Federation Baltic-Class Fast Transport

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## Baltic-Class Fast Transport ##

**Overview:**

The Baltic-class transport was built to address the changing needs of Federation cargo and personnel transports.

Starfleet logistics operated a large number of bulk freighters and transports in the mid-23rd century. These typically travelled at relatively slow speeds while carrying massive cargo, liquid, or personnel transport modules. The Federation’s borders expanded rapidly in the early 24th century. While marginal improvements did improve the speed of the bulk transports, Starfleet Logistics requested a new type of transport. They envisioned a smaller ship with multiple cargo bays and comfortable transport accommodations for smaller groups, but with the ability to handle both long-haul warp travel at moderate speeds and short, efficient transport missions at high warp speeds.

The Baltic-class uses a four-nacelle warp profile. This was purposefully designed to avoid the power distribution problems experienced by the Constella