This webpage's purpose is to provide information about the
 technologies of non-Federation powers, as understood by Star
 Fleet Engineering's Bureau of Alien Technology Assessment 
 (BATA) of Star Fleet Command in ASR (alt.starfleet.rpg), an 
 online role playing universe.  BATA is a bureau within SF 
 Engineering.
  

 BATA is headquartered on SB ZETA where analysis of alien
 technologies is done.  Nevertheless, there is a dual chain of
 command and COMBATA is accountable admistratively directly
 to COMLOG.  For information about Star Fleet technologies and
 ship specifications, please visit the databases of Star Fleet
 Engineering.
  

 BATA's databases will eventually include a full array of ship
 specifications for all major powers, defined as the Klingons,
 Romulans, Cardassians, Jem'Hadar (Dominion) and the Borg. 
 Minor powers, including the Ferengi, Gorn, Tholians, Horvauk,
 Dalriada and Fardons, will also be studied.
 

 Readers should be aware that the work is ongoing. Those who are
 interested in assisting with this project should contact COMBATA.
 Volunteers should be aware that BATA collaborates closely with
 Star Fleet Engineering and that enemy ship designs must be
 consistent with the overall ASR campaign fabric.  CAPT Jacob
 Miller, played by Alton Reich, is BATA's liaison to SF
 Engineering.  

 Once the ship specifications are complete, BATA's longer range
 goal is to develop a series of technical memoranda which compare
 and contrast the various technologies, thereby providing insight
 into the tactics and strategies employed by various powers. All
 information provided by this site is supplemental in nature. 
 Its use is by no means compulsory within the ASR universe, but 
 the BATA staff hopes the reader will find it useful.

      -D'Maris Coffman(aka RADM Ibrahim Ghali), COMBATA
              December 7, 1998