GENERAL NOTES

2330 USS Ambassador Commissioned as frontline replacement to aging Excelsior class

2355 Final Ambassador Class commissioned into service

2375 Noting failures in lifespan, and lessened role with the advent of the Galaxy class, as well as its less comfortable accommodations, Starfleet began retiring the class.

2390 Final Ambassador Class retired from service. Of the original fleet of 25, 5 remaining ships survive

2418 In conjuncture with the new troop transports and colonial support vessels, Starfleet saw a need for a purely diplomatic vessel, and commissioned a study to develop a new class of ship.

2419 As with the transport and the colonial support, it was decided that building a new ship class from the keel up was not fiscally feasible.

2421 As with the Excelsior class redevelopment project, Starfleet Engineering also made use of the 5 retired Ambassador Class ships to fill the role that their name suggests; A diplomatic vessel capable of carrying federation diplomatic officers around the Federation and beyond, while providing decent security.

2422 USS Ambassador and her 5 sister ships were completed and assigned to positions within the fleet, thus freeing up more combat ready vessels to serve in different roles.

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Class: Ambassador
Type: Diplomatic Transport
Length: 535 meters
Beam: 320 meters
Draft: 125 meters
Decks: 38

Number in Service: 4

Class Listing:
USS AMBASSADOR NCC-915
USS ZHUKOV NCC-916
USS VLADAMIER NCC-918
USS YAMAGUCCI NCC-919
NCC-917 Had too much structural damage to be recommissioned

VESSEL COMPLEMENT (STANDARD)

Total: 600
Officers: 30
Crew: 555
Ambassadors: 15

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Impulse Propulsion System (IPS):
- Type: Omni-directional Sublight

Warp Propulsion System (WPS):
- Type: Static Warp/Transwarp
- Bussard Collectors: Wide Range Collectors Mark II

Warp Speeds:
- Standard Cruise Speed: Warp 8
- Maximum Cruise Speed (for 25 hours max) : Warp 9.1
- Maximum Sustainable Speed (for 8 minutes max): Warp 9.3
- Maximum Emergency Speed (core shutdown after 90-120 seconds): Warp 9.31

Transwarp Speeds :
- Standard Engage Speed: Warp 13
- Maximum Ship Sustainable Speed (all power to engines): Warp 15 ((Transwarp 6)
- Maximum Emergency Speed (core breach after 23 seconds): Warp 15.1 ((Transwarp 6.1)

TACTICAL SYSTEMS

Phaser Systems:
- Type: Mark X
- Total: 7 banks
- Maximum Effective Range: 500,000 km

Quantum Torpedo Systems:
- Type: Mark XI Seeking/Direct
- Total: 2 tubes - 1 fore, 1 aft
- Maximum Effective Range: 4,700,000 km

Deflector Shield Systems:
- Type: Mark X Multiphasic (Nested)

Bio-regenerative Hull Matrix:
- Type: Mark II

OTHER SYSTEMS

Transporters:
- Personnel Transporters: 5
- Emergency Transporters: 15
- Cargo Transporters: 2

Holodecks:
- Main: 2
- Personal: 15

Computers:
- Main Processors: 1 Type Mark XV
- Dedicated Sub-Processors: 3 Type Mark VIII
* Main Bridge
* Main Engineering
* Ambassadorial Services

Shuttlebays:
- Total: 2

Embarked Craft (standard):
- EUPHRATES-class Runabouts: 2
- DANUBE-Class Runabouts: 2
- Type 6a Diplomatic Shuttles: 5
-Type 9 Cargo Shuttles: 1
-Type 12 Personnel Shuttles: 5