Class and Type: Ptolemy-class Transport/Tug
Commissioning Date: 2247
Lead Engineer: Mark Kinney

Hull Characteristics
Size: 3 (222 meters long)
Resistance: 3
Structural Points: 60
Operational Characteristics
Crew/Passengers: 235/0/0
   [5 pwr/round]
Computers: 2
   [2 pwr/round]
Transporters: 4 personnel/4 emergency
   [5 pwr/round]
Tractor Beams: 1 fv, 1 ad
   [2/rating used]
Propulsion & Power Characteristics
Warp System: 4.0/6.0/8.0 (12 hours)
   [2/warp factor]
Impulse System: .5 c/.75 c
   [5/7 pwr/round]
Power: 100
Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors: +1/15 light-years
   [6 pwr/round]
Lateral Sensors: +1/1 light-year
   [4 pwr/round]
Navigational Sensors: +1
   [5 pwr/round]
Sensors Skill: 4
Weapons Systems
Type VII Phaser:
   Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
   Arc: Forward (120 degrees), Aft (120 degrees)
   Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
   Damage: 14
   Power: [14]
Weapons Skill: 4
Defensive Systems
Starfleet Deflector Shield:
   Protection: 25/35
   Power: [25]

Description and Notes
Fleet data: The Ptolemy- class tug utilizes a number of towable pods, which hook onto the saucer ventrally, between the two warp nacelles.  The MK-IV Starliner is the most complex, but the following basic stats are typical of any given cargo pod:

Class and Type: Mark IV Starliner

Hull Characteristics
Size: 2 (200 meters long, 12 decks)
Resistance: 2
Structural Points: 40
Operational Characteristics
Crew/Passengers: 165/500/1000
   [6 pwr/round]
Computers: 2
   [2 pwr/round]
Transporters: 6 personnel/2 cargo
   [5 pwr/round]
Tractor Beams: none
Propulsion & Power Characteristics
Warp System: none
Impulse System: .5 c/.75 c (Starliner only)
   [5/7 pwr/round]
Power: 28
Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors: none
Lateral Sensors: +1/1 light-year
   [4 pwr/round]
Navigational Sensors: +1
   [5 pwr/round]
Sensors Skill: 4

Noteworthy vessels / service records / encounters: U.S.S. Ptolemy, prototype; U.S.S. Copernicus; U.S.S. Erastothenes; U.S.S. Hubbard; U.S.S. Ibn Daud; U.S.S. Messier; U.S.S. Newton.

Author's Notes
Ship from the Starfleet Technical Manual, by Franz Joseph.

Editor's Notes
Just because the Starfleet Technical Manual lists this vessel as shorter than the Saladin- and Hermes-class ships (obviously because the nacelles are placed a little farther forward in the Ptolemy-class), I don't think it should be of smaller Size than them.  If anything, it should have a greater Size due to its second warp nacelle.  In addition, I feel the Ptolemy-class should have a higher Power rating, in the neighborhood of that of a Constitution-class ship (135); it has two (presumably identical) nacelles and would likely need a good bit of power to tow large pods with.  Perhaps the Weapons Skill should only be a 3; I doubt there are many crack shots on board Starfleet tugs.  Likewise, consider dropping the pod's Sensors skill a little.

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