GENERAL NOTES

2290 Excelsior mk2 ordered to provide extra sensor packages to Excelsior class ships, which would be better suited as Exploratory vessels

2293 USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B, First mk2 Excelsior Class, commissioned

2343 Final Excelsior Class mk2 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 Colony Support Ship that could scout prospective sites, and lay the foundations of new settlements while providing security for those settlers.

2417 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

2420 Chief of Starfleet Engineering in meeting the success of the Excelsior, altered the refit plans for the modified Excelsior classes, which already carried the needed sensor upgrades needed for this type of ship. Also, the upgrades given to these ships for the Dominion war made this project far more cost effective than a new starship class. Starfleet Command authorized the remaining 5 mark 2 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 mk II
Type: Science/Survey/Colonial Support Vessel
Length: 465 meters
Beam: 182 meters
Draft: 88 meters
Decks: 28

Number in Service: 5

Class List:

USS LAKOTA NCC-910
USS TECUMSEH NCC-911
USS GORKON NCC-912
USS MARVOLO NCC-913
USS FREDERICKSON NCC-914

VESSEL COMPLEMENT (STANDARD)

Total: 680
Officers: 18
Crew: 162
Science/Colony Support Staff: 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 * Science Laboratory * Primary/Secondary Sensors

Shuttlebays:
- Total: 2

Embarked Craft:
-EUPHRATES-Class Runabouts: 5
- DANUBE-Class Runabouts: 5
- Type 6 Personnel Shuttles: 5
- Type 12 Personnel Shuttles: 5
- Type 9 Cargo Shuttles: 5