical Manuals. To that end, this
is why our fleets aren't loaded with Sovereign or
Prometheus-class starships simply because we've only seen one of
each of those ships on the screen, and don't know if they're one
of a kind. Only our Defiant-class ships sport quantum torpedoes,
and you wont' find transphasic torpedoes and photonic cannons on
our ships.
That being said, we've tried to
make our specs stay as close to what's been established. As the
Treknology-inclined know all to well, the majority of ships seen
on Star Trek barely have any official information on them, and
some even have information that contradicts already-established
facts. At this point, our team of five members steps in and
tries to fill the gaps so that our players have some hard
information on the ships that they love. For players, staff and
cadets of ACTD, these are the official specs for the game,
compiled after months of message board and email discussions
within the team and with knowledgeable sources.
On the left, you'll notice a
link bar that leads to the various sections of the site:
- News: This is the main index
page, where information on site updates can be found.
- First Time: A simple guide
for first-time visitors the site, including a site map.
- Get Specs: A request
application where you can get a copy of our Basic Technical
Specs.
- Contact Info: The easiest
way to reach us.
- Links: Listing of some of
our favorite and useful links.
- Articles: Various
articles relating to the ASDB's work.
- Personnel:
- Personnel: Short bios on
our team members.
- History: Some background
on the ASDB Project, its beginning and goal.
- Information:
- FAQ: Frequently Asked
Questions
- Sources: Various books,
magazines and websites that aided us in our work.
- Credits: A listing of who
did what, and where some stuff was found.
- Legal: The usual legal
stuff.
- Images: A small collection
of images for various ships, put together in our spare time.
- Plaques: Dedication plaques
for some of the ships in ACTD.
- Federation: Index of
Federation starships featured in our game, with scale images
and basic information.
- Starships: Listing of canon
and ACTD ships for that class.
For the meantime, we don't
allow our specs to be reproduced elsewhere, both because of the
hard work put in, as well as the fact that we're continuously
working out the bugs. For more information, please refer to our
FAQs section or feel free to contact us.
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