Marauder 366m
Goront 320m
Ooron 255m
Tokorn 150m
Ngort 80m
Bronta 30m
Glantor 440m
Tomax 226m
Outpost 1485m Tall
Starbase 3460m Tall 



Title		:Ferengi Alliance Fleet Mod for Starfleet Command
		 Six Capital Ships and One shuttle of the Ferengi Alliance:

		Bronta Class Raider Scout
		N'Gort Class Privateer Raider
		T'Korn Class Clipper Cruiser
		Goront Class Pillager Light Dreadnought
		Ooron Class Plunderer Heavy Assault BattleCruiser
		D'Kora Class Marauder Dreadnought
		Quark's Treasure Greed Class Ferengi Shuttle
Filenames	:See Below
Date		:5/8/2001
Author		:Maggot
Email		:RandallStong@prodigy.net
Credits		:Model Design Maggot
		 Textures: Maggot, Microprose, Trunks, Jonathan Pitt

Credit Request:  If you distribute, post or share any of these models or alter
them and subsequently distribute, post or share any of these models please be
nice and give credit where credit is due.  This readme should always accompany
these models wherever they go.  Is that too much to ask? I think not.
	 

Description of the Modification:
-------------------------------

These six Ferengi capital ship meshes and the colorful Ferengi Class
Designations are based on Ferengi Alliance Ship Designs found in Microprose's
Star Trek: The Next Generation "Birth of the Federation."  These are original
meshes based on eyeball estimates of scale and proportion.  The textures are
also derived im large part from Microprose's Star Trek: The Next Generation
Birth of the Federation.  However, those textures were made for much smaller,
lower detail models.  Consequently, I've had to add considerable detail to the
textures to make them fit the larger SFC models.  The break textures are 8-bit. 
The main flight textures are 24-bit.

The break models are the original ones that were converted from the old Hydran
dreadnought break model.  The textures for these are the original textures from
Trunks.  I incorporated part of the Trunks texture set into the textures for the
main Ferengi flight models.

The textures for the Ferengi Shuttle "Quark's Treasure" were designed by
Jonathan Pitt.

Models were converted from Lightwave format to SFC MOD format by Brad Barr's
SCME utility.

This Starfleet Command the Next Generation Ferengi Mod contains:

Quark's Treasure Greed Class Shuttle
Bronta Class Raider Scout
N'Gort Class Privateer Raider
T'Korn Class Clipper Cruiser
Goront Class Pillager Heavy Cruiser
Ooron Class Plunderer Heavy Assault Cruiser
D'Kora Class Marauder Dreadnought

Break models for each of the six capital ship Meshes
One set Generic set of Ferengi Textures applicable to all models
Screen shots of Ferengi vessels.


I've created one set of Ferengi models organized by fleet.  I've also created
dedicated downloads for each vessel.  The fleet download zip file includes two
sets of flight textures, one for the three larger vessels, (D'Kora, Ooron and
Goront) and another for the smaller vessels (T'Korn, N'Gort and Bronta) to
minimize the size of the download.  The Ferengi Greed Class shuttle has its own
dedicated textures.

The D'Kora Marauder Model measures 520 meters in scaled 1:20 as with all Models
at Utopia Planitia.
The Goront Class Light Dreadnought at 620 meters is longer than the D'Kora
class, but it is a much less massive vessel because of it's narrow beam.
The Ooron class Battlecruiser is the old Battleship of the Ferengi Alliance.  It
is shorter and smaller than the D'Kora class, but still more massive than the
Goront Class.
 
All other Ferengi vessels are much smaller than the three large capital ships. 
They are built to the same 1:20 scale.  In descending order of length, they are:
T'Korn, N'Gort and Bronta.  The Bronta Class Raider Scout is somewhat smaller
than the Federation Defiant Class Heavy Escort and much less capable.

The Ferengi shuttle comes in two sizes.  The shuttle modelled here is the
smaller version which was featured in "DS9: Little Green Men."


Technical Details:
-----------------

Tested successfully in SFC version 1.00, 1.01, 102.01 and 1.03


History:
--------

The history, culture and technology of the Ferengi Alliance was based mostly on
misconception, fear, rumor, myth and innuendo until 2364 when the Galaxy Class
USS Enterprise-D encountered a Ferengi D'Kora Class Marauder Battleship near
planet Gamma Tauri IV [TNG, "The Last Outpost].  After this, the Federation
began to expand into areas where the Ferengi Alliance had extensive commercial
contracts and economic interests in place.   Federation diplomacy managed to
avert armed conflict with Ferenginar, but there were occasional incidents that
might have led to wider hostilities had not cooler heads prevailed. [TNG: The
Battle, Peak Performance, The Price, Menage a Troi, Rascals].  

