Pearl Class VII Mobile Repair Facility
The first Pearl Class mobile repair facility was commissioned on Stardate 2/1212 to replace the Newport News Class facility, which was not capable of rapid deployment or housing larger ships.
Unlike the older facility, the Pearl facility was designed to travel under its own power at Warp 6 and has enough internal bay capacity to hold no fewer than two of the Constitution Class cruisers.
This makes it an asset in forward military operations.
Pearl repair facilities are an integral part of all Star Fleets and accompany them at all times.
They are the lifeline of the fleet during combat, for they keep all ships operational.
This ability was used to advantage and was decisive in the Four Years War, in which Newport News facilities were towed close to the front.
Once in position there, they were able to keep the ships of Star Fleet in constant repair, whereas the Klingons possessed no such facility until after the war.
Nevertheless, the Klingons actually launched the first truly mobile repair facility, the S-8, on Stardate 2/1208; it was this model that inspired the Pearl Class.
The repair facility has the ability to actually manufacture almost all components needed to keep the warships in repair.
With limited onboard space, the repair facilities are always accompanied by several freighters carrying the spare parts needed.
When in operation, a Pearl Class facility is surrounded by its compliment of worker bees and manned pods, giving it an appearance reminiscent of a Terran beehive.
Of the 140 mobile repair facilities built, 124 remain in active service, 2 are in reserve fleets, 4 are used by Star Fleet Training Command, 6 have been destroyed, 1 is listed as missing, 2 have been scrapped, and 1 has been sold to a commercial concern.
Pearl Class facilities generally are produced at Morena, though some actually have been built by other Pearl Class facilities.
The production rate for this facility is three per year.
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