GENERAL NOTES

2283 The Excelsior class was originally designed as a test bed for Starfleet’s first experimental transwarp drive. Having been sabotaged in the engines’ first transwarp test and having failed in all subsequent attempts, the Excelsior prototype was refitted with a conventional warp drive. As full production started on the Excelsior class, the ship became the mainstay of the fleet in the late 23rd and early 24th centuries, replacing the older Constitution class as the flagship class.

2343 Final Excelsior Class ship Commissioned

2372 Excelsior class refitted with new weapons and shields in preparations for the Dominion war

2385 Excelsior phase-out begins with older ships. Phase out proceeds until 2410 when final Excelsior class is retired, Many retired ships are sold to civilian contractors for private use.

2415 Starfleet Operations in Conjuncture with Starfleet Engineering came to the decision that specialized starships were needed for specific tasks now being assigned to the current fleet taking them away from their own missions which they were suited for. A study was commissioned based on available resources, and need to implement a development project for a Marine Transport ship that could deploy hundreds of troops in short order, as well as defendend itself while doing so. 2416 Study Commission filed report that it was fiscally unfeasible to develop an entirely new type of ship for such limited uses, especially while still rebuilding the fleet from the 7th War 2419 Chief of Starfleet Engineering took it upon himself to design and order a prototype using the old USS Excelsior, which had been in the surplus yards for decades. It was determined that the upgrades given to these ships for the Dominion war made this project far more cost effective than creating an entirely new starship class. Starfleet Command authorized the remaining 9 mark 1 Excelsior Class ships to be refitted for this purpose. The redevelopment project has been hailed by federation civilians who have long thought that Starfleet was wasteful in its resources.

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Class: Excelsior
Type: Marine Transport Vessel
Length: 465 meters
Beam: 182 meters
Draft: 88 meters
Decks: 28

Number in Service: 9
Number Retired: 1

Class List:

NCC-900 USS Excelsior
NCC-901 USS Crazy Horse
NCC-902 USS Fearless
NCC-903 USS Cairo
NCC-904 USS Repulse
NCC-905 USS Republic
NCC-906 USS Livingston
NCC-907 USS Malinche
NCC-908 USS Al-Batani
NCC-909 USS Berlin

VESSEL COMPLEMENT (STANDARD)

Total: 680
Officers: 18
Crew: 162
Marine Detachment: 500

PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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

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

Warp Speeds:
- Standard Cruise Speed: Warp 6.5
- Maximum Cruise Speed (for 25 hours max) : Warp 8.82
- Maximum Emergency Speed (core shutdown after 90-120 seconds): Warp 9.98

Transwarp Speeds:
- Standard Engage Speed: Warp 11 (Transwarp Factor 2)
- Maximum Ship Sustainable Speed (all power to engines): Warp 13 (Transwarp Factor 4)
- Maximum Emergency Speed (core breach after 23 seconds): Warp 13.1 (Transwarp Factor 4.1)

TACTICAL SYSTEMS

Phaser Systems:
- Type: Mark XII
- Total: 10 banks
- Maximum Effective Range: 500,000 km

Quantum Torpedo Systems:
- Type: Mark XI Seeking/Direct
- Total: 6 tubes - 4 fore, 2 aft
- Maximum Effective Range: 4,700,000 km
- Number of Casings: 120

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

Bio-regenerative Hull Matrix:
- Type: Mark III

OTHER SYSTEMS

Transporters:
- Personnel 6 Pad Transporters: 3
- Emergency 2 Pad Transporters: 5
- 10 Pad Deployment Transporters: 30
* Enhancement: Klingon Developed, Less range more power

Holodecks:
- Main: 10

Computers:
- Main Processors: 1 Type Mark XV
- Dedicated Sub-Processors: 6 Type Mark VII
* Main Bridge
* Primary Sickbay
* Transporter Control
* Main Engineering * Troop Deployment Center * Tactical Systems

Shuttlebays:
- Total: 2

Embarked Craft:
- DANUBE-Class Runabouts: 5
- FARPOINT-Class Heavy Runabouts: 2
- Type 12 Personnel Shuttles: 3