Previous to 2364 there were sporadic encounters with Ferengi capital ships,
[TNG: The Battle].  The most notable was in 2355 near the star system designated
by Ferengi Astrogators as "Maxia."  The so-called "Battle of Maxia" was where
the young Captain of the Constellation class USS Stargazer improvised a warp
micro-burst maneuver later called by Starfleet Academy tacticians "The Picard
Maneuver."  In this battle the inferior Stargazer successfully defended itself
against a heavily-armed Goront Class Heavy Assault Cruiser.  The Ferengi
starship was destroyed.  The Stargazer lost power and life support and was
abandoned.

All attempts to engage the Ferengi Alliance in some type of productive
relationship were spurned until the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole.  Once the
Federation established control over the wormhole, and consequentially unfettered
commericial access to the Gamma Quadrant, the Ferengi Alliance began to view
diplomatic relations with the Federation in a more....profitable light.  The
Ferengi Alliance settled into an easy, informal neutrality with Earth.  At
times, the relationship seemed almost...friendly, which meant that the Ferengi
would lie to, steal from, victimize and cheat Federation citizens slightly less
frequently than other aliens who didn't own a wormhole.

Ferengi Capital ships are armed with Type VII phaser technology pilfered from
older salvaged alien vessels.  The Ferengi heavy weapon, however, is an advanced
plasma cannon.  It is capable of discharging a powerful plasma burst capable of
disabling an unprepared Galaxy Class vessel at close range.


How to use this file:
---------------------

Unzip the contents of the Ferengi.zip file in to a subdirectory called Ferengi.  
Beneath this directory will be nine subdirectories and this readme file.

FerBronta_HP <Dir>
FerDKoraVHP <Dir>
FerOoronVHP <Dir>
FerNGort_HP <Dir>
FerGoronVHP <Dir>
FerTKorn_HP <Dir>
ferGreed <Dir>
TexturesLarge <Dir>
TexturesSmall <Dir>
Ferengi.txt

Copy the the entire contents of the Textures subdirectory to each and every one
of the six Ferengi ship model subdirectories directories.
Copy all of the six Ferengi ship model subdirectories including textures and
models to the Starfleet Command assets/models subdirectory.
Alter the geometry entry on the pertinent Sfbspc13.txt file lines to read:

assets/models/FerBronta_HP/Bronta_HP.mod
assets/models/FerDKoraVHP/DKoraVHP.mod
assets/models/FerOoronVHP/OoronVHP.mod
assets/models/FerNGort_HP/NGort_HP.mod
assets/models/FerTKorn_HP/TKorn_HP.mod
assets/models/FerGorontVHP/GorontVHP.mod
assets/models/ferGreed/Greed.mod

I find it convenient to designate the Ferengi as the Federation race and to
place them in the Orion Pirate section of the spec file.
For the UI, I generally use the Orion designators PDN for the D'Kora, Ooron and
Goront.  I use PCA for the smaller T'Korn, N'Gort and Bronta.

Change the Ship Full Name description lines (if you are using an unpatched SFC
version 1.00) to read:

Bronta Class Raider Scout
N'Gort Class Privateer Raider
T'Korn Class Clipper Cruiser
Goront Class Pillager Heavy Cruiser
Ooron Class Plunderer Heavy Assault Cruiser
D'Kora Class Marauder Dreadnought

For general guidelines as to the weapons', ordnance, systems and maneuvering
capabilities of these vessels, you might want to consult the Star Trek the Next
Generation: Birth of a Federation Strategy Guide.  Barring that you can also
consult the detailed summary taken from BotF by Scott Hunter found at the
Starfleet Battles to Starfleet Command website under
Shipyards/Prototypes/Prototype Engineering at http://starfleet.thegamers.net.

This document also includes data on a Ferengi Freighter, the Glantor Class which
looks way too weird for me.  I may incorporate it into this mod at a later time
if demand and desire warrants it.


In general, a Galaxy Class Explorer should be able to defeat a D'Kora Class
Marauder.  A Marauder should be able to destroy any vessel from the 23rd
century.  An early era Ooron Class Plunderer Heavy Assault Cruiser is stronger
and more heavily armed, but slower and less technologically advanced than a
Constellation Class Deep Space Vessel.  It is possible that with refits, the
speed and technology of the Ooron Class could be improved.  In general, the
Ooron Class vessel is intended for capital ship engagements and planetary
assaults.  It is very nearly as large as the massive D'Kora Class Marauder.

In general, Ferengi vessels are roughly equivalent in strength and
technologically superior to their equivalent class Cardassian counterparts. 
Ferengi vessels also have a vastly superior cargo capacity than the any of their
naval counterparts.

The statistics in the spec13 file should reflect these technological
"realities."



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email me at Randallstong@prodigy.net if you have any questions.



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Maggot